Maritime

Early yesterday, four days after Oyang 70 left Dunedin for the Southern Ocean, the ageing fishing vessel sank in less than 10 minutes, leaving three crew dead, another three missing presumed dead, and questions over why it capsized in favourable weather conditions.

A New Zealand yachtsman was reportedly the skipper of a high-tech racing yacht which was detained by an Iranian gunboat while sailing in the Persian Gulf.

Captain Doug Monks from New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission is soon to deliver an interim report on the sinking of the Tongan ferry, Princess Ashika.

The search for two men missing after a boating accident on Lake Tekapo in South Canterbury has been suspended tonight.

New Zealand maritime officials say they would need to be satisfied a Dutch teenager planning to sail solo around the world would not put her own life - or the lives of rescuers - at risk, if she decides to launch the bid from New Zealand.

Royal New Zealand Navy divers have left Tonga after finding and filming the wreck of the ferry Princess Ashika.

New Zealand has the technology to recover corpses from the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, says a salvage expert.

The New Zealand Navy has released graphic images of the sunken Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, taken by its submarine on Monday.

Tongan police say 73 people are unaccounted for after the sinking of the ferry Princess Ashika - 20 fewer than previously thought.

New Zealand ship HMNZ Manawanui is tonight setting up anchor in deep, rough water above a sunken ferry northeast of the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa.