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Trio suffer hypothermia after boat sinks with a 'full bin of fish'

Three men were in the 3m-4m boat.

'He would've died if he didn't have a life jacket' - Coastguard

A man spent a nightmare 45 minutes in the Manukau Harbour after being swept out to sea.

Group rescued off Waiheke after vessel start to sink

A total of 13 people were rescued off a boat near Waiheke yesterday.

Local Focus: GPS is great for fishing... and for finding people

Too few boaties know what they are doing at sea. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Man overboard: Intoxicated passenger jumps off Auckland ferry

Witness claims "drunken" passengers were acting unsafely before the incident.

Flare accidentally set off sparks full emergency response

A flare accidentally set off sparked a full emergency response off Whangaparāoa.

Locals lead the rescue of six stranded boaties in Northland

Locals led the rescue operation.

Three boaties spent hours in the sea before one died

Three men were in the water for hours after their boat overturned at the Manukau Heads.

Harbour tragedy: Pair's harrowing survival as companion drowns

Two people managed to swim to shore while a third person died at Manukau Heads last night.

Search underway for passenger who jumped overboard

The search for a missing cruise ship passenger in the Hawke's Bay will resume today.

Man in serious condition after fall on vessel near Waiheke

A man was airlifted to hospital after suffering a suspected spinal injury near Waiheke.

Fight to save drowned woman's life: 'He did CPR for half an hour'

Tragedy played out over VHF radio.

Our grim toll: Drowning deaths reach four in three days

The water is incredibly inviting and incredibly unforgiving, water safety boss says.

Water safety urged after yacht rescue of pair without radio

The pair were sailing along remote South Island coastline without a Marine VHS radio.

Injured orca freed from crayfish line

Orca tangled in crayfish line has been freed after four days.

Amazing rescue: Mum swept down river while son, 6, walks 2km for help

Boy, 6, found walking on highway at 2am. Mum found hours later on beach near river mouth.

White Island eruption: 'It looked like a bomb had gone off'

"All I could think was, if it can do that to metal, what can it do to human skin?"

Terror on the volcano: 'People ran into the sea... everyone was horrifically burnt'

A man who gave first aid to the White Island victims speaks of the horror.