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Aussie politician backing fight to free NZ activist
The leader of Australia's Green Party is backing a campaign to free anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune.
Boatie found dead in water
The body of a middle-aged man without a lifejacket was found floating in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour yesterday, renewing safety calls.
Teen shipwrecked off Brazilian coast
An Auckland teenager spent 18 hours clinging to a liferaft off the coast of Brazil after her ship capsized.
Kiwi among people saved from Canadian ship
A New Zealander was one of 64 people rescued from a Canadian sailing ship, filled with high school and university students, that sunk off the coast of Brazil.
Two leap for their lives from burning boat
Two people were rescued after leaping into the water from a burning launch off Mayor Island in the Bay of Plenty today.
Maritime chaos has coastguard on alert
Rescue services were flat-out with 25 callouts by 5pm yesterday.
Tongan ferry was 'rust bucket' inquiry told
The Princess Ashika was an old "rust bucket" and he had not revised a memorandum of agreement for purchasing the vessel, the man who was company secretary of the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia has told a Tongan royal commission.
15 rescued from rip
A set of freak conditions conspired to catch 15 children in a rip yesterday, prompting a major rescue effort.