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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 diverse techniques, a wide variety of popular fish ...
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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 its kind globally, has shown that fishing can ...
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Boat World

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...
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Boat Business

New Buccaneer dealer

Auto Marine Services (AMS) in Taupo has been appointed an official dealer for Buccaneer Boats. The central North Island dea...
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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 Lammina AL platform. This high-performance, cos...
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Boat Business

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...
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Boat Business

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...
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Boat Business

HCB for New Zealand

James Dalzell from The Nautical Group luxury yacht brokers has announced the group will represent premium American centre-con...
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Boat Business

Assault Amphibious milestone

Peter Carlson and the team at Family Boats are very proud of delivering their 20th Assault amphibious boat. The team belie...
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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 Batteries encouraged New Zealanders to put water saf...
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Lagoon 43

Lagoon
Catamaran
Compact yet voluminous, the Lagoon 43 is much more than an entry-level cruiser, reports our Australian correspondent, Kevin G...
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 Zealand-built aluminium trailer boats, but if the ...
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 history, and of Jim Lapsley’s homebuilt worki...
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Boat Business

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...
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Boat Business

Naiad production in USA

The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG), a global leader in high-performance watercraft design and manufacturing, has opened a new m...
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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 with a new location at Te Ana Marina in Lyttelt...
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Boat Business

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...
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Boat Business

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...
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Editors Note

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...
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Smuggler Strata 800SS

Smuggler Strata
New Zealand has led the world in the development of small amphibious recreational boats, and hundreds of Kiwis have taken to ...
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 a serious business, not to be taken lightly....
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-rounder? Very few boats make quite such an im...
Length Over All (M):
10.60
Displacement (M):
6,300
Construction:
Fibreglass (GPR)
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Tuke steps off the boat, but stays in the fight

Blair Tuke won't be on the water when Emirates Team New Zealand return to racing at next week's America's Cup preliminary reg...
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Coaching and race official courses set for busy winter schedule
Yachting New Zealand

Coaching and race official courses set for busy winter schedule

With clubs across the country heading into the quieter winter months, Yachting New Zealand has confirmed an extensive program...
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Windfoil New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand strengthen youth pathway with new partnership
Yachting New Zealand

Windfoil New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand strengthen youth pathway with new partnership

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