A new Rainbow Warrior is approaching completion in a German shipyard.

Police and Navy divers are continuing searching into the evening for the body of a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident on a lake near Rotorua, while family and friends continue to hold vigil on the shoreline.

Police have named the paua diver missing in Titahi Bay in Porirua, who they believe may still be alive.

Police say a paua diver missing in Titahi Bay in Porirua may still be alive.

More than 40 people are searching for a diver missing near Titahi Bay, Porirua, since last night.

A distressed woman screamed into her cellphone for help as the six-metre boat she and her father were on capsized and sank.

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.

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.

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.