Moorings and marinas
Moorings
Moorings can either be obtained by purchasing an existing mooring or by applying for a resource consent to place and occupy space with a mooring in the coastal marine area.
The Regional Coastal Plan for Northland sets out specially designated mooring areas. Inside these areas, applications for new moorings are normally granted provided there is suitable space, water depth and the design of the mooring meets the Council’s design specification requirements. Outside these areas, more stringent environmental requirements apply and resource consent for a new mooring is more difficult to obtain.
Please note that new moorings in a number of areas in Northland is prohibited.
We recommend that you contact us first to discuss your application before you lodge it. This will help make sure you provide the right information so we can process the application as quickly as possible.
The application fee for resource consent will depend on the location of the mooring. It largely depends on whether the application will have to be notified or not.
Should resource consent be granted, an annual fee will apply.
In addition to the cost of processing the resource consent application, there will be the cost of having the mooring constructed and installed by one of the Council approved mooring contractors listed below.
Please contact them for a quote to do this work.
Harbour Marine Services
Contact: Hylton Edmonds
Address: PO Box 50, Opua 0290
Phone: 09 403 8060
Mobile: 0274 874 101
Fax: 09 403 8060
Email: hms@tapupoint.co.nz
SeaNorth Ltd
Contact: Robert Burling
Address: PO Box 1004, Kerikeri 0470
Phone: 09 407 3554
Mobile: 027 454 3359
Fax: 09 407 4554
Email: info@seanorth.co.nz
Moorings Northland
Contacts: Vicky Shilvock or Shane Hunniford
Address: PO Box 22, Opua 0241
Phone: 09 402 6939
Mobile: 0274 998 060
Email: mooringsnorthland@xtra.co.nz
From time to time, existing moorings holders want to sell their mooring. While the Council does not operate a system for people to register an interest in buying or selling a mooring, this practice is actively encouraged to as a way of reducing the number of applications for new moorings.
Check the following area for moorings advertised for sale:
- Trade Me website: www.trademe.co.nz
- 'for sale' or 'boating' classified section of local newspapers.
- window or noticeboard of the local dairy.
- noticeboard of the local boating or yacht club.
Additionally one of our mooring contractors, Moorings Northland, have recently started to keep a list of people buying and selling moorings.
If you buy a mooring from someone else, you must complete a Transfer Form.
Marinas
There are currently six purpose-built marinas in Northland ranging in size from 25–300 berths.
Doves Bay Marina - Kerikeri
Doves Bay Marina
346 Opito Bay Road, RD1
Kerikeri, 0294
Bay of Islands
Phone: +64 9 407 9434
Fax: +64 9 407 9434
Marsden Cove Marina - Whangarei Harbour
Marsden Cove Ltd
PO Box 110, Orewa
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 426 1800
Fax: +64 9 426 8871
Freephone: 0508 407 737
Email: sections@hoppers.co.nz
Web: www.marsdencove.co.nz
Opua Marina
Opua Marina
Baffin Street, Opua
Bay of Islands 0290
Phone: +64 9 402 7124
Fax: +64 9 402 6124
Email: enquiries@opuamarina.co.nz
Web: www.opuamarina.co.nz
Tutukaka Marina
Stan Roberts
Tutukaka Marina Manager
RD 3 Whangarei
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 4343 441
Fax: +64 9 4343 811
After Hours Mobile: 0274 879 807
Email: marina@tutukaka.co.nz
Web: www.tutukaka.co.nz
Whangarei Town Basin Marina
Town Basin Marina
37 Quayside
Town Basin
Whangarei 0110
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 438 2033
Fax: +64 9 438 2036
Email: whangarei.marina@xtra.co.nz
Web: www.whangareimarina.com
Whangaroa Harbour Marina
Whangaroa Marine Trust
PO Box 141, Kaeo
New Zealand
Phone: +64 9 405 0505
Berth bookings: +64 9 405 0230