Boatie was burning alive with flames all around before he made a daring escape.

Ian Gregory Wells from Roxburgh died after getting into trouble while diving.

A rescue helicopter has been sent in to winch out two men on board a troubled yacht.

A man has been seriously hurt after his boat's engine caught fire near Waiheke Island.

The woman was left with a minor injury and driven to hospital for a check-up.

The missing Kiribati ferry may have been carrying as many as 100 passengers.

The kayakers did the right thing when they got into trouble, police said.

Fishermen had only two minutes to grab items that would help them stay afloat.

The skydiver presumed to have died in an ill-fated tandem fall has been named by police.

Peter Sykes and Avalina Cook at the Mangere East Hawks rugby league club rooms talk about the late New Zealand Warrior Rugby League player Sonny Fai.

A kayaker has died at a Bay of Plenty beach this afternoon.

Drowning Prevention Auckland speaks with Chief Executive Davin Bray at Westhaven.

The man has been named as 44-year-old Paul Johnston of Balclutha.

Four people were on board a boat when it caught fire in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.

The raft reportedly flipped with four people on board on the Landsborough River.

NZ woman Mary Elizabeth McKee, 62, died in a boat accident in June while in Bermuda.

Sailor 'in shock' after getting off doomed ARA San Juan submarine with 'seconds to spare'.

Families today set to honour Francie boating tragedy victims.

The annual racing event took a tragic turn after the man fell from a yacht.

Police warn if kayakers had fallen in the water they could have been in "serious trouble".

Tragedy strikes family after 2-year-old found unconscious in friend's pool.

RMTU spokesman Wayne Butson has been granted diversion after a boat crash.

Greymouth fisherman still unaccounted for after the Wendy J sank 12 days.

No further clues have yet emerged of the whereabouts of the two missing crew members.

The search for two boaties missing since Thursday near Smoothwater Bay continues today

A couple were forced to spend the night outdoors after their boat ran aground.

The wreck contains up to 2000 tonnes of oil which could devastate the Hauraki Gulf.

Navy's top admiral ordered a fleetwide review after service's 4th major accident this year

Drones to help Lifesavers at the famously dangerous Muriwai Beach.

A recreational boatie has been charged with manslaughter after a man died in 2015.