Police will be out patrolling Auckland's waters this summer to educate and save lives.

Drowning Prevention Auckland speaks with Chief Executive Davin Bray at Westhaven.

COMMENT: Degradable composites and recycling could lessen pollution.

The oceans cover 70 per cent of the surface of our planet yet they are the least explored.

Rapid warming of the ocean near Tasmania a sign of things to come under climate change.

NZ woman Mary Elizabeth McKee, 62, died in a boat accident in June while in Bermuda.

Auckland's sun-loving leopard seal Owha has a new mate to share the summer with.

Senior sergeant Dave Houston talks about what the Wellington police maritime unit does.

New study prompts group's call for fisheries closures to save iconic yellow-eyed penguin.

A fishing boat has arrived in Bluff with a dead crewman on board.

Sailor 'in shock' after getting off doomed ARA San Juan submarine with 'seconds to spare'.

A superyacht belonging to an oligarch confidante of Vladimir Putin is in Auckland.

We must build into the harbour if we want to host the America's Cup: Marine industry boss.

Peter Busfield NZ Marine Industry Association Executive Director wants Wharf extensions in Auckland in time to host the next America's Cup.

Three main options have been put forward for the bases on the Auckland waterfront.

Walking 400km against seabed mining. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Emergency services were called to Devonport Wharf last night after a woman was injured

Seal pups frolic in nursery pool ahead of the 1st anniversary of the Kaikoura earthquake. Credit: NCTIR

A summer without our favourite beaches? Lifeguards are facing an unprecedented crisis.

New recordings lay bare the underwater racket created by oil and gas industry's airguns.

Mass coral bleaching may not be a death sentence for all of the reef systems it touches.

A shark has been getting a lot of attention on a Devonport beach.

Correlation of sea lion decline to squid fishery not so clear-cut, scientists say.

Divers around the world offer insights into how climate change might affect our oceans.

Footage has emerged of a chance encounter with a sea lion in Otago harbour's waters.

New Auckland study shows benefits of marine protected areas extend past their boundaries.

Auckland is home to many endangered species. Here's how locals can help save 10 of them.

Tens of thousands of by-the-wind-sailors, or velella, first appeared on Blaketown Beach.

A Wellington beach is awash with electric blue jellyfish-like creatures.

Delve into the depths of the Big Pacific without taking a foot off land.