Warm sea temperatures are a blessing for swimmers in the western Bay of Plenty, but the warmer waters are also bringing unwanted guests closer to shore.

The largest cruise ship ever to be based in New Zealand arrived to a foggy Auckland welcome as it sailed into the harbour at dawn.

It's now feared more than 50 asylum seekers drowned when their wooden boat smashed onto rocks on Christmas Island.

New Zealand won't join in Australian court action over Japanese whaling but will have input into the case.

The search for 17 fishermen missing in the Southern Ocean has been suspended as no further survivors are expected.

Hope is fading for 17 missing fishermen after a South Korean trawler sank in the Southern Ocean, claiming at least five other lives.

The search for 17 people missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean early today has been scaled down as it becomes increasingly unlikely further survivors will be found.

There is plenty to see and do at the New Zealand Maritime Museum, discovers Gill South.

A volunteer drive to clean up Kiwi beaches for summer has collected 10 tonnes of rubbish.

NASA has just released this amazing image of phytoplankton bloom around the Chatham Islands.

The slaughter of 23 seals on the Kaikoura coast last week has prompted debate on whether seals need to be culled in the area.

The Navy's newest ship, the fault-prone HMNZS Otago, is once again being forced to return to port.