Tauranga Volunteer Coastguard is congratulating local boaties for a relatively incident free weekend so far.

'There were about a thousand boats out there yesterday and the only call was from a boat that couldn't start its motor,” duty incident manager Brian Palmer.

The boat which was near Mayor Island, was towed into South East bay, where a passing marine electrician was able to get the engine restarted. The boat returned to Tauranga about 9pm.

On Sunday morning the coastguard received a distress call about a person who fell off a yacht near Motiti, but they were back on board within minutes, says Brian.

Tauranga police also reported a quiet holiday weekend so far. Saturday night was quiet with few arrests, says Senior Sergeant Rob Glenncross.

'There was a reasonable crowd in town but they were well behaved and dispersed pretty early. For a Saturday night it was pretty quiet.”