October 2022

Well surprisingly – or not – our first sail of the year, meaning the spring/summer season, is yet to happen. I have managed to get myself…

Harold George had a busy decade in the 1930s. Despite the Depression the Lovegrove & George legal practice in Queen Street flourished and…

She started off as one giant log of kauri, the superlative boat-building timber that made New Zealand famous and the British navy…

Yamaha Motor New Zealand has announced their 2023 WaveRunner model line-up, which sees all-new colours and updated decals across the…

Hovering, fluttering and feeding seabirds often indicate feeding predators.

Berthing a twin-engine vessel stern-first with the wind blowing up or down the fairway.

Having motored my yacht, Celestine, a Carambola 38, across the width of Europe, by river and canal, in 2019 (Boating New Zealand, January…

Cleaning off old coatings from a boat’s hull is no easy task, especially if they are years old, made up of a variety of materials and…

Coastguard Mana’s new 12.5m Protector rescue vessel Te Awarua might look much the same as 21 other Protectors that make up Coastguard’s new…

Boating was invited to the New Zealand launch of the Boston Whaler range of American-built powerboats at the Auckland headquarters of…

Innovative engineering and technological breakthroughs are making boating easier, safer and more comfortable than ever. Here are a dozen…

Bay of Islands Marina is a relatively modern marina that was only opened by Far North Holdings 22 years ago, but it is built around one of…