Yachts
Opua Marina officials review Covid-19 protocols for Pacific yachts
Officials at a Northland marina are reviewing Covid-19 protocols for boaties arriving from the Pacific, as dozens head home during the cyclone season.
Tai Tokerau Border Control has raised concerns… Audio
Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
Since June 2020 Maritime Border Order came into effect, the Ministry of Health has given more than 100 foreign flagged small vessels permission to arrive in New Zealand, Rebecca asks why?. This… Audio
How beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men
Dr. Ashley Mears is a former fashion model turned academic sociologist. Her new book Very Important People looks at how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their… Audio
Fiji grapples with fallout of Covid-19
New Zealander Andrew Rhodes runs a yacht charter business out of Denarau in Fiji. He joins the show to discuss how things have changed in the past week after the country confirmed five Covid-19 cases.
…Off the grid: Life on Great Barrier Island during lockdown
Third generation Great Barrier Island resident Tom Daly is living off-the-grid with his wife Beth and three children under six -- Beau (6), Finn (4), Hucks (2). He talks to Jim about how they are all… Audio
Ill-equipped isolators place strain on Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island sounds like the ideal place to isolate during the lockdown but resident Tom Daly, who lives there with his wife and three kids, says some people have arrived on the island… Audio
America's Cup given another $14.5m of ratepayers' money
Auckland councillors have voted to give an extra $14.5 million of ratepayers' money to pay for cost over-runs for construction of the America's Cup village after they were warned it might not go ahead… Audio
New Zealander feared for his life in Fiji yacht crash
Wellington coffee pioneer Geoff Marsland was heading from Picton to Tonga when the 61 foot yacht he was on struck a reef. Video, Audio
'We all thought we were going to die'
Wellington coffee pioneer Geoff Marsland was on board a 61 foot yacht when it struck a reef 400 kilometres south east of Suva. He tells John Campbell he feared for his life. Video, Audio
Tahitian youngsters getting high on cocaine from grounded yacht
The mayor of the French Polynesian atoll wants police to put a stop to youngsters getting high on cocaine from a cargo yacht which ran aground on the atoll in April. At the time, the yacht had… Audio
Pedal power for new Team NZ boat
The team hopes the use of pedals to power hydraulics will provide more power to the boat's control systems. Audio