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.

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.

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.

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.

Scientists liken bizarre whale discovery to uncovering 'a fossil kangaroo in Scotland'.

Climate change is already transforming our oceans - but there's much more we need to know.

Conservation groups hail Niue's move to "lock up" half its EEZ as a vast ocean reserve.

Greymouth fisherman still unaccounted for after the Wendy J sank 12 days.

No further clues have yet emerged of the whereabouts of the two missing crew members.