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.

The Atlantic ocean might not be the world's largest. But it is, writer Simon Winchester tells Stephen Jewell, the centre of the world and deserving of its own "biography".

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.