11:35am Thu 17 Mar, 2011
The size and timing of tsunami waves reaching New Zealand after the Japan earthquake closely matched the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research's early... Read More
04:46pm Tue 15 Mar, 2011
Tauranga game fisher Bruce Boyle caught his first marlin on Tuesday off the boulder bank west of Mayor Island. 'I would have been going out for 30 years,”... Read More
10:43am Tue 15 Mar, 2011
Tauranga windsurfers came close to a double win at the weekend's North Island Champs, but in the end only the Bay's Sven Pedersen could claim victory. The event... Read More
09:47am Tue 15 Mar, 2011
You can't make a whitebait fritter without whitebait and the small delicate fish require a healthy wetland environment to survive. The whitebait catch from the Kaituna... Read More
11:23am Mon 14 Mar, 2011
About 13 hours and 9,000 kilometres away from Japan the Sendai tsunami still had power to push huge amounts of water in and out of Tauranga harbour when the shock... Read More
03:49pm Thu 10 Mar, 2011
Tauranga Bridge Marina and Bridge Marina Travelift are among only three New Zealand marinas to be certified as a ‘Clean Marina' under an international accreditation... Read More
02:47pm Thu 10 Mar, 2011
Paua poachers on the Coromandel this summer have not only had to avoid fishery officers and honorary fishery officers, they have had to steer clear of police as... Read More
01:41pm Wed 09 Mar, 2011
It's cruise ship season in Fiordland and Tauranga Kayaker Tim Taylor is discovering he's sharing the coast with some large neighbours. 'There's so many boats down... Read More
10:08am Wed 09 Mar, 2011
Akatea finished the SSANZ Round North Island Race at 2.45am today, before the wind dropped becalming the remainder of the fleet north east of the Mercury Islands... Read More
03:38pm Tue 08 Mar, 2011
Tim Taylor is fiord hopping today, continuing to paddle as long as the weather allows. He's on his way to Milford, after paddling yesterday from Breaksea Sound. After... Read More
11:50am Mon 07 Mar, 2011
Tauranga yachts Windarra and Open Country are among the 19 yachts starting the final leg of the SSANZ Round North Island Race from Napier at 10am today. Windarra's... Read More
09:54am Mon 07 Mar, 2011
Tauranga fishing boat Nimble II, with 13 people aboard, was towed back from Mayor Island on Saturday. Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard received a call from Nimble... Read More