Marine

P Class Tauranga Cup: Brown in lead on Day 2

Tauranga is turning on a sunny day with light northerlies this morning for the final day of the Coombes Johnston BMW Centenary Regatta. The P Class yachts... Read More

Senior legends carving waves at national champs

It is lucky number forty for John Gisby from Gisborne who has claimed the Over 70 Men's Division over his counterparts at the 2024 National Surfing Championships... Read More

Busy weekend for lifeguards

It was a busy day for lifeguards at beaches all around the country on Sunday, with nine swimmers at Auckland's Bethells Beach needing to be treated for blue... Read More

Red Sea situation highlights need for NZ shipping

The Maritime Union says the conflict in the Red Sea highlights the need to build up New Zealand crewed and flagged shipping to overcome supply chain disruptions. Yemen-based... Read More

Voyage to try and solve the Southern Ocean puzzle

CSIRO's research vessel Investigator is on the longest voyage in its 10-year history to the Southern Ocean and sea-ice edge. The aim of the 60-day voyage... Read More

Take care with surf swells

With a surf swell expected to roll onto Bay of Plenty shores later this week, local surf life guards are expecting they will need to gear up alert levels as... Read More

NZ’s best spots to pop a manu

'Bombing' is a way of life. The uniquely Kiwi pastime of jumping off wharves, jetties, waterholes, bridges and dive platforms is about to get competitive. The... Read More

America's Cup champion returns to his beginnings

One hundred years of the P Class yacht is being celebrated in Tauranga this week, with sailing legends including ex-P class sailors and Olympians Peter Burling,... Read More

Water safety warning

Predictions of a balmy El Niño summer in New Zealand have sparked a warning about vigilance in the water to avoid drownings reaching another unwanted... Read More

Sun, sand and stingers

Long hot days, sand between your toes, and jellyfish - all part of the New Zealand beach summer. NIWA emeritus researcher and jellyfish expert Dr Dennis Gordon... Read More

Fickle breeze greets sailors on Tauranga Harbour

Sailing on day two of the P Class Centenary Tanner Cup in Tauranga was slightly delayed due to a slight breeze at the start of the day. Tauranga Yacht and... Read More

Ninety drownings in 2023, mostly older men

Men aged over 45 made up 58 per cent of the provisional total of 90 preventable drownings in 2023, and Water Safety NZ wants more resources targeted at the... Read More