Frenchman missing for more than a week
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.
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'.
A man at the beach where Filipino man was swept out to sea says victim's twin brother told him he had warned the man not to go near notoriously dangerous spot.
A search and rescue operation is underway for a man who's been swept out to sea at Lake Ferry in the Wairarapa this afternoon.
Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.
A rescue helicopter has been sent to rescue a tramper injured on Mt Tongariro.
Search and rescue members using night vision goggles spotted the man floating on his malfunctioning jet-ski at around 2am.
Search crew using night vision goggles have rescued a man lost on the Whanganui River after his jet-ski malfunctioned. The rescue
Police have concerns for Alan Langdon, 49, and his daughter Que who left Kawhia Harbour in the Waikato bound for Bay of Islands on December 17.
Czech embassy helping contact dead climber's family.
A man has died after falling several hundred metres on to the Therma Glacier at Mt Aspiring.
A stricken ocean racing yacht has arrived in Bluff after striking a submerged object in the Tasman Sea.
Rescuers say it's fortunate there wasn't a double fatality after two climbers fell 200m at Mt Aspiring.
A man lay on rocks for three hours before he was rescued by helicopter with a serious leg injury.
Police are coordinating a search and rescue mission for a missing man in Northland.
A man and his son missing at sea off Tonga since Saturday have been found safe by the NZ Defence Force.
The New Zealand Defence Force is helping search for three fishermen who have been missing at sea off the Pacific island-nation of Kiribati since last week.
A man and woman who lost their way spent a chilly night on Mt Ruapehu before being rescued this morning "cold and hungry".
A pair of overdue Canterbury trampers had a lucky escape from predicted bad weather last evening after their delayed arrival at the
An elderly man who was missing in a forest overnight near Wanganui has been found safe and well.
One tramper died near Arthur's Pass and another was airlifted out to Franz Josef Glacier this morning after spending a night seriously injured in a separate backcountry accident.
Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.
The search for the man still missing after the Francie capsized in the Kaipara Harbour is continuing.