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![Body of jetskier found - police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Body of jetskier found - police
Police say they are confident a body found on a lake near Rotorua this morning is that of a missing teenage jetskier.
![Chaos as Brisbane abandoned for higher ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Chaos as Brisbane abandoned for higher ground
A Kiwi living in Brisbane described the city as total chaos yesterday as people were evacuated.
![Oh my God, I'm being swept away - victim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Oh my God, I'm being swept away - victim
'Oh my God, I'm being swept away, come and get me,' was the last thing a NZ woman heard from her son, phoning from floodwaters.
![Legislation not the answer for water safety - Maritime NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Legislation not the answer for water safety - Maritime NZ
Education not legislation is the answer to improve safety on the water, Maritime NZ safety inspector Jim Lilley says.
![Navy divers with sonar to join search for jetskier](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Navy divers with sonar to join search for jetskier
Navy divers with sonar equipment will join police tomorrow in the search for a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident near Rotorua.
![Boaties should be licensed - harbourmaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Boaties should be licensed - harbourmaster
The dangers on the water are the same as on the roads, so boaties should be licensed just like drivers, says the Pauanui-Tairua harbourmaster.
![One hospitalised after Waitemata boating drama](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
One hospitalised after Waitemata boating drama
There is a search on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour this morning.
![Police investigate cruise ship death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Police investigate cruise ship death
Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old Indonesian man during a lifeboat exercise aboard a cruise ship in Lyttelton Harbour yesterday.
![Jetski and boat collide off Pauanui, two injured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Jetski and boat collide off Pauanui, two injured
Two boys have been injured after a collision between two boats off Pauanui overnight.
![<i>John Roughan</i>: Time to rekindle a brief affair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>John Roughan</i>: Time to rekindle a brief affair
Board shorts had arrived with surfing sometime in the 1960s and looked good, I had to admit, when the wearer was standing on water. But those of us decently immersed had no use for them.
![The call of the waves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
The call of the waves
James Russell rounds up a few water sports you may want to get your teeth into this summer...
![Holiday drownings 'inevitable'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Holiday drownings 'inevitable'
Play it safe in the water and know your limits this summer, says Water Safety New Zealand.
![Pollution hits Northland tourist sites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Pollution hits Northland tourist sites
People visiting the Kerikeri Basin near the Stone Store could come face-to-face with a sign warning them the water is polluted.
![NZ set for humid summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
NZ set for humid summer
New Zealand is set for a humid summer, with experts predicting a warm and wet January and February.