12:00am Thu 18 Mar, 2010
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
12:00am Wed 17 Mar, 2010
Missing yachtie Paul JanseVan Rensburg is an experienced ocean sailor who sailed his 11 metre sloop Tafadzwa from South Africa to New Zealand in 2006. Paul, 40,... Read More
12:00am Wed 17 Mar, 2010
A second search plane has joined a Royal New Zealand Airforce P3 Orion in the search for a yachtie missing off the East Coast. They are looking for the Tafadzwa,... Read More
12:00am Tue 16 Mar, 2010
A search has been launched for a yacht that left Tauranga on Friday and has not yet arrived Gisborne. The 11 metre yacht, Tafadzwa, set sail on Friday, and the... Read More
12:00am Fri 12 Mar, 2010
The voyaging waka berthed at the bridge marina pontoons this weekend is a 21st century waka with fibre glass hulls, solar panels, electric motors and a Swedish Captain. The... Read More
12:00am Thu 11 Mar, 2010
It is boat show season, with two Auckland shows competing for customers. Up this weekend is The Auckland International Boat Show at the Viaduct Harbour. The Hutchwilco... Read More
12:00am Mon 08 Mar, 2010
While offshore gales forced an early closure for the four day Tauranga Game Fishing Club One Base competition on Saturday, club manager Grant Holley says the competitors... Read More
12:00am Sat 06 Mar, 2010
The 2010 Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One Base fishing contest is over due to bad weather forcing cancellation of the tournament's fourth day. Club manager Grant... Read More
12:00am Fri 05 Mar, 2010
The heaviest snapper to be weighed in at the Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One Base fishing contest so far is a 12.04kg fish caught at Cape Runaway on the first day... Read More
12:00am Thu 04 Mar, 2010
Twelve kingfish, a snapper and a marlin have made it to the scales from the first day of the Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One Base competition. The four day contest... Read More
12:00am Wed 03 Mar, 2010
About 500 fishers set their lures a trailing in the Bay of Plenty waters early Wednesday morning as the four-day Tauranga Game Fishing Club's One-Base competition... Read More
12:00am Tue 02 Mar, 2010
A 39 year old Welcome Bay man will undertake 200 hours of community service as sentence for catching 98 undersized paua, despite walking past signs detailing catch... Read More