09:25am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
A taste of life at sea could be on the cards for families this Fathers' Day, as Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club members make their keelboats, catamarans and skippering... Read More
07:01am Fri 05 Sep, 2014
A Tauranga yachtsman will not rest until someone is held to account for damages to his paper tiger catamaran. Doug Esterman alleges his vessel was damaged while... Read More
10:24am Wed 03 Sep, 2014
Container ship Vega Auriga is still in port at Tauranga today awaiting orders and is scheduled to depart tomorrow. Port of Tauranga operations manager Phil Julian... Read More
11:59am Tue 02 Sep, 2014
The container ship Vega Auriga is expected to sail from Tauranga this afternoon, however it will leave empty of cargo. It's also unclear where the ship is headed... Read More
11:33am Mon 01 Sep, 2014
Deficiencies discovered during a safety inspection of banned ship Vega Auriga at the Port of Tauranga must be rectified before the ship is permitted to sail, says... Read More
12:09pm Sun 31 Aug, 2014
The container ship banned from entering Australian ports due to repeated welfare breaches has arrived in Tauranga after being delayed by bad weather. Vega Auriga... Read More
10:38am Sun 31 Aug, 2014
More than 80 anglers helped to reel in thousands of dollars for the Wish4Fish charity at its first winter fishing competition at the weekend. Anglers weigh in their... Read More
07:00am Sun 31 Aug, 2014
United Future is next week hosting a public meeting in Tauranga to discuss the party's hunting and fishing policies. The party is encouraging keen hunters and anglers... Read More
08:31am Sat 30 Aug, 2014
UPDATED: The Port of Tauranga schedule now states the containership Vega Auriga is due to dock at 7.30am tomorrow and will depart the same day at 1pm. Tauranga independent... Read More
02:40pm Fri 29 Aug, 2014
The pilothouse cutter Checkmate has been re-floated and towed to Tauranga after grounding near Motuhoura (Whale Island) near Whakatane last Friday. Bay of Plenty... Read More
12:49pm Fri 29 Aug, 2014
A Bay of Plenty man is to pay more than $1300 in fines after being caught with more than seven times the daily limit of paua. Rangi Hickson Kingi, 36, pleaded guilty... Read More
02:39pm Thu 28 Aug, 2014
Tauranga fisherman Elvis Teddy has lost his second appeal against his convictions rising from a marine protest off the East Cape in April, 2011. The Opotiki fishing... Read More