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Rescue of stranded 4WD group cost $56k
Nearly $60,000 was spent rescuing 38 people stranded after their 4WD vehicles became trapped in snow in Central Otago.
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.
Police have suspended their search today for a missing 2-year-old on the West Coast, due to bad weather.
Nature lovers heading into the bush are being urged let someone know where they're going following a major search and rescue operation north of Wellington.
A 48-year-old Canadian missing in the Rimutakas has still not been found after days of searching.
A party of off-road driving enthusiasts set out in 13 vehicles on Sunday to tackle a notorious high-country dirt track before it was closed for the winter.
A mammoth rescue mission has saved all 38 people who were "buried in snow" and stranded for nearly 20 hours in freezing conditions in Central Otago.
A man who rushed to a fatal crash last night recounted the horror that awaited him after a car plunged into a flooded river.
A challenging helicopter rescue operation was needed to save three survivors.
The helicopter that crashed in Central Otago on the weekend killing Liam Edwards has been removed from the mountain.
Pilot who was forced to make emergency landing accidentally starved chopper of fuel and had not flown aircraft for five years.
Searchers will return to the Waikato River at Taupo this morning after a man disappeared while swimming last night.
The German man activated a spot tracking beacon, with the signal picked up by a coordination centre in the United States
A solo mountaineer was rescued from Mt Mabel, south of Aoraki Mt Cook, late last night after activating his personal locator beacon.
The 17-year-old had tripped on a tree root and badly injured her lower leg while tramping in the Kamai Ranges, near the settlement of Te Poi.
A gifted search and rescue dog, who spent seven months rehabilitating from a serious hind legs injury, has helped find a missing hunting couple.
Another person has died in a mountain accident this holiday period, this time in the Mawson Glacier.
Three teenagers have been plucked out of the surf of a popular Bay of Plenty beach this evening, after their boat rolled on a sand bar.
A man who dislocated his hip on Mt Ruapehu this morning was flown to hospital.
A man was rescued from a forest near Mount Tongariro yesterday after his vehicle got stuck while he was out exploring.
A kayaker has been winched to safety after his craft capsized off the northern Taranaki coast.
A Coastguard volunteer has told of the dramatic moment crew rescued a hypothermic man who was clinging to a sinking kayak in rough seas off Great Barrier Island.
A man suffering from severe hypothermia has been rescued off the Northland coast after his yacht foundered on rocks and started sinking.