A diver says he was shaking and in shock for days after being surprised by a pair of orca whales.

After a dramatic high-seas rescue, a Kiwi sailor tells of fear and misery on a crippled yacht during a Pacific storm.

Two people trapped on a stricken yacht 1260km northwest of New Zealand have been rescued by a cargo ship this morning.

A planned $60 million luxury superyacht is going on sale unfinished and at a fraction of its estimated value after it was badly damaged in a fire at an Auckland shipyard.

Auckland Council is considering cutting the number of unelected council-controlled organisations from seven to four.

Millionaire industrialist Alan Gibbs has launched his latest creation, the amphibious Quadski which can navigate water or land. Here's a look at a test run.

The Government has been notified of 11 "near misses" involving ships since the Rena disaster.

The choice of the former spy agency boss who approved the illegal spying on Kim Dotcom as head of the Rena inquiry has baffled the MP who pushed for the review.

Greenpeace has made a spoof of Sealord's TV ad over what they claim will "reveal the truth beneath the public relations" over the sustainability of the fishing stocks.

Coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef has been reduced to half of what it was in the 1980s, an alarming new study has found.