The warm weather has driven more people to the beaches - with just over half of rescues in the top of the North Island.

On one weekend last month there were 65 rescues.

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Other Accident and Emergency News

04 Mar: One person has serious injuries after being trapped between a rubbish truck and a skip in Wellington's CBD

04 Mar: Police are investigating a Timaru dog attack, that seriously injured a woman and her golden retriever

04 Mar: Two people have been injured - one seriously - after a water incident off the Catlins coast

03 Mar: A person's believed seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 near Northland's Te Kamo, just before 4pm

03 Mar: A Coroner's recommended NZTA replace old median barriers - after a crash killed three seasonal workers in Auckland in 2024

03 Mar: One person's died in a single-vehicle crash in Paekakariki, on the Kapiti Coast

03 Mar: A Police scene guard's been in place at a Whangarei property, as officers investigate an unexplained death

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