A pair of US tourists had to be rescued by a police search and rescue team after becoming stranded on the banks of the Haast River yesterday afternoon.

A Japanese student spent a cold night in the Kaimai Ranges where she got lost yesterday.

A man has died after the boat he was in capsized in the sea off Northland today.

Police are appealing for help to locate a 61-year-old woman, missing in west Auckland.

Two people have been injured have a helicopter crashed this afternoon near the Waimakariri River in Canterbury.

The canine heroes and victims of Christchurch’s earthquakes are immortalised in a new book by Laura Sessions and Craig Bullock.

A Chinese backpacker who survived three days without food or equipment, as poor weather closed in, didn't know bushes were dangerous.

Emergency workers deal with life-and-death situations every day but there are some call-outs they will never forget. Three such heroes tell their stories to Veronica Schmidt.

A hunter has described how he and a mate spent an icy night in the bush huddled with their dogs for warmth after losing their way back to their ute.

Frederick "Rick" Hayward was last seen leaving his Hamilton home in Thames Street about 5pm on Monday night.

When the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter flies out, it's not just for high-drama rescues and critically injured patients.

A hunter who fell down a ridge and broke his leg has been found after a freezing night on a South Island mountain.

It appears missing Karamea man Andrew Ross White, 58, had almost reached the end of his Heaphy Track trek - an adventure on his bucket list - before he was swept away.

Human remains have been found in the search for Andrew Ross White in the Heaphy area of the South Island.

A 15-year-old Te Aroha girl who had been missing since Sunday has been found safe and well.

A tramper last seen entering the Heaphy Track at the top of the South Island two weeks ago has been reported missing.

Searchers scouring the Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island for the missing American yacht Nina have come up empty-handed.

Sighting of liferaft similar to one carried by Nina spurs renewed effort to find her and 7 people missing since June.

Despite a number of avalanches on The Remarkables mountain range in recent years it is not considered a danger zone, says a mountain safety expert.

Since the birth of his first child this year Jamie Vinton-Boot had toned down his risky mountain climbing. He was killed yesterday by an avalanche.

The New Zealand Alpine Club says a climber swept to his death in an avalanche near Queenstown was "one of New Zealand's most gifted alpinists".

An Austrian couple have been rescued from their yacht near American Samoa after getting into trouble for the second time in a week.