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.

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.

Water safety experts are begging young men to stop overestimating their abilities or underestimating conditions after a deadly day on New Zealand's waters.

A young man who died after jumping from a bridge in Raglan has been remembered as a talented sportsman and "nicest kid".

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.

An 82-year-old has drowned in the Bay of Islands today - at least the fourth drowning in this holiday period.

And five of them will be men.

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.