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![Skydiving tragedy: Principal pays tribute to 'hard-working young man'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Skydiving tragedy: Principal pays tribute to 'hard-working young man'
Skydiver's former high school offers to make his funeral a 'fitting memorial' for him.
![Horror as skydiving 'legend' dies in WA competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Horror as skydiving 'legend' dies in WA competition
Professional skydiver Dimitri Didenko had completed over 6000 jumps.
![Local Focus: Riding NZ's largest 'vert' ramp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Focus: Riding NZ's largest 'vert' ramp
Verticus skateboarding comp not for the faint-hearted. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Local Focus: Tarawera Ultramarathon put elite long distance runners to the test](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Local Focus: Tarawera Ultramarathon put elite long distance runners to the test
Thousands gather for Tarawera Ultramarathon. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Free climb: First woman takes El Capitan route without aids](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Free climb: First woman takes El Capitan route without aids
She summited the 914-metre wall of stone in a single day.
!['We hope he'll be walking out with one hell of a story': Kiwi paraglider missing in Nevada](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'We hope he'll be walking out with one hell of a story': Kiwi paraglider missing in Nevada
James 'Kiwi' Oroc is assumed crashed and injured in Nevada, worried friends say.
![Inter-regional travel bans could prevent ski fields from opening](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Inter-regional travel bans could prevent ski fields from opening
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts is 'pushing really, really strongly' for the ski fields to open.
!['Terrifying' great white shark encounter off Auckland beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Terrifying' great white shark encounter off Auckland beach
"Oh s***, that's a big fish," thought Steve Dickinson. Then it went for his kayak.
![Lockdown Drift in New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lockdown Drift in New Zealand
Available from New Zealand on Lockdown Day 5, I couldn't get out of my house, so I took a movie around my house. This is the 21st installment of the drift cart series! Aiming to be a drift cart that everyone can run on the Drift Driveway around the house happily. Video / NZ DRIFT LIFE
![Climbing tragedy: Body retrieval mission suspended for night](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Climbing tragedy: Body retrieval mission suspended for night
Police were advised about 12.10pm that two people were in trouble.
![Young boy critically injured in motocross accident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Young boy critically injured in motocross accident
It's understood the crash happened at the Pukekohe Motorcycle Club's track.
!['Absolute bedlam': Falling ice slab at Ruapehu skifield cafe sends three to hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Absolute bedlam': Falling ice slab at Ruapehu skifield cafe sends three to hospital
It was an 'absolute scene of bedlam' at Turoa skifield on Saturday.
![School holiday weather: Sorry kids, it's all rain from here](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
School holiday weather: Sorry kids, it's all rain from here
Sorry kids - the last three days of the school holidays are set to be rainy.
![Skydive company 'devastated' by loss of young pilot in Masterton crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Skydive company 'devastated' by loss of young pilot in Masterton crash
Joshua Christensen, 20, of Masterton, has been named as the second pilot killed.
![Ski tricks and chills in sub-zero Canada](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ski tricks and chills in sub-zero Canada
Derek Cheng tackles the raw experience of skiing Canada's most testing slopes.
![Search for tramper missing in Tararua Ranges suspended](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Search for tramper missing in Tararua Ranges suspended
The 49-year-old has been missing in the Tararua Ranges since Saturday June 1.
![I almost died on Everest. This is why I still want to go back.](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
I almost died on Everest. This is why I still want to go back.
If someone offered me the chance to climb Everest in next few years, I would ... say yes.
![Dramatic photos show incredible rescue of woman trapped in 15m crevasse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dramatic photos show incredible rescue of woman trapped in 15m crevasse
Dark, windy conditions made last night's chopper rescue a delicate mission.
![Tramper found unharmed after three days missing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tramper found unharmed after three days missing
Timothy Clements, 36, was due to return from his Ashburton Lakes tramp on Monday.
![Couch potato Cecilia Flori's making up for lost time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Couch potato Cecilia Flori's making up for lost time
Running on tired legs a fortnight after the Rotorua Marathon, Cecilia Flori used strategy
![The trouble of travelling when your name is Tony Hawk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The trouble of travelling when your name is Tony Hawk
His name is synonymous with a sport and beloved by a generation who grew up skateboarding.