The tramper who died in Nelson Lakes National Park was was Chien Han Chee.

One of the divers thought they were going to die, if it wasn't for one crucial detail.

Tramper's body due to be airlifted out of the Mt Robert Range area.

How the Wild Boars team intend to honour the memory of the Navy SEAL diver who died.

The first boy would make it out, but would he make it out alive?

Hero diver has penned a touching and emotional account of rescue mission.

Two people reported lost in Hooker Valley about 7pm were found safe a short time later.

More than 1.5 million people went tramping in New Zealand last year.

Alpine rescue team frustrated stranded climbers didn't contact police about predicament.

A seventh person has died overnight after the horror crash in Waverley.

Body found in the Coromandel bush on Saturday afternoon formally identified.

Efforts to rescue the 52-year-old hunter were hampered because of the steep terrain.

Three-car pile-up closes South Island highway as police warn of ice danger on roads.

Search and rescue crews are being rested as stormy weather approaches from the west.

Rescuers spot man trouser-less, huddled in the fetal position, 20m from a hut.

Lost man suffering from hypothermia and starvation is found after weeks in the bush.

Cavers rescued after night underground were students.

As water crashed through their Tolaga Bay home a family climbed to safety on their roof.

A hunting trip to an unexpected - and painful - turn when a man fell and broke his ankle.

It took crews almost seven hours to reach him because of poor weather and rough terrain.

Rescuers drop 100m down Bay of Plenty ravine to reach man with broken leg.

Emergency services helicopters are likely to move from their central Auckland site.

Emergency services are attending a water rescue after a near-drowning at Clarks Beach.

Robert Fagan had four children and two grandchildren

Adrift for days, one sailor became so thirsty he drank his own urine.

The man was helicoptered to Waikato Hospital and police are speaking with a second man.

The usually idle stream turned into a raging torrent, catching the owner off guard.

Dad and daughter happy to be on land after two-day ordeal.

Kiwi rescue officials help save the lives of four fishermen north-east of American Samoa.

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