The familiar red and gold colours of surf lifesavers are about to make a return to Northland beaches this weekend as the weather and

As smoke billowed from her vehicle Susan Evans lay trapped and unconscious inside. Murray Michie didn't think twice about going in and cutting her free.

A five-year old boy who died north-west of Auckland this afternoon drowned after his quad bike crashed into a creek, police have confirmed.

A woman who survived an ill-fated rafting trip that claimed the life of her Oscar winner husband by clinging to a ledge as waters raged around her has died.

An instructor at an Auckland pool and leisure centre has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition following a medical emergency this evening.

A teenager who died while swimming at a popular Auckland waterfall has been remembered.

Suzy Fewtrell screamed when she saw her husband floating face-down in the water after being caught in a "freak wave".

A woman has died in a suspected drowning at a marina south of Whangarei.

Neighbours have described the moment a search turned to tragedy when a 1-year-old boy was found drowned last night.

A man has drowned in the Kaituna River, and a teen has died after jumping off a bridge in Raglan. The man who jumped onto the teen fled afterwards.

A 20-year-old man has drowned while swimming at the popular Charlies Rock waterhole in Kerikeri.

A man's body has been found in the water off the coast north of Thames.

The 28-year-old man who drowned off the Raglan coast yesterday was attending an unveiling ceremony for a teen who lost his life in a railway accident.

A 7-year-old who nearly drowned at Palm Springs Thermal Pool north of Auckland yesterday is in a critical condition again.

The number of people who died in water over the recent holiday break has matched last year's grim toll of 10, worsening average Christmas drowning statistics.

A candlelight vigil has been held at Castlecliff Beach for teenager Jordan James Marshall who drowned there on Christmas Day.

A man had a close call in the water near Mangere Bridge, Auckland, this afternoon.

The toddler who drowned on Christmas Day had been missing for more than an hour before friends and family noticed he was gone, according to reports.

A Christchurch Alzheimer's patient seen "behaving strangely" a day before his body was found floating in a river mouth had drowned accidentally, a coroner has concluded.

The NZ host family of a 16-year-old Korean student who died while swimming on Saturday wept in the arms of the boy's relatives at the scene yesterday.

The family of Cory Edgecombe Lilley continue to search for his body, but so far there have been no signs of the 17-year-old.

Cory Edgecombe Lilley was swept away while swimming at Raglan on Thursday. His family are still holding out hope of finding him.

The police dive quad has arrived in Tauranga to help in the search for an Indian man who went missing while swimming at a popular Tauranga lake.

Two heroes jumped into a swollen North Island river to save the life of a woman swept away.

A 13-year-old girl who died after drowning in a Southland bay wasn't wearing an appropriate lifejacket, a coroner has found.

A man who drowned after being thrown from a boat on the Waitara River mouth in Taranaki yesterday has been named by police.

A toddler who drowned in a pond on a rural property near Otaki was the son of a former Central Pulse netball player.

A woman has been found dead in a swimming pool on Auckland’s North Shore last night.

A former Major League pitcher visits Greymouth to find out what happened on a rafting trip 17 years ago.