A second drowning occurred on Friday afternoon off the coast of Rye on the Mornington Peninsula. Police said a jet-ski rider found an unresponsive male in waters off Butler Street just before 5.30pm.

Mate Webb, a spiritual adviser for his hapū when needed and a lay minister in the Catholic faith, said local people assisted at the scene of the drowning. Webb lived in Auckland but was in Ōmaio ...

A mum has recalled the horror moment she found her toddler face down in water as part of a desperate plea amid grim drowning figures. Chloe Freeman was setting up a sun tent at Sorrento Beach ...