Stability limitations with the Easy Rider are shared by other boats of the same design, according to the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

Serious questions need to be asked about events which led to this week's misery and damage.

The Foveaux Strait ferry is not for the faint-hearted, says Chris Samsara.

New Zealand could make much greater use of satellite images, says Southland group.

The bodies of five seaman and the 20 survivors from the sinking of a Korean fishing boat in the Southern Ocean arrived in Bluff last night.

The search for 17 people missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean early today has been scaled down as it becomes increasingly unlikely further survivors will be found.

Five people are dead and 17 missing after a Korean fishing vessel sank in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean, 2700km south east of Bluff, early this morning.

The wreck of the helicopter that crashed, killing two people on Thursday, has been recovered from Bluff Harbour.

The flight instructor who died in a helicopter crash "ate, drank and slept" aviation, a friend says.

The bodies of an instructor and a trainee pilot were this afternoon removed from the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed into Bluff Harbour yesterday.

The helicopter missing since yesterday has been found submerged in Bluff Harbour along with the bodies of the chopper's two crew.

A major search underway in Southland for a missing helicopter with a pilot and instructor on board will continue into the night.