Kay Dah Ukay and Mu Thu Pa will be farewelled by their nine children at funeral on Friday.

Former refugees Kay Dah Ukay and his wife Mu Thu Pa were fishing when tragedy struck.

About 40 people gathered for a blessing and karakia for former refugees from Burma.

A man and woman have drowned after being swept off rocks at Muriwai Beach.

Deane Fuller-Sandys was murdered in 1989. His body has never been found.

Waitangi Day very busy for surf life savers on the northern region's beaches.

Auckland surf life savers have a busy weekend as thousands flock to beaches.

Police and the defence force called in to detonate an object at Muriwai.

Volunteer lifeguards hailed after dozens of surf rescues over the weekend.

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Akhil Tangri is being remembered as a "good man" who was friendly and funny.

Akhil Tangri died at Maori Bay, near Muriwai on Friday afternoon.

Beach numbers are thriving, a day after a man drowned at Muriwai, west of Auckland.

Police said they received reports a man was in trouble at Maori Bay at 3.35pm.

Tramper winched to safety after breaking his leg on the Goldies Bush Track.

Rapist and murderer Hayden Taylor has been refused parole - again.

A Kiwi model has detailed the night she was lured into a hotel room by Harvey Weinstein.

Drones to help Lifesavers at the famously dangerous Muriwai Beach.

The kite surfer drowned doing what he loved

A man has drowned off Muriwai Beach on Auckland's West Coast this afternoon.

Kiwi's photo of engaged couple features on Junebug's Best of the Best list for 2017.

The body is believed to be that of a man who went missing last month.

Wade Wilson made the catch of a lifetime from a tiny boat.

A man is missing after he got into difficulty in the water tonight at Muriwai beach on Auckland's west coast.

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

Police will continue to search today, but a decision will be made this evening on whether to suspended the operation.

Search and rescue teams looking for a woman not seen since last week have shifted their efforts to a forest near a beach on Auckland's west coast.

The search for a missing young Auckland woman is now focused on an area of forest near Muriwai Beach.

Police have tracked some of the movements of a 21-year-old Auckland woman who has been missing since Thursday morning.

Liam Lawrence thought his baby girl was going to grow up without a father after he was caught in a rip at Muriwai Beach. Then, his saviour arrived.