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Second big fall on slopes of Mt Ruapehu
Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.
Climber survives 60m mountain fall
An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.
Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare
Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.
Australian minister rescued alive
Missing Victorian politician found alive after mountain rescue operation.
Kiwi in tragic mystery at sea
It's a story that reads like the plot of a movie thriller - lost in the Pacific.
Sailing holiday turned into 'voyage from hell'
A Canterbury man's holiday voyage turned into a trip from hell last week when the skipper fell overboard.
Former All Black mourns family members lost in ferry disaster
Former All Black Va'aiga Tuigamala says some of his wife's relatives were among those who perished in last week's tragedy.
Tonga: Recovery of bodies 'too costly and risky'
Depth of the sunken ferry Princess Ashika means the recovery of the 93 bodies trapped inside would be a prohibitively costly, lengthy and dangerous process.
Mayday call 'may have been hoax'
Police have today released dramatic tape of a mayday call from a missing boat off the Northland coast. But is it genuine?
Papua New Guinea: Fears for missing tourist plane
Twin engine plane carrying people to world-famous trek site fails to arrive at destination.
Briton carrying NZ licence among Tonga ferry dead
One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.
NZ connection in Tonga ferry sinking
One of the two bodies recovered after the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank last night has a NZ connection.