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November 2025

Fishing

What’s my line?

In some ways we live in a golden age of fishing, where using all sorts of divers...
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Boat World

Fishing is good for your health

A significant New Zealand study involving nearly 1,900 anglers, the largest of i...
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Boat World

Moana Auckland returns in 2026

Moana Auckland, New Zealand’s Ocean Festival, returns for its third edition from...
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Boat Business

New Buccaneer dealer

Auto Marine Services (AMS) in Taupo has been appointed an official dealer for Bu...
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Boat Business

ZeroJet electrifies the AB Inflatables Lammina AL

ZeroJet has introduced a new electric RIB package based on the AB Inflatables La...
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Boat Business

Tech advice for Northland customers

Lusty & Blundell has introduced a new senior sales role at its Whangarei bra...
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Boat Business

NZ Composites GRX Arma PET

NZ Composites is introducing Armacell’s ArmaPET Struct GRX, to replace the curre...
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Boat Business

HCB for New Zealand

James Dalzell from The Nautical Group luxury yacht brokers has announced the gro...
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Boat Business

Assault Amphibious milestone

Peter Carlson and the team at Family Boats are very proud of delivering their 20...
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Boat Maintenance

Eight simple battery checks from Century Batteries to help prevent rescues

During this year's National Safe Boating Week (6 to 12 October), Century Batteri...
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Lagoon 43

Lagoon
Catamaran
Compact yet voluminous, the Lagoon 43 is much more than an entry-level cruiser, ...
Length Over All (M):
13.85
Displacement (M):
(ECC) 13,319kg
CONSTRUCTION:
Infused polyester with balsa core
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OceanPro 533 Cuddy Cabin

Oceanpro
Pontoon Boat
OceanPro is not really a name that springs to mind when thinking about New Zeala...
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
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Boat Profile

Getting Saucy

Saucy Jane is the name of Bill Hamilton’s first successful jetboat, now lost to ...
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Boat Business

ZeroJet and Pochon electrify French waters

ZeroJet, a pioneering New Zealand company, has announced a new partnership with ...
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Boat Business

Naiad production in USA

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

Freedom Boat Club Christchurch and Freedom local

Freedom Boat Club, the world’s largest boat club, is expanding in New Zealand wi...
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Boat Business

New head for Volvo Penta

Volvo Penta has appointed Hanna Ljungqvist as Head of the Volvo Penta Marine Bus...
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Boat Business

Momentum electric outboard for New Zealand

Momentum Electric Marine’s advanced M10 electric outboard motor has arrived in N...
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Editors Note

Fishing, fast boats, and factories

A bill designating 19 new marine protected areas for Hauraki Gulf Marine Park ha...
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Smuggler Strata 800SS

Smuggler Strata
New Zealand has led the world in the development of small amphibious recreationa...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Length Over All (M):
8
YEAR:
2024
CONSTRUCTION:
GRP hull and decks, Hypalon tubes
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Riviera 4300 Sports Express

Riviera
Building large, multimillion-dollar bluewater motoryachts for a global market is...
Length Over All (M):
13.88
YEAR:
2025
Displacement (M):
15,500
CONSTRUCTION:
Fibreglass (GRP)
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Viknes 10

Viknes
Luxury Cruiser
Now headed to our shores, is this clever new family cruiser the ultimate all-rou...
Length Over All (M):
10.60
Displacement (M):
6,300
Construction:
Fibreglass (GPR)
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Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Off Opua, the Insight Media team catch the action at the start line of the 2026 Solo Trans-Tasman

Off Opua, the fabulous team from Insight Media team catch the action at the star...
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Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Solo Trans-Tasman underway! Monohulls away at 12:06, Malcolm Dickson first over the line at 79

Thirteen monohulls crossed the start line at 12:06, one minute after the schedul...
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Solo Trans-Tasman Yacht Challenge

Solo Trans-Tasman 2026: fleet away on schedule, Guy Chester first over the line

The 16th Solo Trans-Tasman Challenge is underway. At noon Saturday, the multihul...
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