Even ferry is found, it could be too deep to recover any bodies.

Young New Zealander serving with the Niuean police force feared dead, in the Tongan ferry capsize.

Latest count of those aboard ill-fated ferry indicates 93 people are still missing.

The number of people believed to have been on board the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika when it sank on Wednesday has risen to 141.

A survivor has told how he called frantically for his cousin for hours while in a lifeboat, but did not get a response.

A team of 12 navy divers and a three-member remote search team will leave for Tonga this evening.

A New Zealand woman is "just trying to hold onto hope" that her mother, brother and sister have survived the sinking of an inter-island ferry in Tonga.

Rescuers are now looking for 64 missing passengers after the number on board a Tongan ferry that sank on Wednesday was revised up to 119.

A survivor says the vessel rolled so quickly that women and children sleeping below decks had no chance to escape.

A survivor of Tonga's ferry disaster says the vessel rolled so quickly in rough seas that women and children sleeping below decks had no chance to escape.

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

NZ's Rescue Coordination Centre has launched a major search operation after a ferry carrying 79 people sank off Tonga.