Good diving gear, 100kg of bodyweight and mind techniques helped lost diver survive.

Stroke scare nudges 63-year-old to face predators decades after surfing drama.

Diver Leroy Smith's body was found near where he went missing at a Masterton beach.

Police say thoughts with family of 25-year-old free diver reported missing on Tuesday.

He was showing his wife how easily his ring could come off at beach before it became lost.

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.

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.

Nat Davey acted on instinct when he stabbed two sharks attacking him during a dive.

New Zealand woman has close call with two hungry Galapagos sharks while spearfishing.

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

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.

The giant November 2016 earthquake has snapped the top decks from a sunken Soviet cruise liner in the Marlborough Sounds.

Inexperience and a solo ascent contributed to a scuba diver's drowning death.

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.

Kathryn Nevatt can hold her breath for more than 7 minutes.

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.