A 20-year-old tourist has drowned at an Auckland beauty spot.
The devastated father of the skipper, killed today when his boat capsized near Greymouth, has spoken about the pain of losing is only son in the tragedy.
Three people drowned in New Zealand waters this official Christmas holiday period - between 4pm Christmas Eve and 6am today.
A mother has been hailed a hero after she drowned trying to save her son yesterday.
A 3-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool at his Northland farm home.
Police have today named the man who drowned on Saturday evening while snorkelling south of Kaikoura.
A 57-year-old man has drowned trying to save two young relatives who got into trouble collecting pipi in Tauranga Harbour.
The drowning toll reached an eight-year high last year, with experts describing it as a tragic increase on the previous year's record low.
A young woman has drowned after falling into a swift-moving irrigation ditch off the Waimakariri river in Canterbury today.
Police have released the name of the swimmer who drowned while trying to cross the mouth of the Mokihinui River, 46km northeast of Westport, on Tuesday afternoon.
An Oregon man raced along the Clackamas River but couldn't keep up with his 6-year-old daughter who had fallen into the stream and was swept on downriver, authorities said.
An 18-year-old woman who drowned while swimming with friends in rural Canterbury last week has been named as Ashleigh Jai Kumar.
Police divers have uncovered the body of a man who went missing in the flooded Whanganui River last Saturday.
Two men have died, two are missing and one is in hospital in a serious condition after incidents Water Safety New Zealand says were all preventable.
A young woman who drowned at a popular Canterbury swimming spot yesterday is thought to have been pinned against a gateway by fast-lowing water.
The body of Albert Alapati, who was swept to sea while swimming north of Wellington, has been found.
The search has been called off for a 24-year-old swimmer who went missing north of Wellington on Saturday.
The 54-year-old Nelson man who drowned after falling from a wharf in Kaikoura has been named as Robert Murray Chapman.
Alcohol may have been a factor in the death of a 54-year-old Nelson man who drowned after falling from a wharf while fishing in Kaikoura last night, police say.
A 54-year-old Nelson man man is dead after falling from a wharf while fishing in Kaikoura last night.