A daredevil jetski rider has a blood clot on the brain after his signature backflip went disastrously wrong as he was thrilling a big crowd at the Tauranga Boat Expo.

A body has been found near an area where police were searching for missing fisherman Nick Stubbs.

The search for a Warkworth fisherman who has been missing for more than a week is continuing.

A 91-year-old who lost control of a powerboat which collided with a rowing eight, putting pupils in hospital, says his age didn't factor into the 'freak accident'.

Senior students went to the rescue of an Otago Boys' High School rowing eight when their skiff was hit by a powerboat driven by their coach in Otago Harbour yesterday morning.

Authorities searching for fisherman Nick Stubbs were yesterday still unable to find any trace of him.

When Nick Stubbs and a mate left Martins Bay near Warkworth in a red fibreglass boat at 5pm on Tuesday, he told loved ones they 'wouldn't be long'.

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.

Local boaties came to the assistance of four paua divers when their boat overturned in strong wind gusts yesterday.

As the stricken Costa Concordia limped its way towards Genoa last week, Italy was remembering the 32 people who lost their lives in the cruise ship disaster.

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.

A former Mount Maunganui lifeguard has been hailed as a hero after he helped to save the life of a toddler found face-down in the ocean in the UK.