Janet Moses died as a result of accidental drowning by way of manslaughter, Wellington regional coroner Ian Smith has found.

A man has drowned after a bank gave way and his car rolled into a canal near Thames.

A mystery woman leapt into the sea to save a boy, 4, who was floating face down and being carried into deeper water on the outgoing tide.

A teenager has died after being swept away by the Waikato River near Taupo.

A 20-year-old Auckland man was walking in shallow water with four mates when he was knocked down by a rogue wave and swept to his death at a normally safe Northland beach.

The father of a teenage boy presumed drowned at Piha said he brought him to New Zealand for a chance of a better life.

A teenage girl who tried desperately to save her classmate from drowning has told of the moment he was ripped from her arms.

A teenager is missing, presumed drowned, after he was washed off his boogie board at Piha yesterday.

Searchers have found the body of the second man who drowned in a tragic flounder fishing trip southeast of Auckland.

A Manuwatu river rafting company has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines after the 2007 drowning of an employee.