Boat skippers breaking maritime laws and illegally entering Poor Knights no-go area.

"Salvage the oil from WWII wreck or face environmental tragedy in the Hauraki Gulf."

No charges will be laid following the death of Auckland swimmer Leslie Gelberger.

Family and friends say they're relieved that Harald Solfjeld is now safe.

The special operations squad member who died was Sergeant Wayne Taylor.

"I just thought I was having fun. I didn't realise it was a criminal offence."

A skipper has been convicted and fined after a waka capsized.

A captain has been charged after trying to berth a 40,000 tonne logging ship while drunk.

Crew member airlifted from US ship to Whangarei Hospital after suffering abdominal pains.

Inhabitants thought Kiwis were pirates when they washed up on the island.

The four Kiwi yachties on board the Jungle are on their way to Fiji

Maritime NZ considers logos on boats and social media use commercial gain.

Two people fell through barrier at the back of a boat while partying on Auckland Harbour.

A man lost overboard from a Saturday night cruise on Waitemata Harbour is still missing.

Three lucky West Coast fishermen survived an early-morning liferaft ordeal in heavy seas.

Man says he warned port management he had 'nearly blacked out' from fumes.

Girl rescued and search under way for man after boat was found adrift in Manukau Harbour.

Thousands of boaties swapped their old lifejackets for new in a Coastguard safety scheme.

A fishing boat has run aground off the sensitive Otago coast.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a boat owner who left their small, red yacht moored on Lake Benmore in the South Island a

Harbourmaster not happy after rescuing then being abused by a local yachtie who attempted to cross the closed Westport bar on New Year's Day.

Missing yachtie likely to be sailing his tiny catamaran to Australia, where he has disappeared with his 6-year-old daughter Que previously, according to an expert.

A sailor in the Vendée Globe yacht race is in a race to reach New Zealand before his yacht breaks up.

Givealittle page raises over $10,000 in less than a day in support of family who lost a husband and father killed in the Kaipara Harbour boating accident.

Fewer than half of councils have enough staff trained to respond to marine oil spills.

The police yesterday called off the search for Taulagi Afamasaga.

The search for the man still missing after the Francie capsized in the Kaipara Harbour is continuing.

A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.

Judges orders boss to pay $12,000 to worker seriously injured when fuel tank exploded.

A New Zealand-owned fishing trawler called Endurance has run aground at the Boulder Bank in Nelson this morning.