Dave Wilson

Emergency beacons have already came in handy in dozens of separate search and rescue missions this year Audio

Two New Zealand sailors aged 67 and 70 along with their Mexican skipper had to leap for their lives from their burning yacht into the South Pacific Ocean last night. Audio

The crippled Australian fishing vessel that was trapped in ice up to 10-metres thick in the Souther Ocean is now on its way back to New Zealand. Audio

For businesses, it was the construction industry, the start-up companies, and the firms with a strong research and development focus, that were the big winners. Audio

Rescuers looking for the missing schooner Nina will today send an RNZAF Orion to search south of Norfolk Island. Audio

Maritime New Zealand says it holds grave fears for the seven crew members aboard a vintage yacht that went missing in the Tasman Sea three weeks ago. Audio

A helicopter has plucked an injured climber off Mount Awful in Mount Aspiring National Park this afternoon. Audio

The Air Force Orion is returning to New Zealand after failing to find three fishermen missing off the coast of Kiribati. Audio

High winds have left about 900 skiers stranded at the Mount Hutt skifield. Audio

Mt Hutt skifield has reopened after an avalanche struck skiers there this morning. Audio

A snowboarder has died at Mt Hutt - taking the number of deaths at the skifield to four during what management says has been a devastating season. Audio

Two Italian sailors stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean face a lengthy wait before they can be rescued. Audio

The men were plucked from a tiny dinghy with no engine, 26 kilometres out at sea. Audio