Tauranga's biennial Boat Expo is moving to The Strand waterfront in downtown Tauranga.

Organised by the Tauranga Marine Industry Association, this year's expo is being held at the southern end of the reclamation on the Tauranga city waterfront from November 4-6.

TMIA chairman Brian Kent is happy the Boat Expo event has grown and so has had to shift to a bigger location.

'The new combined Expo and Water Festival replaces the TMIA's Bay Boat Expo, which has outgrown the former Bridge Marina site,” says TMIA chairman Brian Kent.

'The new venue provides more space for exhibitors and visitors with direct access to Tauranga's downtown shopping and the harbour, which will feature a number of on-the-water activities.

'The response from potential exhibitors has been very good, and certainly the expo has grown to an extent where we had to look to the larger venue,” says Brian.

'Along with visitors from the greater Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions, we are promoting to people from further away who might like to make a weekend of it in Tauranga.”

The three day expo opens Friday, November 4, and continues through the weekend with a range of boats at the pontoons, trailer boats on shore, plus dealer and manufacturer exhibits, as well as seminars and on the water demonstrations and competitions.

Exhibits and displays are in the process of being finalised and those interested can contact the TMIA at [email protected]

Tauranga's only ‘on-the-water boat show' is Friday and Saturday, November 4-5, from 10am through to 6pm and on Sunday, November 6 from 10am to 4pm on The Strand.