October 1 signalled the start of the 2020-21 trout fishing season, and anglers headed in their masses to the traditional opening haunts on the Rotorua... Read More

Through COVID and the unique challenges of building an electric vessel, the Herley Electric Catamaran Powercat 3400 made  it to launch in August. The... Read More

Global boarder restrictions have left hundreds of thousands of Seafarers stranded at sea without basic necessities and means to contact their loved ones... Read More

A childhood spent fishing on Motiti Island inspired Nicky Sinden’s career. She started Australasia’s first female hosted fishing show, TradeZone... Read More

The Mount Yacht Club’s Legends Regatta is underway, with 34 teams setting sail to Great Mercury Island. Start times for today’s race are... Read More

The Environment Court has approved a proposal to turn the waters around Motiti into a marine reserve. The final decision on the proposed Motiti Protection... Read More

Being the youngest in the family, she was often relegated to the position of spotter. She quickly became sick of watching and desperately wanted in on... Read More

Tauranga lost a renowned sailor and community identity with the recent passing of Mike McCormick. It was fitting that Mike was farewelled by family... Read More

The year end event for the Mount Maunganui Yacht Club was the Christmas Raft Up.  It was one of the spring days expected close to Christmas –... Read More

A spike in underwater, rock fishing and boating incidents has seen New Zealand’s provisional preventable drowning toll increase to almost the five... Read More

University of Otago scientists are leading research into the possibility that the shallow submarine vents off New Zealand’s volcanic Whakaari/White... Read More

Rips claim the lives of dozen of New Zealanders every year – people who are caught unawares, panic and exhaust themselves trying to swim back to... Read More

Kiwis have done it before. Used ingenuity and entrepreneurial talents to create profitable industries from unwanted pests including feral deer, goats... Read More

Beau Geste, a Mod 70 trimaran, is one of the speediest boats in the Southern Hemisphere. And after a full refit at Tauranga’s Vessel Works, she’s... Read More

A Whakatane recreational diver and fisherman says an overpopulation of kina along the East Coast seabed is wreaking havoc on the habitat. Darcy Barlow... Read More