At least four whitebait fishermen were spotted on Christchurch’s Avon River, a day after the whitebait season ended following the new rule changes. Previously, people could fish for whitebait from ...

Whitebaiters on the Avon River in Christchurch despite the season ending. Photo / George Heard. At least four whitebait fishermen were spotted on Christchurch’s Avon River, a day after the whitebait ...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says zero tolerance will be given to people who fish in areas that have been closed to protect threatened marine life like Hector’s dolphins. The warning ...

Christchurch's hugely popular Take a Kid Fishing event will return to The Groynes in September. Organisers have announced the event is back on the calendar this year after it was cancelled in 2023.

Most of the Sealord crew members in a Christchurch managed isolation facility for Covid-19 have been released this morning. Thirty-one members of a group of 237 Russian and Ukranian seafarers tested ...

More than 400 Russian and Ukrainian seamen are about to land in Christchurch to get deep sea fishing boats back out in the water. The first of two flights chartered by fishing companies will land over ...

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POLICE have halted a major search operation after a 65-year-old man failed to return from a fishing trip. The man, who has not been named, was last seen by his wife when he left an address in ...