Ports of Auckland Ltd (POAL) has been fined $55,000 and ordered to pay $25,000 in reparation to a stevedore who suffered serious injuries unloading a container ship at the port in January 2014. POAL admitted a charge laid by Maritime New Zealand under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 of failing to take […]
Project supports Pacific safety improvements
The presentation of vital data on shipping hazards to Vanuatu, Tonga and the Cook Islands is an important first step toward significantly improving maritime safety in the South West Pacific, Land Information Minister Louise Upston said today. “The risk maps – created by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) – are a world first, combining a […]
Beacon ‘best money I’ve ever spent’
Possum trapper Jacob Gollan says the personal locator beacon he set off while in severe pain in Bay of Plenty bush is the “best money I’ve ever spent in my whole life”. Jacob, 32, was half-way through setting out his possum line on February 24 when pain forced him to return to Wahaatua Hutt, between […]
RCCNZ completes two successful operations
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has completed two operations this morning. A female tramper in her 60s, from Auckland, was rescued from the Angelus Hut on the Cascade Track between Lakes Rotoroa and Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park, after setting off a personal locater beacon. RCCNZ received the beacon activation at […]
Missing helicopter found crashed near Queenstown
The wreckage of a helicopter reported overdue in the Queenstown area has been found in Lochy River basin. Two men onboard, from Queenstown and Wanaka, have not survived the crash. The Robinson 44 helicopter operated by Over the Top helicopters of Queenstown was reported overdue to the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand at around 2.30pm. […]
Ice-bound fishing vessel reaches open water
The Australian-flagged fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain has now reached open water in Antarctica has rendezvoused with New Zealand fishing boat Janas, around 40 nautical miles (75km) clear of the ice. The Antarctic Chieftain will now head to Nelson under its own steam after it was escorted through ice for three days by the United States […]
Ice-bound fishing vessel close to open water
The Australian-flagged fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain, freed from ice in Antarctica, is now close to open sea, but continues to be escorted by the United States Coast Guard icebreaker CG Polar Star as it travels under its own power through light ice. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) coordinated the rescue of the vessel, […]
Updated charts support cruise ship industry
Updated nautical charts released by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will support the growing number of cruise ships visiting Wellington Harbour. LINZ Acting Group Manager Hydrography, Jennifer Ryan, says a lot of work has gone into making sure the latest versions of the two Wellington charts meet the needs of the industry, as well as […]
New Charts for the Chatham Islands
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has today published a set of three new nautical charts to improve maritime safety, and support shipping and fishing operations, around the Chatham Islands. Developed in response to a request from the Chatham Islands harbourmaster, the charts are the culmination of a body of work over several years by the […]
MarineMate Boating App
A new smartphone app utilising data from the New Zealand Hydrographic Authority (NZHA) within Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will make nationwide boating information more widely and easily available to recreational boaties just in time for summer. Available to download free of charge, MarineMate provides a wide range of vital boating information – including tide […]
