Four things you should know about the ongoing search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

A teenager who became trapped on a steep bluff in the Waitakere Ranges in darkness used the screen light from his cellphone to guide rescuers.

Auckland's rescue helicopter service claims it has been starved of money - but it turns out to be much better off than its fellow charities.

The hunt for four men missing in four separate incidents across New Zealand continues today.

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.

An experienced caver trapped in an underground cavern overnight on Saturday says the experience was far from an ordeal.

An experienced caver trapped in an underground cavern overnight on Saturday was simply too tall to climb through a narrow passage.

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.

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.

An elderly tramper was rescued by helicopter after he fell in the Tararua Ranges near Wellington yesterday.

A man suffered suspected neck and head injuries after a diving accident near Napier yesterday.

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.