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Kiwi in tragic mystery at sea
It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.
Sailing holiday turned into 'voyage from hell'
A Canterbury man's holiday voyage turned into a trip from hell last week when the skipper fell overboard.
Former All Black mourns family members lost in ferry disaster
Former All Black Va'aiga Tuigamala says some of his wife's relatives were among those who perished in last week's tragedy.
Tonga: Recovery of bodies 'too costly and risky'
Depth of the sunken ferry Princess Ashika means the recovery of the 93 bodies trapped inside would be a prohibitively costly, lengthy and dangerous process.
Mayday call 'may have been hoax'
Police have today released dramatic tape of a mayday call from a missing boat off the Northland coast. But is it genuine?
Papua New Guinea: Fears for missing tourist plane
Twin engine plane carrying people to world-famous trek site fails to arrive at destination.
Briton carrying NZ licence among Tonga ferry dead
One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.
NZ connection in Tonga ferry sinking
One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.
Fears no women or children survived ferry sinking
A survivor has described how the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika overturned and all the women and children perished.
Body recovered after ferry sinks - report
NZ's Rescue Coordination Centre has launched a major search operation after a ferry carrying 79 people sank off Tonga.
Israeli tramper's fatal detour a mystery
A Coroner has been unable to establish what led an Israeli tourist to leave tramping route for an avalanche track where she broke her neck.
Adventure lover had 'great zest for life'
A snowboarder killed in an avalanche near Queenstown had recently met someone, fallen in love and was in a 'really happy space'.