Searchers have found the body of a four-year-old boy who went missing in Northland last night. A diver found the boy in a pool beneath a small waterfall near Otiria Marae in Moerewa.

A search resumed this morning for a four-year-old boy who went missing in Northland last night.

An exhausted swimmer and her boyfriend have narrowly escaped drowning after being rescued by the support crew of the six lifeguards circumnavigating the country in two small rescue boats.

Gill South gets the lowdown on natural ways to improve your health and finds exercise is still number one.

Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe has come out of retirement and aims to swim at 2012 London Games.

This year's Weet-Bix Tryathlon series kicks off on February 6 in Hamilton. Diana Clement, whose own children took part last year, offers advice aimed at both young and older readers on how to get the best out of the event.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is keen to extend the free swimming pools policy in Manukau to the whole city.

World junior shot put champion Jacko Gill heads a quartet of talented emerging athletes in line for a Halberg award.

Rowing, cycling, equestrian and paralympics sports are the biggest improvers in the latest round of Sparc funding.

New Zealand's Sophia Batchelor failed to qualify on the first day of the world short-course swimming championships at Dubai.

NZ free diver William Trubridge has broken his own world-record, descending 100 metres below sea level on a single breath of air, only propelled by his arms and legs.

Get some exercise at an outdoor pool. Pack a picnic, take the kids and make a day of it.

A local politician says a popular diving spot on Auckland's North Shore should not be closed down despite the death of a teenage diver.

Former New Zealand Commonwealth Games champion Moss Burmester has hung up his togs.