The search for a second fishermen lost at sea off the coast of Martins Bay north of Auckland continued this afternoon after one body was located.

A 38-year-old man suffered an electric shock after the mast of a boat struck power lines at the Outward Bound School in Marlborough this afternoon.

Surf lifesavers trying to find the body of missing boy Jack Dixon will decide whether to continue their search on Friday.

The director of charter company Dive Spot has pleaded not guilty on charges laid after a boat propeller killed an Auckland man.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.

Coffee and Weet-Bix were what a fisherman needed after spending four hours in the cold waters of Tauranga Harbour.

A fisherman missing on the Tauranga Harbour since midnight last night has been found after making his way to shore.

"I was told I wouldn't get those sensations back." Gaining some feeling in his lower body has given quadriplegic Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele hope.

Kiwi wakeboarder Brad Smeele has taken a "huge step" in his recovery, after being rendered quadriplegic in a devastating accident in the United States.

The Green Party announced plans to immediately ban deep sea drilling around NZ’s coast if the Greens form the next government.

Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship has floated for the first time since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off Giglio.

Strong winds off the coast of Taranaki have pushed trans-Tasman kayaker Scott Donaldson even further from shore.

Anti-oil exploration protesters have put up banners in Wellington ahead of the National Party's Annual Conference.

An urgent aid mission will get underway today to drop vital supplies to a kayaker attempting a solo trip across the Tasman Sea.

Five men had a lucky escape when the dinghy they were in capsized on the Waikato river.

Danielle Wright's last words to her parents were "bye, see you in three months". But she would never see them again, and a year later mystery surrounds her final days.

The sole survivor of the Easy Rider fishing boat tragedy that killed eight people pleaded with a judge to be merciful during a company owner's sentencing today.

A baby critically injured in a crash near Kopaki, Waikato, this morning was unrestrained on its mother's lap when the car hit a bank.

A South Korean man has drowned after diving into a popular river rockslide pool to save two children.

The parents of the German teenagers presumed drowned in Foveaux Strait are returning home and say they know they are leaving their daughters behind.