Four-day search for woman around Mercer Bay loop track has been suspended for the evening.

The search for the missing 21-year-old has entered its fourth day.

Searchers are today continuing to scour rugged Piha terrain for missing runner Kim Bambus.

Rescuer killed by avalanche, John Harrison, was one of New Zealand's top climbers.

The tourist was given advice on notifying someone of his plans, and any changes to those plans.

A man at the centre of a large search and rescue operation was last seen on Saturday.

Tongariro bus crash survivor Tom Hickey asked his rescuers who paid for their help - their answer surprised him.

Second school camp in the Hunua Ranges evacuated after torrential rain.

Boat loses steering in 75km/hour winds.

A search is under way to find a diver who failed to surface yesterday morning.

A five metre boat and its crew of three were stranded when the vessel's propeller was entangled in a Cook Strait fishing net.

A missing 20-year-old French tramper has been winched to safety in Fiordland.

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

A renowned whitewater kayaker nearly drowned after riding a 25m waterfall last night.

A Kiwi pilot is saving lives at high altitude, writes Leila George.

Shelley Crooks has returned home and taken her first steps on crutches, after her incredible survival after being lost in rugged West Coast bush for six weeks.

A 20-year-old man has been airlifted out of the Tararua Ranges, after falling ill while tramping.

Christchurch and Japanese academics are developing new drone technologies that would be able to locate people buried in wreckage following natural disasters.

The mother of missing student Leo Lipp-Neighbours has been humbled by numerous offers to search for her son using drone technology. Several

Searchers are poised to go into the Southern Alps for an overdue Israeli tramper.

Lost American tourist found cold and wet after getting lost on a Waikato walking track.

A Korean man did not make his planned pick-up after Waikaremoana walk yesterday.

An English visitor who found Shelley Crooks six weeks after she was reported missing describes the moment the pair met on a West Coast track.

An outdoors survival expert says water and shelter were the keys to staying alive for unexpected and lengthy times in the bush.

A dodgy escape route chosen by two bicycle thieves ended up with one of them and a police officer being rescued from a cliff face in Wellington.

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if there is a way of improving safety after a woman was swept to her death on the Waikato River.

Stricken paddleboarder plucked from Auckland's Waitemata Harbour after losing his way home.

The body of a missing 65-year-old tramper has been found in Westland. He was reported missing at midday yesterday after failing to

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

A young man is missing after he was last seen swimming in the swollen Hutt River last night.