A boat which capsized in the Hauraki Gulf this morning, resulting in the deaths of two men, was probably overloaded and too small for the rough conditions.

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.

The search continues for a Tauranga man missing since the stolen dinghy he and four others were in capsized in heavy seas.

An Air NZ flight was one of two planes which helped in the search for a yachtsman who got into trouble en route to New Zealand.

A Whangaparaoa boat building company has been ordered to pay $45,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured in a fall from height.

Charges have been laid against the widow of the skipper of the Easy Rider over its sinking in Foveaux Strait in March, with the deaths of eight people.

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?