Three men have been rescued after their boat capsized south of Tauranga.

The search has been called off for the night.

Coastguard and a helicopter spotted the surfer and directed a Coastguard vessel to him.

One person was seen clinging to a chilly bin in the water.

'He wasn't drunk by the time we found him.'

Detective Sergeant Derek Shaw said police no longer expect to find Matt Wallis alive.

An unconscious and hypothermic woman has been pulled from Lake Taupō this morning.

Missing pilot is Matt Wallis, son of Warbirds over Wanaka founder Sir Tim Wallis.

The kids' rescuer has not been contacted by authorities about the incident.

A surfer was rescued off Whanganui's Kai Iwi Beach after friends realised he'd gone.

"There was a real potential for disaster," in choppy seas and in the dark.

Warnings of a chilly night quickly changed to reports of 100km/h winds in Auckland.

Rescuers dedicated their time to saving unconscious and delirious patients from danger.

Some Wahine survivors feel their rescuers efforts never fully acknowledged

Don't be alarmed if you spot objects bobbing off the coast of Porirua tomorrow.

A rescue helicopter has been sent in to winch out two men on board a troubled yacht.

The men were today in good spirits despite the ordeal now stretching 15 hours.

Friends and family of Jack Sutton have barely left the beach where the teen was last seen.

Fishermen had only two minutes to grab items that would help them stay afloat.

A yachtsman was rescued from the Nelson Harbour after being in the water for five hours.

Police mystified about how the boat, spotted about 1.35pm, came to be upturned in water.

Swimmer saved after going missing in the mouth of a Manawatu river.

George Agnew, of Canterbury, had been camping. His family last heard from him on Tuesday.

A man who drowned was convicted of manslaughter in August after incident in 2015.

A dinghy has been found but a missing fisherman was not with it

Three people were rescued from their sinking boat off a beach on Auckland's North Shore.

Passengers had to abandon a boat this afternoon after it hit some rocks.

Occupants of two cars escape to vehicles' roofs amid fast-moving river flow.

Four men fell around 4m to the ground when railing gave way at Portage Resort Hotel.

Nobody appears to be injured in the incident, a police spokesman said.