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

New Zealanders doing the hard mahi/work to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture should put their hands up for the Seafood Sustainability... Read More

Canoe slalom is back in Tauranga after a number of years of absence. Racing returned to the Wairoa River near Tauranga over the weekend, with a number of local... Read More

People appear to be getting the message about safety on the water, according to the latest Maritime NZ-commissioned research. An Ipsos poll of 1009 people, 509... Read More

Six champions were crowned at the final Billabong Grom Series at Mount Maunganui on Sunday. After having been relocated from Piha due to the cyclone devastation,... Read More

The Oceans '23 Junior Surf Lifesaving Festival held at Mt Maunganui over the past four days is being hailed a huge success, according to Surf Life Saving New Zealand. With... Read More

Mount Maunganui surfer Anna Brock took out her first win of the season in the Under 18 Girls Division of the Billabong Grom Series presented by Oceanbridge on... Read More

Scientists from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) have returned from a six-week voyage to Antarctica. Their mission aboard the research... Read More

Warning: Video contains offensive language. 9.15am update: Police are advising members of the public to avoid Seaforth Road in Waihi Beach while emergency services... Read More

A public health warning is being issued by New Zealand Food Safety warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from the entire Firth... Read More

This is the last week of Council-funded lifeguards at Mount Maunganui, Omanu and Pāpāmoa with the service going back to weekend volunteer patrols from Saturday,... Read More