A backpacker was swept away by a strong current while wading across the Glenorchy delta.

Police are searching for a 60-year-old fisherman who has been missing all day.

The Labour Party is wrong to target irrigation, says Irrigation New Zealand.

Fishermen rescued off rock after getting caught by rising tide near Orere Pt.

North Shore man Leslie Gelberger died while out for a swim in mid April

Lifeguards warn campaigns to attract visitors to the regions increase the drowning risk.

The infant was found in a backyard pool.

A man who drowned off a Horowhenua beach had turned down the offer of a life jacket.

A man's body was found in the Kaituna River near Rotorua today.

The friends of missing Tevita Kava say they did not get a safety briefing on the boat.

Tevita Kava didn't know how to swim and hasn't been seen since falling into the harbour.

Husband fighting for life after Auckland woman dies in boat collision in Bermuda.

A man has been charged with the drowning deaths of a toddler and 66yo near Harihari.

Man plucked from sea at the Auckland waterfront after falling into water while kayaking.

"Someone's going to drown soon," says man after another rescue at popular beach.

Almost 1000 people hospitalised from recreational water activities in the past 5 years.

Dad of two, Leslie Gelberger, went for a swim one day and never came home, what happened?

A body has been found in Wattle Bay, Manukau Heads, police say.

A father is still missing in the Manukau Harbour, an air search continues this afternoon.

Searchers will take to the skies at low tide to look for a missing fisherman.

A night time trip hit a snag - and two boaties were left up a river without a paddle.

Emergency services rushed to help occupants of a boat which flipped in Tairua.

The man was speaking to emergency services on his phone - until it cut out.

A Kawerau marae is supporting Edgecumbe flood victims. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Three good Samaritans have saved a pregnant woman from drowning at Port Waikato.

Members of the public risked their lives to stop a person drowning this afternoon.

A public pool is being partially closed one night a week to give Muslim women the opportunity to learn to swim.

A Herculean effort by his three mates brought Sam Brown's body back to his family.

The search for three men who went missing in separate water incidents over the weekend has resumed today.

A search is underway for a 21-year-old swimmer who failed to resurface near Waipuke Reserve, say police.