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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.
Man drowns in harbour
One fisherman drowned and three others spent hours clinging to their boat after it capsized in the mouth of the Manukau Harbour.
NZ trimaran hit by Japanese whaler - report
The crew of a NZ trimaran harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean had to be rescued after their boat was allegedly rammed and sunk by a Japanese ship, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says.
Lifesavers plead for care as death toll rises
Surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to take care in the water after a spate of drownings.
Granddad dies saving kids from vicious rip
A notoriously dangerous stretch of Northland beach has claimed the life of an Auckland man trying to pull his grandchildren from a rip.
Angler survives late-night ordeal
A fisherman whose boat sank in the middle of the night was so determined not to surrender it that he swam the waterlogged vessel nearly 1km to safety.
Passengers on doomed ferry asked to help bail, inquiry told
Fifteen minutes before the Princess Ashika sank with the loss of 74 lives, passengers were asked to help bail, a survivor has said,
Tongan ferry disaster: Farewell to loved ones lost at sea
In a special report, Vaimoana Tapaleao talks to the families of ferry victims with ties to New Zealand, so they will not be forgotten.