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.

A yacht that struck an object in the Hauraki Gulf sparks an overnight rescue.

The helicopter company involved in the rescue at the Blue Pools near Makarora on Sunday is offering a free helicopter ride to the

The woman wasn't carrying any form of waterproof communication with her.

A distress signal has been activated after a girl was injured during a tramp in the Abel Tasman National Park.

An injured tramper is being flown out of a North Island national park after spending a night in the open.

A 69-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy are lost in Te Urewera National Park.

They gathered at remote town hall to watch the Chiefs' semifinal hopes being dashed. Hours later, mother-of-three Kim Richmond was gone.

Police are appealing for sightings of a French tourist last known to be at Abel Tasman National Park who failed to return to work in France and hasn't been in touch with his family.

They know mummy is missing and that police are looking for her, but Kim Richmond's three children are being shielded from the possibility she might never come home.

Three trampers feared missing in the heart of Queenstown's devastating bush fire have been found safe.

The elderly Wellington grandmother missing after going for a run yesterday has been found.

Yesterday the Police Search and Rescue Dive Squad spent more than eight hours unsuccessfully searching the depths of Lake Rotoiti for the man.

A tramper has been rescued from the Tararuas after spending the night injured.

Kiwi fisherman Ross Chapman tread water for six hours after falling into remote waters where there are 'a lot of sharks'.

Police say they can't discount the possibility man and his daughter have fled to Australia.

A tramper has been winched to safety after slipping in Kahurangi National Park in the north-west of the South Island.

A man at the beach where Filipino man was swept out to sea says victim's twin brother told him he had warned the man not to go near notoriously dangerous spot.

A search and rescue operation is underway for a man who's been swept out to sea at Lake Ferry in the Wairarapa this afternoon.

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

A rescue helicopter has been sent to rescue a tramper injured on Mt Tongariro.

Search and rescue members using night vision goggles spotted the man floating on his malfunctioning jet-ski at around 2am.

Search crew using night vision goggles have rescued a man lost on the Whanganui River after his jet-ski malfunctioned. The rescue