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 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.

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'.

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 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.

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.