05:54pm Thu 23 Jul, 2015
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
08:06am Thu 23 Jul, 2015
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
01:12pm Wed 22 Jul, 2015
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
09:12am Mon 20 Jul, 2015
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
06:59am Sat 18 Jul, 2015
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
12:37pm Thu 16 Jul, 2015
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
08:16am Mon 13 Jul, 2015
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
08:53am Sat 11 Jul, 2015
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
11:06am Thu 09 Jul, 2015
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
06:58am Thu 09 Jul, 2015
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
07:04am Wed 08 Jul, 2015
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
04:05pm Tue 07 Jul, 2015
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