
Why NZ rivers, lakes are becoming unsafe
The state of our rivers and lakes has predictably come under intensified focus this summer, as Kiwis head to their favourite watering holes.
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.
Scott Newman manages a stable of elite athletes, including Olympic bronze medalists Eliza McCartney and Tom Walsh.
Uncle tells of the moment he found his 4-year-old autistic nephew floating in his neighbour's pool.
Aimee Spicer had been waiting for an engagement ring for three years - but when she was finally given one, it wasn't what she expected.
Auckland's mayor has said he's open to building a pontoon-like structure whose consent was put on hold by the council earlier this month.
A woman was playing in the hot pools at De Bretts Hot Springs near Taupo when she collapsed.
As summer starts to heat up, Kiwis are getting creative in a bid to stay cool.
Pregnant woman who was told to leave the pool because she was not wearing the correct swimwear has been given a pre-Christmas surprise.
Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...
In the Games' lead-up, Lauren Boyle had been touted to become the first New Zealander since Danyon Loader in 1996 to earn an Olympic medal in the sport.
Mark Foster has been spotted making several trips to a popular site where strangers have public sex.
A Robin Hood sentiment pervades the 2017 High Performance Sport New Zealand funding budget.
High Performance Sport New Zealand has released its funding allocation for next year with triathlon, cycling and swimming the big losers. Join Guy Heveldt for more.
Ongare Point, just north of Katikati is home to a massive community effort to clean up the waterways. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Despite tragedy at the weekend, it is one of the "safest" lakes around, the harbourmaster says, because of the clearly-defined areas for passive recreation, such as swimming.
Kaikoura's fur seals famously splashed and frolicked in a pool at the foot of a waterfall. And then the earthquake came.
Stopping the flow of pollutants into urban Whangarei's 6000 stormwater traps and planting trees along the waterways could all help
TRAGEDY: Sixty-eight-year-old Bruce Smith died during the Sand to Surf event on Saturday. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER 191116aw21bop By staff
She’s a former ballerina, rower and now marathon swimmer. Kiwi Kim Chambers has just completed a seemingly impossible, historic swim across the Dead Sea. Kim talks to Bernadine Oliver-Kerby from Tel Aviv, Israel.
It's the time of year where the Northland public have their say on the best parts of the sporting year. This years focus - your Favourite
Float the idea of a dip in Whangarei's Town Basin and most people will respond with some variation of "ew .... bad idea". But that's