Instead of rubbish, Okahu Bay was littered yesterday morning with people cleaning up the shore.

About 225 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year. New Zealand imported nearly 210,00 tonnes of nurdles last year and 61 per cent of plastics made in New Zealand are used for packaging.

There could be some fish hooks in the way prizes are allocated in future but the organisers of the southern hemisphere's biggest snapper contest say it will definitely be held again next year.

The Rena's owner and insurers are not disclosing the full details of assessments on potential environmental impact associated with leaving the wreck on the reef, a lawyer representing iwi says.

A Mangawhai marine company has been ordered to pay $30,000 after a boat explosion injured three people, including one who suffered permanent hearing loss.

Microscopic jellyfish could be the real culprit for the painful rash developed by some Western Bay beach-goers.

Auckland yachtsman Gary Carruthers watched in shock as the overloaded boat motored past him between Station and Mullet bays on Saturday afternoon.

It's just over 500 days since the grounding of the MV Rena caused our worst maritime environmental disaster. Jamie Morton and Alan Gibson visit what's left of the ship.

They reckon everyone’s looking at us because they think we’re cops. I’m not so sure. I think it’s more that we’re the only boat on the gulf without a fishing rod.

Democracy Action has attacked a decision by Auckland Council on membership of a steering group for the $1.8 million marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf.

Australian billionaire James Packer has brought his 87.5-metre superyacht Arctic P to Auckland for a refit that could mean upwards of $10 million for the local economy.

Lifejackets saved the lives of boaties in two water emergencies as people took to the lakes and seas this weekend.

Although there are increasingly positive signs that things are, at last, looking up for the marine industry.

A New Zealander who was driving a motorboat which hit and killed an 11-year-old girl at a London water park will not face charges, British police have decided.

A controversial new mussel farm off the Far North coast has been given the green light amid claims it will displace dolphins and deprive boaties of safe anchorage.

A visit to the Chatham Islands is high on the bucket list for many New Zealanders. For when it comes to fishing, hunting, diving, snorkelling, tramping, enjoying the outdoors and simply kicking back, it is like going back in time 50 years.

A shark attacked as Steve Clark was struggling underwater against a kingfish on the end of his spear. He didn't see it coming, but he quickly saw the damage it did.

It was built as a cargo shed a century ago and now Shed 10 on Queens Wharf is being refurbished to handle a new cargo of cruise ship passengers.