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![Opinion: Aratere ferry grounding to increase pressure on Govt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Opinion: Aratere ferry grounding to increase pressure on Govt
OPINION: The ageing Interislander ferries cannot hang on for much longer.
![ComCom issues warning to ferry operator after Cook Strait cancellations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
ComCom issues warning to ferry operator after Cook Strait cancellations
The watchdog says Bluebridge potentially misrepresented consumers’ rights to compensation.
![Barge slams into Texas bridge, causes oil spill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Barge slams into Texas bridge, causes oil spill
Video shows splotches of oil that spilled from the barge into Galveston Bay.
![Expert believes Enchanter boat should have stayed put amid 'gnarly and confused' weather](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Expert believes Enchanter boat should have stayed put amid 'gnarly and confused' weather
The Enchanter skipper continues to stand trial following the deaths of five men.
![Baltimore bridge: As work continues to remove cargo ship, what about its crew?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Baltimore bridge: As work continues to remove cargo ship, what about its crew?
The Dali's crew have spent 49 days confined to a hulking, motionless cargo vessel.
!['Now I drown': Enchanter skipper on being trapped under upturned boat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Now I drown': Enchanter skipper on being trapped under upturned boat
Goodhew survived by finding a pocket of air and thought 'I'm going to die'.
!['Rough as s***': Evidence given about weather on day of Enchanter tragedy, discrepancies arise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Rough as s***': Evidence given about weather on day of Enchanter tragedy, discrepancies arise
'It was horrendous, I wouldn’t put my workers through that': cray boat skipper.
!['Like a freight train': Survivor's harrowing account of wave that destroyed Enchanter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Like a freight train': Survivor's harrowing account of wave that destroyed Enchanter
'The hull was upside down, propellers were spinning, and there was smoke in the air.'
![Enchanter survivor describes massive wave flipping boat in an ‘instant’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Enchanter survivor describes massive wave flipping boat in an ‘instant’
The three-week trial of skipper Lance Goodhew has started in the Whangārei District Court.
![Stricken boatie winched to safety after vessel capsizes on notorious Manukau bar](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Stricken boatie winched to safety after vessel capsizes on notorious Manukau bar
Another boatie was rescued by a passing jet ski.
![Mozambique ferry accident leaves more than 90 dead - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Mozambique ferry accident leaves more than 90 dead - report
The overcrowded boat was carrying 130 people and many of those who drowned were children.
![Helicopter needed to airlift victim after Rangitīkei River accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Helicopter needed to airlift victim after Rangitīkei River accident
The victim was flown to Palmerston North Regional Hospital.
![Plan to sink Hawke's Bay fishing trawler to provide home for marine life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Plan to sink Hawke's Bay fishing trawler to provide home for marine life
Retiring to the reef, the Twofold Bay trawler is to be given a second life.
![Search for missing diver called off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Search for missing diver called off
The diver went missing from a vessel off the coast of Pātea on March 10.
![Waiwera couple’s lucky escape after dinghy capsizes on Hibiscus Coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Waiwera couple’s lucky escape after dinghy capsizes on Hibiscus Coast
A volunteer said the rescue was a case of being in the right place at the right time.
![Watch: Boat violently crashes in failed record attempt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Watch: Boat violently crashes in failed record attempt
The skipper says he's disappointed not to break the record but lucky to be alive.
!['They were literally bouncing off the rocks': Young family saved at Napier Port after engine fire](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'They were literally bouncing off the rocks': Young family saved at Napier Port after engine fire
High winds and rolling conditions made for a daring rescue at Napier Port.
![The political risk facing the Government over the Interislander ferries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The political risk facing the Government over the Interislander ferries
The uncertainty comes a year on from when Kaitaki lost power in the middle of Cook Strait.
![Inquiry launched after cruise ship runs aground in Doubtful Sound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Inquiry launched after cruise ship runs aground in Doubtful Sound
The ship, carrying 67 people, took on water due to a hull breach and made a mayday call.
!['Be vigilant': Hawke's Bay mother's warning after bluebottle stings child](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Be vigilant': Hawke's Bay mother's warning after bluebottle stings child
The Hawke's Bay coast is seeing a resurgence of the stinging creature.
![KiwiRail charged after Interislander ferry loses power in Cook Strait](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
KiwiRail charged after Interislander ferry loses power in Cook Strait
The Kaitaki lost power and came close to running aground in January last year.