He was showing his wife how easily his ring could come off at beach before it became lost.

People and animals should stay away from the river until the health warning is lifted.

It's meant warmer surf, but what has the marine heatwave meant for ocean species?

The vessel disappeared after it ran out of fuel.

Categories are wide open for second round of national jetsprint champs in Whanganui

We talk to three experts about some diets making headlines in 2017.

Police mystified about how the boat, spotted about 1.35pm, came to be upturned in water.

Police earlier put out an alert as there were fears for Kobi's safety.

An algal bloom has fouled the water in Te Waihoura (Lake Ellesmere).

Ten beach sites in Auckland among those listed as unsafe.

Diver Reece Atkinson says he had no warning before he was struck on his leg by a stingray.

Rescuers used weightlifting belt to stem blood loss from man stabbed in leg by stingray.

The 31-year-old went missing around 1pm on Sunday afternoon.

The man was one of a party of three people diving at Flat Point, Wairarapa.

Police will be out patrolling Auckland's waters this summer to educate and save lives.

Foxton opens NZ's newest wakeboard park. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: You do have to despair at what the democratic system can throw up.

The latest proposal would see 18m litres of NZ water a day sent offshore.

Water leak between treatment plant and reservoir has still not been found.

Some Auckland residents face up to a two-week wait for rainwater tanks to be filled.

COMMENT: A week of scorching summer weather already has economists worried about drought.

Sandra Roberts talks about her wait for water as water tankers place her 61st in line for delivery.

The raft reportedly flipped with four people on board on the Landsborough River.

The council is urging residents to avoid flushing toilets and showering if possible.

COMMENT: We don't need a new government agency to monitor drinking water.

1yo who fell into freezing waters had been taught what to do — and it saved her life.

Unsafe drinking water requires a national solution.

Briefings: Dire warnings about growing demands for freshwater in New Zealand.

Drinking water around NZ airbases may contaminated from firefighting chemicals.

Water restrictions could lift, while secret meeting could become public