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Great to be part of this significant milestone as we move forward to deliver Whakatane first boat Harbour and marine service hub....

What a day!

Hon. Stuart Nash, Minister for Economic and Regional Development, joined with Te Rāhui Herenga Waka Whakatāne partners yesterday in a symbolic ceremony today to mark the commencement of the first works at the site of the new boat harbour for Whakatāne.

After the ceremony Mayor Judy Turner thanked the Minister for the co-investment. “This has allowed the partners to come together to achieve a significant infrastructure project that a district like ours, with so much potential and opportunity, but with a relatively small rating base, could otherwise only wish for. We are fortunate that the Whakatāne Harbour Endowment Fund allows us to be a partner in this significant project - however without Crown Co-investment we couldn’t have made this stack up. We have tried to find this safe and modern boat harbour opportunity for nearly 15 years, we are delighted to see it come to fruition.”

Read more about the day and messages from project partners on terahui.nz: https://www.terahui.nz/news/minister-unlocks-maritime-potential-in-whakatne

This is a fabulous piece from Te Reo o Te Uru on Te Pūwaha, Whanganui's Port Project...

Te Reo o Te Uru He Ratonga Kawe Pūrongo reo Māori mō Te Tai Hauāuru | The Regional reo Māori News Service for Taranaki, Whanganui & Manawatū

This month we reached a massive milestone in the construction of the future marine hub in the Bay of Plenty: we now have a 6200m2 heavy-duty hardstand at Vessel Works! The new concrete will now be allowed time to cure, shrink and move. Have a safe and happy holiday season and see you in 2018 for an exciting year ahead!

This is our first of three pours - this post tensioned slab is just over 2,000sqm, 460 m3 of concrete, poured over six hours, 80 trucks loads brought to site by a fleet of 20 Trucks, placed with two mobile pumps, two placement teams from Conset, in total over 45 people involved today, thank you HEB, Firth, Conset and Pioneer Pumps. The Conset team will be working into the early hours finishing the concrete.

Another milestone is reached........

Tauranga marine project gets $1.5 million towards costs - Bay of Plenty Times - Bay of Plenty Times News The Bay of Plenty Regional Council handed over a cheque for $1.5 million to Tauranga City Council on Thursday as the first part of its $5m contribution to Tauranga's new Marine Precinct - Bay of Plenty Times

Another milestone reached....

Tauranga City Council > News Tauranga City External Website

Great to be at the Marine Transport Association conference in Auckland today! Lots of interest in the Tauranga Harbour Marine Precinct from a room-full of industry experts and potential users. We’re on the up and up!

Just looking beautiful Westhaven Marina

Simply a very impressive investment at Puerto Calero.

Fantastic three days in Lanzarote with colleagues from the International Marinas Group of ICOMIA. It is a special place to visit. A big thank you to the Calero family for their hospitality and some insight into their significant investment into Marinas in Lanzarote.