Ex-MP in kayak rescue
An ex-MP was kayaking with a group on Wellington's harbour this morning when large swells tipped several into the water.
An ex-MP was kayaking with a group on Wellington's harbour this morning when large swells tipped several into the water.
The parents of a man washed out to sea while whitebaiting on Sunday are urging people to wear lifejackets, even if they are on shore.
The whitebaiter swept out to sea at the Rakaia River mouth last night has been named by police.
A whitebaiter in Canterbury was spotted by a rescue helicopter, then moments later swept out to sea.
The skipper of a classic sailboat that split in half and sank in seconds is taking legal action against the yachtsman responsible for the collision.
The first director of Maritime New Zealand is "perplexed and disappointed" at the review his former agency has announced into its response to the grounding of the Rena.
We can take some serious lessons from this and we are lucky to have the opportunity to refine our ability to respond and mitigate damage in any future events, writes Sam Judd.
When the Rena hit the Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga, we were in the middle of the Rugby World Cup. The scale of the disaster took a while to sink in. Did we panic?
There have been ravaging storms, rotting cargo and equipment overboard - now marauding pirates are being blamed for hampering the salvage of the Rena.
A new inquiry into the official response to the Rena disaster will be announced this week to coincide with the first anniversary, the Herald understands.
Oil is still being found at Papamoa Beach a year after the container ship Rena ran aground off the coastline and caused a major spill.
The disgraced captain of the Rena has apologised publicly to New Zealanders for the first time for causing this country's worst environmental maritime disaster.
It's been nearly one year since the Rena wrecked off the coast of Tauranga October 5, 2011. Photographer Alan Gibson shares some of the photos he's taken of the ship and the effect it has had on the environment in the region since then.
Twenty people have received ACC payouts for injuries by sharks so far this year - a drop in the ocean compared to other animal-related injury claims.
It is proving to be an "exceptionally bad" year for the south, as tragedy after tragedy occurs on the water.
Search teams will be back out this morning looking for a fishing vessel which is missing off the coast of Fiordland.
A Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigator will tomorrow begin examining a Talley's fishing boat that caught fire off the Canterbury coast today.
A fishing boat was evacuated today after it caught fire off the Canterbury coast. Video courtesy Royal New Zealand Air Force
All of the crew of a Talley's fishing vessel on fire off the coast of Canterbury have now abandoned ship, as the blaze has spread throughout the vessel.