A tramper is believed to have fallen to his death on the Routeburn track.

The search for a missing 18-year-old lost off the New Plymouth coast has continued today.

Search and rescue teams have suspended their search for the man missing in Tararua Forest Park overnight.

Distressed kayaker who sparked a search on the Waikato River last night calls police to say he is alive.

Knee-deep in snow, three walkers couldn't go forward and the path behind them had turned to ice.

A hunter who suffered a heart attack was winched to safety from hill country near Raglan last night.

A tramper had to be rescued by helicopter after she fell out of her bunk while staying in a hut on top of a snowy mountain range.

A solo yachtie is rescued after his vessel got into trouble off the Bay of Plenty coast when its steering failed in high seas.

An injured Brit who spent two freezing nights under ferns in rugged West Coast bush says he survived on just an apple.

Divers and sonar equipment used to find a New Zealand fisherman missing in Australian waters.

A Tauranga woman did not stop to think about the dangers of the cold water or swift current when she dived in to save a young boy on a bike.

Searchers looking for a fishing vessel lost off Hobart with a New Zealander on board have given up hope of finding anyone alive.

Two families trapped by snow in Kahurangi National Park nearly 24 hours after their vehicles struck trouble have been rescued.

Police have named the man killed in last night's Waihi mine accident.

Police have suspended the search for a missing Upper Hutt woman who has been missing for five days.

A surfer who broke his neck in a surfing mishap is learning to walk again after more than six months of rehab.

Three people rescued from a mountain in the Nelson Lakes area this evening huddled together in a make-shift snow cave as they waited for help.

So pigs can't fly - but four clever pooches showed they could, no sweat.

Three inexperienced surfers are counting their lucky starfish after getting caught in a rip and being sucked out to sea yesterday.

Nearly $60,000 was spent rescuing 38 people stranded after their 4WD vehicles became trapped in snow in Central Otago.

A search and rescue operation is underway for a woman missing in Northland.

A woman has been rescued from the Abel Tasman National Park after becoming unwell during a day walk, police say.

The man who is missing and presumed dead after falling overboard from a Kiwi yacht foiled a robbery earlier this year.

The captain of the ship that rescued three people trapped on damaged yacht Platino in Pacific Ocean says crew were grateful to make it out alive.

Sixty three-year-old man was swept away after the yacht Platino sustained damage to its rigging 550km north of New Zealand.

Authorities will decide this morning whether to resume the search for a man washed overboard from a yacht in huge seas north of New Zealand.

A container ship has reached the stricken Platino yacht and its crew are now being transferred aboard the ship.

A firefighter rescued a woman from a tree in a flooded Otago river after a boating accident.

Heartbroken parents say their missing daughter "was a happy, cheeky little girl" and have paid tribute to 66yo Barry Petrie who died trying to save her.

Jethro Nicholson feels afraid when he crosses the deadly Grey River Bar in an 18 metre fishing boat. This afternoon, he took on its power in a 1.5m kayak.