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A $45 fix that takes two minutes to install can stop most fuel thieves in their tracks. Here's what's available and what actually works

A Canadian family discovers that fishing with kids in New Zealand is less zen, more chaos. Plus the prank video that got 12 million views on Instagram.

Spiny rock lobster ban from Ohao Point to Cape Rodney starts 1 April 2026, connecting to the Hauraki Gulf closure. New bag limits apply nationwide.

Boaties share their love of fishing and why it’s so important to ‘protect our paradise’. By keeping hulls, anchors, chains and gear clean, we can all do our bit to stop the spread of invasive pests.

Brendan Lockhead never grew up around boats. Then an impulse buy at 30 changed everything. Now he's chasing snapper in the Hauraki Gulf and says NZ fishing is hard to beat.

New ban on gathering shellfish, seaweed and rockpool life now in force on Hauraki Gulf coast north of Auckland. Fines up to $100,000. Check the rules.

Auckland boatie David Yeong shares his love of fishing and why NZ's incredible waters are worth protecting.

Fishing rules change often, make sure you know what the current rules are wherever you’re fishing by downloading the NZ Fishing Rules app.

Hauraki Gulf fisheries closure: 2-year ban on seaweed and invertebrate harvesting begins March 2026 across Ōmaha Bay, Kawau Bay, and Whangaparāoa Peninsula.

An amateur fishing charter company that illegally caught crayfish for customers and served it as a meal has been fined $60,000.

Taupō trout fishery sees 4x spike in violations. DOC Rangers issue warning as 40 offences detected, with $400 fines for unlicensed fishing and rule-breaking.

Major changes to NZ's environmental laws could affect fishing access, water quality and coastal areas. Submissions close 13 Feb 2026. Make your voice heard.

Two-year fishing closure off Port Napier aims to restore taonga species and grow a thriving reef ecosystem through community-led conservation.

NZ Government announces major Fisheries Act reforms to boost sustainable growth, improve decision-making, and protect fishers’ privacy.

New biosecurity rules are in place at Hauturu o Toi Little Barrier Island, making it illegal to anchor anywhere around the island.

Test your dive skills with our two minute test.

The government’s Fisheries Reform 2025 may impact your success as a recreational fisher—have your say before it's too late!

NZ Boat Register's NFC Boat ID Tags provide a simple, secure way to identify lost or stolen watercraft without exposing personal details.

Learn how and where to catch even better fish than ever before from the experts, change your fishing future forever, now! Boat Kayak or PWCs

Fishery officers will be inspecting catch bags and bins all weekend as the blue cod season opens throughout the Marlborough region.

Fishery officers were called in by Hawkes Bay police yesterday after they stopped a car with a big haul of pāua inside.

Fisheries New Zealand is seeking your ideas and feedback on proposed changes to the blue cod (rāwaru) seasonal closure in the Marlborough Sounds (Te Tauihu-o-te-waka) to reduce fishing pressure.

New Zealand Food Safety has some fast facts to share about toxic shellfish poisoning and how to keep yourself, your whanau and friends safe.

Five of Westland’s special protected areas celebrate their 10th anniversary this month.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) appreciates the help of the Kawau community in successfully freeing a juvenile pygmy blue whale that had wedged itself underneath a private wharf on Kawau Island on Monday, and is asking the public for sightings of the whale, approximately 14-15 meters in length - Image credit DOC

An Auckland poacher who sold or attempted to sell fish he caught illegally 35 times, has been fined $15,000.

A rare basking shark found at Gillespies Beach has been removed from the beach by DOC for preservation and further study at Auckland War Memorial Museum.

DOC is urging whitebaiters to have fun down at the river, follow the rules, and keep themselves and freshwater habitats safe as the whitebaiting season kicks off.

Fish trading company fined $360,000, employee jailed for 3 years 7 months.

The NZ Fishing World and Angler's Planet team is delighted to have been awarded Best Fishing Website Design by DesignRush

Application for a mātaitai reserve surrounding Moutohorā Island (Whale Island) and the Rurima Island Group, Bay of Plenty

Whitebait species inanga/atutahi in the Whanganui River have more space to spawn thanks to restoration at Te Ao Hou marae and neighbouring properties in Aramoho.

Jason Dickey's updates the community on the decision process and reasoning for the drivetrain options being fitted to the ultra-long-range Pacific 62 sport-fisher.

In this update we report on the first meeting of the Exotic Caulerpa National Advisory Group; flag time extensions to Controlled Area Notices; and outline the actions in response to a new detection in Omaha Cove/Leigh Harbour.

Grant 'Espresso' Bittle invites the fishing community to provide feedback on his proposed fishing coaching seminar initiative.

New product news once again coming out of the Fishbites® Manufacturing Campus in St. Augustine, Florida.

finScribe is a fishing logbook app. Not simply a memory aid and a way to feel the reward of past catches all over again, finScribe has the potential to turn its users into better anglers.

Fisheries New Zealand invites written submissions in response to the request from anyone who has an interest in the species concerned or in the effects of fishing in the area concerned.

In this update we look at progress in the Exotic Caulerpa Accelerated Programme and advise on two new locations of exotic caulerpa in the Hauraki Gulf.

The recreational pāua fishery along the Kaikōura coast opens today for a limited 2-month season.

Free dive eduction platform with gamified quiz and certification for all New Zealand divers.

Make Summer last longer with a Suzuki DF90ATX outboard Fully Fitted for just $15,999!

Are you interested in or keen to host lure fishing workshops?

Heading back to work? Keep Dickey Boats in mind. 2024 is looking huge and we've a number of vital team roles on offer.

Simrad Yachting Introduces the World’s First Fully-Featured Ultrawide Marine Display with the New NSX® ULTRAWIDE

Alert include bivalve shellfish such as mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles, and scallops, as well as pūpū (cat’s eyes), Cook’s turban and kina (sea urchin)

"When he reached the Waitui Bay area, he removed the GPR equipment, placed it in waterproof bags, attaching them to fishing buoys, tied to a rope and anchor. There is no record of where he went to from that point."

Some information from Biosecurity New Zealand on how you can protect the coastal waters we all love from the invasive seaweed exotic caulerpa

New Zealand’s largest exhibition organiser, XPO Exhibitions is grabbing the helm and promising a truly revitalised and reinvigorated Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, 16 - 19 May 2024 at the Auckland Showgrounds

Bluefin tuna spotted feeding off a Wellington wharf is hooked by land-based angling mates - video sent by Fletcher Tornquist via contributor Jason Grimmett.

Meet the Kai Ika Project - A collaborative effort by the Outboard Boating Club of Auckland, Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae, LegaSea, and the NZ Sport Fishing Council, redistributing previously wasted fish parts to appreciative communities, with a recent expansion to Wellington led by Chris Jupp.

As our fly-fishing water becomes more crowded it can lead to frustration between parties, but a little commonsense and courtesy goes a long way and there are some things you can do to prevent friction.

Espresso highlights the Catch Curly Tails as a versatile softbait, emphasising its unique design that attracts fish, ensures a secure fit on the jig head, and comes in various colors and textures to suit different fishing conditions.

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from Hawke Bay due to the presence of toxins.

A tale of a lost rod, a recovered fish, getting very lucky and then not so lucky. Fortune favours the bold but can equally take the prize away.

Join Catch Fishing for bait-free lure fishing seminars at the Mercury Bay Gamefishing Club and discover the game-changing benefits of using a light leader, enhancing your chances of a successful catch.

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from near Tolaga Bay due to the presence of toxins.

A group of recreational fishers caught with a total of 348 fish, including more than 9 times their collective daily limit for snapper, has been fined $10,500.

A NZ Fishing World follower asks us "What's that fish". We ask the community.

Temporary biosecurity measures are in place for popular Rotorua trout fishing lake from Sunday the 1st of October

New Zealand Fish & Game communications update for fresh water anglers and licence holders on the potential closure of a Rotorua district lake due to invasive gold clams.

Environment court ruling updates no-take/no fishing regulations in Deep Water Cove to Oke Bay, and Mimiwhangata plus trawling and seining bans around Cape Brett

NZFW summarises Jason Dickey's blog updates on the development their Pacific 62. The ultra-long-range sportfisher is being specifically built to allow the goal of near self-contained fishing adventures across the Pacific and around the globe.

A update from Spearfishing New Zealand, including results from the World Championships in Spain plus upcoming local events.

New Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish along the Raglan coastline.

GNS Science and Massey University are conducting a study to understand your needs as a watercraft user or sea-goer regarding marine tsunami warnings and advisories in Aotearoa New Zealand

Effective Monday the 4th of September, MPI has reduced the daily pāua limit to five for the lower and central North Island.

A press release from the Beehive outlining plans to ban bottom trawling from the Hauraki Gulf plus notification of the coming public submissions process.

Full TV episode: The crew head to Whangarei for an overnight adventure at the Mokohinau Islands. They make the most of a squid session under lights before hooking into some solid kingfish and big snapper.

This time on the Lateral Line the boys are back fishing off a boat, but not just any boat. They’ve been invited to join Hamish on his brand-new 500 Sojourn, Marco Boat.

Finally the skies clear and a few precious days of ideal conditions present themselves. Join the boys as they head off on another land-based fishing mission.

Hey Anglers! Welcome to the new-look NZ Fishing World. You’ll see we’ve spent a bit of time updating things, with a brand new site, shiny new logo and all.

Join the Lateral Line team on their latest overnight land-based fishing adventure as they set out to catch a feed and enjoy a delicious meal in the wide-open spaces.

This time Scotty and Mig are land based.

Fishing for a World Record? Here's what you need to know to ensure your trophy fish legally qualifies for a category record. Information courtesy of IGFA

The boys are continuing on their 2-day NZ fishing and camping mission. Last time on The Lateral Line the boys cut the show short after Milan landed a good kingfish, so this time around the story starts where they left off.

Once again kingfish is the target species for Milan. Check out the action

Fishing with Live Baits for fish under marker buoys. Camping on the Boat.

Young spearo Ollie Craig has developed a huge following with his epic spearfishing and diving stories. Check out this for an absolute monster of a kingy!

The Fishing and Adventure boys on Youtube with EP #1 of season 6. Catch their buzz right here...

Live baits are eaten of the surface right behind the boat and Milan lands a big king.

The boys are staying close to home and even closer to the boat ramp on this one. Here's a little harbour fishing action for ya...

The Spring season is just around the corner and The spring season is the best time of year to be fishing top water lures for king fish. Milan is flat out building his house at the moment and can’t get away for the usual 3 day fishing mission.

Milan again struggle’s to catch a king fish so the boys decide to try something different. On the last morning of a 3 day long camping and fishing mission the boys put squid at the top of the hit list. Targeting squid is something Nato use to do a lot but hasn’t done for years. Will squid be on the menu…….

Last time on The Lateral Line the boys went land based fishing. On the last day beautiful Kingfish showed that would not eat. aced with a tragic forecast it’s best to go give land based fishing another crack to see if they could land a monster.

he boys had big plans to land base fish a spot that they have wanted to fish for years but never have. The weather forecast completely destroyed those plans and the boys run for cover.

The last time the boys went fishing Milan managed to land a solid kingfish in his old stomping ground. Milan hadn’t landed a king fish in that area for over a year. Milan had a blast and was super keen to go back and have another go and see if he could do it again.

The last 2 times the boys have been fishing the camera man has done most of the fishing, so on this fishing mission It’s Milan’s turn to fish and Nato is stuck behind the phone filming.

Check out this awesome episode from the Lateral Line boys. Epic footage.

Milan for years has talked about investing some time into trying to catch snapper in a harbour. That time to be invested by waiting until there is a perfect weather forecast and going as far up the back of a harbour at dead low tide as you could possible go and just see what we can find. The perfect out come would be to find something amazingly “fishy” and then coming up with a plan to fish that area. The boys executed the plan well but bump into a school of snapper and Trevally randomly and end up spending the afternoon trying to catch them on a fly. The boys have only ever been lucky enough to see fish schooling like this in the shallows a handful of times over the years.

Some great opportunistic fishing action really capturing the quick thinking and quicker rigging up to grab some kingfish go-time!

Nato has his fly rod rigged and ready before the boat even hits the water. The first half of the day will be spent trying to get a fish to eat a fly. After that the boys are heading wide to some deep water pins to drop big live baits 100 meters plus down on one of Nato’s crazy deep water rigs.

The boys are off on their first fishing and camping mission on board Sojourn for 2022, again spending a few days in, on and around there favourite island group. Milan is doing what Milan does and what he loves most, that being, swimming big live baits on the weed lines close to shore. Hopefully a big hungry king fish has chosen the same weed lines to hunt down breakfast.

This time is gonna be a little bit different. This time, The boys are have a crack at Marlin fishing with Luke on board Evo. Evo being a 7.5 meter Marco boat that was custom designed and built to target Marlin. An over night mission is planned. The weather isn’t the best and Milan ends up getting sea sick on the first day and the trip gets cut short by some less then desirable weather on day 2. Check it out

The boys have been invited to go land based fishing on the east coast of New Zealand by Hamish from NaCL Lures. They had a very similar trip with Hamish last year and it was good fun and some beautiful fish were landed. Hamish believes February to be a great time of year to be on the rocks targeting big kingfish, which suits Milan perfectly. Nato really enjoys trying to capture beautiful scenery in amongst the fishing and this is a great place to do just that. As always a good feed of fresh fish is on the hit list and everyone involved is hopeful that the mighty Green Machine makes an appearance.

The very first fishing mission for 2022 is gonna be a land based fishing mission on New Zealand’s Wild West coast. Milan has some very good family friends that have farmed a beautiful piece of coast line for generations. Milan is lucky enough to have permission to enjoy this amazingly beautiful slice of paradise. Brother Toby is tagging along for this one and as always the boys have there sights set on catching something to eat. It’s been 6 weeks since the boys have had fresh fish to eat and as always that is the main goal but, Milan ends up landing the biggest Snapper he has ever caught in his life after it eats a bait off the surface right before his very eyes.

The month of December is an awesome time of year to go fishing in New Zealand’s beautiful harbours. But, Nato has been wanting to cast lures along the wild west coast of New Zealand for years and the weather is finally going to allow that to happen. The boys are fishing in the harbour on day one. All going to plan? day 2 the boys will be leaving the shelter of the harbour and attacking the mighty West Coast. As always it’s all about trying to have as much fun as possible and catching some thing to eat.

The boys check the forecast to see some spectacular weather predicted over the coming days. An off shore fishing and camping adventure is planned. A beautiful island group is the destination and brother from another mother Andrei and his son Luke are getting in on this over night fishing mission. The forecast was bang on and the fishing was just as good. The usual suspects were hooked and landed, Snapper, King Fish, Trevally and a Pig fish makes a small cameo appearance. There was a little bit of drama at the end…. but, nothing a helpful man driving a huge digger couldn’t sort out. Chur chur Kerepehi Transport.

After making the most of the spring run of king Fish and catching more then their fair share of big King Fish. The boys have confined them selfs to there favourite harbour for a couple of nights camping and fishing on the boat. Nato is keen to film some beautiful time lapses after not being able to on the recent off shore missions. Milan has a chilli bin full of amazing treats and a couple new toys for cooking said treats. The dream is to catch some Trevally and have fresh sashimi on the boat as a starter to NATO’s venison croak pot meal and The boys are not disappointed.

The boys make a 4 hour drive east to fish a crazy piece of water after hearing stories of huge King Fish pushing squid and flying fish to the surface and then smashing them. It’s a beautiful place and the boys haven’t fished there from the boat in a few years. Excitement levels are through the roof! In fishing, timing is everything!!!!! The boys are in the right place at the right time and during the right time of the year. There is so much amazing fishing action it couldn’t all be jammed into one film, so, this is just part 1, to be continued……….. Welcome to The Lateral Line Show starring Milan Radonich and Nathan O’Hearn, two best mates exploring the wild and hidden pathways of NZ chasing trophy kingfish and gigantic snapper in shallow waters. The Lateral Line is an Online TV show all about teaching you the knowledge & techniques to catch trophy fish in shallow water., Subscribe to this channel to keep up with the internet's best in kingfish and snapper fishing while Milan and Nato are having the best time of their lives on Sojourn.