Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard enjoyed an unusually quiet Labour weekend on the region's waters, with just one call-out received.

The sole request was for a jump start on a stalled fishing boat between Rabbit Island and Omanu.

Coastguard have confirmed the long weekend was a quiet one on the water. Photo: File.

'It was very quiet from our point of view,” says Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard operations manager Simon Barker.

'There were a fair few boats out and about, but there wasn't anything startling.

'It was a nice weekend, so there was a fair bit of boating going on, but we had just the one jump start. That was it.

'It was a pretty quiet weekend all in all.”

Labour weekend is traditionally viewed as the start of the summer boating season, and in the past has been a busy period for rescue services as unprepared boats re-enter the water after months of inactivity.

This resulted in extensive ‘pre-season' publicity about the requirement to service engines, charge batteries and generally check operating and safety systems.