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Company fined after river guide's death
A Manuwatu river rafting company has been ordered to pay $300,000 in fines after the 2007 drowning of an employee.
OPC manager tells inquest canyon rescue too dangerous
An outdoor pursuits centre field manager told an inquest today it was too dangerous for him to rescue a group of students from a gorge.
'I wish I'd told her not to go into the gorge', manager tells inquest
An outdoor pursuits field manager has told an inquest he wishes an instructor had not taken students into a gorge where they died canyoning.
Tearful instructor recounts canyoning trip disaster
An instructor tells an inquest about the day six students and a teacher died during a canyoning trip she was leading in the Mangatepopo Gorge.
Looking for a hero called Eddie
A lone hero dived into the swirling tide to save a drowning woman. But who was he?
TV stunt star dies after beach rescue
A former television stuntwoman, whom rescuers spent 25 minutes reviving after a near-drowning on New Year's Day, has died after she was sent home from hospital.
Boy, 11, sees father drown at Far North beach
An 11-year-old boy watched his father drown at a Far North beach yesterday as he tried to retrieve the boy's boogie board.
NZer feared drowned off Tasmania
Australian police hold grave fears for a New Zealand fisherman missing off the coast of Tasmania.
2009 drownings second lowest on record – Water Safety NZ
Figures released today showed 98 people drowned last year, the second lowest annual toll since records began in 1980.
Man drowns in harbour
One fisherman drowned and three others spent hours clinging to their boat after it capsized in the mouth of the Manukau Harbour.