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Lessons from Wahine sinking make shipping safer
Monday, 9 April 2018, 10:56 am | Maritime New Zealand
As we reflect on the 50th anniversary of New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster in modern times, the sinking of TEV Wahine on 10 April 1968 and the loss of 53 lives, we can see that lessons from that tragedy make shipping safer today. More >>
‘Roaring’ hunters reminded to take distress beacons
Friday, 6 April 2018, 9:33 am | Maritime New Zealand
Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) is reminding hunters heading out for the ‘roar’ that a registered distress beacon could save their life following two rescues this week. RCCNZ organised the rescue of two hunters who were bluffed on the West Coast, ... More >>
Distress beacon saves canoeist
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 8:41 am | Maritime New Zealand
A 57-year-old canoeist had a narrow escape last night thanks to the personal locator beacon he was carrying when paddling off a Northland beach. More >>
Passenger’s back broken on high speed tourist vessel
Monday, 19 March 2018, 12:19 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Seafort Holdings Limited and its sole director and shareholder, Richard John Prentice, have been ordered to pay fines and reparations totalling more than $93,000 after a 60-year-old passenger, Raewyn Russell, had her back broken when the company’s ... More >>
Injury in the mountains and no way to call for help
Friday, 9 March 2018, 3:11 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Distress beacons save lives is the lesson after the chance rescue of an injured solo tramper in Mount Aspiring National Park last night. More >>
‘No Excuses’ for Wellington boaties
Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 3:40 pm | Maritime New Zealand
14 February 2018 Wellington’s ‘No Excuses’ team is on the harbour checking boaties’ speed and lifejackets as part of the nationwide campaign. More >>
Float-free distress beacons compulsory for fishing vessels
Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 9:24 am | Maritime New Zealand
14 February 2018 ‘Float-free’ distress beacons will soon become compulsory for commercial fishing vessels to improve safety in the sector. More >>
Maritime NZ helps protect Poor Knights marine reserve
Thursday, 8 February 2018, 10:40 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime NZ is helping protect our marine environment with a campaign against ships encroaching into the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve off Northland. More >>
Distress beacon saves farmer and dogs from bull attack
Friday, 2 February 2018, 12:34 pm | Maritime New Zealand
An injured Hawkes Bay farmer and his dogs have been saved from a bull attack by a PLB distress beacon and a helmet. More >>
Kiribati ferry: Aerial search suspended
Friday, 2 February 2018, 9:52 am | Maritime New Zealand
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) Acting Manager Kevin Banaghan said the four search aircraft from New Zealand, Australia and the United States will return to their countries. More >>
Kiribati authorities confirm more than 80 on sunken ferry
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 1:09 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Kiribati authorities have confirmed that about 80 passengers plus crew of likely about five were on the ferry Butiraoi that sank on January 18. More >>
Australian and US aircraft join search for Kiribati ferry
Monday, 29 January 2018, 4:22 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Aircraft from Australia and the US Coast Guard will join the search for the missing Kiribati ferry MV Butiraoi that had an estimated 50 people on-board. Rescue Coordination Centre NZ and the Royal New Zealand Air Force continue to assist the Rescue Coordination ... More >>
Fishing vessel on way to dinghy
Sunday, 28 January 2018, 2:50 pm | Maritime New Zealand
28 January 2018 (1.45pm) The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand says a fishing vessel has been diverted to pick up seven people found adrift in a dinghy this morning during the search for the missing Kiribati ferry. More >>
Ferry search resumes at daylight
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 10:36 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand has provided a detailed search area for the P3 Orion crew and local personnel, who will resume searching for the missing Kiribati ferry at daylight. More >>
RCCNZ assists search for Kiribati ferry
Saturday, 27 January 2018, 11:37 am | Maritime New Zealand
27 January 2018 (8.30am) The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand is assisting the Fiji rescue services in searching for an inter-island ferry overdue in Kiribati with an estimated 50 on-board. More >>
Skipper ordered to pay $130,000
Friday, 26 January 2018, 9:54 am | Maritime New Zealand
The skipper of a recreational boat that collided with a rocky outcrop in the Coromandel has been ordered to pay a total of almost $130,000 in reparations to three victims on board. More >>
Maritime NZ’s innovative lifejacket campaign wins award
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 10:54 am | Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand’s lifejacket campaign has recently won Maritime NZ and advertising agency FCB Media a gold global award at the International Festival of Media Awards in New York. The award was for “Virtual Coastwatch” and Best Use of Technology. More >>
Speed gun trial catches too many boaties speeding
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 10:47 am | Maritime New Zealand
A trial of on the water laser speed guns is showing too many boaties, at least in Marlborough, are breaking speeding rules. More >>
Auckland joins “No Excuses” campaign for no lifejackets
Friday, 22 December 2017, 8:57 am | Maritime New Zealand
Auckland Harbourmaster staff have had an already busy start to summer monitoring recreational boating and compliance on the water, and are now enjoying the opportunity to work with Maritime NZ on the “No Excuses” campaign. More >>
19 recreational boaties die so far in 2017
Wednesday, 20 December 2017, 9:32 am | Maritime New Zealand
20 December 2017 So far this year 19 people have died in recreational boating accidents, and Maritime NZ does not want that number to increase over the Christmas holidays. More >>
