High school student paralysed following swimming accident
More than $2000 has already been donated on Givealittle for his recovery.
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Men who died at separate waterfalls in South Auckland named
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Wanaka woman becomes first to swim length of the lake
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Reminder for water users on 'potentially lethal' craft
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Safety warning after near-drowning at Paremata
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Woman found dead on Mangawhai beach farewelled
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Love's lost ring to rejoin its owner
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68 people - mostly men - drowned in 2018
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