Education not legislation is the answer to improve safety on the water, Maritime NZ safety inspector Jim Lilley says.

Navy divers using sophisticated sonar equipment have begun an attempt to find the body of teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident.

Some sharks lurking around NZ waters this summer are in more danger than the swimmers they scare, Niwa says.

A teenager who allegedly ran over another on his jetski has been helping in the search for his missing schoolmate.

Navy divers with sonar equipment will join police tomorrow in the search for a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident near Rotorua.

The dangers on the water are the same as on the roads, so boaties should be licensed just like drivers, says the Pauanui-Tairua harbourmaster.

The mother of a 13-year-old injured when a jetski rammed his boat has defended letting him and his mate, 11, go on the water alone.

Boaties, strong winds and discarded household junk are being blamed for clogging once-pristine coves, islands and beaches this summer.

There is a search on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour this morning.

Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old Indonesian man during a lifeboat exercise aboard a cruise ship in Lyttelton Harbour yesterday.

The drowning death toll will rise if school swimming lessons aren't made compulsory, the Government has been warned.

This is the toll drowning has taken on New Zealand in the fortnight that the nation has been on holiday.

Sir Douglas Myers has lost his Senses: he's sold the 59m luxury superyacht to Google billionaire Larry Page.

A teenage jetskier was killed yesterday when he fell off and was run down by friends. It was one of two horrifying water accidents involving young people in popular holiday spots.

Two boys have been injured after a collision between two boats off Pauanui overnight.

Fisheries officials are investigating the death of hundreds of snapper washed up on Coromandel beaches.