20 years and counting: Maritimo strikes gold at SCIBS 2026
A look back at Maritimo’s 20-year history reveals that the luxury motor yacht bu...
NAUSICAÄ: Lürssen Delivers Marc Newson-Designed 114.2m Superyacht
Lürssen has delivered NAUSICAÄ, the 114.2-metre superyacht built under the worki...
70th Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show reels in 31,000 visitors
The 70th edition of the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show has closed out four big...
The floating pavilion: The Whitehaven Harbour Classic 52
There is a distinct moment when a boat ceases to be a mere vehicle and becomes a...
Project Thunderball: Shaping fully bespoke yacht design
CRN M/Y 145 Project Thunderball is a 147-metre, fully custom superyacht nearing ...
Is this the tragic end of a legend? WWII veteran launch ‘Kuparu’ abandoned off Ninety Mi...
The historic World War II Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) Kuparu is drifting...
Tubby makes a splash
Kate, the oldest still-sailing boat in Aotearoa New Zealand, a utilitarian Haura...
Glass, gold, and open ocean: Inside the spectacle of SCIBS 2026
If you want to understand the sheer economic gravity of the 37th Sanctuary Cove ...
Six rescued after vessel capsizes on Whakatāne bar
Six people have been safely rescued after their vessel capsized crossing the Wha...
Glass, oak, and open ocean: inside Maritimo’s newest floating sanctuary
The yachting world’s focus has firmly shifted to the Gold Coast, where the spect...
DEMEY 60 Viola hits the water
Nic de Mey Yachts has announced the successful launch of Viola, the second hull ...
World Sailing’s Steering the Course 2026 adopts Give to Gain theme
Steering the Course, World Sailing’s global women’s sailing festival, is back th...
Customs unveils underwater tech to combat smugglers
Customs have announced three new remotely controlled underwater vehicles to comb...
Search and rescue operation successfully locates missing skipper near Baring Head
A major, multi-agency maritime search-and-rescue operation in the treacherous wa...
Navy drone ships patrol Northland’s remote coastline
Most boaties cruising Northland this summer would have passed Tahi and Rua witho...
Maritimo S50 Sedan Motor Yacht making its global launch at Sanctuary Cove
The new Maritimo S50 Sedan Motor Yacht will make its global debut at the Sanctua...
Caribbean Boats reborn: 40F and 27F Flybridge cruisers unveiled
Caribbean boats have been absent from showrooms since International Marine folde...
696 Xpedition expands Extreme into amphibious
Built on the award-winning Game King platform, the new Extreme...
GPS device to keep track of boaties when cell range drops out
For the first time a GPS device that seamlessly switches to satellite once cellu...
Chasing speed: The new Catalyst Django hits 52 knots
A striking new high-performance support vessel from Lloyd Stevenson Boatbuilders...
Watch: Fire rips through boat in Waitematā Harbour
A local in Auckland's Beach Haven has described hearing explosions before openin...
Lengwiler bronze as Nolot and Maeder take Formula Kite crowns
The classic wind and swell typical of Viana do Castelo delivered some sensationa...
Two injured after jet ski explodes near Emu Point
A jet ski near the Motuihe Channel exploded on Saturday, with smoke and flames s...
Looking back at the Hutchwilco Auckland Boat Show 2027 – in video
A short video highlight of the 2026 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show
When you can’t find the boat you want, build it yourself
Mike Frank spent two decades turning sunlight into electricity at scale. When he...
New Zealand’s marine industry, by the numbers
Source: NZ Marine Industry Association, Autumn 2026 News (nzmarine.nz)
New Ze...
Auckland Boat Show returns 1-4 April, 2027
Mark your calendar. The Auckland (On Water) Boat Show is back at the Viaduct Eve...
Suzuki Marine at Hutchwilco: one product, one focus, and a prop story worth knowing
Suzuki Marine at Hutchwilco: one product, one focus, and a prop story worth know...
Built to last: Seven decades of Kiwi boats at the Auckland Showgrounds
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Hutchwilco Boat Show 2026
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Kingfisher Powercats at Hutchwilco: three boats, two hull types, and one very cold kill tank
Tauranga-based Kingfisher Powercats showcases three boats on its pavilion at the...
Lusty & Blundell at Hutchwilco: Induction cooking for boats, and a world-first trolling motor d...
The Lusty & Blundell stand at the Hutchwilco Boat Show has plenty to look at...
Haines Hunter at Hutchwilco: fibreglass amphibious at its finest
The Haines Hunter stand at the Hutchwilco Boat Show has three boats on it. The S...
Rayglass completes the Legend trilogy with the new 2400
Rayglass launched the Legend 2400 at its 2026 boat show in Auckland this week,...
Yamaha at Hutchwilco: wireless control, a new electric brand, and a very good finance rate
Yamaha's stand at the Hutchwilco Boat Show covers a lot of ground. Outboards acr...
Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show – live
The 2026 Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show ran from Thursday to Sunday at the Auc...
From tinny to 8-metre amphibious: Fin Chaser at the Hutchwilco Boat Show
Fin Chaser's stand sits in the middle of the First Pavilion at the Hutchwilco Bo...
Mercury brings the full range, and a genuinely clever 150
Walking into the Hutchwilco Boat Show and bypassing the food hall entirely is a ...
How Annette Hall accidentally spent 20 years as ‘mum’ to Far North boaties
For the past 20 years Annette Hall has been like a mother to the boaties of the ...
Dufour unveils the new Dufour 39: a new approach to cruising without compromise
La Rochelle, May 12, 2026 — With Dufour 39, Dufour continues the evolution of it...
Flite returns to SCIBS with Award-Winning Foiling Technology
SANCTUARY COVE, QLD, Australia – (May 13, 2026) – Flite, a brand of Brunswick Co...