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.

Those close to a drowning man who was pulled from Wellington Harbour last week say they are still mystified as to why their friend was in the water.

A teenage hero who helped to rescue a drowning man is devastated she will never get to meet the student she saved.

A 19-month-old girl has drowned in Dargaville.

A small dinghy used by a man who fell into the Whangarei Harbour and drowned has been discovered by police, tied to a buoy where the fisherman was last seen.

The burial service for two brothers who drowned at a popular surf beach north of Gisborne at the weekend will be held today.

Police have identified the body that was recovered from the Whanganui River yesterday as Jayden Tilby, 24.

The prayers of a grieving family were answered yesterday when a body believed to be that of missing teenager John Wakelin was found in the surf at Wainui Beach.

A novice boatie died in a cold Southland lake after the boat's powerful outboard motor broke free, leaving a hole in the hull.

Two young men who drowned at a popular surf beach north of Gisborne on Saturday were "really neat kids", their father says.

An Invercargill man who drowned while collecting shellfish off Ocean Beach in Bluff yesterday has been named by police.

A young man is feared drowned after he and a friend tried to cross the Waikato River in Hamilton last night.

Two young men suspected of drowning at a popular surf beach north of Gisborne yesterday were brothers.

The last moments of Johnny Faitaua's life - laughing and shirtless in the sunshine - were captured on film by his girlfriend Hannah Elise as the pair enjoyed a day at O'Neill Bay beach.

A man who died after a boat capsized off the Kapiti Coast north of Wellington on Saturday has been named by police.

Two teenage cousins tried everything in their power to rescue a woman who drowned at a Northland beach, with one getting caught in a rip himself.

A 54-year-old woman has drowned at a Northland beach after being caught in a rip while boogie boarding.

The number of pre-schoolers who died in drowning incidents increased by 60 per cent last year, new figures show.

A woman in her 50s has died in a suspected drowning incident in Northland today.

The grandmother of an 11-year-old boy who died after he got caught in a rip says the tragedy highlights the need for more children to be taught water skills.

An elderly man drowned while swimming at a beach on the Kapiti Coast last night.

The teenage girl who drowned while paddle boarding in Whangamata has been named by police.