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 man suffering from severe hypothermia has been rescued off the Northland coast after his yacht foundered on rocks and started sinking.

Grounded helicopter pilot convicted for saving injured hunter in remote bush. A petition asking the CAA to "withdraw the charges in the public interest" is online.

A kayaker was winched to safety in Taranaki this morning after he capsized and could not get back in to shore.

Search and rescue volunteers say they completed a five-month taxpayer-funded training course at a polytechnic in one week.

A woman had to be rescued by a police search and rescue team after she was left behind by friends during a bush walk.

At 6.40am volunteers on board NZCT Rescue found the man sitting on the rocky shore, moderately hypothermic and relieved to see the crew.

Police say it took search and rescue teams nearly five hours to bring the 22-year-old down the mountain from a height of 1650m.

The younger sister of a 19-year-old woman who was pulled unconscious from the Piha surf says she wants to thank the beachgoers who saved her life for "everything".

Jackson said he had just sat down at the beach with his girlfriend when he saw a woman crying and yelling.

The French Lifeguard who sparked a search and rescue operation said he was never in any danger, he was just out for a bodysurf.

The fishing boat was found sunk off the Canterbury coast after sending out a distress signal in a brutal storm on October 18.

The crew on a Papua New Guinean fishing boat were rescued after their boat was damaged by fire.