Maya Merhige, a 17-year-old American swimmer, told CNN she was stung thousands of times by jellyfish during her recent swim ...

Maya Merhige recently completed a 14-hour swim across the 13.67-mile Cook Strait in New Zealand, battling through strong ...

At this point, Merhige was already several hours into her 27-mile swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand and had slowly become immune to the small, burning sensations that covered her body.

A road in Northland, and multiple across the Canterbury region have closed due to heavy rain. MetService have issued a ...

Interislander is reducing its Cook Strait ferry fleet from three to two. The Aratere will retire when demolition begins on ...

"The entire time I was just fighting myself mentally to kind of get over that fear," Maya Merhige said after the swim Chris Merhige and Kelly Gentry for Swim Across America Maya Merhige, a 17-year ...

More wild weather is on the way with both islands in for a lashing of rain over the next few days, snow forecast for the ...

After 26 years of sailing the Cook Strait, Interislander’s Aratere will be retired later this year to make way for port ...

Maya Merhige, a 17-year-old American swimmer, braved through the pain during a 27-mile swim across the Cook Strait in New Zealand. Shortly after completing her journey, Merhige told CNN that she ...