A Nelson man has died on board a fishing vessel travelling to Nelson from Mauritius. He'd been reported dead by the captain on Sunday.

The disgraced captain of the Rena has apologised publicly to New Zealanders for the first time for causing this country's worst environmental maritime disaster.

A two-and-a-half year expedition by the ship on which Sir Peter Blake was murdered continues his work under the oceans.

Data shows New Zealand's great white sharks don't stay in local waters - they enjoy a trip to the tropics.

The great-great-great-granddaughter of the man who discovered the Ross Sea says the NZ Government is failing to protect one of the world's last intact marine ecosystems.

It is proving to be an "exceptionally bad" year for the south, as tragedy after tragedy occurs on the water.

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigator will tomorrow begin examining a Talley's fishing boat that caught fire off the Canterbury coast today.

A fishing boat was evacuated today after it caught fire off the Canterbury coast. Video courtesy Royal New Zealand Air Force

All of the crew of a Talley's fishing vessel on fire off the coast of Canterbury have now abandoned ship, as the blaze has spread throughout the vessel.

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

Two waka crews have set off on a massive ocean journey to Easter Island today.