A three-hour search was carried out in Western Bay of Plenty last night after a boat carrying three men was reported overdue.

A search has resumed this morning for a German tourist missing in the Travers Saddle area of Nelson Lakes National Park.

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.

A father and daughter who had been missing at Arthur's Pass since Sunday have been found safe and well today.

The search for a German tourist missing in Nelson Lakes National Park for six days is today being hampered by snow and freezing conditions.

Searchers have found no sign of a 19-year-old tourist, whose tramping pack was found abandoned in Nelson Lakes National Park.

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: In terms of fundraising, few organisations are in such a favoured position as the Westpac rescue helicopter service.

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.

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.

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.

A wife dived into pitch-black sea to rescue her drowning elderly husband after hearing him fall from their boat.

The search for a man who reportedly fell off rocks in the Bay of Plenty into the sea about 5pm yesterday is being scaled back.

A 25-year-old French tourist spent a cold and wet night "hunkered down" in the bush near the Routeburn Track on Tuesday night.

An Australian tourist sparked a full-scale search operation in Waikato yesterday - with a helicopter search by police eventually locating him sunbathing at a beach.

A 49-year-old boatie believed to be dead after falling off a boat at the mouth of the Hutt River has been identified as Uikilifi Peniamina.

Grieving family members have identified the body pulled from a Wairarapa river as that of a missing 19-year-old swimmer.

The search for the body of a 49-year-old Wellington boatie is focused on the eastern coast of Wellington Harbour.

A search has resumed for a man who fell off a boat in Wellington Harbour yesterday afternoon.