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Fears boat tragedy toll may reach 50

It's now feared more than 50 asylum seekers drowned when their wooden boat smashed onto rocks on Christmas Island.

Boat propeller victim may keep leg - brother

Search for 17 missing fishermen suspended

The search for 17 fishermen missing in the Southern Ocean has been suspended as no further survivors are expected.

22 feared dead after ship sinks

Hope is fading for 17 missing fishermen after a South Korean trawler sank in the Southern Ocean, claiming at least five other lives.

Hope fades for boat's missing crew

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.

5 dead, 17 missing after boat sinks

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.

Report shares blame for whaling collision

An inquiry has laid blame on both anti-whaling vessel Ady Gil and a Japanese whaling ship for their Southern Ocean crash earlier this year.

Crowds enjoy watching luxury launch refloated

UK girl killed: Kiwi arrested

A 22-year-old New Zealand man has been arrested over the death of an 11-year-old girl in a boating accident in England.

Warnings on ferry safety 'ignored'

Cruise ship CCTV shows storm carnage

Footage from the storm-battered Pacific Sun has emerged showing those on board hanging on for their lives as they dodge waves of furniture.

Two hurt in Waiheke ferry crash

Two boaties were injured - but miraculously survived - when their launch was cut in two and sucked under the Waiheke ferry.

Not guilty pleas over Tongan ferry sinking

Hundreds die as boats capsize

Police name drowned trawler crew

Captain thought to have gone down with ship

Police piecing together the fatal last minutes of the sunken trawler Oyang 70 are hoping to finish interviews with the surviving crew this week.