The Interislander ferry Arahura is stranded in Wellington Harbour with 61 passengers aboard after losing power this morning.

A body has been found near an area where police were searching for missing fisherman Nick Stubbs.

The South Island's Waitaki Valley is big country: a wide-open world of bare brown hills and huge rocks. Despite this inland setting, Otago University palaeontologist Ewan Fordyce likes to think of himself as snorkelling when he visits.

A sonar early warning system is being developed to stop swarms of jellyfish shutting down Britain’s nuclear power plants.

A new company will ferry passengers to Waiheke, Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands from today.

Labour Weekend marks the enforcement of a new bylaw making it compulsory to wear a lifejacket when on board a vessel 6m or under in length, unless the skipper of that vessel gives you permission not to.

A reader writes: Where does the name of the bay on the southeastern side of Kawau Island known as Bostaquet Bay come from?

Senior students went to the rescue of an Otago Boys' High School rowing eight when their skiff was hit by a powerboat driven by their coach in Otago Harbour yesterday morning.

Maritime safety agencies and police will be out in force at launching ramps and jetties over Labour weekend to explain Auckland Council's new rules on wearing life jackets in small boats.

Authorities searching for fisherman Nick Stubbs were yesterday still unable to find any trace of him.

As inaugural Safer Boating Week kicks off, boaties are being reminded how quickly things could go wrong.

Police have confirmed the man who died when a 12-foot boat flipped at Mahia, north of Wairoa on the East Coast, this morning was a 57-year-old local.

School friends of Nick Stubbs say they'll keep searching the sea everyday until they find their mate.

When Nick Stubbs and a mate left Martins Bay near Warkworth in a red fibreglass boat at 5pm on Tuesday, he told loved ones they 'wouldn't be long'.

Trout taken from catchments where 1080 poison has been dumped are safe to eat, the Ministry of Primary Industries says.

Most households that lost power after winds battered the North Island yesterday have been reconnected.

Severe winds are expected to pound inland Canterbury today but northern New Zealand should enjoy a brief break from stormy, windy weather.

Surf lifesavers trying to find the body of missing boy Jack Dixon will decide whether to continue their search on Friday.

Severe winds have lifted roofs and brought down trees across the North Island, but Auckland and Northland have been spared the worst of the wild weather.

The director of charter company Dive Spot has pleaded not guilty on charges laid after a boat propeller killed an Auckland man.

A lone Wellington yachtsman was showing signs of hypothermia after a snapped mast left him stranded nearly 2 nautical miles from shore this evening.

As $100 million of shiny new craft go on display at Auckland's On the Water Boat Show, the Hauraki Gulf has received a damning report about its health.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.