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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
A father watched helplessly from a boat as his son disappeared under water after briefly surfacing during a diving trip and calling for help.
Answers on missing yachtie have to wait for two weeks
The family of missing yachtie Rex Fearon hope to get some answers about his fate when the boat he was on arrives in two weeks.
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.
Pair in Ecuador mine found dead - report
Efforts to find survivors from a mine collapse in Ecuador have proven fruitless, a report says.
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
Two Christchurch women were rescued by helicopter from Arthur's Pass National Park today.
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
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
The flight instructor who died in a helicopter crash "ate, drank and slept" aviation, a friend says.
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
The helicopter missing since yesterday has been found submerged in Bluff Harbour along with the bodies of the chopper's two crew.