Light head winds and a 2-3 metre swell are expected to slow the 50 boats entered in this year's Auckland Tauranga race. The favourite, Team G3, passed Channel Island... Read More

The scallop season closes March 31, making their continued fishing in Tauranga harbour, the Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Waikato and Northland illegal. Penalties... Read More

Yachties are looking forward to a possible demolition of the Auckland-Tauranga race record when it gets underway at 10am on Thursday morning. Entered in the race... Read More

Travelling too fast, wearing no life jackets and getting in the way of large shipping vessels are the main concerns held by Western Bay of Plenty harbour master... Read More

Friends of missing yachtsman Paul Van Rensburg are setting up a fundraising operation to continue the search for him. Paul is overdue after setting out for Gisborne... Read More

Friends of missing sailor Paul van Rensburg are convinced that he is still alive somewhere and are determined to continue the search. Their belief is supported... Read More

Some of the Bay's best wakeboarding moves were demonstrated close up on Saturday at the Tauranga Wake Styles 2010 on the town reach opposite The Strand. There... Read More

The search for a yacht missing off the East Coast has been suspended after three days of searching failed to find Paul Van Rensburg, or his 11 metre sloop Tafadzwa. Paul... Read More

The search for missing yachtie Paul Van Rensburg and his steel hulled yacht Tafadzwa resumed at dawn. Paul, 40, an experienced sailor, and his dog Juanita set out... Read More

A helicopter is joining the search for missing yachtie Paul Van Rensburg, overdue on a trip from Tauranga to Gisborne. 'The helicopter will do a detailed search... Read More

The Taioma Reef Society is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the tug's sinking with an evening of film and commentary on the popular dive site's development. The... Read More

Tauranga musician Regan Boocock's weekend gigs stopped him getting aboard Paul Van Rensburg's yacht, Tafadzwa - now missing between Tauranga and Gisborne since Friday.... Read More