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Education not legislation is the answer to improve safety on the water, Maritime NZ safety inspector Jim Lilley says.

Navy divers with sonar equipment will join police tomorrow in the search for a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident near Rotorua.

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.

The mother of a 13-year-old injured when a jetski rammed his boat has defended letting him and his mate, 11, go on the water alone.

A teenage jetskier was killed yesterday when he fell off and was run down by friends. It was one of two horrifying water accidents involving young people in popular holiday spots.

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.

While the weather is predicted to be perfect for taking to the water this long weekend, people are being warned that the sea can be particularly dangerous at this time of year.

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

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

Two men were injured when they were thrown into the sea after their motor launch collided with the Waiheke Island ferry last night.

A jetboat driver has been fined and ordered to pay reparation to the family of a British tourist killed in a river boat crash in December 2008.