Impoverished island kingdom would need outside help to fund the recovery of the vessel or the bodies trapped in it.

Rupert Murdoch's luxury yacht Rosehearty can now be hired through a specialist charter company... at a cost of $459,000.

Police have today released dramatic tape of a mayday call from a missing boat off the Northland coast. But is it genuine?

Paul Henry's suggestion that Moko the Mahia dolphin be shot has not surprised local residents who say he's an idiot who speaks without thinking.

Scientists have proved that slugs found on an Auckland beach are toxic but have not established what they have eaten to make them poisonous.

A former North Otago rugby representative is believed to have been among those killed in the Tongan ferry disaster.

Test results due back today may point scientists towards the cause of the mystery illness or illnesses affecting dogs and wildlife in the Hauraki Gulf.

Water sports have been cancelled and fishermen warned to stay off the entire Hauraki Gulf this weekend.

One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.

One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.

A survivor has described how the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika overturned and all the women and children perished.