- Port Authority & Service Vessels

1. WAKATERE - Ports of Auckland's pilot launch. 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 beam and...
Date: 6 May 2022
Image ID 12564

2. HARBOURMASTER 02 - in pursuit of a rule breaker, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Note the flashing blue light.
Date: 3 August 2020
Image ID 12414

3. HAUTURU (Maori: Little Barrier) - The New Zealand Department of Conservation vessel used for transporting DOC personell and equipment between Auckland and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 2 October 2020
Image ID 12413

4. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 26 June 2020
Image ID 12412

5. SZECHUEN (2014/25483grt/31288dwt/IMO 9614543. Renamed VANUATU CHIEF in August 2021) - China Navigation’s 2082-TEU container ship sails from Auckland as the Auckland police launch DEODAR III passes...
Date: 16 November 2020
Image ID 12335

6. SOFRANA SURVILLE (2009/9684grt/12502dwt/IMO 9408372, ex-AVRA, SOFRANA TOURVILLE) outbound from Auckland en-route to Noumea. She is accompanied by the Ports of Auckland pilot launch AKARANA. SOFRANA...
Date: 3 August 2020
Image ID 12250

7. JDS INAZUMA - the Murasame-class destroyer departs Auckland accompanied by the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE, following a 4-day goodwill stop-over (with the training ship JDS KASHIMA)....
Date: 7 September 2019
Image ID 11874

8. LUCHOW (2015/24785grt/39728dwt/IMO 9715218) - China Navigation's bulk carrier outbound from Auckland following her maiden call, with the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE alongside, next port,...
Date: 8 April 2019
Image ID 11720

9. AUCKLAND COASTGUARD (ASB RESCUE) departs Westhaven Marina.
Date: 23 March 2019
Image ID 11708

10. DEODAR III - 18.5 metre police launch patrols Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Built by Q-West boatbuilders in Whanganui and commissioned on 15 December 2007, the NZ$2.8million vessel can reach 30 knots...
Date: 23 November 2018
Image ID 11536

11. 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

12. FAILTE (2012) - carrying the name of the Irish word for "welcome", the Cork pilot launch was built by local company Safehaven Marine. She is seen here at speed alongside the P&O cruise ship AZURA as...
Date: July 2018
Image ID 11373

13. BROOKLANDS (2017/72700grt/18322dwt/IMO 9748289) leaving port bound for a gulf anchorage after undergoing fumigation and pre-discharge protocols while alongside at Wynyard Wharf, Auckland. Owned and...
Date: 29 April 2018
Image ID 11302

14. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) about to cross the finish line of the 178th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. The pilot launch WAKATERE, Harbourmaster's RIB and a local yachtie...
Date: 29 January 2018
Image ID 11168

15. FERRO (1905) seen during her first trip since being completely refurbished. The former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch was re-launched on the 100th anniversary of her original launching.
Date: 29 November 2005
Image ID 11140

16. 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: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11058

17. 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: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11057

18. 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: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11056

19. 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: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11055

20. 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: 15 September 2017
Image ID 11054

21. PRACTICOS VII - pilot launch serving the port of La Coruna, Spain. Completed in 2015 by Seaward at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, the Nelson 40-type vessel is 12.34m loa with a full load displacement of...
Date: 20 April 2017
Image ID 10950

22. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' 14.9m pilot launch makes for Wynyard Wharf to embark the liot for the sailing of the livestock carrier OCEAN UTE.
Date: 16 April 2017
Image ID 10914

23. NORTH SHORE RESCUE - Coastguard North Shore's new vessel touches the water for the for the first time after her official naming at their base in Browns Bay, Auckland.
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10887

24. NORTH SHORE RESCUE (naming/launching ceremony) - The bubbly is poured on her bows by MP for East Coast Bays the Rt. Hon. Murray McCully who was on hand for the momentous occasion. He was joined by...
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10886

25. NORTH SHORE RESCUE - The new vessel is presented to the invited guests during the official naming and launching ceremony held at the Coastguard North Shore base in Browns Bay, Auckland.
Date: 4 March 2017
Image ID 10885

26. DEODAR III - the crew of Auckland's high-speed police launch, take a quiet moment from patrol to check out the heavy transport semisubmersible vessel YACHT EXPRESS, with superyachts aboard, as she...
Date: 6 January 2017
Image ID 10811

27. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Indonesian Navy's KRI BANDA ACEH (LPD593), a Makassar-class Landing Platform Dock, during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary...
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10731

28. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Japanese destroyer JDS TAKANAMI (D110) during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary celebrations. WAKATERE is the first foil assisted...
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10730

29. 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: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10729

30. CIPBB TE KUPUKA - a police patrol boat all the way from the Cook Islands.
Date: 19 November 2016
Image ID 10717

31. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch passes the Royal New Zealand Navy's Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F 111), Auckland Harbour.
Date: 16 November 2016
Image ID 10644

32. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch. Commissioned on 15 December 2007, she can reach 30 knots and remain away from shore for up to a week.
Date: 16 November 2016
Image ID 10643

33. MAERSK JABAL (2008/27910gt/39241dwt/2824-TEU/IMO 9343077, ex-BRIGHT FUTURE, ex-KOTA PERMASAN) alongside at Auckland's Fergusson Container Terminal. The former Auckland twin-hulled pilot launch...
Date: 4 September 2016
Image ID 10566

34. HARBOURMASTER 2 - the crew check use of lifejackets during their patrol of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 4 February 2010
Image ID 10388

35. HARBOURMASTER 1 returns to base following a busy morning patrolling Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 10387

36. HARBOURMASTER 1 - on patrol, Waitemata HArbour, Auckland.
Date: 28 February 2016
Image ID 10386

37. WAKATERE - Ports of Auckland's most recent fleet addition, to date, accompanies Ponant's LE SOLEAL out of harbour as the cruiseship departs for Sydney, Australia. Wakatere is the first foil assisted...
Date: 9 February 2016
Image ID 10364

38. WAKATERE - Ports of Auckland's most recent fleet addition, to date, accompanies Ponant's LE SOLEAL out of harbour as the cruiseship departs for Sydney, Australia. Wakatere is the first foil assisted...
Date: 9 February 2016
Image ID 10361

39. WYUNA (1953/1313grt/IMO 5393907) the Scottish-built former Port Phillip pilot cutter seen lifted by the synchrolift at Launceston, Tasmania. She was sold by the Australian Maritime College to unknown...
Date: 8 August 2007
Image ID 10256

40. RESCUE ALPHA (TRILLIAN RESCUE ALPHA) - a 9.5m Naiad one of a fleet of three fast RHIB's operated by the Auckland Coastguard out of their base at the Marine Rescue Centre at Mechanics Bay on the...
Date: 16 August 2015
Image ID 10192

41. LOS 121 - Pilot launch, Tromsö Fjord, Norway.
Date: 22 March 2015
Image ID 10081

42. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - Auckland's preserved steam tug, completes the 2015 Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race. In the background are two former Auckland Harbour Board pilot...
Date: 26 January 2015
Image ID 9956

43. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second...
Date: 23 December 2014
Image ID 9884

44. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second...
Date: 23 December 2014
Image ID 9883

45. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug, passing Fergusson Container Terminal, arrives in Auckland from the Damen shipyard in Changde, China. She is accompanied into...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9661

46. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland direct from her builders. She is escorted into port by the pilot launch AKARANA while the...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9660

47. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in...
Date: 18 August 2014
Image ID 9654

48. CAPE BYRON (2014/713grt/IMO 9684562) - in bound to Melbourne off Portsea. Built at Austal Shipyard, Henderson, West Australia, she was commissioned 19th May 2014. She is named after the Eastern most...
Date: 23 July 2014
Image ID 9640

49. HARBOURMASTER 2 - one of two high speed RHIB's used to patrol Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 9621

50. ACHERON - a Ports of Auckland survey vessel at work off Devonport in the Waitemata Harbour. More details page 11 here:...
Date: 29 May 2014
Image ID 9589

51. HOEGH AFRICA (2004/57718grt/21214dwt/IMO 9277814, ex-HUAL AFRICA) arrives in Auckland from Melbourne, Australia while the crew of a NZ Customs makes its way up harbour.
Date: 8 April 2014
Image ID 9527