The world's largest solar-powered boat was dreamed up by a trail-blazing Kiwi designer and his team in a tiny Auckland waterfront office.

The drowning of a PhD student who was washed off rocks while collecting water samples has prompted Auckland University to break with decades of research tradition.

Proposed cuts to snapper limits could have widespread adverse effects - to the New Zealand marine industry and its exports, to provincial towns and some of our poorest communities.

Family of seven missing crew members on board the Nina are convinced they're alive and want the search to begin again, despite no sign of them since June 4.

Searchers scouring the Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island for the missing American yacht Nina have come up empty-handed.

Sighting of liferaft similar to one carried by Nina spurs renewed effort to find her and 7 people missing since June.

A ship carrying a cargo of bananas had to be towed to port in Auckland this morning after its engines failed entering the Rangitoto Channel.

A new TV show about underwater adventures will showcase Northland's Poor Knights reserve alongside some of the best diving spots in the world.

Sailor Pete Shierny is fighting for boaties' rights in Auckland Council-owned areas after a hostile "get out" message from Westhaven Marina.

The world's fastest ship looked menacingly quick, even at berth, on a brief stopover in Wellington yesterday.

Hemi Anisi goes to work with a gun - and a wary outlook for pirates.

Regular readers of the Marine page will no doubt have noticed that many of the new craft we feature do not originate on these shores.

New Zealand's fight to establish a massive marine reserve in Antarctic waters has been delayed at least another three months.

Family and friends of a Hokianga man missing for a week after going to set his fishing net will resume their search today in the hope Tangaroa, Maori god of the sea, will give up his body.

Recreational fishers face significant bag or size limit restrictions under all three options revealed for managing the depleted Snapper 1 fishery from October 1.