Marine

Feedback calls on new whitebaiting season

DOC is asking whitebaiters for feedback on their fishing experience as the season draws to a close. The whitebaiting season will finish at 9pm on October 30 for... Read More

Grand Princess cruise ship hits Tauranga

The Italian built Grand Princess is in Tauranga today. The cruise ship can hold up to 3100 passengers at maximum capacity, along with 1100 crew. Built in 1998... Read More

Search to resume for missing kayaker

A kayak has been recovered in the search for a man missing on Lake Rotorua. The inflatable kayak matches the description of the one used by the man, a visitor... Read More

Several factors culminating for a busy surf season

Bay of Plenty surf lifeguards are preparing for what has the potential to become an 'extremely busy” beach season. A projected marine heat wave combined... Read More

Rāhui in place after dead sperm whale beaching

A rāhui has been placed over a Coromandel beach following the beaching of a dead sperm whale. Department of Conservation operations manager Nick Kelly confirmed... Read More

Drowning risk: Advocates fearful for summer‘s toll

Water safety advocates are fearful for this summer's toll on the back of the worst year in a decade for drownings in Aotearoa. So far this year, 68 people... Read More

Bowentown boardwalk closed due to dune erosion

The Bowentown boardwalk has been closed off to the public due to damage from erosion to the sand dunes along the beach. On Thursday October 20, Western Bay of... Read More

Dead sperm whale beached in Coromandel

A sperm whale has beached in a bay in the Coromandel peninsula. "We can confirm that a 16-meter dead sperm whale was beached this morning at Matapaua Bay," says... Read More

Plea to boaties – if in doubt, don’t go out

Boaties are being reminded to prep their boat, check their gear and know the rules ahead of the traditionally busy Labour Day weekend on the Waikato region's waterways... Read More

Rare catch to remember

It was the one that didn't get away. A Tauranga charter boat skipper is still buzzing from recently catching a huge Sea Bass that tipped the scales at 60.2 kilograms. 'It's... Read More

Aotearoa Maori titles head north again for 2022

Te Tai Tokerau is set host Aotearoa's top Māori surfers this Labour Weekend with a big contingent of surfers from around the country heading north. The Aotearoa... Read More

Officers catch fishers with large & undersize haul

MPI Fishery Officers have had a busy weekend, catching two fishers with 211 kahawai on Saturday after they'd been fishing at Karioitahi beach, Port Waikato. The... Read More