Very lucky! This is the title of the latest post on the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Facebook page. This is in response to a video which shows... Read More

Wearing a lifejacket helps prevent drowning, but if you can’t call for help then no  one can rescue you. Waterproof communication tools are... Read More

All the experts tell us the best way to keep your  fish fresh, is to immediately plunge it into  a slurry of salt ice. By the time you get... Read More

I wasn’t looking for a new dive mask when I sauntered into the Whitianga Dive Zone to deliver the latest Waterline mags. But I left with the best... Read More

“A yacht lies stricken on rocks near Whangarei …” March 18, 2018. It was around 5 pm, and I had just poured an Appletons and ginger... Read More

It’s that time of the year when fishos are fizzing at the gills at the sight of a workup on the ocean surface. Birds in a frenzy in the sky, predator... Read More

In 2019 Evinrude celebrates it’s 110-year history and it is quite a story. In 1906 a young man in pursuit of love faced a daunting challenge;... Read More

It’s been a year of moving onwards and upwards for Tauranga’s windsurfing whizkids Veerle ten Have and Max van der Zalm despite disappointment... Read More

Old salts, like fishermen, like nothing better than the chance to get together and tell a few tall tales. So that’s just what the ‘birthday’... Read More

In an event reserved for the prestigious yachting community, two Ozone New Zealand kite foilers set themselves an ambitious goal and unofficially took... Read More

It’s probably one of the more unusual labour-of-love vessel restorations you’re likely to see pottering around Tauranga Harbour this summer. Brett... Read More

Eight knots will get you to Mayor Island in about two and a half hours. Maybe not quick enough for everyone, of course, but for those who appreciate... Read More

It may have been 70 years ago but Alison Carruthers can remember landing a marlin off Mayor Island’s Southeast Bay as if it happened yesterday. Alison... Read More

A boating event at 640m above sea level promises the unusual: coal fired steam boats, cedar kayaks, and speed boats built for boat-legging in the American... Read More

University of Auckland bioengineers have developed an innovative way to get rid of the underwater biofouling that creates such a headache for marinas,... Read More