The 16-year-old nearly drowned trying to save two swimmers on Sunday.

Twice as many Aucklanders drowned in preventable tragedies last year than in 2016.

Renee Hodgkinson is being remembered as an intelligent, quirky, and vibrant person.

Whanganui mum Holly Toohill said she has nightmares about the day her son nearly drowned.

The free-spirited woman who died at Maruia Falls was a "beautiful soul", friends say.

The Motukea woman who drowned at Maruia Falls on Saturday has been named.

Woman drowns at Maruia Falls in upper South Island.

Peter Sykes and Avalina Cook at the Mangere East Hawks rugby league club rooms talk about the late New Zealand Warrior Rugby League player Sonny Fai.

The coroner has now released her findings into the 2015 double drowning.

The Swim Reaper will be targeting young men who mix alcohol and water sports this summer.

Maxwell McDonald has died after going for a swim on the West Coast during his birthday.

A child has drowned in the Auckland suburb of Epsom tonight.

A man who drowned was convicted of manslaughter in August after incident in 2015.

A boat capsized off Taranaki overnight.

A 5-year-old boy who drowned after falling from the Devonport wharf has been named.

Youngster slips from rescuers' hands in chilly harbour waters.

Tragedy strikes family after 2-year-old found unconscious in friend's pool.

Police Remembrance Day is the most poignant day in the police calendar, Mike Bush said.

A man who drowned off a Horowhenua beach had turned down the offer of a life jacket.

A 'stretch' to blame Whitianga Fire Station over Luke Cochrane's death.

The friends of missing Tevita Kava say they did not get a safety briefing on the boat.

Dad of two, Leslie Gelberger, went for a swim one day and never came home, what happened?

Family of drowned angler keen to meet the man who retrieved his body.

A body has been found in Wattle Bay, Manukau Heads, police say.

A father is still missing in the Manukau Harbour, an air search continues this afternoon.

Searchers will take to the skies at low tide to look for a missing fisherman.

Gary Michael Menzies drowned at Karekare Beach last weekend.

A 69-year-old fisherman has died in a water tragedy at Karekare Beach.

Searchers have confirmed that the body of a 21-year-old student missing at Lake Karapiro has been found.

As preventable summer drownings hit a six-year high, Labour are calling for greater swimming education at schools to keep young Kiwia safe in our waterways.