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Experts urged to find way of preventing Antarctic disaster

Murray McCully has urged experts meeting in Wellington to recommend ways of preventing a tourist boat disaster from ever happening in Antarctica.

Tramper killed in Mt Aspiring National Park named

Runaway bridesmaid sparks helicopter search

Tramper dies after 30m fall

Rescuers have recovered the body of a man from Mount Aspiring National Park after he fell 30-40 metres down a bluff on Saturday night.

Missing bridesmaid found asleep in bush

Tourist missing in Lyttleton

Angler survives late-night ordeal

A fisherman whose boat sank in the middle of the night was so determined not to surrender it that he swam the waterlogged vessel nearly 1km to safety.

Lost primary student found in Waitakeres

Police confirm kayaker's body found

Five survive two months adrift in small boat

Missing kayaker 'depressed'

Police dive squad joins kayaker search

Queenstown police search for kayaker

Teen adrift on ice with polar bears

Dead rock climber named

Police have named the man who died after falling during a climb at Chinaman's Bluff in Central Otago on Friday.

Climber's night of hell

The survivor of a "freak accident" spent a night alone on a narrow ledge at an isolated cliff-face knowing his climbing companion had fallen to his death.