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First Cruise Visit 2025
The first scheduled cruise ship to call at Whangārei in 2025 berthed at Northport on Saturday (18 January). The Azamara Pursuit, with 658 passengers aboard, was the first…
Whangārei’s new pilot boat welcomed
North Tugz, the company that provides towage and pilotage services in Whangārei Harbour, has welcomed a powerful replacement pilot boat to its fleet.
Harbour Listening Device
A specialist New Zealand acoustics firm has launched technology that can identify and report in real time the presence of marine mammals visiting Whangarei Harbour.
Dairy Exports By Sea
Some of Northland’s dairy exports are now heading overseas through the region’s own port in a trial involving Fonterra and Kotahi, New Zealand’s largest containerised fre…
Resource Consent draws to a close
The hearing into Northport’s Resource Consent application concluded on Tuesday this week (4 June), some 20 months after the application was lodged and about eight months …
Ruakaka Energy Park
If, as the saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child” then Meridian Energy’s proposed Ruakākā Energy Park can certainly count the local business community as will…