Police say they are confident a body found on a lake near Rotorua this morning is that of a missing teenage jetskier.

A Kiwi living in Brisbane described the city as total chaos yesterday as people were evacuated.

'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.

Police and Navy divers are continuing searching into the evening for the body of a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident on a lake near Rotorua, while family and friends continue to hold vigil on the shoreline.

Navy divers with sonar equipment will join police tomorrow in the search for a teenage boy presumed dead after a jetski accident near Rotorua.

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.

There is a search on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour this morning.

Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old Indonesian man during a lifeboat exercise aboard a cruise ship in Lyttelton Harbour yesterday.

Two boys have been injured after a collision between two boats off Pauanui overnight.

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.

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Jill Worrall discovers a haven for royalty and an ingenious irrigation system in the desert city of Yazd.

People visiting the Kerikeri Basin near the Stone Store could come face-to-face with a sign warning them the water is polluted.

New Zealand is set for a humid summer, with experts predicting a warm and wet January and February.