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Boaties should be licensed - harbourmaster

The dangers on the water are the same as on the roads, so boaties should be licensed just like drivers, says the Pauanui-Tairua harbourmaster.

Coastguard in GPS warning

Distressed boatie sends rescuers to wrong island

Pack a bag, boaties told

Coromandel boat sinking victim named

Boaties given 'safety first' message

Man dies in boat crash

Rescuers criticise 'unprepared' boaties

Three boaties who spent the night in Cook Strait could have been rescued much sooner.

Men missing at sea found alive

Both of the men missing after their small boat capsized off Wellington's south coast last night have been found alive.

Salvage of beached boat delayed

Luxury launch hits rocks

A launch believed to be worth more than $400,000 was this morning lying wrecked on the Tauranga coast after hitting rocks.

Helicopter crashed in clear skies

The flight instructor who died in a helicopter crash "ate, drank and slept" aviation, a friend says.

Bodies recovered from chopper crash site

The bodies of an instructor and a trainee pilot were this afternoon removed from the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed into Bluff Harbour yesterday.

Crashed helicopter found, two dead

The helicopter missing since yesterday has been found submerged in Bluff Harbour along with the bodies of the chopper's two crew.

Search for missing chopper to resume

Helicopter, two crew missing in Southland

A major search underway in Southland for a missing helicopter with a pilot and instructor on board will continue into the night.

Fishermen rescued from burning boat

Man drowned trying to avoid police, inquest told

A young man drowned in the Grey River in an attempt to avoid a drink-driving conviction, Coroner Richard McElrea has told an inquest.