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

Two kayakers have been rescued after getting into trouble off the Whangaparoa Peninsula north of Auckland this morning. Emergency

The mum of one of two hero police officers who helped save the lives of two people when a truck plunged into the Manawatu Gorge praised her son.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A yacht remains stranded on Wellington's South Coast after hitting rocks last night.

Two boats came to the rescue of three stricken boaties thrown into Manukau Harbour when their vessel capsized this morning.

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.