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

It's regularly voted one of the world's best, but Coromandel's Hot Water Beach is also New Zealand's most dangerous.

One month before making more history at the Olympics in Brazil, Michael Phelps was getting married in the desert.

Learning how to swim and being safe around water are important lessons many New Zealand children learn early on.

Shelley Bridgeman shares five traps for unwary pool owners.

The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were sent out to Colville on Sunday in one of 19 callouts over the long weekend.

A surfer has had a lucky escape after being bitten by a shark in northern NSW, leading to all beaches in the area being closed.

A raft of changes to safety rules for swimming pools will save lives, the Government says - but some are not convinced.

Swimmer Glenn Snyders has retired as one of only four New Zealanders to compete in three Olympic Games.

Sophie Pascoe can't stop breaking records.

Paralympics star Sophie Pascoe is revelling in another gold medal and a world record from her latest success in Rio.

Sophie Pascoe has won her second gold of the Rio Paralympics.

Kiwi swim star Sophie Pascoe won her second medal in her second outing in dominant style at the Paralympics in Rio yesterday.

Sophie Pascoe has won her second medal in her second outing in very dominant style at the Paralympics in Rio.

The Olympian has reportedly been suspended after over-exaggerating a story that he was held at gunpoint during the Rio Olympics last month.

The body of missing Kiwi Rhys Cochrane has been found under the superyacht he was working on off the French coast.

One of the swimmers caught up in a web of lies with Ryan Lochte has turned against him revealing that Lochte started yelling at security guards.

Thousands of Australians have thrown their support behind top swimmer Emma McKeon, declaring the punishment handed down to her for

Ryan Lochte cosies up to two Brazilian teenagers just hours before concocting his bogus robbery story to hide a wild night of women and partying.

He's a 12-time Olympic medallist, an awful artist, a reality TV star - oh, and a big, fat liar.

Ryan Lochte has attracted attention for a long time - and not always for what he has done in the swimming pool. The 32-year-old American

Claims and denials • Ryan Lochte says he did not have his wallet with him when he went through security at the athletes' village. •

US swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz have told police that they fabricated claims that they and Ryan Lochte were robbed at a gas station.

Allegations have surfaced that Olympic swimmers on one side of the pool in Rio were advantaged because of a current. Three scientists

Despite having officially hung up the goggles for good, Olympic legend Michael Phelps has spent his first day of retirement in the

Fu Yuanhui's latest admission about how her period affected her performance has seen her win even more respect.

"And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down'," says Olympic star.

Lilly King and Yulia Efimova's Olympic rivalry was never destined to stay confined to the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Cate Campbell reckons her gold and silver relay medals were punctuated by "possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history".