Kevin Anderson said while the rescue was still unfolding he saw a whale heading north, diving under the water within two or three hundred yards of the vessel. Video / Tim Cuff / NZ Herald
Five people have died after a boat with 11 people on board capsized off Goose Bay, near Kaikōura. Video / Supplied
The figure could grow even further, reaching a 46 million cubic metre shortfall by 2060.
Two fishermen were stranded kilometers off-shore from the Taieri Mouth in a small boat. Video / Oscar Francis
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Northland has recorded 12 drownings in the past year, figures shows.
Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to Maruia Falls in Shenandoah near Murchison.
Police were called last night after the boat capsized.
30 May 2022. Kerikeri's Rainbow Falls in flood after a night of heavy rain. Video / Northern Advocate
The man needed to be resuscitated twice.
Emergency services were called at 8.15am.
It's the fourth death at Ports of Auckland since 2017.
The search for an Ōpōtiki fisherman will continue tomorrow morning.
Four people were flown to hospital following the incident.
'They will be sorely missed by their families and friends.'
The alarm was raised after the jet-skier didn't return from his trip the previous night.
The rāhui will remain in place until 3pm today.
The person was not able to be revived after being brought from the water this afternoon.
Coastguard skipper Henry van Tuel said conditions on the water were deteriorating.
The footage was shot from a helicopter involved in the rescue.
Enchanter set off a distress signal just after 8pm.
A distress beacon was set off just after 8pm on Sunday night.
A major search and rescue operation is underway after a vessel got in trouble off North Cape. Video / NZ Herald
Steve Morpeth and Dylan Wallis tried to save a skydiver who landed out to sea at Muriwai.
Two children were later transported to hospital.
Police were called to Sumner Beach in Christchurch about 11am.
Emergency services were called to the pools t just before 5pm.
NZ Coastguard are 'ecstatic' with the rescue 45km north of Auckland after 11am today.
Rob Ratten decided to spend 10 more minutes at the beach - his decision saved three lives.
The Coastguard was alerted to a boat on the rocks just after midday today.
More than one in 10 drownings in New Zealand were in the Bay of Plenty.
Police have referred the death to the Coroner.