The New Zealand Textile Industry Fishing Competition is now an annual event with the next competition taking place on
Friday 22nd February 2013
Free Phone for Tickets
0800 247 237
Sweet Louise helps to improve the quality of life for hundreds of New Zealand women living with secondary breast cancer.
Sweet Louise is a charitable trust and relies on community support.
Your support for this competition will help us to make a difference in the lives of women living with breast cancer.
If your business has been or is related to the New Zealand Textile Furnishing/Furniture/Bedding Industry then please contact us today to enquire about taking part in this exciting new fishing event.
The next competition will be based at
Motuihe Island on Friday 22nd of February 2013
This small island of 179 hectares lies between Motutapu and Waiheke Islands some 11 km northeast of Auckland. Purchased by the crown in 1872, it was a quarantine station for many years.
During World War I, Germans living in New Zealand and Samoa were interned along with prisoners of war.Notable among them was 'Sea Wolf', the dashing Lt.Cdr.Count Felix von Luckner, who with his sailing ship "Seeadler"accounted for 86,000 tons of allied shipping before being captured in the Cook Islands. In 1917 von Luckner and his crew made a daring escape from Motuihe, commandeered a vessel and sailed over 900 km north where they were eventually captured at the Kermadec Islands.
Motuihe hosted a naval base from 1940 to 1963. The Island then reverted from being farmed land, to a pest free recreational reserve and historic place.
With it's attractive swimming beaches on either side of the narrow isthumus, that offer sheltered conditions in any winds, it is very popular for day visitors and fisherman during summer months.
Phone for tickets FREE PHONE 0800 247 237
