Marine

Seaweed farming in Tauranga

Large-scale research into a wide variety of algae is a step closer for New Zealand's first state-of-the-art aquaculture facility for macroalgae cultivation, with... Read More

Maritime NZ announces safer boating funding

Maritime NZ has announced recipients of the annual Fuel Excise Duty funding for safer boating initiatives to help reduce fatalities and injuries. In total, 25... Read More

Quarter-billion dollars worth of cocaine on ship

More than a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cocaine has been found concealed on a cargo ship that is now docked in Tauranga. Police are seeking information... Read More

Feedback sought on action plan to protect sharks

Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on a new plan of action for the conservation of sharks. The draft National... Read More

Sod turned on $36.8M Whakatāne project

Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has turned the sod for the new Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour, cut the ribbon for the revitalised... Read More

Boat salvages keep Harbourmaster team busy

Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Harbourmaster team has had its busiest winter in recent memory assisting with the salvage of a number of boats in Tauranga Harbour. The... Read More

NZ borders open to cruiseships, tourists, students

New Zealand's international border will be fully open from 11.59pm today. This means cruise ships and recreational yachts are able to arrive at New Zealand ports... Read More

Tauranga MP wants agreement between port and iwi

Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand. Sam Uffindell wants the expansion to... Read More

Gouldsbury & Cooper Triumph at the King and Queen

The final day of the Backdoor King and Queen of the Point presented by Quiksilver was saved for the junior divisions with New Zealand representatives claiming... Read More

Drowning report: 90 New Zealanders drowned in 2021

Ninety people in New Zealand drowned in 2021, says Water Safety New Zealand's chief executive Daniel Gerrard. This is an increase on the provisional annual... Read More

Title defence for Stairmand while Williams returns

New Zealand's two surfing Olympians are the newly crowned champions for the Backdoor King and Queen of the Point presented by Quiksilver on Saturday. Billy... Read More

Two-vehicle crash on Maunganui Road

UPDATE, 12.25PM. There are traffic delays on Maunganui Road between Bayfair and the Hewletts Road flyover, following a vehicle crash, says a SunLive reader. "Traffic... Read More