Eight-year-old Jayden Williams thought it was all over when a fishing trip with his father went wrong yesterday.

A deckhand who survived for 18 hours in Foveaux Strait after the fishing vessel he was on capsized said he was "ready to cross over" when rescuers finally arrived.

At least two young children were among those missing at sea after a fishing vessel carrying a family on their annual muttonbirding trip capsized in Foveaux Straight.

A 61-year-old British expat has been rescued from the remote Kahurangi Park in the South Island...

Some $9000 of taxpayer funds have been spent on the search for a controversial...