The man was last seen struggling in the water at Raglan on Monday.

The man and his dog set out at 9am and were expected home at nightfall.

Fishermen rescued off rock after getting caught by rising tide near Orere Pt.

The men were rescued off Port Jackson at the top of the Coromandel Peninsula.

As blood poured out of the puncture in his elbow "a lot of swearing words came to mind".

Boaties leap to the rescue when yacht comes off its moorings in Paihia.

Len Dillon was desperately clinging to the back of his boat in a freezing, strong current.

Tevita Kava didn't know how to swim and hasn't been seen since falling into the harbour.

Two people fell through barrier at the back of a boat while partying on Auckland Harbour.

A United States' Coastguard Hercules C-150 was among those involved in the exercise.

Two fishermen swept away, one spends 50 mins in Manukau Harbour before making it ashore.

Those in search and rescue often put their lives on the line. These are their stories.

A kayaker fishing in a 3-metre kayak was rescued.

The search for a missing mum-of-three Nicola Hedley continues in Dunedin.

Men who failed to return from fishing trip to Delaware Bay found safe and well.

"Major" mistakes in the operation to rescue man whose boat was engulfed by flames.

Wellington Volunteer Coastguard and the Life Flight Trust resulted from the tragedy.

Family thank public support and speculate on what may have happened to missing fisherman.

Thousands of boaties swapped their old lifejackets for new in a Coastguard safety scheme.

Aucklanders have been hooked by a Coastguard funding drive to catch fish for charity.

Three experienced divers went for a dive this morning but one did not surface.

Boaties in strife have kept Coastguard crews busy in the northern region this weekend, with multiple people rescued from stricken vessels.

A man was rescued from his yacht as the vessel sunk into the drink off Great Barrier Island on Friday.

The vessel had issued a distress call after hitting the rocks, just north of Whangarei.

The men had a lucky escape after experiencing engine trouble in rough seas.

The search for a diver reported overdue in the Marlborough Sounds has been called off for the night.

A Warriors' team fishing trip turned into a dramatic rescue mission when the players rushed to the aid of a young man who went missing off an Auckland beach.

The body of missing woman Barbara Thomson has been found by police.

An independent ship surveyor raised concern about the Francie operating on the Kaipara bar three months before the ill-fated boat sank in the area.

A woman who survived a crash into Lake Wakatipu was initially trapped in her vehicle, police say.