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Teen shipwrecked off Brazilian coast
An Auckland teenager spent 18 hours clinging to a liferaft off the coast of Brazil after her ship capsized.
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Kiwi among people saved from Canadian ship
A New Zealander was one of 64 people rescued from a Canadian sailing ship, filled with high school and university students, that sunk off the coast of Brazil.
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Two leap for their lives from burning boat
Two people were rescued after leaping into the water from a burning launch off Mayor Island in the Bay of Plenty today.
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Maritime chaos has coastguard on alert
Rescue services were flat-out with 25 callouts by 5pm yesterday.
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15 rescued from rip
A set of freak conditions conspired to catch 15 children in a rip yesterday, prompting a major rescue effort.
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Man drowns in harbour
One fisherman drowned and three others spent hours clinging to their boat after it capsized in the mouth of the Manukau Harbour.
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Lifesavers plead for care as death toll rises
Surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to take care in the water after a spate of drownings.
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Granddad dies saving kids from vicious rip
A notoriously dangerous stretch of Northland beach has claimed the life of an Auckland man trying to pull his grandchildren from a rip.
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Angler survives late-night ordeal
A fisherman whose boat sank in the middle of the night was so determined not to surrender it that he swam the waterlogged vessel nearly 1km to safety.