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.

The eye-popping megayacht that slipped into Auckland this morning is owned by a Russian oligarch set to cruise around the NZ coast this summer.

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.

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.