Marine

Grain ship dispute may resolve

Things are finally looking up for an arrested grain ship in the Port of Tauranga and the unpaid crew on board. Union intervention has obtained some of the missing... Read More

VIDEO: Thar she blows

Allan Birt was nursing a broken arm after falling off the roof. But when presented with the opportunity to get up close and personal with an eight-metre southern... Read More

Whales draw Mount onlookers

UPDATED 3.50pm: Despite reports of a stranded whale off the shore of Mount Maunganui main beach, the Department of Conservation have confirmed that the mammal is... Read More

Fishermen blown out to sea

Tauranga coastguard were called to rescue three men blown out to sea on a 15ft wooden dinghy when their engine failed outside the harbour near A Beacon yesterday. With... Read More

Gold medal on the horizon

Yachtsman Ben Geddes is making a point because appearances are deceiving. He doesn't look blind and he certainly doesn't act it either. 'That's a heat pump,”... Read More

Marina recovers from oil spill

Boat owners are moving back to their berths at Tauranga Bridge Marina's northern piers after the last of the oil from April's spill was been removed. An estimated... Read More

Burling and Tuke triumph again

Tauranga sailor Peter Burling and Blair Tuke triumphed at the 2015 49er European Championship Regatta after being relegated to third place on the second-to-last... Read More

Burling and Tuke lead points board

Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have taken the lead at the 49er European Championships on day four of the regatta on now in Porto, Portugal. The 49ers transitioned... Read More

Sam seventh in world

Tauranga sailor Sam Meech has his best ever Laser World Championship result, finishing seventh at the 2015 Laser World Championships in Kingston, Canada. Sam's previous... Read More

More sand for the beaches

The $50 million capital dredging programme set to begin deepening the Port of Tauranga Harbour channels in October is also going to replenish the sand at local beaches,... Read More

Harbour dredging starts in October

The capital dredging programme to deepen the Port of Tauranga to take the next generation of containerships calling on the New Zealand coast will begin in October. Danish... Read More

Fishermen land 63kg boar

It's like one of those tall tales you tell your fishing buddies at the pub: So I caught this 140lb boar off the Coromandel coast the other day… But that's... Read More