Search teams elated as DOC worker stumbles across missing tourist.

A German woman missing on Mt Taranaki since Monday is now being assessed by paramedics.

Search for Carissa Avison moves to Woodhill Forest.

A cruise ship passenger has been evacuated to McMurdo Station in Antarctica before flying to New Zealand tomorrow.

The search for a missing young Auckland woman is now focused on an area of forest near Muriwai Beach.

An Israeli tramper was rescued yesterday evening after he became disorientated in Fiordland National Park.

Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.

A search is under way for a man seen getting into the Waikato River overnight.

The search for a missing boatie on the Kapiti Coast has been suspended.

The search for second person, who is still missing after an inflatable boat capsized in a river on the Kapiti Coast, will resume this morning.

About 60 people - including police, firefighters and defence personnel - are continuing to search for an elderly Auckland woman who has been missing for six days.

The search for missing Torbay woman Pat Wearn has continued throughout today and will continue until night falls this evening, police say.

A yacht that struck an object in the Hauraki Gulf sparks an overnight rescue.

Patricia Wearn has Alzheimer's and hasn't been seen since Monday.

Police have not given up hope of finding missing Waverley man Kerry Riley alive.

The helicopter company involved in the rescue at the Blue Pools near Makarora on Sunday is offering a free helicopter ride to the

The woman wasn't carrying any form of waterproof communication with her.

A distress signal has been activated after a girl was injured during a tramp in the Abel Tasman National Park.

They gathered at remote town hall to watch the Chiefs' semifinal hopes being dashed. Hours later, mother-of-three Kim Richmond was gone.

Police are appealing for sightings of a French tourist last known to be at Abel Tasman National Park who failed to return to work in France and hasn't been in touch with his family.

They know mummy is missing and that police are looking for her, but Kim Richmond's three children are being shielded from the possibility she might never come home.

Three trampers feared missing in the heart of Queenstown's devastating bush fire have been found safe.

A young Swiss climber had to be rescued yesterday after suffering a nasty fall in the three passes area near Arthur's Pass.

A couple got into trouble while swimming at a notoriously dangerous west coast beach late at night.

The elderly Wellington grandmother missing after going for a run yesterday has been found.

Yesterday the Police Search and Rescue Dive Squad spent more than eight hours unsuccessfully searching the depths of Lake Rotoiti for the man.

A tramper has been rescued from the Tararuas after spending the night injured.

Kiwi fisherman Ross Chapman tread water for six hours after falling into remote waters where there are 'a lot of sharks'.

Police say they can't discount the possibility man and his daughter have fled to Australia.

A tramper has been winched to safety after slipping in Kahurangi National Park in the north-west of the South Island.