Te Puke's Challenger Boats is moving to Mount Maunganui in September to be closer to customers.
Challenger has leased 142 Newton Street, where it plans to expand its business.

Owner Tony Hawker says the new premises provide Challenger Boats the chance to offer more competitive pricing and better service.
Challenger Boats will expand its role in the new premises from manufacturing into selling accessories; comms, fish finders and navigational electronics that go into their boats. It will also embark on repair work, selling second hand boats – and opening a fishing tackle shop.
'We are moving to where we are actually accessible to our customers. The advantages to the customer is they will deal directly with the manufacturer instead of through a dealer, making the pricing on the Challenger range more competitive and enabling better service,” says Tony.
'We will also service engines, repairs and buying and selling second hand challenger boats.”
Challenger Boats has been operating for 15 years in Quarry Road, Te Puke, manufacturing fibreglass boats from 5.5 metres to 7.2 metres.
'We are just about to bring out the very first seven metre fibreglass stern drive diesel,” says Tony.
The 720 hardtop will be powered by a 220 hp Cummins diesel through a Bravo 3 stern drive. With a 200 litre fuel tank, the boat is expected to have long legs. Tony doesn't want to speculate about the speed, because the prototype is yet to be tested.
The stern drive will also be available in a petrol powered version, should anyone want one.
'We are selling motors across all the brands. Whatever the customer wants we can provide it,” says Tony.
'We are not tied into anybody in particular. I'm not going to put myself into a situation where we can provide only one type of engine.”
Tony bought 75 per cent of the business from boat builder Allan McNearney in November.