02:40pm Wed 27 Dec, 2017
Summer, the beach, Surf Lifeguards and ice blocks. They're the perfect partners, and as Surf Life Saving New Zealand heads into another summer, they're proud to... Read More
10:57am Wed 27 Dec, 2017
A TECT grant towards buying new boats for Sailability is on only half the mission facing the charitable trust, says Jim McGlone. TECT has set aside $48,381 to help... Read More
07:40am Wed 27 Dec, 2017
Tauranga will play witness to some of New Zealand's finest athletes during the Eves Surfbreaker Triathlon, today at Mount Maunganui. Triathlon Tauranga events and... Read More
01:14pm Tue 26 Dec, 2017
Tay Street was the location for the annual ONEWAVE Fluro Santa surf on the weekend. Dressed in bright coloured and fluoro-coloured clothing, participants gathered... Read More
10:02am Tue 26 Dec, 2017
Last summer more than half the country may have taken to the water in boats. Maritime NZ says 51 per cent of New Zealanders went recreational boating in summer... Read More
03:58pm Mon 25 Dec, 2017
Matt Hibbard's been a sailmaker with Team NZ worked with the Camper team in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race and is now making sail covers at Burton Sails, Tauranga. He's... Read More
03:47pm Sat 23 Dec, 2017
A male orca which died after it became stranded in the Tauranga Harbour has been attacked by someone trying to steal its teeth. Moby, who is about 50 years old,... Read More
08:58am Sat 23 Dec, 2017
A man injured yesterday while collecting paua near Mayor Island has been flown to hospital. The Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the island just... Read More
04:49pm Fri 22 Dec, 2017
The debate on whether lifejackets for water skiers will become compulsory in the Bay of Plenty is being referred to the regional council by Coroner Wallace Bain. A... Read More
01:36pm Thu 21 Dec, 2017
A stevedore sustained serious injuries when he fell 8m while working on the log ship Pakhoi, alongside the Mount Maunganui wharf on Tuesday night. Maritime NZ stopped... Read More
10:14am Tue 19 Dec, 2017
The University of Waikato's plan to build a state of the art marine research centre on land at the north end of Sulphur Point is ruffling feathers in the recreational... Read More
06:36am Tue 19 Dec, 2017
Updated tsunami evacuation maps for Tauranga are now available online and will be delivered to all households within the Mount and Papamoa evacuation. Over the... Read More