An injured tramper is being flown out of a North Island national park after spending a night in the open.

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.

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.

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

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.

Two climbers were rescued from Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park last night, in what was described as a "marvellous" piece of flying in poor conditions.

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.