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Lifesavers plead for care as death toll rises
Surf lifesavers are pleading with the public to take care in the water after a spate of drownings.
Search continues at Piha
The search for a man feared drowned at Piha beach, west of Auckland, continued this morning.
Hellish night at sea for family
Four people, including a child, have been rescued after spending all night clinging for dear life to their capsized dinghy.
Experts urged to find way of preventing Antarctic disaster
Murray McCully has urged experts meeting in Wellington to recommend ways of preventing a tourist boat disaster from ever happening in Antarctica.
Tramper dies after 30m fall
Rescuers have recovered the body of a man from Mount Aspiring National Park after he fell 30-40 metres down a bluff on Saturday night.
Angler survives late-night ordeal
A fisherman whose boat sank in the middle of the night was so determined not to surrender it that he swam the waterlogged vessel nearly 1km to safety.