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.

Grown men cried on hearing news of death of popular young man after a summer afternoon swim.

Police name drowning victim.

'She'll be right' attitude will be the death of young men in our waters.

Rachael Louise De Jong's life was tragically cut short when she was swept down the Waikato River on Monday.

A man is believed to have suffered a medical event at a public swimming pool in east Auckland.

Drowning a tragedy but dam flood to remain open as an attraction, says Taupo mayor.

The teenager who drowned after he was swept into the flooded Hutt River on Thursday was trying to rescue his friend.

An elderly man has died at a Nelson beach, despite attempts to rescue him.

A pregnant woman watched helplessly as rescuers tried to save her fiance after he was pulled from a Northland beach.

A man has drowned off Ruakaka Beach today after he and two others were swept 100m offshore.

Police have named the teenager who drowned in a Taranaki river yesterday.

Twenty-one seconds is all it took for Wendy Atkinson's 2-year-old to scale their regulation-standard pool fence.

A woman is in a critical condition following a near drowning on Auckland's North Shore.

The deaths of 21 young Kiwi men who drowned in our waterways last year were preventable, Water Safety New Zealand says.

One person has died in a water rescue at Doves Bay Marina, near Kerikeri in the Far North.

Three people nearly drowned at a Raglan beach this evening.

Police name the man found washed up on a west coast beach on Christmas Eve.

A body has washed up on Muriwai Beach, north-west of Auckland, this afternoon.

Twins needed CPR after being pulled from a pool in Sydney.

The family of a Hamilton man who drowned in the Waikato River, as his dog sat at the edge, have left the city as memories of his death remain raw.

The girlfriend of a 19-year-old man who drowned in an Otago lake on Saturday has criticised the lack of signage on the shore.

A man who saved a young girl from drowning yesterday then went home to get his dive gear to recover the body of a young man.

A wife is distraught after her husband died at the beach where he posed for his wedding photo just seven months earlier.

Water Safety New Zealand issues warning after a disturbing series of images showing someone being swept off their feet by a crashing wave.

Finbarr Patrick Clabby could not swim when he ended up in Wellington Harbour after a night out. His body was found later the same morning.

A raft of changes to safety rules for swimming pools will save lives, the Government says - but some are not convinced.