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

The search for the last victim of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy is under way this morning.

An investigation into a horrific accident in which a young fisherman was decapitated has found key safety rules weren't followed.

The wreckage of a helicopter in which two men died this week is removed from the Northland bush.

Environment Canterbury and Department of Conservation move follows this week's double fatality in Northland.

A_JS311016NADCHPR226.JPGA specialist cliff rescue team recovered the bodies of two men killed in a helicopter crash into dense bush

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon

A man who died while docking a container ship at Lyttelton last year was not wearing a life jacket and was harnessed to a faulty wire, a report has found.

A Sydney man proposed to his girlfriend moments after their helicopter crashed near Queenstown this week.

Former New Zealand Law Society president John Marshall has died, age 68.

Family members of the Carterton balloon crash victims say they are pleased with the 19 recommendations made by Coroner Peter Ryan in his findings, released today.

Aviation businesses face an uncertain wait and the prospect of financial losses after the grounding of the type of helicopter involved in a fatal crash last week.

Devonport’s veteran Kea ferry was yesterday moved to a repair yard after crashing into a wharf on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, but remains under detention by investigators.

Four commissioners have been appointed to decide whether a resource consent should be granted allowing part of the Rena wreck to remain on Astrolabe Reef.

Tragedies such as the Carterton balloon crash and MH370 have influenced the creation of a "Watch List" designed to highlight air, sea and rail safety concerns.

Air Force has changed its procedures following a difficult landing in near white-out conditions in Antarctica with a plane low on fuel and carrying 130 people.

New Zealand's maritime authority is investigating how shipping around our coasts can be made safer, after a high-level report into the Rena grounding.

A Nelson man has died after being struck by a wire on a commercial fishing vessel on the Pacific Ocean.

Replacing a propeller which fell off an Interislander ferry during a Cook Strait crossing could take up to nine months, KiwiRail says.

The actions of an engineer who'd checked the engine of an Air NZ 747 after it caught fire on approach to San Francisco were not inappropriate, an investigation finds.

The pilot of a helicopter which crashed in a remote valley near Turangi had been flying for only a couple of years but was "not green", his brother says.

The lead pilot of the air force's fatal Anzac Day formation is being made a scapegoat for failures right up the command chain, says the father of one of the men who died in the 2010 crash.

An RNZAF officer has been charged over the fatal Iroquois crash at Pukerua Bay on Anzac Day 2010.

The 78 recommendations made after an inquiry into the Anzac Day Iroquois crash are not enough to prevent another tragedy, an independent review says.

Three airmen killed in an Anzac Day helicopter crash were on a one-hour flight because it was considered too expensive to accommodate them in a hotel.