Marine

Nominations announced for SLNZ awards

Dedicated volunteer Surf Lifeguards, officials, instructors, coaches and athletes have been nominated for this year's Surf Life Saving New Zealand National Awards... Read More

NZ Navy helps combat illegal fishing

Royal New Zealand Navy offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington has completed two fishing monitoring operations in the Pacific as New Zealand contributes to the... Read More

Childhood dream realised at Tauranga graduation

A woman's obsession with the marine world has translated into a graduate degree. Melissa Kellett received her Master of Science (Research) in Biological Sciences... Read More

Whakaari/White Island volcanic alert level raised

The Volcanic Alert Level at Whakaari/White Island has been raised to Level 2. The rise in alert levels is due to increased uncertainty caused by loss of real-time... Read More

Surtees 18th annual fishing competition back on

Entries are officially open for the Surtees 18th Annual Fishing Competition, which is delighting fishing enthusiasts who were faced with the event being cancelled... Read More

Kiwis planning their move at world championships

New Zealand's sailors remain in the hunt in Nova Scotia as the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships come towards a conclusion. The fourth day of... Read More

Body found during search for missing fisherman

Update, 2.21pm The body of a man, believed to be a missing jet ski fisherman, has been found near Shag Island. "The body of a man has been found this morning... Read More

Five Kiwi crews in the top 10 at world champs

The wind changed direction in Nova Scotia, mixing up the leaderboards with it, and it now means five New Zealand crews are in the top 10 halfway through the 49er,... Read More

Robots race against climate change on seafloor

New Zealand's Antarctic scientists are racing to document life on the seafloor in the Ross Sea before ecosystems change, possibly forever, as the world warms. Underwater... Read More

NZ 49erFX crews climb into contention at champs

There were encouraging signs from New Zealand's top 49erFX combinations at the world championships in Nova Scotia today, with both crews firmly entrenched... Read More

Pair sentenced for trying to sell crayfish online

An Auckland pair caught with 222 crayfish from Māhia that they intended to sell on the black market have been sentenced to five months community detention and... Read More

Great white research gets underway in the BOP

A new project bringing together local iwi, marine ecologists, fisheries scientists and shark experts will research Great White Sharks in the Tauranga Harbour and... Read More