A woman lost on a Waikato mountain was rescued after contacting her family by Facebook on her phone.

Whitianga teenager Rebecca Harris owes her life to the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Five trampers who were rescued from a ravine drove more than 120km to hand-deliver a basket of baked goods to the chopper team who pulled them out.

A teenage tramper was winched to safety in high winds at Raglan's Mt Karioi yesterday afternoon.

Two Kiwi sailors had just seconds to grab life jackets and abandon their burning yacht after being woken by their skipper at midnight.

Five people were rescued from a Northland harbour last night after the engine of their overloaded dinghy failed, and they began drifting towards rocks.

An elderly woman who went missing in her car overnight on Thursday on the Karikari Peninsula had become trapped in mud so deep she was unable to open the doors and had to wait to be found yesterday morning.

A group of trampers has been rescued from a Canterbury mountain range after being trapped overnight.

A woman in her 60s who fell and injured her ankle has been rescued from the Waitakeres using an 80 foot winch.

Two under-prepared trampers who got lost in Golden Bay in bitterly cold weather over the weekend “put themselves and their rescuers at risk”, say police.

The organisation responsible for the 2012 Paritutu Rock tragedy is back in the spotlight, after a teen went missing while on a supervised navigation exercise on Mt Taranaki.

Police have called off the search for a vessel believed to be missing on Lake Wakatipu, in the Otago region.

A duck-shooting trip turned to tragedy yesterday after a group of mates were flung from their boat as it capsized on the Waikato River.

Police have confirmed that one person has died and three others have been taken to hospital after a boat overturned on the Waikato River.

Marilyn Edge is preparing to say goodbye to husband Murray after the hunter's body was found near Timaru on Monday.

Wind gusts and a boisterous swell 137km off the Tauranga coast did not prevent a helicopter medic from landing on a stricken yacht to rescue its two crew.

An abandoned yacht is still transmitting its position at sea in the Bay of Plenty after a dramatic helicopter rescue in which its two crew were winched to safety.

A number of New Zealanders still unaccounted for after Saturday's destructive earthquake in Nepal.

Landslides have forced people from the worst affected villages in Nepal to carry their injured out by foot in the aftermath of the devastating 7.8 earthquake.

Three phone companies have announced it will credit its New Zealand customers’ calls and texts to Nepal following the deadly earthquake.

Two New Zealand climbing groups have reported that they are safe in Nepal.

A New Zealand search and rescue team that was due to leave for earthquake-devastated Nepal last night has been stood down.

If there's one thing that will bring Murray Edge home safely, it's a simple threat: Come home or the tree gets chopped.

The wife of missing Dunedin hunter Murray Edge is losing hope, saying 'it's a bloody good way for him to go.'

A Canadian tramper who fell and dislocated his shoulder, forcing him to crawl for 10 hours to reach shelter, has been rescued eight days after his ordeal began.

Police are looking for a tramper who has failed to return to collect gear left in a hut.

An underwater search of a Canterbury lake will continue today for a kayaker who has been missing for four days.