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He saw an arm in the air, then it vanished beneath the waves

"I couldn't find him, I didn't know where he was."

Man's body found on Omaha Beach

Police were called to the beach at 5am.

Drowning victim a proud father of five

Imtiaz Aziz, 40, drowned at a beach at Awhitu Regional Park on Sunday afternoon.

Dramatic escape in Waitakere tragedy

Three people died over the weekend in drowning incidents in the Auckland region.

'Where is your dad?' Tragedy as heroic campers save kids

Couple tell of taking kayak out to save children, but it was too late for their father.

Children saved as father drowns at Auckland beach

Rescuer Simon Chaplin speaks to the Herald about the tragic events on the Awhitu peninsula. Video/Greg Bowker

Swept away: Mum returned as soon as downpour hit kids

Pair who died at Cascade Falls were keen football players at Massey High School.

Near-drowning on popular North Shore beach

Person plucked from water at popular Auckland beach.

Our 'unforgiving playground' claims 88 lives

More women, children and elderly died in New Zealand waters.

'One minute you're safe... next minute someone is drowning'

Twice as many Aucklanders drowned in preventable tragedies last year than in 2016.

Tragic Thailand drowning: Victim 'vibrant and quirky'

Renee Hodgkinson is being remembered as an intelligent, quirky, and vibrant person.

High cost of near-drownings

Whanganui mum Holly Toohill said she has nightmares about the day her son nearly drowned.

Friends pay tribute to 'beautiful soul'

The free-spirited woman who died at Maruia Falls was a "beautiful soul", friends say.

Woman who drowned at notorious waterfall named

The Motukea woman who drowned at Maruia Falls on Saturday has been named.

'It just sucks you under': Woman drowns at deadly falls

Woman drowns at Maruia Falls in upper South Island.

'We all knew he wasn't a great swimmer' Sykes and Cook on Sonny Fai

Peter Sykes and Avalina Cook at the Mangere East Hawks rugby league club rooms talk about the late New Zealand Warrior Rugby League player Sonny Fai.

Local surfer tried to save drowned Gisborne man

The coroner has now released her findings into the 2015 double drowning.

Twelve days of Christmas: WaterSafe Auckland

Drowning is the fourth biggest unintentional cause of death in New Zealand.