The Police National Dive Squad is on its way to Lake Rotoiti to help look for a person who was seen to "go under" on Lake Rotoiti yesterday.

Hundreds of volunteers last night kept a vigil over 120 whales restranded on Farewell Spit near Golden Bay.

Twenty pilot whales have beached themselves again and will be euthanised, DoC said, as volunteers are warned to be careful around decomposing whales.

All 100 of the surviving beached whales at Farewell Spit have been successfully refloated as volunteers scrambled to stop another pod swimming into shore.

Emotional scenes as whale rescue volunteers sang to and even named many of the pilot whales stranded - and those refloated - on Farewell Spit.

Man flown to Waikato Hospital after rope swing snaps, and he falls 8m.

Stricken paddleboarder plucked from Auckland's Waitemata Harbour after losing his way home.

The search for a missing boatie on the Kapiti Coast has been suspended.

Three saved as boat hit rocks and starts taking on water in the Bay of Islands.

A fisherman plucked from Manukau Harbour after spending five hours in choppy waters has been discharged from hospital.

Yesterday the Police Search and Rescue Dive Squad spent more than eight hours unsuccessfully searching the depths of Lake Rotoiti for the man.

The search for the 48-year-old man was officially changed to a recovery operation last night.

Kayaker missing overnight found alive by Northland boatie.

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

Missing yachtie likely to be sailing his tiny catamaran to Australia, where he has disappeared with his 6-year-old daughter Que previously, according to an expert.

Any of the drunken teens who partied on a Wanaka island yesterday could have drowned, say despairing authorities.

Boat started taking on water early this morning.

The disappearance of a father and daughter who set sail in a small catamaran 10 days ago is "very upsetting" for the family's local community.

Two men who died in the Kaipara Harbour tragedy will today be buried by their families.

COMMENT: That a skipper with so much experience attempted to tackle that bar in such a huge swell just doesn't make sense.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Two more bodies have been recovered this morning following a fishing charter boat sinking on the Kaipara Harbour, taking the toll to seven with one person still missing.

Authorites have let strip over the vandalism of a local landmark. Unimpressed local maritime staff say the dab hands who repainted

UPDATE: A boat flipped this morning, with two people aboard. According to a police spokesperson, they both managed to get off the

Water Safety New Zealand issues warning after a disturbing series of images showing someone being swept off their feet by a crashing wave.

Shipwrecked four lucky nearby skipper was watching or their sudden sinking may have gone unnoticed.

Holiday weekend drama for four people after their boat sank early this morning.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Banned from sailing further until authorities deem him safe to travel, renegade South African yachtie, is apologetic.

Two young men nearly drowned after the boat they were heading out to sea in capsized and they became tangled in their nets.