
Lucky escape after girl, 12, swept down Motueka River
Girl survives by holding on to branch after being swept down Motueka River.
Girl survives by holding on to branch after being swept down Motueka River.
Police say first aid was carried out on the victim but sadly he could not be revived.
Surge in the number of inexperienced Auckland boaties prompts new water safety strategy.
Firefighter describes condition of cold, wet and hypothermic baby just after ocean rescue.
Fisherman who saved toddler from the ocean at Matata Beach first thought it was a doll.
Family and friends rally after a Central Hawke's Bay toddler drowned.
EXCLUSIVE: Young woman who drowned in Waikato River praised for helping friend to safety.
Chantal Kerlin fell pregnant shortly after losing her 2-year-old daughter in a drowning.
Mourners remember happy, sociable couple survived by nine children.
Former refugees Kay Dah Ukay and his wife Mu Thu Pa were fishing when tragedy struck.
A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach in West Auckland.
A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach.
Drowning rate among under-fives a "genuine and serious concern", Water Safety NZ says.
Widow faced "torturous" cultural prosecution when she returned to India after the tragedy
Roxburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade paid a heartfelt tribute to their fallen station officer.
"I couldn't find him, I didn't know where he was, I just lost sight of him."
"I couldn't find him, I didn't know where he was."
Rescuer Simon Chaplin speaks to the Herald about the tragic events on the Awhitu peninsula. Video/Greg Bowker
Couple tell of taking kayak out to save children, but it was too late for their father.
Pair who died at Cascade Falls were keen football players at Massey High School.
Person plucked from water at popular Auckland beach.
More women, children and elderly died in New Zealand waters.
A 37-year-old woman has drowned at Taharoa Domain, Omamari, in Northland.
Record numbers of beach goers and rescues this summer have left lifeguards shattered.
Rescuer meets friends of Hemin Limbachiya who drowned after asking that his wife be saved.
Former lifeguard tired of pleading with parents to supervise kids, so she designed an app.
Volunteer lifeguards hailed after dozens of surf rescues over the weekend.
Body recovered after 16-year-old feared swept away.