2.9 Notification of collisions or accidents

2.9.1 
The master of any vessel that:

• (a) Has been involved in a collision with any vessel or property, or has been sunk or grounded or become stranded in any waterway; or
• (b) By reason of accident, fire, defect or otherwise is in such a condition as to affect its safe navigation or to give rise to danger to other vessels or property; or
• (c) In any manner gives rise to an obstruction; or
• (d) Causes any damage to any navigation aid or structure or to anything on the structure;

must, as well as complying with any accident reporting requirements of the Maritime Transport Act 1994, as soon as practicable report the occurrence to the Harbourmaster and within 48 hours, provide the Harbourmaster with full written details of the occurrence.

2.9.2 
A report under clause 2.9.1 must include:

• (a) A full description of any injury to persons and their names and their addresses; and 
• (b) A full description of any damage to vessels or structures; and
• (c) The name(s) and address(es) of person(s) in charge of the vessel.

2.9.3 
If an incident described in clause 2.9.1 involves damage to a vessel that affects or is likely to affect its seaworthiness, the master may not move the vessel except:

• (a) To clear the main navigational channel or to moor or anchor in safety; or
• (b) In accordance with the directions of the Harbourmaster.

2.10 Aids to navigation

2.10.1 
No person shall secure their vessel to any aid to navigation without the prior authorisation of the Harbourmaster.

2.10.2
No person shall damage, remove, deface or otherwise interfere with any aid to navigation erected by, or duly authorised by, the Harbourmaster as an aid to navigation, or warning.

2.10.3 
No person shall erect, maintain or display any aid to navigation or other device which may be used or mistaken as a recognised aid to navigation without the written permission of the Harbourmaster and Director of Maritime New Zealand.

2.11 Sound and light signals

2.11.1 
No person shall fit or use any flashing lights, sirens or other sound or light signals not prescribed in a maritime rule for that vessel, without the written permission of the Harbourmaster.

2.11.2 
The use of blue flashing lights and/or sirens is restricted to Police, Customs, Harbourmaster or other enforcement vessels authorised by the Harbourmaster.

2.11.3 
The use of purple flashing lights is for the use of an emergency response craft, authorised by the Harbourmaster, to identify itself to a vessel, aircraft or other emergency response craft involved in a response.

2.11.4 
A vessel authorised to use purple flashing lights by the Harbourmaster shall only display them when:

• (a) The use is required to assist the location of a vessel or person in need of assistance; or
• (b) The use is required to assist the identification of the vessel to an aircraft involved in an incident.

The purple flashing lights imply no status or privilege to that vessel.  The lights shall only be used by an emergency response craft that has been tasked to assist with an emergency.  A vessel so authorised by this clause must observe clause 3.2 at all times.

2.11.5 
No person may blow or sound, or cause to be blown or sounded, the whistle, siren or horn of a vessel, within any harbour area, except as a navigation safety signal. However, nothing in these bylaws precludes the testing of such a whistle, siren or horn before the vessel leaves any wharf or for maintenance purposes.

2.12 Navigating within harbour limits

2.12.1 
The master of every vessel shall, when navigating within harbour limits, ensure that:

• (a) Automatic steering ‘pilot’ devices, if fitted, are not used, unless a helmsman is standing by in the immediate vicinity of the helm station or wheel. Otherwise, vessels are to be in hand-steering mode; and
• (b) The vessel’s main engine(s) is immediately available for reducing speed, stopping or going astern at all times and without delay; and
• (c) The vessel’s anchors are immediately available for use in an emergency and capable of being used without power.

2.12.2 
The master of every vessel which is not a pleasure craft whether under pilotage or pilot exempt, shall have an agreed passage plan for transits of the harbour, and:

• (a) The number of crew members on the bridge shall be sufficient to safely carry out the passage plan; and
• (b) In determining the composition of the bridge team, due regard shall be taken of the need to steer, operate manoeuvring machinery, monitor the progress of the vessel visually, use all available aids to navigation and refer to an appropriate navigation chart.

2.12.3 
The master of every vessel under 500 gross tonnage or under 24 metres in length must not impede the navigation of any vessel of 500 gross tonnage or more when operating within harbour limits.

2.13 Flagged areas on beaches

2.13.1 
The Harbourmaster, a Surf Life Saving New Zealand patrol captain, or an Enforcement Officer, or an Honorary Enforcement Officer so empowered may, from time to time, set aside areas of beaches as flagged areas for the purposes of swimming and body boarding only.

2.13.2 
No person may carry out any activity other than the activities for which the area has been flagged.

2.14 Discharge into bylaw waters

2.14.1 
It is an offence to discharge, drop or allow to be discharged or dropped into the bylaw waters any cargo or any other thing from any vessel, structure or from the land anywhere that would or may constitute a danger to navigation or safety.

2.15 Immobilisation of vessel engines

2.15.1 
The master of every vessel over 500 gross tonnage shall not immobilise the vessel’s main engines for the purpose of maintenance or otherwise without first obtaining the authorisation of the Harbourmaster:
Download application for immobilisation.