The man was one of a party of three people diving at Flat Point, Wairarapa.

Police will be out patrolling Auckland's waters this summer to educate and save lives.

Foxton opens NZ's newest wakeboard park. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.

The latest proposal would see 18m litres of NZ water a day sent offshore.

Drowning Prevention Auckland speaks with Chief Executive Davin Bray at Westhaven.

It's hoped the water will be back on Morrinsville, in Waikato, tonight.

Water leak between treatment plant and reservoir has still not been found.

Some Auckland residents face up to a two-week wait for rainwater tanks to be filled.

The raft reportedly flipped with four people on board on the Landsborough River.

The council is urging residents to avoid flushing toilets and showering if possible.

COMMENT: We don't need a new government agency to monitor drinking water.

1yo who fell into freezing waters had been taught what to do — and it saved her life.

Unsafe drinking water requires a national solution.

Briefings: Dire warnings about growing demands for freshwater in New Zealand.

Drinking water around NZ airbases may contaminated from firefighting chemicals.

Water restrictions could lift, while secret meeting could become public

Government will look at the controversial measure of universal treatment of drinking water

Inquiry follows an outbreak in Havelock North last year that made a third of the town sick

Raupunga is winning with water. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Weatherwatch says unless something major changes, parts of NZ could suffer drought.

Rapid warming of the ocean near Tasmania a sign of things to come under climate change.

Napier residents were warned their water might run out - but not that it might turn black.

Invention tests rivers for E. coli in real-time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Akhil Tangri died at Maori Bay, near Muriwai on Friday afternoon.

Rivers so bad, Kiwis won't swim in them, conference told.

Rescued sailor heading out on classic yacht Waitangi

The trade deals protect the right to pass laws about water use but not to set export tax.

People are warned to stay out of the Hutt River due to a dangerous algae bloom.

A second round of thunderstorms are brewing after yesterday's downpours