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Family wants teen's body home
The father of a teenage boy presumed drowned at Piha said he brought him to New Zealand for a chance of a better life.
Teen girl loses battle to save classmate
A teenage girl who tried desperately to save her classmate from drowning has told of the moment he was ripped from her arms.
Teen feared drowned at Piha
A teenager is missing, presumed drowned, after he was washed off his boogie board at Piha yesterday.
Body of second fisherman found
Searchers have found the body of the second man who drowned in a tragic flounder fishing trip southeast of Auckland.
Company fined after river guide's death
A Manuwatu river rafting company has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines after the 2007 drowning of an employee.
Mother of bath tragedy child on CYF list
The mother of a baby girl who died after being found face down in a bath was regularly visited by Child Youth and Family.
Bath tragedy: Mother's fight to save baby
A young mother frantically tried to revive her baby daughter after finding the infant floating face down in the bath next to her twin.
Scribe's cousin found dead in river
A 15-year-old found dead in a North Canterbury river was the cousin of hip-hop star Scribe.
OPC manager tells inquest canyon rescue too dangerous
An outdoor pursuits centre field manager told an inquest today it was too dangerous for him to rescue a group of students from a gorge.
'I wish I'd told her not to go into the gorge', manager tells inquest
An outdoor pursuits field manager has told an inquest he wishes an instructor had not taken students into a gorge where they died canyoning.
Tearful instructor recounts canyoning trip disaster
An instructor tells an inquest about the day six students and a teacher died during a canyoning trip she was leading in the Mangatepopo Gorge.
Family rafting trip turns to tragedy
An American woman dies after becoming pinned under a rock when a family rafting trip on the Mohaka River turned to tragedy yesterday.
TV stunt star dies after beach rescue
A former television stuntwoman, whom rescuers spent 25 minutes reviving after a near-drowning on New Year's Day, has died after she was sent home from hospital.