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Popular dive operator avoids prosecution after traumatic school trip
The dive company avoided prosecution over a traumatic Poor Knights school trip.

Run over by boat: Kiwi tourist injured snorkelling in Fiji
Fiji police say the victim was a passenger on board a cruise liner.

Deep-sea mining tussle pits some against China
Financial Times: Crunch talks amid drive to extract critical minerals from ocean depths.

How a Red Sea scuba trip ended in fire and three missing bodies
Bodies of the three British tourists are yet to be found.

Cruise passenger drops GoPro overboard, makes awesome discovery
Travellers are casting cameras into the ocean, using fishing lines to capture sea scenes.

Disoriented by kingfish: Diver descended towards shipwreck and drowned
A diver who drowned while diving above a shipwreck was likely disoriented by fish.

Chasing Ghosts - Below the Surface: Diving death shrouded in mystery
"My heart hurts there’s no justice for Goy” - Victim advocate.

Below the surface: What really happened to scuba diver Goy Thongsi?
She sunk out of sight. It was two days before her body was found on the seabed.

Diver who died at Mahia remembered as a 'hard-working, dedicated and loving' father of two
Tipuna Jones, 36, leaves behind a partner and two children

'Deeply sorry': Yacht owner fined for scuba-diving fatality
The tragedy was supposed to be a day of fun.

Rāhui clarified after diver found dead at Aramoana Beach, Hawke's Bay
Police received a report at 7.35pm that a diver was overdue returning at Aramoana Beach.

Commonwealth Games medal hope withdraws from NZ team
He wants to prioritise his well-being after what has been a difficult period of training.

Want to become a mermaid? At these 7 destinations, you can
Live out your mermaid dreams. Sea-riosuly.

'National disgrace': Deadly December drags last year's drowning toll up as high as 2020
Findings show Māori and men are over-represented in the statistics.

Horror holiday period the deadliest for drownings in 25 years
It's been the deadliest holiday period in New Zealand waters in nearly 25 years.

Will Smith faces fears in gruelling National Geographic show
Prepare yourselves; Will Smith is going Bear Grylls

'He's making history': Kiwi diver impresses in final, finishes eighth
Anton Down-Jenkins came into the semifinal sitting in 16th place overall.

Man suffers burns in Whanganui shed fire
Explosions were also heard as gas tanks exploded.

'Disturbing indifference': Coroner questions stories on scuba diver's murky death
Dead woman possibly pregnant and in relationship with married man on boat.

Diver dies in Far North, another is rescued
The diver's death will be referred to the coroner.

Aussie Olympian reveals meth addiction
The gold medallist has detailed the "crippling" addiction that plagued his pro career.

'We won't stop': 'Exhausted' employer of missing kayaker into fourth week of search
'The ocean's a big place, it takes, sometimes it gives back, sometimes it doesn't.'

Woman in 70s dies while swimming at Beach Haven
The woman was pulled from the water by locals but could not be revived.

NZ's stunning snorkel and dive spots
Grab the fins, snorkel or scuba gear and dive into our beautiful underwater world.

'Lucky to be alive': Drifting diver rescued 15km out to sea
A diver was found far out to sea and his rescuers say he's lucky he was found.

The Road Ahead: Covid takes chunk out of shark diving firm
Mike Haines has fought court battles and a pandemic to save his shark diving business.

The Road Ahead: Covid takes big bite out of shark diving firm
Mike Haines has fought court battles and a pandemic to save his shark diving business.

Missing Northland diver's body recovered after 10 days
"We are only sorry it wasn't a better outcome for the diver, his whānau and friends."

The Kiwi stranded on a boat in the Marshall Islands
How one Kiwi went off-grid, then sailed into a pandemic.