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

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.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.

Bill McNatty, 68, was familiar with the water, worked hard to pay off his boat and spent a good chunk of the past three years taking people out fishing.

Choppy conditions face searchers looking for three people missing after a fishing charter trip turned to tragedy on the Kaipara Harbour yesterday.

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The trampers who died in the Tararua Forest Park were found within 1km of the hut they were heading to, police say. The 39-year-old

Temperatures plummeted below freezing the night two men died on a tramp in the Tararua Forest Park.

A young woman was winched by helicopter after rising tides trapped her on a cliff at Kawakawa Bay, south east of Auckland.

Two fishermen spend hours in the water and are rescued by the last boat crossing the Whakatane bar.

Two cattle and a calf which survived yesterday's earthquake should be allowed to retire and live out their days in a sanctuary, animal rights group Peta says.

The truck driver who narrowly escaped being buried in the quake won't be in the dog box for calling his boss before his partner.

Richie McCaw, who has been airlifting stranded tourists out of Kaikoura, says the devastation from the air looks "pretty crazy".

A search is underway for six kayakers after kayaks and other gear was found abandoned on the flooded Clarence River just before 5pm. A

Three fishermen missing at sea for more than a week have been found alive by the RNZAF.

A_JS311016NADCHPR226.JPGA specialist cliff rescue team recovered the bodies of two men killed in a helicopter crash into dense bush

A specialist cliff rescue team has been called in to recover the bodies of two men who died in a helicopter crash near Whangarei.

About 30 police and Far North search and rescue volunteers and helicopter support scoured a Northland bush track for a missing tramper

The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter gave Daniel Lee a second chance at life and now he wants others to be able to get that opportunity

Source: CCTV News. Liang Lee didn't stop for a second to worry about his own life as he scaled several floors of apartment block to rescue a small dangling boy after his head became wedged in the window bars