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Boating New Zealand Magazine

2025

Readership surges across print and digital

Editors Note

Welcome to your October 2025 edition of Boating New Zealand magazine. In this issue, it is my great pleasure to share some good news. In the latest independent readership survey, Boating New Zealand’s print publication—this magazine—saw a 25% surge in readership in the last six months, which means nearly 100,000 people read the magazine each month. That’s the best readership figure for Boating New Zealand since 2016, and while it’s just a snapshot and not the whole year, and it’s also true magazines are seeing a general resurgence worldwide after years of decline, it’s still fantastic news....

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Tauranga Boat Sales
Salthouse Corsair 12m (2002)
Salthouse Corsair 12m (2002)
$185,000
12m | This vessel built by Miller and Tonnage with Corsair design hull is impressive, Viewing will not disappoint
Article
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Assault Amphibious milestone

Boat Business
Peter Carlson and the team at Family Boats are very proud of delivering their 20th Assault amphibiou...
Adam Clancey // Photo: Century Batteries
Article
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Eight simple battery checks from Century Batteries to help prevent rescues

Boat Maintenance
During this year's National Safe Boating Week (6 to 12 October), Century Batteries encouraged New Ze...
Article
Article
Article

Fishing is good for your health

Boat World
A significant New Zealand study involving nearly 1,900 anglers, the largest of its kind globally, ha...
Boating NZ Classified Listing
Article
Article
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Fishing, fast boats, and factories

Editors Note
A bill designating 19 new marine protected areas for Hauraki Gulf Marine Park has been passed, with ...
Press Release
Press Release
Press Release

Freedom Boat Club Christchurch and Freedom local

Boat Business
Freedom Boat Club, the world’s largest boat club, is expanding in New Zealand with a new location at...
Article
Article
Article

Getting Saucy

Boat Profile
Saucy Jane is the name of Bill Hamilton’s first successful jetboat, now lost to history, and of Jim ...
Article
Article
Article

HCB for New Zealand

Boat Business
James Dalzell from The Nautical Group luxury yacht brokers has announced the group will represent pr...

Lagoon 43

Lagoon
Catamaran
Compact yet voluminous, the Lagoon 43 is much more than an entry-level cruiser, reports our Australi...
Length Over All (M):
13.85
Displacement (M):
(ECC) 13,319kg
CONSTRUCTION:
Infused polyester with balsa core
Article
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Moana Auckland returns in 2026

Boat World
Moana Auckland, New Zealand’s Ocean Festival, returns for its third edition from 28 February to 15 M...
Boating NZ Classified Listing
Press Release
Press Release
Press Release

Momentum electric outboard for New Zealand

Boat Business
Momentum Electric Marine’s advanced M10 electric outboard motor has arrived in New Zealand, distribu...
Press Release
Press Release
Press Release

Naiad production in USA

Boat Business
The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG), a global leader in high-performance watercraft design and manufact...
Article
Article
Article

New Buccaneer dealer

Boat Business
Auto Marine Services (AMS) in Taupo has been appointed an official dealer for Buccaneer Boats. The...
Article
Article
Article

New head for Volvo Penta

Boat Business
Volvo Penta has appointed Hanna Ljungqvist as Head of the Volvo Penta Marine Business and a member o...
Article
Article
Article

NZ Composites GRX Arma PET

Boat Business
NZ Composites is introducing Armacell’s ArmaPET Struct GRX, to replace the currently stocked GR grad...

OceanPro 533 Cuddy Cabin

Oceanpro
Pontoon Boat
OceanPro is not really a name that springs to mind when thinking about New Zealand-built aluminium t...
Horsepower (HP):
70-100
Length Over All (M):
5.5
YEAR:
2025
Construction:
Pontoon-style aluminium monohull
Length Over All (M):
5.33
CONSTRUCTION:
Aluminium

Riviera 4300 Sports Express

Riviera
Building large, multimillion-dollar bluewater motoryachts for a global market is a serious business,...
Length Over All (M):
13.88
YEAR:
2025
Displacement (M):
15,500
CONSTRUCTION:
Fibreglass (GRP)

Smuggler Strata 800SS

Smuggler Strata
New Zealand has led the world in the development of small amphibious recreational boats, and hundred...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Length Over All (M):
8
YEAR:
2024
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP hull and decks, Hypalon tubes
Article
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Article

Tech advice for Northland customers

Boat Business
Lusty & Blundell has introduced a new senior sales role at its Whangarei branch to meet the grow...

Viknes 10

Viknes
Luxury Cruiser
Now headed to our shores, is this clever new family cruiser the ultimate all-rounder? Very few bo...
Length Over All (M):
10.60
Displacement (M):
6,300
Construction:
Fibreglass (GPR)
Article
Article
Article

What’s my line?

Fishing
In some ways we live in a golden age of fishing, where using all sorts of diverse techniques, a wide...
Press Release
Press Release
Press Release

ZeroJet and Pochon electrify French waters

Boat Business
ZeroJet, a pioneering New Zealand company, has announced a new partnership with Pochon, a leading Fr...
Article
Article
Article

ZeroJet electrifies the AB Inflatables Lammina AL

Boat Business
ZeroJet has introduced a new electric RIB package based on the AB Inflatables Lammina AL platform. T...

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