Coastwatch

7:30pm Tuesday, August 14 on TV One

TV ONE favourite Coastwatch returns, highlighting the work of fishery officers from the Ministry for Primary Industries, the New Zealand airforce and navy personnel, to the maritime police.

Coastwatch gets up close and personal to find out what’s involved in patrolling and enforcing the law that protects our coastlines, waterways and billion dollar Kai-moana industries.

Tonight, see the tall tales that fisheries officers encounter everyday. From major poaching ring masterminds, to greedy ‘push your luck’ fisherman.

And the Northland Emergency Services Trust Rescue helicopter searches for a missing yacht and crew.

7:30pm Tuesday, August 7 on TV One

TV ONE favourite Coastwatch returns, highlighting the work of fishery officers from the Ministry for Primary Industries, the New Zealand airforce and navy personnel, to the maritime police.

Coastwatch gets up close and personal to find out what’s involved in patrolling and enforcing the law that protects our coastlines, waterways and billion dollar Kai-moana industries.

Tonight, Fisheries moves in on a group of men angering locals in Wellington. What have they been up to?

The maritime police and police national dive squad desperately search for a crashed helicopter.

And there’s a battle of wits in the Bay of Islands.

7:30pm Tuesday, July 31 on TV One

TV ONE favourite Coastwatch returns, highlighting the work of fishery officers from the Ministry for Primary Industries and New Zealand airforce and navy personnel, to the maritime police.

Coastwatch gets up close and personal to find out what’s involved in patrolling and enforcing the law that protects our coastlines, waterways and billion dollar Kai-moana industries.

With easy access to beaches, coastlines and water routes, New Zealand’s waters are constantly under threat from poaching, over-fishing and illegal activity. From major poaching ring master-minds to push-your-luck recreational fishermen, Fisheries is always on the look out for abuse of our natural marine resources.

The Maritime Police, along with the Police National Dive Squad, are also on high alert for any maritime emergencies.

Follow the strategic and planned surveillance and bust operations for relentless poachers, as well as Fisheries officers targeting recreational fishermen who always take a few too many.

What can we expect from TV One in 2011?  Well, it appears as though the experiment of 2010 has been done away with and the edginess has gone and it’s returned to solid 25-54 programming.

Check out the trailers below.  Unfortunately, the kiwi shows don’t have trailers on YouTube, yet (nudge, nudge, wink, wink @TV2Boy!).

New Shows

Enlightened

Body of Proof

Episodes

Harry’s Law

Offspring

Winners and Losers

Tangle

Suspect Behaviour

Spicks and Specks 

New Local Shows
North – The sequel to Marcus Lush’s highly acclaimed South
Masterchef Masterclasses
Nothing Trivial – from the creators of Go Girls
Do or Die – confronting Kiwi’s with bad health habits
Politicians at Work
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers
Family Feud

Returning Shows
Packed to the Rafters
Undercover Boss
Criminal Minds
Castle
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

Returning Local Shows 
One News
Close Up
Sunday
Intrepid Journeys
The Investigator
Beyond the Darklands
Fair Go
Animal Rescue
Coastwatch
Piha Rescue
Real Life
Real Crime 

7:30pm Monday, April 5 on TV One

Coastwatch returns for a fifth season tonight on TV ONE at 7.30pm following the men and women who patrol and protect New Zealand’s precious marine environment: the Ministry of Fisheries and the New Zealand Air Force, and those who keep our waterways safe from risk and accidents: the Maritime Police and Coastguard.

The task facing these organisations is huge. Illegal fishing and poaching is still a major problem throughout New Zealand. Highly organised poaching rings with criminal networks stretching into Asia and the Pacific are targeting paua and other shellfish. As well as large scale poaching there is the relentless tide of reckless or carefree shell-food gatherers and recreational fishermen who often exceed their daily limit.

In 2008 the Ministry of Fisheries carried out over 27,000 inspections, resulting in millions of dollars of boats, vehicles and other fishing equipment being seized as a result of illegal activity.

The Maritime Police and Coastguard are constantly on the alert around our coastline looking for sailors caught off-guard by changeable weather and freak storms or saving pleasure craft from being ransacked in the deep of the night.

Episode one sees a high-speed chase to catch a Northland Paua poacher; abuse of customary fishing regulations; and the Maritime Police go searching for weapons.

The below shows are finishing on ONE from 25 August – 27 August:
-The National Bank Country Calendar Kingdom Saturday 25 August
-Coastwatch Monday 27 August

Shows finishing on TV2