A distress call from Russia helped search and rescue find tramper in Northland.

A large search is under way for a fisherman feared washed into the sea at Raglan.

A 35-year-old woman was airlifted out of bush near Opotiki following a serious fall.

Teenager Andrew Field saved three children from a car wreck.

A man has been identified as the only person inside a car that drove into the sea.

A helicopter may be needed to rescue the two climbers before night falls.

The man was missing for at least 10 hours.

Jackson Alexander was saved after getting lost on Mount Ruapehu on Sunday night.

Freezing cold lost man rescued from certain death on mountain.

Two bodies have been found in a lake in Halswell, Christchurch.

Two bodies have been found after car drove into a suburban lake yesterday.

Missing woman Monique Hickland, 31, has an intellectual disability.

A decision to climb a beach-front cliff face proved a bad one for a man in Canterbury.

The search for missing man Fabian Dobson continues.

Alexander Parry, 20, was last seen near Nelson Hospital.

Victim recovery dogs were brought in by police yesterday.

The fisherman who died at Lake Coleridge has been named as John Morgan of Christchurch.

Police divers have found the body of a fisherman swept under at Lake Coleridge last night.

A skier who suffered an injury in a remote part of the South Island was flown to safety.

Mountaineer spends cold night waiting to be rescued from snowy slopes of Mt Ruapehu.

The man and his dog set out at 9am and were expected home at nightfall.

One of the missing men's uncle said he was still searching after police asked him to stop

The search for two men missing in Tongariro National Park entered day 10 today.

Disappearance of seaman Kerry Blair likely accident, mishap, or suicide, coroner finds.

The search for the missing men is in its ninth day today.

A man is rescued after falling down a cliff at an Auckland regional park.

Champion skier Tom Garatadour did not return as scheduled from backcountry ski trip.

Drones to help Lifesavers at the famously dangerous Muriwai Beach.

The 15-year-old boys spent 20 minutes in the water before passing fishermen rescued them.

Cold and lost hiker plucked from a remote Hawke's Bay forest park in the nick of time.