1. A Velasco43F launch by Jeanneau Boats of France, at speed, inbound in Auckland. Date: 11 January 2026 Image ID 14429
2. MOJO - a private motor launch passing Devonport, Auckland. Date: 11 January 2026 Image ID 14426
3. An Absolute58Fly by Absolute Yachts of Italy heading into Auckland. Date: 10 January 2026 Image ID 14418
4. A sportfisher boat heading home, passing Devonport. Date: 10 January 2026 Image ID 14417
5. VIDA-BOA - local Auckland motor launch passing Devonport. Date: 5 January 2026 Image ID 14404
6. VIDA-BOA - local Auckland motor launch passing Devonport. Date: 5 January 2026 Image ID 14403
7. CHEROKEE (1953) 28ft loa, built by Roy Parris. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 14198
8. LAUREN HANSEN (2010 / IMO 9580869 / 490gt / 650dwt / ex-KOUGARI) - a landing craft, inbound to Auckland from Nukualofa. She is owned by Zion Holdings of Singapore and managed and operated by Teras... Date: 4 June 2025 Image ID 13971
9. LAUREN HANSEN (2010 / IMO 9580869 / 490gt / 650dwt / ex-KOUGARI) - a landing craft, inbound to Auckland from Nukualofa. She is owned by Zion Holdings of Singapore and managed and operated by Teras... Date: 4 June 2025 Image ID 13970
10. ALLANKAY (1155gt/54.5m, ex-CORINTHIAN BAY) - The marine environmental protection group Sea Shepherd’s most recently acquired vessel. the 1155gt, 54.5m arrived in Auckland this morning after a... Date: 16 May 2025 Image ID 13953
11. ALLANKAY (1155gt/54.5m, ex-CORINTHIAN BAY) - The marine environmental protection group Sea Shepherd’s most recently acquired vessel. the 1155gt, 54.5m arrived in Auckland this morning after a... Date: 16 May 2025 Image ID 13952
12. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, was towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned... Date: 12 April 2024 Image ID 13505
13. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, is towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned... Date: 12 April 2024 Image ID 13504
14. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - A US Coatguard icebreaker, outbound from Auckland bound for Yokosuka, Japan passes the inbound Royal Navy's HMS. TAMAR, a Tamar-class patrol ship visiting Auckland for... Date: 25 February 2024 Image ID 13398
15. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13394
16. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13393
17. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best in 2023.......providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands in the Hauraki... Date: 19 December 2023 Image ID 13289
18. This former RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK) arrived in New Zealand to be named P&O NEDLLOYD RESCUE by the Waiheke Volunteer Coastguard. Built by Bideford Shipyard (now Harland & Wolff -... Date: 11 January 2013 Image ID 13144
19. This former RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK) arrived in New Zealand to be named P&O NEDLLOYD RESCUE by the Waiheke Volunteer Coastguard. Built by Bideford Shipyard (now Harland & Wolff -... Date: 11 January 2013 Image ID 13143
20. ZAFFIRO Date: 29 March 2023 Image ID 13006
21. DEFENDTEX HORIZON (1984/343gt/323dwt/IMO 8406200, ex-SEAHORSE HORIZON, PROTECTOR, BLUE NABILLA) a weapons trials vessel, alongside in Melbourne, Australia. She was built by Elder Prince Marine... Date: 6 March 2023 Image ID 12968
22. YWAM KOHA (1968/486gt/IMO 6815691, ex-CLAYMORE II, ISIBANE, KONRAD MEISEL)
She was built at the Jadewerft yard in Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1968 and launched as Konrad Meisel and later renamed... Date: 20 November 2022 Image ID 12749
23. MARLIN H.Q. - allegedly a former prawn boat in South America, she was sailed across to NZ to become a mothership to support extended game fishing for the owners sport fisher. Seen here leaving... Date: 2008 Image ID 12613
24. MARLIN H.Q. - allegedly a former prawn boat in South America, she was sailed across to NZ to become a mothership to support extended game fishing for the owners sport fisher. Seen here leaving... Date: 2008 Image ID 12612
25. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best, providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands.
She is home-ported in... Date: 22 March 2022 Image ID 12539
26. GOLDEN ROSE, launched in 1964 and still doing what she does best, providing a lifeline carrying freight, diesel and LPG to the residents of Rakino and Great Barrier Islands.
She is home-ported in... Date: 22 March 2022 Image ID 12538
27. STARLET (N46) - A 13.94m trawler styled, ocean-going motor yacht built by Nordhavn Yachts of California, arriving into Auckland. Date: 16 April 2021 Image ID 12256
28. CEREGO arriving in Auckland. Is it a charterboat? Is it a trawler/fishing boat? No, it seems it has been renovated as a private residence for an artist. Date: 19 February 2021 Image ID 12099
29. AWANUI - a privately owned vessel registered in Bluff but now, apparently based in Auckland. Any further technical details much appreciated, Date: 25 March 2021 Image ID 12079
30. SUNBORN LONDON - If you don't have the budget to charter a superyacht or you get seasick at the mere thought of being on the ocean, then this is for you. Moored near Canary Wharf at Royal Victoria... Date: 22 July 2019 Image ID 11907
31. SUNBORN LONDON - If you don't have the budget to charter a superyacht or you get seasick at the mere thought of being on the ocean, then this is for you. Moored near Canary Wharf at Royal Victoria... Date: 22 July 2019 Image ID 11906
32. TRAMBOAT - the world's first floating tram, based in Victoria Harbour Docklands, Melbourne, Australia. Cruises operate, depending on tides along the Yarra upriver as far as Hawthorn or along the... Date: 21 March 2019 Image ID 11706
33. MUNGOJERRIE - a luxury catamaran built in Opua, Northland, seen heading to Auckland from Waiheke Island. ANYONE WITH ANY FURTHER DETAIL, PLEASE EMAIL. Date: 26 October 2018 Image ID 11568
34. ALI - approaching Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 17 October 2018 Image ID 11500
35. ALI - approaching Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 17 October 2018 Image ID 11499
36. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats, is the first foil assisted catamaran pilot boat in Australia or New Zealand. She was built by Q-West in Whanganui, NZ, is 15.6m in length, has a 5.5m... Date: 28 September 2018 Image ID 11473
37. Greenpeace flagship RAINBOW WARRIOR (3) [2011/855grt/IMO 9575383] sailed from Auckland bound for Wellington following a 5-day stop-over in Auckland.
She is currently making a six-week long... Date: 17 September 2018 Image ID 11429
38. Greenpeace flagship RAINBOW WARRIOR (3) [2011/855grt/IMO 9575383] sailed from Auckland bound for Wellington following a 5-day stop-over in Auckland.
She is currently making a six-week long... Date: 17 September 2018 Image ID 11428
39. TRANS FUTURE 7 (2006/60401grt/IMO 9326093) - becoming the very first vessel to use it, Toyofuji Shipping's car carrier is manoeuvred alongside Ports of Auckland's newly completed but yet to be... Date: 27 April 2018 Image ID 11298
40. HAUNUI - a 22-metre waka hourua (Polynesian voyaging canoe) operated by the Te Toki Voyaging Trust of Whatawhata, New Zealand. The trust’s aim is the revitalisation of Polynesian waka... Date: 27 April 2018 Image ID 11291
41. NIGHT STALKER - a former fishing boat now used by her owner for cruising, outbound from Auckland's Viaduct Basin. Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11174
42. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau). Date: 13 May 2017 Image ID 10957
43. GEO RESOLUTION (1989/1913grt, ex-HMNZS RESOLUTION, USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) - The former Royal New Zealand Navy hydrographic survey ship HMNZS RESOLUTION was acquired by EGS Group of the UK in 2014... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10931
44. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) heads out into the Waitemata Harbour on a beautifully still morning. These... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10906
45. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) heads out into the Waitemata Harbour on a beautifully still morning. These... Date: 31 March 2017 Image ID 10905
46. CLOUD NINE - outbound from Auckland. Any details welcomed. Date: 6 December 2016 Image ID 10741
47. A Maori waka (war canoe), Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10719
48. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Not part of the race, these guys were on the water to drive home their message. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10332
49. Seen on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, paddling his own Polynesian outrigger canoe. Date: 27 May 2015 Image ID 10116
50. DAWN PRINCESS (1997/77441grt/IMO 9103996. Renamed PACIFIC EXPLORER in 2017) inbound to Auckland from Melbourne, Australia in early morning sunshine. She is due to transfer from Princess Cruises to P&O... Date: 27 January 2014 Image ID 9406
51. AOTEAROA ONE - twin-hulled waka hourua (ocean-going or bluewater) voyaging canoe based in Auckland (Tamaki Makaurau) seen here looking resplendant in her yellow livery and under sail on Auckland's... Date: 25 January 2014 Image ID 9393