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New beach, same friendly Moko

Kelly Tarlton's: In at the deep end with scary sharks

Jaqueline Smith put her hand up for a swim in Kelly Tarlton's Shark Cage and was relieved it wasn't bitten off.

Diappearing acts of the last decade

Sea slug study can't find cash

Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.

DoC: Keep off Poor Knights or else

A couple who clambered on to the Poor Knights Islands could now face prosecution by the Department of Conservation.

Fight over $7.5m ransom

Greenpeace commissions third Warrior

The conservation group's latest ship will be the most eco-friendly on the sea.

Fishing: Let them find you

When fish are thin on the ground, laying a berley can get snapper biting.

Man drowns on 90 Mile Beach

Drowned woman not a strong swimmer

Playful Moko heads north

<i>Editorial:</i> Intemperate actions in icy waters

Man drowns in harbour

One fisherman drowned and three others spent hours clinging to their boat after it capsized in the mouth of the Manukau Harbour.

Rescued not keen to pay the bill

Coastguard leaders say many boaties rescued by its volunteer crews refuse to pay the $280 an hour fee to cover the charity's costs.

Sailing with a sea monster

Tim Adams roams the 17 decks and neighbourhoods of The Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest 'megaliner'.

Sticky time for boaties

Wrecked boat's crew fight on

The NZ anti-whaling vessel half-destroyed when it and a Japanese whaling harpoon ship collided is too damaged to be salvaged.

Govt calls for restraint after ocean clash

The NZ Government has called for restraint after an anti-whaling protest vessel and Japanese harpoon ship collided in Antarctica yesterday.