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Two rescued after dinghy capsizes

Shoreline search for missing boatie

Searchers will spend the next two days scouring the shoreline near Bowentown after a man went missing when his boat capsized off the Bay of Plenty coast.

Boaties recount rescue

Two boaties have spoken about the moment they came across a family who survived a capsizing that left a father missing off the Bay of Plenty coast.

Search for missing boatie continues

Fisherman found upturned boat

A Waihi beach fisherman has told of how he found an upside-down boat at Bowentown Heads last night, shortly before a search was mounted for a missing man.

Bodies of ice-crash trio will be flown to Canada

Plans are under way to recover the bodies of three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica after the wreckage of the aircraft was found on Saturday.

Mountaineers: Rock slide 'amazing'

Mountaineers on Mt Cook have told rescuers of the moment a rock slide came surging towards them and described it as both terrifying and "pretty amazing".

Hero teens rescue swimmers

A group of teenage boys have told of an hour-long rescue in which they pulled three struggling swimmers from ferocious seas.

Two people rescued from steep mountain range

Two people have been rescued from a steep mountain range in the Spenser Mountain area, near Nelson.

Father and son trapped

A man and his eight-year-old son were winched to safety after rising tides trapped the pair on rocks at Whakatane heads this afternoon.

Unneeded searches frustrate police

An unnecessary search and rescue callout on New Year's Day has police urging holidaymakers to advise others before starting off on expeditions.

Missing man found 'walking, talking and cold'

A twenty-year-old who was missing for 24 hours on a mountain battered by severe storms has been found "walking, talking and cold", police say.

Hunter winched to safety by rescue helicopter

A hunter was winched out of a steep ravine by a rescue helicopter after being stranded for a night in bush on the East Coast.

Poor weather hampers search

Poor weather today halted an aerial search over one of the last places a tramper who is missing in Kahurangi National Park, near Nelson, could be.

Body confirmed as missing tramper

The body of a man recovered from a creek in the Mikonui River area, south of Ross on the West Coast, has been confirmed as that of 50-year-old Christchurch man Rex Leslie Taylor.

Calls for trampers to carry beacons

Rescue staff are renewing calls for trampers to carry emergency beacons after the partner of a wounded woman descended Mitre Peak and kayaked back to Milford village to raise the alarm.