Today's Cook Strait ferries won't sail in waves averaging over 6m.

Nearly 70 Wahine survivors are arriving in Wellington, from as far as Thailand and the UK.

Cargo ship loses control of rudder before impact with 18th century home.

Photos have emerged from on board the vessel, taken just days after it shipwrecked.

A man was pulled from the water unresponsive and has been flown to Auckland Hospital.

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 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.

A Police co-ordinated response to a water rescue on Lake Wakatipu has been suspended.

Clinging to a life raft and driftwood, Mark Thomas struggled to stay alive for nine hours.

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.

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.

Teiron Jones, 60, had previously been involved in a fatal boating incident.

Family and friends say they're relieved that Harald Solfjeld is now safe.

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