The National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | Aquarium

In the old days, the aquarium was designed totally as an entertainment facility, whereas nowadays education is an important aspect of most places. This is represented in the new development plans which will incorporate more education, research, passive education (80 percent of the general public do not want to be educated as such) so the displays will be set up as education with a theme where topics such as ocean currents, mountain to the sea (water cycle), local (i.e. Kidnappers, Hawke Bay) are displayed. The foyer of the planned building is also going to have displays which can be changed on a semi regular basis.
The Hawkes Bay Aquarium has also been involved in a number of research programs in the past. These include assisting DoC with the Tuatara Recovery Programme (the oldest living captive Tuataras hatched in the world).
They have also assisted Massey in coronary studies on Kingfish and Kahawai, and MAF Fish, with the spawning of snapper which are now farmed by Moana Pacific (they now have 4th and 5th generation aquarium stock there).