04:00pm Wed 26 Oct, 2022
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
11:30am Wed 26 Oct, 2022
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
08:50am Wed 26 Oct, 2022
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
06:45am Wed 26 Oct, 2022
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
01:01pm Tue 25 Oct, 2022
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
10:10am Tue 25 Oct, 2022
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
01:00pm Sun 23 Oct, 2022
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
05:00pm Sat 22 Oct, 2022
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
10:00am Sat 22 Oct, 2022
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
11:45am Fri 21 Oct, 2022
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
07:00pm Wed 19 Oct, 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
08:00am Wed 19 Oct, 2022
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