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A man has died after swimming Cook Strait

26 February 2022

A man has died after swimming Cook Strait

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Sydney's beaches are open to swimmers again, two days after a man died in the city's first fatal shark attack since the 1960s
	18 Feb 2022: Sydney's beaches are open to swimmers again, two days after a man died in the city's first fatal shark attack since the 1960s... more

A 28-year-old man has died while swimming in the Waikato's Waingaro River
	4 Jan 2022: A 28-year-old man has died while swimming in the Waikato's Waingaro River... more

A child has been flown to hospital following an incident in a swimming pool north of Auckland
	1 Jan 2022: A child has been flown to hospital following an incident in a swimming pool north of Auckland... more

An investigation's begun into the death of a child at a public swimming pool in Christchurch
	23 Dec 2021: An investigation's begun into the death of a child at a public swimming pool in Christchurch... more

Flowers and tributes are piling up outside a Christchurch public pool where a child drowned yesterday
	22 Dec 2021: Flowers and tributes are piling up outside a Christchurch public pool where a child drowned yesterday... more

Parents and caregivers are being reminded to keep children close, while at the beach this summer
	20 Dec 2021: Parents and caregivers are being reminded to keep children close, while at the beach this summer... more

More than 30 Auckland beaches are unsafe for swimming - after heavy rain
	16 Dec 2021: More than 30 Auckland beaches are unsafe for swimming - after heavy rain... more

Concerns Wellington's Freyberg pool could be earthquake prone
	19 Oct 2021: Concerns Wellington's Freyberg pool could be earthquake prone... more

Kiwi canoe sprinter Scott Martlew has a chance at a medal in the men's 200 metre KL2 at the Tokyo Paralympics, finishing first in his heat
	2 Sep 2021: Kiwi canoe sprinter Scott Martlew has a chance at a medal in the men's 200 metre KL2 at the Tokyo Paralympics, finishing first in his heat... more

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