The 3m shark was spotted close to shore at Te Arai Pt in Auckland.

It's meant warmer surf, but what has the marine heatwave meant for ocean species?

"Salvage the oil from WWII wreck or face environmental tragedy in the Hauraki Gulf."

Authorities are responding to reports a fisherman has disappeared in Golden Bay

Police mystified about how the boat, spotted about 1.35pm, came to be upturned in water.

Scientists have gathered a sediment sample from deep below the Pacific Ocean's surface.

Guests at a backpacker's hostel in Akaroa got a killer surprise today.

Given the margins of error, the shark could have been born 500 years ago.

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

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.

Protection for the pristine Ross Sea is a dream realised for Kiwi film-maker Peter Young.

Family say man who drowned stayed in the water to help wife stay afloat on sinking boat.

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

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 sea creature that regenerates an entire new body may mean big things for human healing.

Shortage of funding and increase in deman may cause beach closures.

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.