The canine heroes and victims of Christchurch’s earthquakes are immortalised in a new book by Laura Sessions and Craig Bullock.

A Chinese backpacker who survived three days without food or equipment, as poor weather closed in, didn't know bushes were dangerous.

A Chinese backpacker missing at National Park, Ruapehu since Sunday has been found alive, police said.

A rescue helicopter has been scrambled to search for two hunters lost in the snow in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.

Emergency workers deal with life-and-death situations every day but there are some call-outs they will never forget. Three such heroes tell their stories to Veronica Schmidt.

A hunter has described how he and a mate spent an icy night in the bush huddled with their dogs for warmth after losing their way back to their ute.

Frederick "Rick" Hayward was last seen leaving his Hamilton home in Thames Street about 5pm on Monday night.

It appears missing Karamea man Andrew Ross White, 58, had almost reached the end of his Heaphy Track trek - an adventure on his bucket list - before he was swept away.

Human remains have been found in the search for Andrew Ross White in the Heaphy area of the South Island.

Search teams have today resumed their hunt for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, who is feared missing on the Heaphy Track.

Searchers looking for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, last seen entering the famous Heaphy Track, are following up reports of a sighting by a member of the public.

A 15-year-old Te Aroha girl who had been missing since Sunday has been found safe and well.

A tramper last seen entering the Heaphy Track at the top of the South Island two weeks ago has been reported missing.

Searchers scouring the Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island for the missing American yacht Nina have come up empty-handed.

Despite a number of avalanches on The Remarkables mountain range in recent years it is not considered a danger zone, says a mountain safety expert.

Since the birth of his first child this year Jamie Vinton-Boot had toned down his risky mountain climbing. He was killed yesterday by an avalanche.

The New Zealand Alpine Club says a climber swept to his death in an avalanche near Queenstown was "one of New Zealand's most gifted alpinists".

An Austrian couple have been rescued from their yacht near American Samoa after getting into trouble for the second time in a week.

The body of a local politician has been found in Lake Wanaka, after his family raised the alarm when he failed to return from a fly-fishing trip at the Makarora River mouth.

A baby survived a 30m fall from a cable car - which killed her parents - by landing in a tree.

The body of a man found in the Hokianga Harbour will be released to his family for burial as soon as his identity is confirmed.

Family and friends of a Hokianga man missing for a week after going to set his fishing net will resume their search today in the hope Tangaroa, Maori god of the sea, will give up his body.