News | Swimming

20 Mar 2025 4:34

| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |

NZCity News

Home > News > Sports > Swimming

An investigation's underway after the rare death of someone drowning while swimming between the flags

An investigation's underway after the rare death of someone drowning while swimming between the flags

6 February 2025

Experts say 25-year-old Abhishek Arora's death is at least the second in a regularly patrolled area.

He was swimming with friends at West Auckland's Piha Beach last Tuesday - when he got caught in a rip.

Surf Life Saving says conditions at the time were rough and choppy - and it's carrying out a review.

Water Safety says between 2015 and 2024, 186 people drowned while swimming in New Zealand.

It says in the same period, only one person drowned while swimming in an area regularly patrolled by volunteer lifeguards in summer months.

This was also at Piha in 2021.

>> More Swimming News

Subscribe to NZCity's Swimming articles

© 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

Other Swimming News

06 Mar: Robbie Arnott on the absence of routine and turning to nature when it 'gets too much'

05 Feb: Police who came across two teens struggling in the water at Waitangi - say it was a matter of right place, right time

31 Jan: Dame Sophie Pascoe's old swim coach has reflected on his former charge's career in the pool

30 Jan: To the retirement of a swimming great..

29 Jan: A swimmer swept out in a rip yesterday is still is missing at Auckland's Piha Beach, with searches continuing

20 Jan: Olympic swimmer Erika Fairweather will relocate from Dunedin to Auckland's North Shore after the retirement of her coach

06 Jan: Four swimmers have been saved after being caught in a rip at a beach in the Tasman region

Top Stories

RUGBY
A group of high-profile New Zealanders, including NBA star Steven Adams and former All Blacks lock Ali Williams, have proposed a new 12,500-seat stadium at Auckland's Western Springs More...

BUSINESS
New figures show how pandemic lockdowns pushed up rents More...

Today's News

Accident and Emergency:
State Highway One is blocked south of Levin as emergency services respond to a house fire 21:57

Entertainment:
Kesha has spoken out about the importance of authenticity in a world she thinks is increasingly focused on curated perfection 21:44

Accident and Emergency:
Police say a 24-year-old Turangi man who'd been missing since last month has been found safe 21:17

Entertainment:
Courtney Love has announced she is permanently relocating to the UK over fears about the impact of Donald Trump's second term as US president 21:14

International:
The Trump administration has released thousands of unredacted files on the JFK assassination. Here's what they tell us 21:07

Entertainment:
Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are said to be taking their relationship slowly 20:44

Entertainment:
Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa was still alive a full day after authorities initially believed she had died, according to newly uncovered phone records 20:14

Entertainment:
Donald Trump's administration has been slammed by the band Semisonic for using their hit song 'Closing Time' in a controversial deportation video shared on social media 19:44

Entertainment:
Kim Kardashian is reportedly considering changing her custody agreement with ex-husband Kanye West after he released a song featuring their eldest daughter, North West, without her approval 19:14

Business:
New figures show how pandemic lockdowns pushed up rents 18:57

News Search

© 2025 New Zealand City Ltd