The East by West Dominion Post ferry was hit by huge waves in Wellington Harbour where students and crew became trapped.

Commuters on a ferry have been rescued in Wellington Harbour this morning, after a large wave was believed to have knocked one person overboard in Worser Bay.

Two teenagers involved in a jetski incident in which Rotorua teenager Bishop Thompson died will face charges.

Tonga's biggest criminal trial, the Priness Ashika ferry sinking, has re-started in Nuku'alofa

A rescue boat skipper made one of the toughest decisions of his life today as he tried to rescue two boaties from the boiling surf at Kawhia on the North Island's west coast.

Police say four people are lucky to be alive after two boats capsized on the Kawhia bar in Waikato today and are praising two local boaties and two commercial vessels for their quick rescue.

One man is dead after a jet boat collided with a marker buoy in Tauranga Harbour this afternoon.

Eight people hurt in a collision between two boats in the Marlborough Sounds yesterday have been discharged from hospital.

An elderly yachtie missing, presumed drowned, off the Far North coast did everything wrong and was an accident waiting to happen, say police.

A missing yachtie presumed drowned should not have sailed because his boat was probably unseaworthy, marine experts say.