Authorities searching for fisherman Nick Stubbs were yesterday still unable to find any trace of him.

A 16-year-old boy whose family was thrown into rough seas on a fatal boat trip scrambled to shore, clambered up a 30-metre cliff face and hiked 2km to get help.

A missing diabetic Mount Maunganui man drew on all his survival instincts after suffering a head injury after he fell down a ridge while hunting on the East Cape.

A piece of paper caught in a tree led searchers to the wreckage of a missing helicopter and the body of pilot Damian Webster in Kahurangi National Park.

A series of poor decisions and missed opportunities may have contributed to the deaths of two climbers after they spent two freezing nights stuck near the summit of Mt Taranaki.

Wayne Redman clung to the upturned hull of his boat for hours in icy-cold water fearing he might not survive.

Coffee and Weet-Bix were what a fisherman needed after spending four hours in the cold waters of Tauranga Harbour.

A young man spent hours in near freezing conditions after leaving a hunting group in bush near Oamaru, early this morning, drunk and with no shoes.

Wayne Stevens got involved in Land Search and Rescue in 1984, while a student in the tramping club at Wellington's Victoria University.

The body of a 21-year-old climber who slipped and fell to his death on Mt Aspiring last night has been recovered by a search team.

A frightened woman who watched her climbing companion slip on ice and fall 300m was helped to safety in a dramatic mountain rescue on Whakapapa skifield.

A mountain climber has suffered serious head injuries after falling 300m down Mt Ruapehu today.

A woman who was swept to her death in a flood-swollen Bay of Islands river was a 28-year-old mother from Wellington.

Rescuers trying to save people at a house party deluged by floodwaters were abused by those they were trying to help.

To three rescued yachties he's an absolute hero. But Navy Lieutenant Simon Wasley feels 'fairly uncomfortable' about the label, despite his dive into treacherous seas.

Shane Andrews was riding to work across a bridge when a driver distracted by the swollen Waimakariri River crossed the centre line and knocked him into the river.

Three people were plucked to safety from a liferaft after abandoning their stricken yacht north of New Zealand in a dramatic rescue today.

Strong winds off the coast of Taranaki have pushed trans-Tasman kayaker Scott Donaldson even further from shore.