New Zealand Coastguard's free bar awareness roadshow will be in Te Puke next week. Focusing on the Maketū/Kaituna Cut, the seminar will provide information... Read More

New Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning urging people not to collect or consume shellfish along the Bay of Plenty coastline, from just north... Read More

A yachting version of The Amazing Race, the annual Coke Bottle Boat Race, dinghy relays, games on a sandbar - complete with a 'bar on the bar” - and the... Read More

Waikato Bay of Plenty Navy officer Kristen Kotuhi (Ngāti Raukawa) has won the 2025 New Zealand Defence Force Sailor of the Year Award. Royal New Zealand... Read More

Surf lifeguards from Hot Water Beach through to Tairāwhiti Gisborne have been put through their paces this week at Mount Maunganui Main Beach as part of a two-day... Read More

A 15-year-old volunteer lifeguard has played a key role in three separate rescues during a demanding weekend at Pāpāmoa Beach. Jayden Harris, a Pāpāmoa... Read More

New Zealanders naturing on or near the ocean are being reminded to follow marine reserve rules as we head into summer. There are 44 marine reserves around... Read More

Surf lifeguards patrolling beaches over the weekend performed 11 rescues nationwide, a sharp drop from the 65 rescues the previous weekend. However, Surf... Read More

Australia will be taking the 2025 International Surf Rescue Challenge title home after a fierce competition at Mount Main Beach. The final day of the three-day... Read More

The energy levels at Mount Maunganui beach were high, as well as the waves, on day one of the International Surf Rescue Challenge. A total... Read More

A rāhui in place at a Mount Maunganui beach following a man's death is expected to last for a week. Police and other emergency services were called to the... Read More

Unusually warm ocean surface temperatures around the North Island are signalling a muggy shift to the start of summer. Surface temperatures in some parts... Read More