Fishing Tournaments & Events

Here's a calendar listing of the major fishing tournaments and contests coming up over the next few months.

*Club and Tournament Organisers: If your tournament isn't listed please click here. For options to promote your tournament through NZ Fishing Media's print and digital channels, click here.

Check out our very own Export NZ Fishing Competition... a unique online, measure-based fishing comp exclusive to New Zealand, with awesome prizes up for grabs. And guess what? It's entirely FREE to enter!

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Start - Finish Event Region Location Link
01/01/2026 - 31/01/2026 PMG Measure & Release Comp Northland NZ Waters > More Info
01/04/2026 - 24/04/2026 Month Long Measure Comp Bay of Plenty/East Cape Chart 54 > More Info
01/04/2026 - 30/04/2026 HGBFSC April Kids Comp Northland Herekino Harbour to Berghan Point > More Info
01/06/2026 - 31/08/2026 Portside Auto Services & Aquaholics Bluefin Blowout Bay of Plenty/East Cape Chart 54 > More Info
01/12/2024 - 25/01/2025 Ladies Blue Coromandel/Waikato MBGFC Fish Grid > More Info
01/12/2024 - 31/01/2025 Suzuki Top Ten Tuna Coromandel/Waikato MBGFC Fish Grid > More Info
01/12/2025 - 30/04/2026 Ladies Blue Coromandel/Waikato MBGFC Fish Grid > More Info
02/05/2026 - 29/08/2026 Bluefin Tuna Sweep & Interclub Trophy Gisborne/Hawkes Bay Gisborne > More Info
03/01/2026 - 04/01/2026 CMP Juniors Northland Bay of Islands > More Info
03/04/2026 - 18/04/2026 NZFSC Youth Nationals Northland Bay of Islands > More Info

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