New Zealand's top boardrider clubs will battle it out this weekend at the Hurley New Zealand Boardrider Club Championships presented by Volkswagen. The winning... Read More

Emergency services still have not found the source of a distress signal, after a mayday call was sent by a vessel off the Bay of Plenty coast on Friday night. Police... Read More

As an island country with more than 15,000km of coastline, the ocean plays a special role in the lives of all New Zealanders. It provides recreation, employment... Read More

Waikato Regional Council is backing New Zealand's first proposed area-based fisheries plan. The council's submission on Fisheries New Zealand's Draft Hauraki... Read More

Five people pulled from two near drowning incidents at Mount Maunganui have bystanders to thank for saving their lives on Tuesday evening. Local surfer and Mount... Read More

One person has been flown to hospital following a water incident at Waihī Beach. 'We were notified at 12.53pm that two people had been pulled from the water... Read More

As summer officially comes to an end, officials are counting another devastating summer drowning toll across New Zealand. Water Safety NZ data shows there have... Read More

Surf lifeguards experienced a full weekend with a large number of rescues and assists over the weekend. A number of people had to be taken to hospital after being... Read More

From saving 7000 plastic bottles going to landfill to cleaning up millions of micro plastics from local beaches - the volunteers of Sustainable Waihī Beach... Read More

This week metservice.com and the MetService weather app will feature new paddleboarding forecasts, to be followed by kayaking forecasts in the near future. The... Read More

This year the Ocean Film Festival World tour returns to New Zealand with a whole new range of inspiring and educating films. The two and a half hour program... Read More

Fish & Game has launched a diving programme to monitor New Zealand's trout populations and assess the health of the nation's waterways. Fish & Game staff equipped... Read More