TYPBC sailors reminisce

Wayne Eaton and Gary Smith between them have witnessed a good chunk of Tauranga Yacht & Power Boating club’s 100 years in operation. Wayne has... Read More

Top surfer returns

Tauranga surfer Kehu Butler is back competing in New Zealand waters, claiming the Men’s Division of the 2020 Aotearoa Maori Titles held on Labour... Read More

MMYC 2020 Winter Series

After a challenging start to the series due to COVID-19, the 2020 season saw a fantastic turn out overall with some cracking conditions and terrible... Read More

Safe boating

Waikato waterways can be a busy place over summer with various water activities going on at one spot. Avoid being the danger this season by operating... Read More

Miss Lidgard

This fine vessel will be remembered by many far and wide as the successful game fishing charter boat operating from Mercury Bay, skippered by the late... Read More

A trip to Fiordland

I have recently returned from a once-in-a-lifetime trip with Darren and his Wettie snorkelling team to Fiordland. I taught Darren at Mercury Bay Area... Read More

Voyage for foster care

One woman, one dog and a trusty sailboat traveling the world’s seas sounds like a winning movie plot. But for real life solo-sailor Elana Connor,... Read More

Diving on through

Learning how to dive and observe life underwater is a key part of the marine courses offered at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology. Despite an eight... Read More

The Sea Devil

Count Felix Von Luckner was labelled the Sea Devil as well as a gentleman naval officer, who had an interesting involvement in the Pacific and in our... Read More

Happy 100th Birthday TYPBC!

This season is a particularly special one for the Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club, as it marks  its centennial year. The club was formed 100... Read More

Paddling past retirement

When asking Tauranga Moana Outrigger Canoe Club’s oldest crew what the best part about Waka Ama is, the answers range from “being on the... Read More

About blue cod

Some anglers in the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel say they’ve definitely been catching more and larger blue cod over  recent years. However,... Read More