French cruise ship L'Austral has come under investigation for the second time in a month after reportedly hitting a rock in Milford Sound.

EXCLUSIVE: The survivor of one of the country's worst maritime disasters tells his story for the first time.

Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.

A man has been resuscitated after getting into trouble in the water at a popular Northland campground this afternoon.

A person needs medical treatment after an accident at Kai Iwi Lakes.

The name of the Filipino fisherman who was washed out to sea yesterday has been released.

A kitesurfer has been critically injured after smashing into a car in Porirua, near Wellington.

Members of the New Zealand public are giving generously to the families of the men who tragically died in a boating accident in Kaipara

The body of ill-fated Francie skipper Bill McNatty has been returned to his family.

Police have suspended the search for the man still missing from yesterday's Kaipara Harbour tragedy until 5.30am tomorrow, because

The search for the last victim of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy is under way this morning.

Volunteer lifeguards battled waves up to 7m high as they desperately searched for survivors of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

The skipper of the doomed fishing charter vessel Francie is among those who died in yesterday's tragedy.

The six-month trial of shark nets on the notorious NSW north coast will be fast tracked after another surfer was lucky to survive an attack near Byron Bay.

A surfer has had a lucky escape after being bitten by a shark in northern NSW, leading to all beaches in the area being closed.

Darius DeWet docked at Tauranga over the weekend on his 6.7m yacht, Luna.

Large-scale searches involving helicopters had to be deployed for a 20-year-old inexperienced yachtie after he went missing twice.

A VHF radio was being ferried last night to an inexperienced yachtie found alive yesterday off the East Cape after an extensive search.

The yacht on which one sailor was killed and another lost at sea has arrived back in New Zealand under tow.

Significant decrease in recreational boating deaths shows targeted safety campaigns are working, says Government.

Surviving a horror boat accident which claimed the life of a friend has completely changed New Zealand woman Sarra Hunter-Weston's outlook on life.

There are two types of people in Auckland today. Those who say, "So what. It's just a boat". And humans, writes Andrew Dickens.

It had survived 110 years of choppy waters, but all that could be seen of the Kestrel this morning was its roof floating amid the debris.

Large ship incidents risk new Rena-style catastrophes in New Zealand coastal waters.

Clinging to their upturned boat, injured and being smashed by violent 6m waves, three Auckland boaties thought their time was up.

An avid sailor who is recovering from his injuries after the boom on his yacht struck him in the head, credits his survival to careful planning and regular contact throughout his journey.

KiwiRail says internal investigation ruled out external factors or a power surge as the cause of the 2013 incident.

A man on a fishing vessel has been winched to hospital after suffering from a medical condition out at sea.

A New Zealand woman was flown to hospital with serious head injuries after a boating accident in an Australian tourist hotspot.

Two people on board suffered cuts and bruises after boat slams into Waiheke Island coastline.