The man died after becoming caught in machinery in the ship's automated freezer system.

The two friends went to pull up cray pots when their boat was flipped by a large wave.

A cruise ship passenger who drowned off Hawke's Bay had deliberately climbed overboard.

The inflatable boat instantly started sinking and three people had to be rescued.

Large cargo ship, two overhead cranes and a pile of containers collide at Taiwanese port.

The sinking MV X-Press Pearl at Kapungoda where it is anchored off Colombo port, Sri Lanka. The fire-stricken container ship had been loaded with chemicals. Video / StringersHub via AP / Sri Lanka Air Force

"It makes us yachties look bad when you get an idiot like that," club commodore says.

Five crew still missing after jumping ship without lifesaving gear amid beheading claims.

One patient was transported to hospital with minor injuries.

Sea conditions were rough - with a 25-knot northwesterly wind and a metre of swell.

A shipwreck drifting at the edge of the Marlborough Sounds has damaged a fishing boat.

On the icy night that 1526 souls were lost at sea, "the stars seemed really to be alive".

Camera which aims to show boaties a safe passage has been installed but not yet activated.

Praise for surfers who continued CPR on the beach until rescue helicopter arrived.

Male teen flown to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition.

A second child remains in a serious condition after the boat flipped with five on board.

The partner of Danielle Tamarua has spent their daughter's 6th birthday without her.

Boatie made urgent call "before the phone was washed out of his hands by the swell".

New attempts made to free the vessel and reopen vital waterway but it's still stuck fast.

Sinking boaties have been saved by recreational fishers on Manukau Harbour.

Pair were left clinging to a chilly bin but fortunately wearing lifejackets.

Vidam Perevertilov woke in the Pacific Ocean to the sight of his ship sailing away.

Police received a report at 7.56pm yesterday of a man who had come of his jetski.

A major search operation had been under way since last night.

Four boaties ended up in the water desperate to be rescued.

'It could have been a disaster story very easily,' eyewitness says after dramatic escape.

Crew were rescued after the boat was beached in Christchurch.

Residents heard the ferry horn blaring before a loud crash echoed throughout the area.

The official search for Koyren Campbell has been called off - but volunteers press on.