Zane Bryhn

Summer is still elusive, and the high winds and tail ends of cyclones continue to batter Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel. We have been teased...

It’s been a wet and very windy year so Coastguard activity on the water has been less than normal. Our Coastguard Hibiscus crew has used...

With Cyclone Gabrielle and the State of Emergency, call outs for Coastguard Hibiscus have been sporadic.  In saying that, we are extremely thankful that most...

Local volunteers put a huge effort into running our unit in the busy summer period – Coastguard Hibiscus spent over 150 hours on the water...

November’s weather was extremely volatile and the amount of rain and wind we had meant that activity on the Hauraki Gulf was pretty quiet. This...

We were extremely lucky with the weather over Labour weekend with Saturday and Sunday playing ball wind and sun wise which meant the Hauraki Gulf...

I can’t believe that we are heading back into summer after what seems like a very mild winter. Normally call outs drop off over winter,...

At this time of year the weather is a little more unpredictable and can turn nasty extremely quickly. Last month the Saturday crew were called...

Coastguard Hibiscus are still being kept extremely busy with the weather playing ball – well, mostly.   Cyclone Dovi kept most people off the water,...

It is hard to believe that Christmas has been and gone again for another year.   The activity over this time on the gorgeous Waitemata Harbour...