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Compensation unlikely from burst mains

Albany businesses forced to close yesterday because of burst water mains seem unlikely to get any compensation for their losses.

Summer's long dry persists

Young freediver dies after blacking out

The mother of a Kiwi teenager who died while freediving in Australia at the weekend says her son had a passion for diving and spearfishing

Kiwi teen dies while freediving

A Kiwi teenager has died while free diving with three friends off the Australian coast yesterday.

Waimea dam gets consent

The Tasman District Council has given its consent for the proposed Waimea Community Dam, says Irrigation NZ.

Pipi population dying in Whangarei harbour

A massive pipi bed in Whangarei harbour is dying and there are fears the change could destabilise the harbour - and Marsden Point itself, Radio NZ reports.

Emotional scenes as body pulled from water at Tolaga Bay

There were emotional scenes on the East Coast north of Gisborne yesterday afternoon as divers located and recovered missing Malaysian man Kuan Loon Loh.

Body of man who jumped off Tolaga Bay wharf found

Water quality improves at Auckland beaches

Ngati Whatua 'closes' city beach

Auckland's Ngati Whatua tribe is closing Okahu Bay beach tomorrow for a tribal event - the first time since it won co-management of the beach in 1991.

German woman missing in Southland

A search is under way for a missing German woman in the Manapouri Hope Arm area in Southland.

Sam Judd: Talk to me, like rivers do

Praise for cops after sinking car rescue

"I'd say she'd probably only had maximum probably another minute, minute-and-a-half if she hadn't got out," said an officer who helped woman from car.

Saved from sinking BMW

Two police officers who dragged a 63-year-old woman from her sinking car at an Auckland wharf believe she was about a minute away from drowning.

Drought adds urgency to irrigation plans

Drought throughout much of the South Island and dry conditions in parts of the North look set to add urgency to water storage and irrigation schemes.

Kiwis aboard ship trapped in Antarctica

Twenty-six crew members on board an Australian-flagged fishing boat are trapped by ice in Antarctica, sparking a rescue bid by a New Zealand fishing vessel.

Sam Judd: Will creative minds save the world?

Water pollution - we can fix it