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![Mate's desperate run for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mate's desperate run for help
A relative of war hero Willie Apiata made a desperate run yesterday to get help for a teenage boy after a car accident.
![Helpless father sees son drown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Helpless father sees son drown
A father watched helplessly from a boat as his son disappeared under water after briefly surfacing during a diving trip and calling for help.
![Orion ends search for Kiwi missing overboard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Orion ends search for Kiwi missing overboard
An RNZAF Orion has been taken off the search for a New Zealander lost overboard in the Pacific Ocean as hopes of his survival fade.
![Cracks emerge as miners face lure of media gold](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cracks emerge as miners face lure of media gold
Cracks are beginning to emerge in the Chilean miners' planned unity over media arrangements.
![Women 'lucky' to survive after botched tramp](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Women 'lucky' to survive after botched tramp
Two Christchurch women were rescued by helicopter from Arthur's Pass National Park today.
![Rescue a 'no-think' situation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rescue a 'no-think' situation
Colin Wiggins says he just went into autopilot yesterday helping to save two people from their crashed and blazing vehicles.
![Trip ends in tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trip ends in tragedy
A hunting trip turned to tragedy when a group tried to raft out of a remote part of Eastern Bay of Plenty on a swollen river.
![Helicopter crashed in clear skies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Helicopter crashed in clear skies
The flight instructor who died in a helicopter crash "ate, drank and slept" aviation, a friend says.
![Bodies recovered from chopper crash site](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bodies recovered from chopper crash site
The bodies of an instructor and a trainee pilot were this afternoon removed from the wreckage of the helicopter which crashed into Bluff Harbour yesterday.
![Crashed helicopter found, two dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crashed helicopter found, two dead
The helicopter missing since yesterday has been found submerged in Bluff Harbour along with the bodies of the chopper's two crew.