Onlookers have spoken of the frantic search for a kayaker knocked from his craft in crashing, 2m waves at an Auckland beach.

The body of an Auckland man was pulled from rough surf at Muriwai Beach yesterday after he was knocked from his kayak.

An American naval officer has serious injuries after jumping from a 10th floor balcony of a Perth hotel into a swimming pool.

Greymouth was close to running out of water yesterday after a connection break prevented the Coal Creek reservoir from refilling.

It takes a gallon (3.785 litres) of water to produce an almond, and almond growers use about 10 per cent of California's water supply every year.

In LA, where residents use an average of 265 litres of water a day, an academic study found that the most affluent neighbourhoods used up to three times more than others.

Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed fishing group, is in consultations with 232 staff who look likely to lose their jobs at the company.

Those close to a drowning man who was pulled from Wellington Harbour last week say they are still mystified as to why their friend was in the water.

A teenage hero who helped to rescue a drowning man is devastated she will never get to meet the student she saved.

Treated sewage from Hamilton is discharged into the Waikato River near Hamilton, and much further down, Auckland City is taking water, writes Sam Judd.

An investigation into a Shotover Jet crash which left two people hospitalised has found the crash was down to driver error.

Watercare is pumping water from tankers into water pipes for almost 600 elderly people in two retirement villages and a hospital affected by a general water outage in the Albany area.

Albany businesses forced to close yesterday because of burst water mains seem unlikely to get any compensation for their losses.

The mother of a Kiwi teenager who died while freediving in Australia at the weekend says her son had a passion for diving and spearfishing

A massive pipi bed in Whangarei harbour is dying and there are fears the change could destabilise the harbour - and Marsden Point itself, Radio NZ reports.

There were emotional scenes on the East Coast north of Gisborne yesterday afternoon as divers located and recovered missing Malaysian man Kuan Loon Loh.

Swimmers are being told to steer clear of the water at popular beaches on the North Shore after water quality tests returned poor results.

A young English tourist is being praised for trying to save a Malaysian man who is believed drowned after jumping off the Tolaga Bay wharf on the East Coast.

An English tourist jumped in the water to try and save a man who jumped off the wharf at Tolaga Bay - but he was swept away by a wave.

A German tourist thought to be missing has come forward after spotting a photograph of herself on Facebook and contacting police.

A group of young adventurers are taking to the water in some unusual kayaks in a bid to battle plastic pollution.

Search teams have been deployed into Eastern Fiordland as the search continues for a missing German tourist.