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

A renowned whitewater kayaker nearly drowned after riding a 25m waterfall last night.

A Kiwi pilot is saving lives at high altitude, writes Leila George.

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

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

An English visitor who found Shelley Crooks six weeks after she was reported missing describes the moment the pair met on a West Coast track.

An outdoors survival expert says water and shelter were the keys to staying alive for unexpected and lengthy times in the bush.

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 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.

Woman had to be winched off ship in the Cook Strait by rescue helicopter.

A search is under way for a man seen getting into the Waikato River overnight.

The search for a missing boatie on the Kapiti Coast has been suspended.

Police have named the teenager who drowned in a Taranaki river yesterday.

Three saved as boat hit rocks and starts taking on water in the Bay of Islands.

The search for second person, who is still missing after an inflatable boat capsized in a river on the Kapiti Coast, will resume this morning.

About 60 people - including police, firefighters and defence personnel - are continuing to search for an elderly Auckland woman who has been missing for six days.

The search for missing Torbay woman Pat Wearn has continued throughout today and will continue until night falls this evening, police say.