The Cross Road ramp at Sulphur Point is to be upgraded for use by heavy commercial vessels, and they will have priority in future.The existing ramp is to be overlaid... Read More

After the arrests of two alleged Bay of Plenty paua poachers, the region's fisheries officers are reinforcing the message that poaching will not be tolerated. The... Read More

A start on the Harbour Central Marine Precinct could be made sometime next year says Richard Kinzett at Priority One. The feasibility study has been completed and... Read More

Tauranga hydroplane racer Chelsey Mathieson has been officially recognised as the fastest female racer in the under three litre class in New Zealand. ... Read More

Today is Merchant Navy Day, commemorating the 33,370 British and Commonwealth merchant seamen, who died in the World War Two. Tony Watson is flying the ‘red... Read More

Youth sporting programmes in the Bay of Plenty are proving effective with many teenagers going on to represent their province or even their country soon after leaving... Read More

Ministry for Fisheries is publicising the rules for scallop fishers this season, which begins September 1. There are often problems with people taking too many... Read More

A marine search and rescue operation was launched at 3am this morning to rescue two fishermen in distress near Motiti Island, about 24 kilometres off the coast of... Read More

The first of the navy's new inshore patrol vessels, HMNZS Rotoiti has put to sea after her first weekend visit to the Port of Tauranga. ... Read More

A nerve wracking night faces the leading skippers in the Fastnet Race as they pick their way through the fleet crossing the Irish sea. Tauranga built Liara has... Read More

MasterTech Marine Ltd's Karl Rastrick says people are coming out in their hundreds to investigate the boating scene in Tauranga. ... Read More

Tauranga-built boat Liara II is among the 300 starters in this year's Fastnet Race. When she crosses the start line at Cowes, midnight Sunday our time, one of her... Read More