08:00am Sat 22 May, 2021
Good morning and welcome to Saturday. Ko te ra tenei i hanga e te Ariki. Ka koa tatou, ka koa hoki ki reira. The MetService is forecasting high cloud increasing... Read More
10:43am Wed 19 May, 2021
A vessel that sunk in rough waters in Tauranga Harbour is being re-floated today. The yacht was reported to be sinking in the harbour on Tuesday afternoon. Bay... Read More
02:48pm Tue 18 May, 2021
UPDATE 3.30PM: Bay of Plenty Regional Council's harbourmaster Jon Jon Peters has confirmed that a 7.9m boat has sunk on its mooring at Pilot Bay this afternoon. Residents... Read More
07:25am Mon 17 May, 2021
One of New Zealand's scallop populations is in dire straits, a survey off the coast of eastern Coromandel reveals, verifying what locals have long feared. A snapshot... Read More
07:30am Sun 16 May, 2021
Just ten months after he first sat in a kayak, Corbin Hart completed the first chapter of his inspirational journey by qualifying a New Zealand boat in the KL3... Read More
01:00pm Sat 15 May, 2021
The ACT Party has called for road taxes to be scrapped from recreational boat-users marine fuel, with Transport spokesperson Simon Court launching a petition this... Read More
04:59pm Fri 14 May, 2021
Fish & Game insists it's better and much cheaper to get a trout fishing or game bird hunting licence than ending up in court and paying a hefty fine. A local... Read More
03:01pm Fri 14 May, 2021
Tauranga's medical mission ship MV YWAM Koha returns to Tauranga harbour on Saturday following a successful tour of New Zealand. 'It should pull into channel... Read More
11:22am Fri 14 May, 2021
A man who sold 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market has been sentenced four months and two weeks home detention. Quentin Teremoana Hawkins, 46,... Read More
08:00am Thu 13 May, 2021
Tauranga's seaport is the new home of a ship-refuelling vessel that will play a significant role in refuelling large vessels operating in the Bay of Plenty... Read More
10:10am Tue 11 May, 2021
Conservationists are 'saddened” by what they suggest appears to be the taking of meat from a great white shark in Tauranga. The head and remaining... Read More
03:22pm Tue 04 May, 2021
A start date for the new Motiti Protection Area rules has been confirmed at Bay of Plenty Regional Councils Strategy and Policy meeting today. From August 11... Read More