Lifeguards at a popular Christchurch beach are not expecting a shark that saw the water cleared on Saturday afternoon to have ...

Popular beaches in holiday hotspots in both islands have been forced to close this afternoon after separate shark sightings, ...

But the 38-year-old said that was the start of a dramatic turn of events that saw him rescued from a dangerous rip at New Brighton Beach on the NSW far-north coast on Tuesday afternoon.

Test results show high levels of bacteria near the Lake Hāwea Holiday Park and at Otokia Creek at Brighton Beach.