Marine

Important upgrades of NZ satellite station begin

Important upgrades at New Zealand's search and rescue satellite Earth station are underway this week. The Earth station, halfway between Rotorua and Taupō, is... Read More

Seal chases cat into Tauranga home

New Zealand fur seals should be given 'plenty of space”. This is the message from a Tauranga resident who had a seal chase his cat through a cat flap and... Read More

Seaweed innovator wins Govt support

The Government is investing in a $1.5 million project that will likely create the world's first commercial seaweed-based nanocellulose manufacturing plant. The... Read More

Triple tsunami threat: How did we respond?

GNS Science and University of Canterbury researchers are seeking to better understand how the community responded to triple earthquake and tsunami evacuation warnings... Read More

Social media helps monitor rarely sighted whales

Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa's rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs... Read More

Missing kayaker search enters third day

The search for a missing kayaker on Lake Rotorua is set to continue today after an 18-year-old failed to return from his kayak on the lake on Wednesday. Search... Read More

One year of the Motiti Protection Area

It has now been one year since the Motiti Island Protection area was establed, The Motiti Protection Area covers the three offshore reef areas surrounding Motiti... Read More

Seaweed farming in Tauranga

Large-scale research into a wide variety of algae is a step closer for New Zealand's first state-of-the-art aquaculture facility for macroalgae cultivation, with... Read More

Maritime NZ announces safer boating funding

Maritime NZ has announced recipients of the annual Fuel Excise Duty funding for safer boating initiatives to help reduce fatalities and injuries. In total, 25... Read More

Quarter-billion dollars worth of cocaine on ship

More than a quarter of a billion dollars worth of cocaine has been found concealed on a cargo ship that is now docked in Tauranga. Police are seeking information... Read More

Feedback sought on action plan to protect sharks

Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation are seeking public feedback on a new plan of action for the conservation of sharks. The draft National... Read More

Sod turned on $36.8M Whakatāne project

Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has turned the sod for the new Whakatāne Commercial Boat Harbour, cut the ribbon for the revitalised... Read More