14 Jan 2026

Onboard with the Waikato harbourmaster for Operation Neptune

From Morning Report, 8:55 am on 14 January 2026

The run of hot weather is ideal for the estimated 160,000 recreational boaties who launch into the waters in and around Waikato each year. RNZ's Waikato reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod jumped on a harbourmaster boat as it set out on an Operation Neptune patrol.