DOC staff will attempt to remove ropes around a whale in Doubtless Bay - if they can find it.

Fifty-seven years after Sir Edmund Hillary scaled Everest, Kiwi sailor Graeme Kendall has knocked another bastard off.

We have a family pass valued at $390 for two adults and two children to venture out to one of the most diverse marine parks in the world - Auckland's own Hauraki Gulf.

Riviera's new offering is being hailed as their most innovative yet.

A Kiwi spent 12 hours in shark-infested waters after falling overboard while sailing solo from the Gold Coast to Cairns.

Hone Harawira believes that 98pc of Maori will fail to meet the threshold to gain ownership of the foreshore and seabed under pending Govt legislation.

Tariana Turia, co-leader of the Maori Party, writes about the foreshore and seabed debates and tides of change.

A 22-year-old New Zealand man has been arrested over the death of an 11-year-old girl in a boating accident in England.

Footage from the storm-battered Pacific Sun has emerged showing those on board hanging on for their lives as they dodge waves of furniture.

Two boaties were injured - but miraculously survived - when their launch was cut in two and sucked under the Waiheke ferry.

Two men were injured when they were thrown into the sea after their motor launch collided with the Waiheke Island ferry last night.