Following a three-year expedition sailing around the world raising awareness about plastic pollution, the Voice of the Oceans crew has made Port Nikau their temporary home. After arriving in December, their crew are taking a well-earned break until April while essential maintenance is undertaken on their sailing catamaran, Kat.

Port Nikau welcomed YouTube sensations Parlay Revival to Eastpoint Marina last week to complete necessary on-water maintenance before they finished their six-year round-the-world trip in a repaired hurricane-damaged catamaran. There aren’t many people who would spend their life savings on a hurricane-damaged catamaran to repair and sail around the world, but that’s exactly what Auckland-born …

Port Nikau was proud to host Ocean Dream Walker III with us earlier this year as they completed maintenance and repairs after a South Pacific trip. Ocean Dream Walker III is a stunning 47m Sanlorenzo motor yacht, launched in 2018. She is home to 11 crew and can take 10 guests. We sat down with …

Yachts sailing on the Grand Large Yachting (GLY) World Odyssey 500 recently cruised through New Zealand, with a number of vessels calling into Port Nikau for refits and maintenance.

In April this year, the world’s largest aluminium yacht arrived in the Whangārei Harbour. The triple 62.5m high mast Sea Eagle II has been moored at Port Nikau since finishing off her maiden voyage and sea trial all the way to New Zealand from the Netherlands. Sea Eagle II’s arrival caused a touch of concern …

A volley of horns could be heard across the Whangārei Harbour earlier this week, farewelling one of the largest sailing catamarans in the world. The catamaran, Douce France, had been on the hard at Port Nikau for six weeks, undergoing the five-yearly maintenance. The boat was then heading to Opua to clear customs before carrying …

The redevelopment of Whangārei’s boatbuilding infrastructure at Port Nikau has enabled the Whangārei marine industry to score New Zealand’s most expensive and most impressive $60 million refit this year. The $45 million superyacht Senses is 59 metres and weighs almost 1000 tonnes. The superyacht is currently sitting in a slipway at Ship Repair NZ’s Port …