Coastguard boss says too many volunteers have had to "pull dead bodies from the sea".

It’s always nice when those sponsors are local ones.

Police notified St John of the situation about 5.41pm.

City swelters under 30C for third straight day.

Since the start of summer, 32 people have drowned in New Zealand.

The new marina can accommodate boats up to 35 metres long.

A child has died at a beach in Gisborne.

Water-related tragedies surpass last year's statistics as males urged to be better.

Tragedy on Boxing Day and early this morning.

Swim classes saved toddler, but half of Kiwi kids are missing out.

One group of people accounts for 80 per cent of drowning deaths.

The man died at Spencer Park on Sunday.

Young surf lifesaver sounds warning as summer beach patrols begin in upper north.

Fourteen people died in the NZ water over the Christmas-New Year period.

Emergency services were called to a group of three divers struggling in the water.

Shakib Tahir was one of 30 people who have died in water-related incidents this summer.

This summer, 12 deaths have already been reported.

One person was diving, the other was using a kayak when they got into trouble.

'I remember sitting at the bottom of the pool and then a flash'.

Four people drowned in North Island lakes in two terrible days.

"It puts a lot of value in first aid courses, to tell you the truth, really."

Aucklander Michael Joseph Finekifolau, 22, went missing swimming on Saturday morning.

Twelve more people died by drowning last year than in 2018.

Six people have been lost in water-related tragedies since Thursday.

There's been four water deaths in a nightmare three days along New Zealand's coasts.

Not an alien spaceship bobbing about in the sea. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Officially, there have been six drownings and two presumed drownings this year.