DOC staff have killed 10 pilot whales which survived the stranding of a pod of 24 in Parengarenga harbour in the Far North.

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.

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.

Education not legislation is the answer to improve safety on the water, Maritime NZ safety inspector Jim Lilley says.

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.

Play it safe in the water and know your limits this summer, says Water Safety New Zealand.

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.