Tongariro bus crash survivor Tom Hickey asked his rescuers who paid for their help - their answer surprised him.

Second school camp in the Hunua Ranges evacuated after torrential rain.

Boat loses steering in 75km/hour winds.

Experts will examine human remains found last week in a crevasse.

Elderly man lay collapsed for three days after a fall left him unable to call for help.

A search is under way to find a diver who failed to surface yesterday morning.

A five metre boat and its crew of three were stranded when the vessel's propeller was entangled in a Cook Strait fishing net.

A missing 20-year-old French tramper has been winched to safety in Fiordland.

The search for a diver reported overdue in the Marlborough Sounds has been called off for the night.

Shelley Crooks has returned home and taken her first steps on crutches, after her incredible survival after being lost in rugged West Coast bush for six weeks.

A 20-year-old man has been airlifted out of the Tararua Ranges, after falling ill while tramping.

Christchurch and Japanese academics are developing new drone technologies that would be able to locate people buried in wreckage following natural disasters.

The Police National Dive Squad is on its way to Lake Rotoiti to help look for a person who was seen to "go under" on Lake Rotoiti yesterday.

EXCLUSIVE: Shelley Crooks has broken her silence on her miracle, six-week survival in the rugged West Coast bush.

The mother of missing student Leo Lipp-Neighbours has been humbled by numerous offers to search for her son using drone technology. Several

Searchers are poised to go into the Southern Alps for an overdue Israeli tramper.

Lost American tourist found cold and wet after getting lost on a Waikato walking track.

A Korean man did not make his planned pick-up after Waikaremoana walk yesterday.

A dodgy escape route chosen by two bicycle thieves ended up with one of them and a police officer being rescued from a cliff face in Wellington.

Mercury Energy is reviewing its procedures to see if there is a way of improving safety after a woman was swept to her death on the Waikato River.

Stricken paddleboarder plucked from Auckland's Waitemata Harbour after losing his way home.

The body of a missing 65-year-old tramper has been found in Westland. He was reported missing at midday yesterday after failing to

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

A young man is missing after he was last seen swimming in the swollen Hutt River last night.

Search teams elated as DOC worker stumbles across missing tourist.

A German woman missing on Mt Taranaki since Monday is now being assessed by paramedics.

Search for Carissa Avison moves to Woodhill Forest.

A cruise ship passenger has been evacuated to McMurdo Station in Antarctica before flying to New Zealand tomorrow.

The search for a missing young Auckland woman is now focused on an area of forest near Muriwai Beach.

An Israeli tramper was rescued yesterday evening after he became disorientated in Fiordland National Park.