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.

There's a good chance Ken Darlington wouldn't be here today if it weren't for three lifeguards.

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.

The family of a missing Dutch tourist is travelling out from Holland as the search for him continues.

Rosco the dog sparked a dramatic emergency operation when he decided to swim from Maungatapu to Matapihi.

It has been a "bad and very sad year already" for aviation in the south, the Civil Aviation Authority says.

Tributes are flowing in today for two of New Zealand's most experienced Cessna pilots who died in a horror crash that also claimed the lives of their two children.