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Search for skier called off

The search for teh missing 19-year-old skier in the Southern Alps has been called off.

Teen missing after fall on ice shelf

Max unbroken after 90m cliff fall

When 5-year-old Max Christie slipped out of sight 90 metres down a rocky Whakapapa cliff his parents feared they wouldn't find him alive.

Aussie breaks both ankles in 700m fall down Mt Ruapehu

Second big fall on slopes of Mt Ruapehu

Just a day after a man's nasty 60m tumble, an Australian man is lucky to be alive after a big fall in the same area.

Climber survives 60m mountain fall

An Auckland climber fell "like a rag doll" after slipping while decending from Mt Ruapehu's Dome Summit.

Daring chopper resuce for fallen climber

Kiwi yachtie's Pacific nightmare

Alex Macdonald says he was kept in Tongan police custody for five days, accused of killing his skipper.

'Foolish' canoeist survives huge seas

Pig-hunting teens safe after 3 days in the bush

Search for missing pig hunting teens

Forestry worker survives 30m fall

Flares spark search near Nelson

Body of missing boy found in river

Police name missing boy

Former All Black mourns family members lost in ferry disaster

Former All Black Va'aiga Tuigamala says some of his wife's relatives were among those who perished in last week's tragedy.