The parents of Moon Ji-sung have travelled the world sharing their daughter's story.

A former owner of sunken vessel Francie says NZ risks another major boating tragedy if maritime rules are not overhauled.

Three men saved by a passing vessel when a bar crossing goes horribly wrong.

French cruise ship L'Austral has come under investigation for the second time in a month after reportedly hitting a rock in Milford Sound.

EXCLUSIVE: The survivor of one of the country's worst maritime disasters tells his story for the first time.

Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.

A man has been resuscitated after getting into trouble in the water at a popular Northland campground this afternoon.

A person needs medical treatment after an accident at Kai Iwi Lakes.

The name of the Filipino fisherman who was washed out to sea yesterday has been released.

The body of ill-fated Francie skipper Bill McNatty has been returned to his family.

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

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

Police have suspended the search for the man still missing from yesterday's Kaipara Harbour tragedy until 5.30am tomorrow, because

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

Volunteer lifeguards battled waves up to 7m high as they desperately searched for survivors of the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

The skipper of the doomed fishing charter vessel Francie is among those who died in yesterday's tragedy.

The six-month trial of shark nets on the notorious NSW north coast will be fast tracked after another surfer was lucky to survive an attack near Byron Bay.

A surfer has had a lucky escape after being bitten by a shark in northern NSW, leading to all beaches in the area being closed.

A VHF radio was being ferried last night to an inexperienced yachtie found alive yesterday off the East Cape after an extensive search.

A pleasure boat with 142 passengers on board crashed into a pier on the River Thames after a fire broke out in its engine room.

A 33-year-old mother has died while rescuing her two-year-old son who had fallen into a lake in Utah from a boat they were travelling in.

The yacht on which one sailor was killed and another lost at sea has arrived back in New Zealand under tow.

Significant decrease in recreational boating deaths shows targeted safety campaigns are working, says Government.

Surviving a horror boat accident which claimed the life of a friend has completely changed New Zealand woman Sarra Hunter-Weston's outlook on life.

There are two types of people in Auckland today. Those who say, "So what. It's just a boat". And humans, writes Andrew Dickens.

It had survived 110 years of choppy waters, but all that could be seen of the Kestrel this morning was its roof floating amid the debris.

Large ship incidents risk new Rena-style catastrophes in New Zealand coastal waters.

Clinging to their upturned boat, injured and being smashed by violent 6m waves, three Auckland boaties thought their time was up.

An avid sailor who is recovering from his injuries after the boom on his yacht struck him in the head, credits his survival to careful planning and regular contact throughout his journey.

KiwiRail says internal investigation ruled out external factors or a power surge as the cause of the 2013 incident.