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Stingray victim: 'I thought it was a shark'
Diver Reece Atkinson says he had no warning before he was struck on his leg by a stingray.
Diver Reece Atkinson says he had no warning before he was struck on his leg by a stingray.
Rescuers used weightlifting belt to stem blood loss from man stabbed in leg by stingray.
The man was one of a party of three people diving at Flat Point, Wairarapa.
The Blue Planet II team has completed 125 expeditions - here are their best dive spots.
Search teams will focus on inshore waters off the Makara coast.
"I was only 5 when my dad was killed, I was on the beach and I remember my mum crying."
How William Trubridge's extraordinary childhood helped him become a champion freediver.
Diver Shaye Boddington has resurrected her Olympic dream after a 13-year break.
New Auckland study shows benefits of marine protected areas extend past their boundaries.
Shaye Boddington's battle with bulimia kept her from diving for more than 14 years.
A long-running legal battle around shark cage diving gets into murky waters.
Police have started to piece together how a diver died south of Kaikoura this afternoon.
NZ divers in good form at grand prix event in San Juan
Elisabeth Easther speaks to the owner/operator of Paihia Dive Craig Johnston.
A former Kiwi Olympian landed a 163.4kg black marlin, the first to be speared in New Zealand waters.
Watch: As soon as his head broke the surface, diver falls unconscious and sinks down into the deep ocean.
A search is under way to find a diver who failed to surface yesterday morning.
Three experienced divers went for a dive this morning but one did not surface.
WARNING - GRAPHIC PHOTO: A fishing trip almost had a grim ending for a man, who ended up with a spear through his head.
Readers discussing the holiday toll have suggested the solutions lie in law improvement rather than law enforcement.
Over a lifetime of diving around New Zealand for work and for play, there are a few places that stand out.
Scientists taking a toll of the damage done to the Great Barrier Reef say large parts of formerly pristine coral has died.
The search continues for a diver missing off Canterbury's Banks Peninsula.
William Trubridge plunges to depths where light, sound and smell do not penetrate.
Mauritius is the perfect setting for a scuba-diving holiday. But for Jeff and Julie Byrne, the dream turned into a nightmare when their tour boat vanished.
Movie star Jason Statham has revealed his failure to compete at the Olympic Games remains a "sore point".
She's a multiple gold medallist at several European Championships, winning events both as a part of a team and as an individual. But
Freedive world champion William Trubridge has broken the world freedive record with a 102-metre dive in the Bahamas. It's sweet redemption for Trubridge following the heartbreak of a failed 2014 record attempt. It is his 18th world record.