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![Mayor: Board should be scrapped](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mayor: Board should be scrapped
Len Brown has called for a funding board at the centre of a row with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust to be scrapped after its push to slash funding for the trust.
![Chopper trust to sue board](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Chopper trust to sue board
Members of a board which yesterday agreed to halve funding to the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust could find themselves in court.
![Trapped caver too tall to get out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trapped caver too tall to get out
An experienced caver trapped in an underground cavern overnight on Saturday says the experience was far from an ordeal.
![Police urge better communications](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police urge better communications
A three-hour search was carried out in Western Bay of Plenty last night after a boat carrying three men was reported overdue.
![Search resumes for missing German tourist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Search resumes for missing German tourist
A search has resumed this morning for a German tourist missing in the Travers Saddle area of Nelson Lakes National Park.
![Girl, 7, saves pregnant mum](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Girl, 7, saves pregnant mum
As Brooklyn Beazley's pregnant mother started slipping into a diabetic coma, the 7-year-old girl struggled to open a glucose syrup bottle that she knew was needed.
![Father, daughter found after going missing at Arthur's Pass](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Father, daughter found after going missing at Arthur's Pass
A father and daughter who had been missing at Arthur's Pass since Sunday have been found safe and well today.
![Snow hampers search for German tourist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Snow hampers search for German tourist
The search for a German tourist missing in Nelson Lakes National Park for six days is today being hampered by snow and freezing conditions.
![Concerns for missing tramper](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Concerns for missing tramper
Searchers have found no sign of a 19-year-old tourist, whose tramping pack was found abandoned in Nelson Lakes National Park.
![Killer shark attack: cop to be honoured](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Killer shark attack: cop to be honoured
The policeman who shot a shark during an attempt to recover the body of Adam Strange after an attack at Muriwai a year ago today will be formally recognised for his efforts.
![Editorial: Helicopter trust should not challenge cut to grant](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Helicopter trust should not challenge cut to grant
Editorial: In terms of fundraising, few organisations are in such a favoured position as the Westpac rescue helicopter service.
![Tramper airlifted from National Park](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tramper airlifted from National Park
A 71-year-old woman who suffered a leg injury while tramping near Nelson took 10 hours to reach a hut before help could be raised.
![Crow bar used to free tramper](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crow bar used to free tramper
Rescuers used a crow bar to prize a boulder off a tramper yesterday morning, one of two unusual call outs for the NZCC Rescue Helicopter.
![10m sinkhole: 'I fell in and screamed'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
10m sinkhole: 'I fell in and screamed'
After falling down a 10m deep sinkhole and landing on the remains of dead animals, Jill Clendon's first thoughts focused on whether she had broken any bones.
![Screams as 78-year-old falls from boat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Screams as 78-year-old falls from boat
A wife dived into pitch-black sea to rescue her drowning elderly husband after hearing him fall from their boat.
![Police name missing kayaker, believed drowned](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police name missing kayaker, believed drowned
Police have released the name of the Gisborne man who is missing, believed drowned, after Monday night's kayaking tragedy at Pouawa.