Coastguard Taranaki

16/06/2026

Celebrating Our Everyday Heroes for National Volunteer Week! 💙⚓️

When people think of Coastguard, they often picture our rescue vessels cutting through the waves. But the truth is, saving lives at sea is a massive team effort that starts long before a boat ever hits the water, and continues long after it returns. Every single role matters:

🌊 Our Wet Crew: For dropping everything at a moment’s notice to head out into the waves.

📡 Our Radio Operators: For being the calm, steady voices keeping the crew and the community connected and safe.

⚙️ Our Shore Crew & Support Teams: For the endless work behind the scenes - maintaining gear, ensuring the boat is always ready, and keeping the unit running smoothly.

To our volunteers (and the families who support them): we couldn't do this without you. You are true legends!

16/06/2026

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11/06/2026

If you spotted Todd Energy Rescue getting a piggyback through town this week, don’t worry - she hasn’t got her roads and waterways mixed up! She’s off for a well-earned spa treatment and major overhaul. ⚓️🔧

🚛 A huge thanks to the team at 𝐆 𝐉 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 for their support and for ensuring a smooth ride through town.

📲 While Todd Energy Rescue is out of the water, our dedicated radio operators remain on watch, and Ties Rescue is available to task when required.

✨We will keep you posted on her progress!

06/06/2026

⚓ Todd Energy Rescue Undergoing Major Overhaul ⚓

Our rescue vessel, Todd Energy Rescue, has been taken out of the water for a planned major overhaul to ensure she remains safe, reliable, and ready to serve our community for years to come.

📲 While this work is underway, it’s business as usual for Coastguard Taranaki. Our dedicated Radio Operators continue to monitor marine communications and provide support to boaties, and our crews have Ties Rescue on standby to respond when needed.

🛟 We’ll keep you updated on Todd Energy Rescue’s progress and look forward to welcoming her back on the water soon.

30/05/2026

🌙🚤 Now that the evenings are getting dark so early, it’s important that we keep our night training skills sharp.

Last week, our crew were out training on Todd Energy Rescue & TIES Rescue with searchlights, night vision equipment, and infrared equipment to ensure we’re ready to respond when needed.

Stay safe out there Taranaki.

25/05/2026

09/05/2026

💙Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mums, grandmothers and aunties out there - especially the ones who keep our Coastguard whānau afloat.

To the volunteers who juggle family life with callouts.
To the mothers in our crews, our radio rooms, and our communities.
To the mums who wait up, support, and encourage from the shore.

Thank you for your aroha, resilience and generosity💙

23/03/2026

Keep this in mind if you’re coming down tomorrow…

Here come the kids ...

🏊‍♂️🚴 🏃‍♀️ Triathlon returns to Taranaki tomorrow (25 March) with the Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon New Zealand at Ngāmotu Beach.

It's great to have the kids down here giving it a go as they swim, bike and run their way around the course.

With so many aspiring triathletes out on the roads there are a few traffic management conditions to please be aware of:
👉 Ocean View Parade, from Bayly Road to Port Taranaki's East Gate, will be closed.
👉 Other roads around the Port Taranaki and Moturoa areas will remain open, but there may be delays as the competitors make their way around the course.
👉 Ocean View Parade to the Lee Breakwater and boat ramp will remain open, but there may be delays.
👉 Please be patient, follow traffic management directions, and take care.

👏 Thanks for your support.

🥇 Good luck to all the kids taking part - have a great day!

21/03/2026

🎉 A big CONGRATULATIONS to Phil and Richard who successfully passed their Qualified Crew assessment today!

👏 Both are incredibly valuable crew members, and they did an excellent job out there. This is a well-deserved achievement and a reflection of the time and effort they’ve put in.

A huge thank you to our skippers and crew who supported them through the process, and those that fed us all after the assessment- we couldn’t do it without you!

19/03/2026

📟 Yesterday our crew responded to a callout to assist a vessel with steering failure off Oakura.

💨 Despite strong winds, the team carried out a safe and straightforward tow back to port, with both vessel and crew returned home safely.

Stay safe out there Taranaki!