November 2025
Reinstating the rivalry: Paper Tiger Internationals 2025
The Paper Tiger catamaran class held its first international
regatta at Torbay, Auckland, 50 years ago. Recently, after a c...
Feisty Westland petrel defies the odds
Defying the odds in a country where 90% of seabirds face extinction, the resilient Westland petrel thrives in its colony near...
The Rudder Cup; a survey of Auckland’s top launches of 1908 (part 1)
Last month I promised that this issue would be devoted to a rattling good yarn about the match race between the launches Eliz...
Industry trailblazer: the Russ Bowler story (Part 2)
For many of those involved in
the 1987 New Zealand Challenge,
not least Michael Fay (later Sir Michael), the 1987 America’...
What’s my line?
In some ways we live in a golden age of fishing, where using all sorts of diverse techniques, a wide variety of popular fish ...
Fishing is good for your health
A significant New Zealand study involving nearly 1,900 anglers, the largest of its kind globally, has shown that fishing can ...
Moana Auckland returns in 2026
Moana Auckland, New Zealand’s Ocean Festival, returns for its third edition from 28 February to 15 March 2026. This ocean-ins...
New Buccaneer dealer
Auto Marine Services (AMS) in Taupo has been appointed an official dealer for Buccaneer Boats.
The central North Island dea...
ZeroJet electrifies the AB Inflatables Lammina AL
ZeroJet has introduced a new electric RIB package based on the AB Inflatables Lammina AL platform. This high-performance, cos...
Tech advice for Northland customers
Lusty & Blundell has introduced a new senior sales role at its Whangarei branch to meet the growing demand for expert tec...
NZ Composites GRX Arma PET
NZ Composites is introducing Armacell’s ArmaPET Struct GRX, to replace the currently stocked GR grade as existing stock deple...
HCB for New Zealand
James Dalzell from The Nautical Group luxury yacht brokers has announced the group will represent premium American centre-con...
Assault Amphibious milestone
Peter Carlson and the team at Family Boats are very proud of delivering their 20th Assault amphibious boat.
The team belie...
Eight simple battery checks from Century Batteries to help prevent rescues
During this year's National Safe Boating Week (6 to 12 October), Century Batteries encouraged New Zealanders to put water saf...
Getting Saucy
Saucy Jane is the name of Bill Hamilton’s first successful jetboat, now lost to history, and of Jim Lapsley’s homebuilt worki...
ZeroJet and Pochon electrify French waters
ZeroJet, a pioneering New Zealand company, has announced a new partnership with Pochon, a leading French marine equipment dis...
Naiad production in USA
The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG), a global leader in high-performance watercraft design and manufacturing, has opened a new m...
Freedom Boat Club Christchurch and Freedom local
Freedom Boat Club, the world’s largest boat club, is expanding in New Zealand with a new location at Te Ana Marina in Lyttelt...
New head for Volvo Penta
Volvo Penta has appointed Hanna Ljungqvist as Head of the Volvo Penta Marine Business and a member of the Volvo Penta Executi...
Momentum electric outboard for New Zealand
Momentum Electric Marine’s advanced M10 electric outboard motor has arrived in New Zealand, distributed by ONEDesigns.XYZ. Th...
Fishing, fast boats, and factories
A bill designating 19 new marine protected areas for Hauraki Gulf Marine Park has been passed, with the new regulations slate...