A person is dead after a yacht sank in rough weather off the Northland coast this afternoon. Emergency services received a mayday call about 12.40pm after the 47-foot sloop got into trouble about 37km off Cape Brett. An Airforce Orion flew over the......
The fishing industry says it will absorb a 10 percent reduction in the tarakihi catch and will introduce other measures that help rebuild stock numbers as fast as possible. On Friday, Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash announced a 10 percent cut in quota......
A waka flotilla is being welcomed at Cape Runaway, as it arrives in New Zealand for the Tuia 250 celebrations. More than $20 million is being spent on events and resources to mark the 250 years since James Cook first landed in New Zealand, but it will......
One person has died after a boat overturned in the Manukau Harbour in Auckland this morning. Two other people have sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital. Police said they got reports early this afternoon around 12.20pm that the boat had......
An international competitor is making the most of a door being left ajar after Frank Racing, the current record holder of the PIC Coastal Classic yacht race from Auckland to Russell, has been sold overseas. Karl Kwok’s Mod 70 Trimaran Beau Geste......
Apprehension is building in the Bay of Plenty fishing community about whether a number of popular offshore reefs will be permanently closed. A long-running legal battle led by the Motiti Rohe Moana Trust and supported by Forest and Bird has reached......
