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![Police pull back on search for missing man](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Police pull back on search for missing man
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.
![French tourist found after night in bush](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
French tourist found after night in bush
A 25-year-old French tourist spent a cold and wet night "hunkered down" in the bush near the Routeburn Track on Tuesday night.
![Sunbathing tourist sparks aerial search](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sunbathing tourist sparks aerial search
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.
![Boatie missing after falling overboard named](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Boatie missing after falling overboard named
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.
![Family ID body pulled from river](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Family ID body pulled from river
Grieving family members have identified the body pulled from a Wairarapa river as that of a missing 19-year-old swimmer.
![Missing kayakers found safe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Missing kayakers found safe
A father and son have been found safe and well this morning after spending a night in a at the base of a cliff following a kayaking trip that went wrong off the Canterbury coast.
![Body found on track still unidentified](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Body found on track still unidentified
Forensic experts will try to identify the body of a man found on a walking track in the Coromandel as public appeals fail to shed any light.
![Body found on walking track](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Body found on walking track
Police are trying to identify the body of a man found on a walking track near Tairua in the Coromandel this afternoon.
![Silent vigil by missing boy's family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Silent vigil by missing boy's family
Family of a boy missing after falling into the Whakatane River are holding a silent vigil on the river bank this morning.
![Fisherman found dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fisherman found dead
A person has been found dead after falling from a fishing vessel off the coast of Napier.
![Missing Waipu woman found](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Missing Waipu woman found
Police have found the Waipu woman who went missing from her home last night.
![Rescued boaties had no comms device](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rescued boaties had no comms device
The three people rescued from a crippled sailboat in the Hauraki Gulf overnight were all wearing lifejackets but had no form of communication.
![Three people rescued from boat in Hauraki Gulf](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Three people rescued from boat in Hauraki Gulf
Three people have been rescued from a boat drifting in the Hauraki Gulf early this morning.
![Man survives 60 hours at bottom of Atlantic (video)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man survives 60 hours at bottom of Atlantic (video)
Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.
![In right place at right time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
In right place at right time
A young Waikato girl who heard a German teen's cries for help on Mt Ruapehu says he is "incredibly lucky" to be alive.
![Injured climber: 'I was very, very lucky'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Injured climber: 'I was very, very lucky'
Wanja Drees was on the lower reaches of Mt Ruapehu with a badly broken leg and no mobile phone when he decided he would have to try and make his way out himself.
![Hurt climber uses laces to stay alive](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hurt climber uses laces to stay alive
A teenager who fell 100m down Mt Ruapehu might have died if not for his quick thinking - and shoe laces.
![Climber crawls to safety](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Climber crawls to safety
A ill-equipped German tourist wearing street shoes had to drag himself to fetch help after a fall on Mt Ruapehu today left him with a bleeding, broken leg.
![Injured paraponter rescued from ridge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Injured paraponter rescued from ridge
A paraponter spent about four hours perched precariously on a ridge with suspected spinal injuries after crashing in a remote Canterbury alpine range this afternoon.
![Woman's dramatic rescue from glacier](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman's dramatic rescue from glacier
A huge avalanche crashed frighteningly close to a rescue party as they treated a woman who had fallen some 300 metres down a Canterbury glacier after her snow anchor apparently detached.