Three saved as boat hit rocks and starts taking on water in the Bay of Islands.

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 69-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy are lost in Te Urewera 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.

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.

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.

The two Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters have been kept busy over the Christmas period.