Celebrating Club of the year
The Tairua Pauanui Sports Fishing Club recently won the NZ Sports Fishing's Club of the Year award. Club manager Cie Robinson-Bates was thrilled with the acknowledgment of the club's family and community...
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Legends Regatta biggest yet
The year of uncertainty didn't stop the Mount Maunganui Yacht Club from hosting the 17th Legends Regatta. The Labour Weekend tradition had 34 boats take part, making this year's event the biggest ever....
11:45 Thursday 17 December
TYPBC sailors reminisce
Wayne Eaton and Gary Smith between them have witnessed a good chunk of Tauranga Yacht & Power Boating club's 100 years in operation. Wayne has been a club member for 60 years and Gary for 47. Gary follows...
11:35 Thursday 17 December
Top surfer returns
Tauranga surfer Kehu Butler is back competing in New Zealand waters, claiming the Men's Division of the 2020 Aotearoa Maori Titles held on Labour Weekend. The event, in Northland's Ahipara and The Bluff,...
11:30 Thursday 17 December
MMYC 2020 Winter Series
After a challenging start to the series due to COVID-19, the 2020 season saw a fantastic turn out overall with some cracking conditions and terrible tales. Winter on the Tauranga Harbour brings some of...
11:28 Thursday 17 December
Safe boating
Waikato waterways can be a busy place over summer with various water activities going on at one spot. Avoid being the danger this season by operating at safe speeds and looking out for others. To help...
11:10 Thursday 17 December
Recent Headlines
What to bring when fishing in Fiordland
Since returning from a spectacular fishing trip to Fiordland and posting some brag photos on social media, queries were made on a fishing forum about what to take on such a trip, so I thought I'd share...
11:05 Thursday 17 December
Miss Lidgard
This fine vessel will be remembered by many far and wide as the successful game fishing charter boat operating from Mercury Bay, skippered by the late Captain Don Ross. Her earlier life included being...
10:48 Thursday 17 December
A trip to Fiordland
I have recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip with Darren and his Wettie snorkelling team to Fiordland. I taught Darren at Mercury Bay Area School 42 years ago! He has been inviting me to join...
10:43 Thursday 17 December
Voyage for foster care
One woman, one dog and a trusty sailboat traveling the world's seas sounds like a winning movie plot. But for real life solo-sailor Elana Connor, her rescue pup Zia and their 1985 Sabre 34 sloop, the...
10:33 Thursday 17 December
Diving on through
Learning how to dive and observe life underwater is a key part of the marine courses offered at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. Despite an eight week pause on recreational activity from March to May...
10:29 Thursday 17 December
Earlier News
The Sea Devil
Fishing groups rally over lost rights
Happy 100th Birthday TYPBC!
Paddling past retirement
About blue cod
Alternative fisheries suggestion
Trout season
Electric boat launches in Tauranga
Better regulations for seafarers to NZ
Nicky Sinden’s life on water