A 15-strong New Zealand team was today named to contest the world swimming championships in Shanghai in July.

It was a happy homecoming for US-based Lauren Boyle at the New Zealand swimming championships in Auckland last night.

Should earthquake affected parents still be billed for swim lessons they don't take kids to?

Wouldn't it be nice to know that your kids can swim? Even being able to dog paddle would do, because drowning often takes only a few seconds.

A health warning has been issued as stings from microscopic jellyfish plague swimmers at popular beaches on Auckland's North Shore.

A 52-year-old man who drowned at Muriwai Beach west of Auckland last night paid the ultimate price for not heeding the warning signs at the notoriously dangerous swimming spot.

Searchers have found the body of a four-year-old boy who went missing in Northland last night. A diver found the boy in a pool beneath a small waterfall near Otiria Marae in Moerewa.

A search resumed this morning for a four-year-old boy who went missing in Northland last night.

An exhausted swimmer and her boyfriend have narrowly escaped drowning after being rescued by the support crew of the six lifeguards circumnavigating the country in two small rescue boats.

Gill South gets the lowdown on natural ways to improve your health and finds exercise is still number one.