Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if there is a way of improving safety after a woman was swept to her death on the Waikato River.

Stricken paddleboarder plucked from Auckland's Waitemata Harbour after losing his way home.

The body of a missing 65-year-old tramper has been found in Westland. He was reported missing at midday yesterday after failing to

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

A young man is missing after he was last seen swimming in the swollen Hutt River last night.

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.

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.

Police have named the teenager who drowned in a Taranaki river yesterday.

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.

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.

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.