A Warriors' team fishing trip turned into a dramatic rescue mission when the players rushed to the aid of a young man who went missing off an Auckland beach.

As preventable summer drownings hit a six-year high, Labour are calling for greater swimming education at schools to keep young Kiwia safe in our waterways.

Star paralympian Sophie Pascoe has opened up in a new TV campaign about overcoming the accident which cost her part of her left leg.

Grant Hackett's latest public meltdown this week has once again shone the spotlight on the difficulty many ex-swimmers face when they've hung up the goggles and cap.

A messy end to his relationship with a beautiful law student is believed to have triggered troubled swimming champ Grant Hackett's

Libby Trickett has been a team-mate of troubled Australia swim legend Grant Hackett - and a depression sufferer.

Grant Hackett was in hiding after another day of bizarre behaviour in which the troubled Olympian's family reported him as a "mentally disturbed" missing person.

Grant Hackett's family say they have no idea where their son is and have appealed to the public to help find him.

Swim legend Grant Hackett needs "tough love", says Australian Swimmers' Association boss Daniel Kowalski.

A man is believed to have suffered a medical event at a public swimming pool in east Auckland.

The swimmers tried to jump to safety in front of horrified witnesses.

A man has been airlifted to hospital with moderate injuries after jumping off the top of Omanawa Falls.

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if there is a way of improving safety after a woman was swept to her death on the Waikato River.

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A health warning has been issued for a toxic algae bloom in a Canterbury river.

Wildlife experts concerned dolphin wearing a T-shirt may be in trouble.

A pregnant woman watched helplessly as rescuers tried to save her fiance after he was pulled from a Northland beach.

The teenage lifeguard who saved three young boys from a rip, admits he was terrified someone was about to die.

The state of our rivers and lakes has predictably come under intensified focus this summer, as Kiwis head to their favourite watering holes.

It's one of the jewels in the City of Sails' tourism push - but what lies beneath the Auckland Harbour is a very dirty secret.

Popular stop-off for motorists and a favourite for holidaymakers, Lake Tūtira, is no longer a safe swimming spot due to its poor water quality. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Some day, young Kiwi swimming star Annabelle Paterson wants to represent her country at the Olympic Games.

If you and your family want to spend all day sizzling in the summer sun, you could drain a $26 bottle of sunscreen.

Billy Turner waited until after he'd been for a 20-minute swim with a 2.7m shark at Pauanui to tell his mother what he'd done.

Muslims girls in Switzerland must not be exempt from mixed swimming lessons, the European Court of Human Rights has said in a groundbreaking ruling.

A woman is in a critical condition following a near drowning on Auckland's North Shore.

A controversial Greenpeace TV ad has been given the green light after the dairy industry attempted to shut it down.

The 38-year-old man suffered a neck injury when he plunged into a Te Puke pool yesterday,

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

Scott Newman manages a stable of elite athletes, including Olympic bronze medalists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh.