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Legislation not the answer for water safety - Maritime NZ
Education not legislation is the answer to improve safety on the water, Maritime NZ safety inspector Jim Lilley says.
Divers use sonar in hunt for jetskier's body
Navy divers using sophisticated sonar equipment have begun an attempt to find the body of teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident.
Jetski rider helps in search for lost mate
A teenager who allegedly ran over another on his jetski has been helping in the search for his missing schoolmate.
Boaties should be licensed - harbourmaster
The dangers on the water are the same as on the roads, so boaties should be licensed just like drivers, says the Pauanui-Tairua harbourmaster.
Tragic end repeated 13 times
This is the toll drowning has taken on New Zealand in the fortnight that the nation has been on holiday.
Fears boat tragedy toll may reach 50
It's now feared more than 50 asylum seekers drowned when their wooden boat smashed onto rocks on Christmas Island.
Search for 17 missing fishermen suspended
The search for 17 fishermen missing in the Southern Ocean has been suspended as no further survivors are expected.
22 feared dead after ship sinks
Hope is fading for 17 missing fishermen after a South Korean trawler sank in the Southern Ocean, claiming at least five other lives.
Hope fades for boat's missing crew
The search for 17 people missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean early today has been scaled down as it becomes increasingly unlikely further survivors will be found.
5 dead, 17 missing after boat sinks
Five people are dead and 17 missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean, 2700km south east of Bluff, early this morning.
Report shares blame for whaling collision
An inquiry has laid blame on both anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil and a Japanese whaling ship for their Southern Ocean crash earlier this year.