At just 119 nautical miles, next weekend's Coastal Classic Yacht Race is far from being New Zealand's longest coastal race.

When fishing in places like the Rangitoto Channel, Tauranga Harbour or any harbour with strong currents, the bigger snapper hang back from the boat.

Sir Peter Maire's Fusion Electronics has secured a lucrative deal to supply its audio systems to Australia's Jayco.

A meteorologist says it is possible new satellite images showing what looks like a boat in the Tasman Sea could be the missing ship Nina.

A Bluff woman has been named New Zealand's champion of water safety.

The changes to the recreational snapper fishery on the east coast of the North Island will result in more fish being killed, and will not solve the perceived problem of diminishing fish stocks.

A strikingly decorated New Zealand designed and built Rayglass Legend 2350 has been gaining a following in the marine centres of Australia.

When Busfield Marine - the Westhaven brokerage founded by NZ Marine's Peter Busfield - opened its doors in 1988, New Zealand had vibrant yacht and launch-building industries.

A proposed change to lifejacket laws to make wearing them mandatory in boats smaller than 6m has already proved controversial and split opinion.

There have been renewed calls for the wearing of lifejackets to be compulsory whenever anyone goes out on to the water.

The megayacht "A" that slipped into Auckland yesterday is believed to be the biggest to berth in New Zealand, with interior space almost 15 times the size of an average house.

Getting superyacht owners to holiday here is the way to maximise high-end spending.

Persistent prompting by an Auckland scientist has persuaded the shipping industry to rearrange its schedules, for a whale.

Engineers have declared the crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship completely upright after a 19-hour operation to pull it from its side where it capsized last year.

A toxic soup of rotting food, chemicals and other debris was expected to spew out of the Costa Concordia when salvagers try to haul the cruise ship upright overnight.

Tauranga angler Kevin Baker can tell you - and it doesn't involve filleting or scoffing the whopper tuna he scooped at the weekend.

As Emirates Team NZ push hard for victory in the America's Cup, marine companies are pinning their hopes on a win and a boost to the industry.

As any manufacturer knows, it is a risky business messing with success. Popular products got that way for a reason and changing them, however slightly, can be fraught.

One hundred grey shark fins, and one orange fin, are floating in Wellington harbour today to mark the final day of shark awareness week.