07:08am Tue 28 Oct, 2025
A cruise ship was forced to skip docking in Tauranga Harbour on Labour Day due to extreme winds. The Anthem of the Seas was seen off Mount Maunganui Main... Read More
11:00am Fri 24 Oct, 2025
With surf lifeguards returning to Mount Maunganui, Omanu, and Pāpāmoa beaches this Labour Weekend, beachgoers are being urged to follow some simple but potentially... Read More
07:30am Thu 23 Oct, 2025
Labour weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer boating season and Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is urging boaties to make sure everything... Read More
09:30am Wed 22 Oct, 2025
A Mount Maunganui business is aiming to use undersea drones to help protect seafloor cables from sabotage as well as other work. SYOS Aerospace has acquired... Read More
11:45am Mon 20 Oct, 2025
A Whakatāne boat owner has suffered $30,000 worth of damage to his boat because of silt build-up around council berths. A recent extra low tide revealed... Read More
07:00am Mon 20 Oct, 2025
New research highlights the need to integrate mental health support into all phases of oil spill response training for wildlife responders, after an exploration... Read More
04:00pm Sun 19 Oct, 2025
Two people have been rescued from their life raft on Friday after abandoning a vessel on fire at sea in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Maritime NZ's Rescue Co-ordination... Read More
12:00pm Sun 19 Oct, 2025
Sea Cleaners has removed nearly 21 million litres of rubbish from New Zealand's waterways since 2002 — and now the national not-for-profit is making waves... Read More
06:00am Wed 08 Oct, 2025
'She was seconds away. She was grey as concrete.” This is how Kayla Saia described the 3-year-old girl her daughter rescued from the bottom of a Mount... Read More
07:30am Mon 06 Oct, 2025
The Reserve Bank could cut the Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points this week - but what would that mean for home loan rates? The bank will review the official... Read More
06:30am Wed 01 Oct, 2025
Summer is coming, and so are the sharks. But why do we see more sharks in our waters just as we head out to make the most of our holidays? Shark expert... Read More
11:45am Wed 24 Sep, 2025
In a case of nautical deja vu, an 18.2m luxury launch salvaged near Tauranga four months ago has managed to sink all over again - this time en route to Whangārei. The... Read More