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.

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.

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".

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.

Police believe they have found a body inside the sunken Jubilee fishing trawler on the seabed off Canterbury.

13 years after the attack, Ms Butler was able to thank those who risked their own lives to save hers.

A 19-year-old woman has been winched off Rangitoto Island by helicopter after she fell and suffered a leg injury.

A woman who was unable to be woken after an evening nap in remote sand dunes was flown to hospital in a critical condition last night.

A tramper was winched to safety after injuring herself in a fall while walking on Sunday.

Search and rescue teams from four regions are looking for a hunter who has not returned after leaving his home on Wednesday night.

Three men have been found safe and well after spending more than 30 hours lost in a 5m aluminium dinghy off the coast off Nukunono Atoll in Tokelau.

A 13-year-old girl was rescued from the water off Auckland's coast today after it was reported she was in trouble.

Police have named 77-year-old Whetuki Sam Kopua and 60-year-old Matekino Lucy Burling, both of Owaka, as the people missing in the Catlin area.

An elderly man was rescued after spending several hours in heavy bush near Taumarunui over night.