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North OtagoDecember 5

Tourists, fisherman rally to help sick man

Search and rescue help was quickly on hand for a Kakanui man when he fell ill and collapsed during a fishing trip to the island at the end of Katiki Peninsula south of Moeraki yesterday afternoon.

DunedinOctober 9

Club's new rescue boat unveiled

An older generation will be helping keep future generations of young Dunedin sailors afloat.

QueenstownAugust 28

Estonian tramper rescued from gorge

A bad bout of food poisoning and an expedition into extremely dangerous terrain gave Estonian tramper Andre Lipand a 26th birthday he will never forget after he became trapped in a deep gorge in Mount Aspiring National Park at the weekend.

QueenstownMay 15

Two kayakers rescued from Lake Wakatipu

Two Saudi Arabian men had to be rescued from Lake Wakatipu off Queenstown yesterday after they fell out of kayaks near Earnslaw Park in rough conditions.

DunedinApril 5

Swamped in second sea mishap

It was second time lucky - or unlucky - for two Dunedin men at the centre of a water rescue off the Otago Peninsula yesterday.

NationalJanuary 6

Hopes fade for 17 missing fishermen

Hope was fading last night for 17 missing fishermen after their South Korean trawler In Sung sank in the Southern Ocean, claiming at least five lives.

QueenstownDecember 16

Body retrieval first task with team

The helicopter pilot who led the retrieval of a climber killed on Mt Aspiring on Wednesday was on his first operation for the Wanaka Alpine Cliff Rescue Team.

DunedinDecember 15

Fishing trip turns to rescue drama

Jack and David Malcolm dragged in more than they bargained for when they went fishing at the Steamer Basin in Dunedin yesterday morning.

QueenstownDecember 8

Rescue response slow, mayday receiver says

The man who took the mayday cellphone call from two French kayakers found dead on Lake Wakatipu on Monday night says the rescue response was too slow and the deaths should spark debate over bringing the Coastguard to Queenstown Bay.

QueenstownDecember 7

Adventure group billed for rescue

Adventure Southland has been sent a bill by Kawarau Jet, which answered a mayday call after four Queenstown Resort College students capsized while kayaking on Lake Wakatipu on September 25.

NationalNovember 29

Strongman miner queries delay

Rescuers should have gone into the Pike River mine more or less straight away, says a miner who survived New Zealand's last coal-mining explosion disaster.

SouthlandNovember 24

Hunter had broken leg

A hunter who went missing in Fiordland National Park on Tuesday night was winched to safety by a search and rescue (SAR) team after he was found with a broken leg yesterday afternoon.

NationalNovember 22

Memories of Fernhill cave-in relived

For weeks afterwards, Ernie Tweedie jumped and groaned as he dreamed of the miners he could not save from a cave-in at the Fernhill Coal Company's mine near Brighton.

NationalNovember 22

Normal routine encouraged

Family and friends affected by the Pike River mine explosion should try to keep to a normal routine despite riding an "emotional roller coaster", a counsellor involved with the Beaconsfield Mine disaster says.

QueenstownOctober 29

Hunter safe and well

A 57-year-old Waimate hunter who spent a night in the bush near Queenstown after becoming separated from his 43-year-old companion was found safe and well yesterday.

QueenstownOctober 25

Who's been a bad boy, then?

One of Wanaka's canine superstars, Macca John Robert Gibson (8), sparked a fire service callout yesterday morning after he got stuck in a Lindsay St culvert while chasing a rabbit.

QueenstownAugust 13

More visitors means more rescue helicopter visits for ski area

A rise in the number of visitors to the learner-friendly slopes of Cardrona Alpine Resort has been matched by a corresponding surge in the number of skifield accidents on the mountain.

DunedinMay 31

Chopper plucks man from sea

A 25-year-old Dunedin man was airlifted from the sea near Taieri Mouth yesterday afternoon.

QueenstownApril 18

Woman killed in alpine fall from Dunedin

Police have named a woman climber killed in a fall on Mitre Peak in Milford Sound, Fiordland, yesterday.

QueenstownMarch 24

Department evacuates trampers

All 120 independent trampers stranded since Monday on the storm-damaged Milford and Routeburn tracks were evacuated by helicopter, bus or boat to Te Anau yesterday afternoon, with no injuries reported.

South OtagoMarch 23

Engineers needed to free girl's finger from grate

A young Balclutha girl who got her finger stuck in a drain grate yesterday was picked up, grate and all, and whisked off to an engineering firm to have her finger freed.

North OtagoMarch 23

Man rescued from swamped jet-boat

A Timaru man was rescued when his jet-boat filled with water at the Waitaki River mouth yesterday afternoon.

DunedinMarch 17

Outrage at hoax mayday caller

The man believed to be behind two bogus mayday calls in less than a week, has cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and outraged his would-be rescuers.

South OtagoMarch 9

Vessel rescue dash 'works out perfectly'

A four-hour rescue dash early yesterday from Stewart Island to Curio Bay "worked out perfectly", according to the skipper of the boat which towed a fellow Bluff fishing vessel to safety.

QueenstownJanuary 12

Rescuers eye court over fee

Harbourmaster of the Queenstown Lakes district, Marty Black, says he will go to the small claims court to recover the $4000 debt owed by two kayakers who sparked a rescue mission last month.

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