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.

Interislander is reducing its Cook Strait ferry fleet from three to two. The Aratere will retire when demolition begins on its decaying dock - late this year or early the next - to add ...

"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 ...

Video / Metservice Cook Strait ferry services have been cancelled due to monster 7-metre swells as a winter blast hit the country overnight. Temperatures are forecast to drop this week ...

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 ...