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![$40m to fix seawall danger](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$40m to fix seawall danger
Auckland ratepayers face a bill of about $40 million to prevent part of the downtown seawall between Princes and Marsden wharves failing in a moderate earthquake.
![Underwater video goes viral](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Underwater video goes viral
A homemade video showcasing a Tauranga man's encounters with local marine life has taken on a life of its own online.
![Dolphin adopts new calf](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dolphin adopts new calf
A bottlenose dolphin thought to have lost its calf has adopted a baby of another species.
![Bottoms up: How whale poop helps feed the ocean](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bottoms up: How whale poop helps feed the ocean
Centuries of over-exploitation of whales for their meat and blubber has seen populations of most species plummet. But with no small amount of irony, the tables have turned with research discovering that we need whales for a healthy marine ecosystem.
![Surf club fights for new access](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surf club fights for new access
The surf club guarding one of the country's most dangerous rip-torn beaches says it is losing efficiency and members.
![Greens: Ban deep sea drilling](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Greens: Ban deep sea drilling
The Green Party announced plans to immediately ban deep sea drilling around NZ’s coast if the Greens form the next government.
![Kiwis in demand for luxury yachts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwis in demand for luxury yachts
Wanted: Kiwi crews for international superyachts. Must be comfortable cruising the globe, chatting respectfully with eccentric billionaires and celebrities and scrubbing toilets for weeks on end.
![Aratere - back, but hardly shipshape](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Aratere - back, but hardly shipshape
The beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled another sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after a 3-month refurbishment.
![No plain sailing for troubled Aratere](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
No plain sailing for troubled Aratere
It returned to service yesterday after eight months - and the troubled ferry Aratere has had a sailing today cancelled.
![Ship rises for final voyage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ship rises for final voyage
Italy's Costa Concordia cruise ship has floated for the first time since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off Giglio.
![Greens focus on cleaning up rivers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Greens focus on cleaning up rivers
The Green Party is aiming to make every river in New Zealand clean enough to swim in.
![Kayaker adjusts to life on land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kayaker adjusts to life on land
Long-distance kayaker Scott Donaldson has never appreciated having a shave or a hot pie so much, but it's being able to move around in more than a metre of space that he's enjoying most.
![Whalers turn to conservation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Whalers turn to conservation
A group of former whalers are lending their hand to humpback conservation efforts in the Cook Strait.
![So close, yet so far for adventurer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
So close, yet so far for adventurer
Scott Donaldson says he'll be 'irked for a long, long time' after he was rescued from high seas kilometres from completing a 3-month odyssey across the Tasman Sea in a kayak.
![Shipping near-misses on our coast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shipping near-misses on our coast
Collisions, ill-timed power failures, near misses and fires are among more than 50 dodgy incidents involving ships around our coasts over the past year.
![Sub seller charged with $22m scam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sub seller charged with $22m scam
A young entrepreneur behind a business selling submarines has been charged over an attempted $22 million insurance scam.
![Protest banners at party conference](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Protest banners at party conference
Anti-oil exploration protesters have put up banners in Wellington ahead of the National Party's Annual Conference.
![Backyard boatshed a hot commodity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Backyard boatshed a hot commodity
Properties with boatsheds have become a hot commodity in Auckland's booming housing market - some with price tags up to $14 million.
![Trans-Tasman kayaker back in action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trans-Tasman kayaker back in action
A kayaker paddling from Australia to New Zealand is making headway again after running dangerously low on supplies and hunkering down in bad weather.
![Kiwi's auction hard to fathom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi's auction hard to fathom
A grey 6.6m Comsub, which the owner says has been used to explore waters near Half Moon Bay and Waiheke Island for the past few years, is for sale.
![Disco clam's groovy moves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Disco clam's groovy moves
A sea floor diva known as the “disco clam”, which earned its name from vivid displays of flashing light, has revealed the secrets of its dazzling moves.