Stranded dog's 10-day ordeal

Kotiro the dog survived a swim across a treacherous channel in the Manukau Harbour before being rescued from a remote shore by the Coastguard, 10 days after she went missing.
The rescue, at nightfall during the storm that lashed Auckland on Tuesday, is very special to the Papakura Coastguard crew who found her.

She is the first creature they have saved, because most people quickly perish in the stretch of sea which is notorious for rips, shifting sandbars and mud so sticky it can trap people in rising tides.

Greg Raumati, who owns Kotiro, feels so indebted to the rescue crew that he plans to join up. more>>