Lifting "swimmability" of our lakes and rivers to 78 per cent may cost $217m a year.

Senior Sergeant Karley Hunt had been planning to set off from Ohau Point, Wellington.

Event aims to promote health and fitness

"The girl was asking me to let her die."

Slow action and conflict are dogging efforts to stop the Hauraki Gulf's steady decline.

COMMENT: Rash of signs may at last prod council and public into fixing the issue.

King of the Bays event director Scott Rice said he refused to compromise swimmer safety.

Study finds multiple factors contributing to faster-than-expected small improvement

Teen Lewis Clareburt has been added to NZ's Commonwealth Games swimming squad

Sosi Turagaiviu and Mitch Woolley died when a swimming trip turned to tragedy.

Kiwis are coming up with ingenious ways of coping with the heatwave

Record numbers of beach goers and rescues this summer have left lifeguards shattered.

Comment: It has to be one of the most valuable skills.

Good diving gear, 100kg of bodyweight and mind techniques helped lost diver survive.

Opito Bay: snorkelling, diving, boating, fishing, shellfish hunting, picnicking, paddling

Former lifeguard tired of pleading with parents to supervise kids, so she designed an app.

Beachgoers have spotted dolphins, jellyfish, stringrays - and something more ominous.

A study at Mt Maunganui beach suggests rip currents are far more complex than we think.

Stroke scare nudges 63-year-old to face predators decades after surfing drama.

St John attended the incident but the person died.

Scientists have begun a sprawling health check of hundreds of New Zealand lakes.

The 3m shark was spotted close to shore at Te Arai Pt in Auckland.

Takapuna Beach is closed after sewage flowed into the swimming area between the flags. Credit: Dean Purcell

From Mosquito Point to Bason Botanic Gardens, Whanganui was out in force.

Why can't we swim at so many Auckland beaches - and what's being done about it?

Takapuna Beach was closed after stormwater flowed into the swimming area.

He was showing his wife how easily his ring could come off at beach before it became lost.

Double gold medallist Pascoe is showing the way for 19-strong national aquatics team.

Queensland man spent nine hours lost at sea to survive with jocks, crocs and chocs.

Ten beach sites in Auckland among those listed as unsafe.