Marine

Fishers caught with 45 times daily snapper limit

MPI fishery officers have caught a group of fishers with more than 45 times the daily snapper limit. During boat inspections at the Halfmoon Bay boat ramp... Read More

Anchoring causing damage to coast ecosystem

Research shows the anchors of large ships are damaging the seabed at busy ports around the world, which could be doing vast amounts of damage to coastal ecosystem. Researchers... Read More

Raglan boardriders win Hurley NZ club champs

Raglan's Point Boardriders Club has claimed the 2022 Hurley New Zealand Boardriders Club Championships in an emphatic victory at Whangamata on Sunday. Point Boardriders... Read More

Local nurse boards the Mercy Ship

Leaving her comfortable eight-to-five job at Mount Medical Centre, nurse Sophie Whitfield will work round-the-clock when she volunteers on a mercy ship to help... Read More

New Waka to elevate protection of taonga species

Te Arawa lakes have a new defender on the water from this week, with the official blessing and launching of a new 5.3 metre-long waka to support Te Arawa Lakes... Read More

New sea level data underlines need for action

Climate Change Minister James Shaw says the release of new sea level rise data underlines the importance of the work the Government is doing to build a low... Read More

Five Kiwis in top 10 at French Olympic Week

New Zealand's top Olympic class sailors have emerged from their first block of international competition in two years knowing they're not too far off the... Read More

‘Forever out fishing’: search ends for Jason Kauta

Humble, generous, big-hearted, with a great laugh - now 'forever out fishing”. These tributes for missing eastern Bay of Plenty fisherman Jason Kauta poured... Read More

Search for missing fisherman formally suspended

The search for a fisherman reported overdue from Tōrere has been formally suspended, nearly two weeks after it began. Jason Kauta has not been seen since he... Read More

Windfoilers in medal hunt at French Olympic Week

Five New Zealand crews will contest the medal races on the final day of racing at the French Olympic Week regatta in Hyeres tonight - NZ time, with two windfoilers... Read More

Windfoilers continue to impress at French regatta

New Zealand's windfoilers didn't really know how they would go in their first foray into international competition so are very encouraged to have two sailors... Read More

Pink maomao uproar sees fish catch change

A Coromandel community is celebrating a win after their uproar over the mass taking of an unprotected fish species has prompted a nationwide regulation change. Last... Read More