𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 - showcasing 27yrs+ of manufacturing Aluminium Chamber Boats in Napier, New Zealand. Did you know that Senator once built Catamarans? 👉 This is the first ever Senator Cat - 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝟮𝟴𝘆𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼! 👉 Designed on a Napkin!! 👉 One of the boat builders involved in this build, '𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘰' is still building Senators to this day! 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟨, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘡𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 (𝘈𝘊𝘉) 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳.
About us
NZ Made and building epic aluminium power boats for more then 27yrs! Senator Boats are an early pioneer of alloy chamber boats; we’ve continually evolved and refined our boats to meet the ever-changing needs of New Zealand boaties. Senator is well proven in our most rugged environments and delivers a build and ride quality second to none. In 1997, avid fisherman and expert aluminium fabricator Wayne McKinley had a lofty idea – to design and build New Zealand’s best aluminium chamber boats. With a clear focus to deliver unsurpassed value, quality and safety, and by continually listening closely to user feedback, this idea quickly became a reality. Building enduring relationships with respected and trusted marine dealerships throughout New Zealand, has enabled Senator to focus on what we do best – build awesome boats. Wherever you go in New Zealand you’ll find Senators being enjoyed – from commercial fishing charters to coastguard through to keen recreational users. It’s fair to say (well our loyal users tell us this every day) that the boats we build at Senator lead the way in aluminium chamber boats. Performance that rules. Safety that rules. Reliability that Rules.
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https://www.senatorboats.com/
External link for Senator Boats
- Industry
- Maritime
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Onekawa, Hawke’s Bay
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1995
- Specialties
- Offshore Fishing Boats and Chambered Aluminium Boats
Locations
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21 Hamilton Pl
Onekawa, Hawke’s Bay 4110, NZ
Employees at Senator Boats
Updates
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𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆 to all of our amazing Dads here at Senator HQ, and to all of the 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶'𝗗𝗮𝗱𝘀 out there! At Senator HQ we understand that family life is busy, so we take care of our team by providing 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 so that when stuff happens at home our team can work around it. Meet Jody, one of our Boat Builders who has 5 young daughters (4 of them pictured here), they all wanted to come and see what Dad does here at Senator (𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘥) - we of course made sure they were all in High-Vis! 😀 #dadsrule #rulethesea #worklifebalance #family
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Mark & Dan take Captain & Crew deep into the Marlborough Sounds for the trip of a lifetime! Senator Boats are featuring in The Captain magazine due out last week of July 2024! Featuring 2 of our Brand Ambassadors and their 𝗔𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝟳𝟳𝟬𝘀! 😎 Mark Cotton, 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 RH770 - Fishing2Xtremes 😎 Dan Govier Fishing NZ - 𝘈𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘤 RH770.
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Senator Boats were last years winner of, 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆, at the ExportNZ ASB Hawkes Bay Export awards. So when we were asked if we could support this years awards by being part of their introductory video for their awards night August 1st, we were only to happy to lend a hand. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 - 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵! A special thanks also to the team from ExportNZ Hawkes Bay and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, their support has been fantastic! We understand that it's been 1𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝗲’𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 and in some cases well over 100 years of Hawke’s Bay companies exporting to the world - 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗕 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯!!
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On behalf of the entire team at Senator Boats HQ, we would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the 3 fishermen who tragically lost their lives overnight. We are also thinking of the Gisborne-Tatapouri Fishing-Club community during this devastating time. Our thoughts are with you all.
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𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟱+𝘆𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 - 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 💥 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛: 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻📷 When some of our team came across some classic Senator Boat photos on social media the Senator Old Gold Campaign was created. 👍 Thanks heaps to Graham Thumath for sharing these photos of your 26yr old Senator 500 'Fugly' still out there 'Ruling the Sea!' 𝗔 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺: "𝘐𝘯 𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟪, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 $𝟣𝟪,𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝟧𝘔 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨."
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We recently saw these photos and had to share it! A Senate of Senators at Stephens. Big thanks to John Ward for sharing these photos 👍 "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴...." 👍 We reckon a Senate of Senators is the perfect way to describe an awesome collection of Senator Boats ruling the sea at Stephens Island (lcoation: northeast of D'Urville Island in the outer most reaches of the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand). #stephensisland #fishingnz #matesthatfishtogetherstaytogether #rulethesea
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We are proud to support some of our Senator Team in this years Hawke's Bay Marathon. This team completed the half marathon! Well done everyone, special shout out to Calvin and Nowah. #ruletherun #rulethesea #healthiswealth
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Senator Boats proudly on display at the Hutchwilco Boat Show, Auckland Showgrounds. We are stoked to be able to showcase 10 boats including 2 NEW MODELS! Manufacturing aluminium boats that are tough, safe, and just absolute fishing weapons is what we do best. Stoked to have our 4 Brand Ambassadors joining us over the next 4 days. Here’s Gene from Whitiangler amped about the official opening 10am today!