Editorial: Just as it is foolish to take the weather for granted, so it is unwise to consider the small number of restrictions to be set in stone.

A proposed change to lifejacket laws to make wearing them mandatory in boats smaller than 6m has already proved controversial and split opinion.

The wife of a man who died after being swept off his yacht at the weekend says sailing was his life.

A Nelson father of four who died after being swept off his yacht had 25 years' experience on the water, his friends say.

The extraordinary sight of the Costa Concordia hoisted from its watery grave helped erase the shame many Italians felt over the captain crashing it and doing a runner.

An ice-cold wall of water rose so quickly that expat Suzanne Morris had seconds to escape her Colorado apartment in the middle of the night.

A jacket belonging to a holidaymaker who fell from a boat in Marlborough Sounds early yesterday has been found by searchers.

Hopes are fading for a holidaymaker who fell from a boat in Marlborough Sounds early yesterday.

Shorelines searches are being carried out for a holidaymaker who fell from a boat into the freezing waters of the Marlborough Sounds in the early hours of today.

One person died today when a boat sank on North Lake Mavora near Queenstown. There were three young men on board.

Family of seven missing crew members on board the Nina are convinced they're alive and want the search to begin again, despite no sign of them since June 4.

Searchers are unsure of the source of two plastic containers, found today in the hunt for the missing yacht Nina.

Sighting of liferaft similar to one carried by Nina spurs renewed effort to find her and 7 people missing since June.

The death of Adam Strange who was killed in a shark attack at Muriwai beach earlier this year could not have been prevented, a coroner has ruled.

A 29-year-old man who died when he was swept off rocks while fishing at a notorious Whangarei spot yesterday has been named as Mario Openshaw.

An infant is dead and searchers are looking for another eight asylum seekers still missing in waters near Christmas Island.

The captain of the Costa Concordia did not abandon his ship but was inadvertently "thrown" off the cruise liner during a chaotic evacuation.

Three missing American sailors have an emotional bond with a Whangarei family that the locals will never forget.

The father of an 18-year-old on board the missing American schooner Nina believes it may be just days from making port in Australia.

An Air Force Orion will today perform another aerial search for missing vintage American schooner Nina.

Mark Tucker will never know how much money he lost during the darkest days of the Rena disaster.