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Easy Rider verdict unfair - grieving mum

'Foveaux Strait is an iffy strait'. A woman who lost four family members when the Easy Rider sank says she's distressed by the guilty verdict slapped on the skipper's widow.

Easy Rider widow held partly responsible

Surfers rescue boaties in Westport

Surfers rescued two men who were thrown from their boat while trying to enter the Buller River off Carters Beach, Westport.

Diver survives death spiral

A free diver who was dragged to the depths of the ocean by a killer whale has told how he got down to his "last breath" during the terrifying ordeal.

Couple tell of drama at sea

Stewart and Sonja Goodsir were on the water heading home after a day's fishing when they noticed the smoke.

Fishing company denies ordering dangerous bar crossing

Fisherman clung to boat before being washed away

Scientists back fisherman's survival story

When a bedraggled and bewildered Jose Salvador Alvarenga washed up on a remote Pacific atoll many were sceptical of his tale - but it's been backed by scientists.

'I'm in paradise' - then tragedy hit

Half an hour before Fiona Gooder died while trying to save her foster daughter at a Northland beach, she sent her husband a text saying she "was in paradise".

Family's king tide drama

Tired, panicking and gulping sea water, a grandfather struggled to hold on to his 8-year-old granddaughter in strong currents at an East Auckland beach yesterday.

Lost-at-sea fisherman just wants to go home

A Mexican fisherman who says he drifted for months across the Pacific Ocean before washing up on a remote Marshall Islands atoll is on his way home.

Waterfall accident: Body found

A man is missing and another is fighting for his life after they fell from a waterfall south of Murchison yesterday.

Survivor heard screams, court told

The sole survivor of a boat capsize in Foveaux Strait which claimed the lives of eight people heard the screams of the only child on board just after a massive wave swamped the vessel in the middle of the night, a court has heard.

Inquiry launched after man loses part of arm

Fisheries man loses part of arm

A New Zealander who survived being shipwrecked in shark-infested Fijian waters has lost part of his arm in an accident on board a foreign fishing vessel.

Lucky escape from sinking boat

Eight divers were rescued from the sea in Hauraki Gulf when their inflatable boat began to take on water yesterday .