The black marlin took the chartered sport-fishing boat's line in the Gulf of Panama, capsized it then got away.

Orpheus Beaumont was named after New Zealand's worst shipwreck. When she was born, her mother was grieving for Orpheus' teenage brother - presumed drowned in the disaster.

A New Zealander who was driving a motorboat which hit and killed an 11-year-old girl at a London water park will not face charges, British police have decided.

The Coastguard is urging boaties to stick to common safety practices during the city's 173rd Anniversary Day Regatta today after a plywood runabout sank in the Motuihe Channel yesterday.

A group of teenage boys have told of an hour-long rescue in which they pulled three struggling swimmers from ferocious seas.

A video of a speedboat dousing a burning vessel by swerving next to it has gone viral on the internet.

A coroner has recommended that boaties should be warned about the dangers of smoking cannabis.

The Bluff woman whose company owned the fishing boat Easy Rider, has been remanded again on charges relating to the vessel's sinking in March.

A Southland boat skipper shed tears as he recounted a Foveaux Strait fishing trip which turned to tragedy and ended in the death of his son and his best friend.

An Auckland woman and her partner say being rescued from their stricken yacht in the middle of the Pacific Ocean taught them to enjoy every moment of the future.

Terminally ill Troylane Tetai didn't have much time left, and he wanted to use the little he had to fish. But his life came to an end sooner than anyone was expecting.