01:00pm Sat 15 May, 2021
The ACT Party has called for road taxes to be scrapped from recreational boat-users marine fuel, with Transport spokesperson Simon Court launching a petition this... Read More
04:59pm Fri 14 May, 2021
Fish & Game insists it's better and much cheaper to get a trout fishing or game bird hunting licence than ending up in court and paying a hefty fine. A local... Read More
03:01pm Fri 14 May, 2021
Tauranga's medical mission ship MV YWAM Koha returns to Tauranga harbour on Saturday following a successful tour of New Zealand. 'It should pull into channel... Read More
11:22am Fri 14 May, 2021
A man who sold 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market has been sentenced four months and two weeks home detention. Quentin Teremoana Hawkins, 46,... Read More
08:00am Thu 13 May, 2021
Tauranga's seaport is the new home of a ship-refuelling vessel that will play a significant role in refuelling large vessels operating in the Bay of Plenty... Read More
10:10am Tue 11 May, 2021
Conservationists are 'saddened” by what they suggest appears to be the taking of meat from a great white shark in Tauranga. The head and remaining... Read More
03:22pm Tue 04 May, 2021
A start date for the new Motiti Protection Area rules has been confirmed at Bay of Plenty Regional Councils Strategy and Policy meeting today. From August 11... Read More
07:30am Sun 02 May, 2021
Yachting New Zealand have been working with Maritime New Zealand to clarify the process skippers must undertake to best prepare their vessels before heading overseas. Under... Read More
10:15am Fri 30 Apr, 2021
While most fishermen talk about the one that got away, Les Kerbel is still talking about the marlin, which was about the side of his boat that he landed. The... Read More
06:49am Wed 28 Apr, 2021
A regular swim with some friends became 'a dream come true” for ocean swimmer Steve Morris, when he came face-to-face with a pod of orca. Steve, who... Read More
11:15am Tue 27 Apr, 2021
A joint NIWA and Department of Conservation project is extending New Zealand's ocean acidification monitoring network to include marine reserves. The network... Read More
11:45am Mon 26 Apr, 2021
A brisk headwind NE breeze of 19-25kts and a lumpy seaway faced competitors as they crossed the Hauraki Gulf in the Farmer Autovillage Auckland to Tauranga... Read More