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.

The Government has been notified of 11 "near misses" involving ships since the Rena disaster.

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?

The man who headed the GCSB when illegal spying on Kim Dotcom was launched has been chosen to head a review into the Rena grounding response.

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.

Investigations are underway after an Auckland ferry's mayday call during an evening commuter run, with 60 people on board.