"I looked around, I had no roof, no walls on the boat, no cockpit, no dinghy..."

"I felt it go right through me ... It was intense."

Ruben McDornan is the sole survivor of the tragedy which struck the FV Dianne.

The man who died was a father, it can be revealed for the first time.

A ship which ran aground in 1865 has been uncovered by unusual tidal conditions.

An Auckland ferry master has been fined $2000 for not keeping a proper look-out.

Emergency services are attending a water rescue after a near-drowning at Clarks Beach.

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

An interview and scene examination will take place to decide if further action is needed.

Kiwi rescue officials help save the lives of four fishermen north-east of American Samoa.

"There was a real potential for disaster," in choppy seas and in the dark.

Stuart Corson had little contact with other survivors until he went to the memorial.

Wahine ceremonies remember the 53 who died and also the heroic efforts to save 683 others.

Jennifer Young thought her sightings weren't believed by the Wahine inquiry.

Members of Otago University cricket team have gathered for their own special reunion.

Today's Cook Strait ferries won't sail in waves averaging over 6m.

Nearly 70 Wahine survivors are arriving in Wellington, from as far as Thailand and the UK.

Cargo ship loses control of rudder before impact with 18th century home.

Boatie was burning alive with flames all around before he made a daring escape.

Ian Gregory Wells from Roxburgh died after getting into trouble while diving.

A rescue helicopter has been sent in to winch out two men on board a troubled yacht.

A man has been seriously hurt after his boat's engine caught fire near Waiheke Island.

The woman was left with a minor injury and driven to hospital for a check-up.

The missing Kiribati ferry may have been carrying as many as 100 passengers.

The kayakers did the right thing when they got into trouble, police said.

Fishermen had only two minutes to grab items that would help them stay afloat.

The skydiver presumed to have died in an ill-fated tandem fall has been named by police.

A Police co-ordinated response to a water rescue on Lake Wakatipu has been suspended.

Clinging to a life raft and driftwood, Mark Thomas struggled to stay alive for nine hours.

Peter Sykes and Avalina Cook at the Mangere East Hawks rugby league club rooms talk about the late New Zealand Warrior Rugby League player Sonny Fai.