Coastguard
Topics
- Cook Strait missing jet skier searchQuiet since 10 Feb 2025
- Missing fisherman off Northland coastQuiet since 25 Nov 2025
- Pātea bar boat capsizeQuiet since 19 Jun 2025
- Raglan fisherman missing at Papanui PointQuiet since 27 Aug 2025
- Missing Queenstown surgeon searchOngoing
All stories
October 2026
- Search continues for missing kayaker in Manukau Harbour
- Five people rescued after boat sinks in Hauraki Gulf
- One person dies after being swept out to sea at Tangimoana Beach
September 2026
- Search continues for woman missing near Coronet Peak
+1 - Search for missing 1978 plane in West Coast lake ends
- Three kayakers rescued after capsizing off Auckland's Maraetai Beach
- Two people dead, third in hospital after boat capsizes at Manawatū beach
- Fisherman rescued after spending night trapped on Northland rocks
- Two people rescued from water at Waikuku Beach
August 2026
December 2025
- Investigation launched after boat catches fire on Lake Taupō
- Six people rescued after boat capsizes on Lake Dunstan
November 2025
- Two people safe after launch catches fire in Hauraki Gulf
- Search resumes for missing fisherman off the coast of Pātaua South
- One body found and another person missing from overdue boat+1
- Four people rescued after boat capsizes on Raglan bar
October 2025
September 2025
August 2025
- Man fined after boat capsizes on Raglan bar
- Search underway for fisherman missing at Papanui Point near Raglan+1
- Bystander praised for assisting woman in Pine Harbour Marina rescue
July 2025
- Two people and a dog rescued from sinking houseboat near Kawau
- Five people rescued after boat trouble at Motunau beach
- Two kayakers rescued near Whangārei harbour entrance
June 2025
May 2025
- Body retrieved from Whanganui River near Dublin Street Bridge
- Three fishermen rescued from rocks after boat capsizes near Raglan
- Fourteen people rescued after boat takes on water near Motiti Island
March 2025
- Man rescued from burning yacht off the Hawke’s Bay coast
- Missing Cook Strait jetskier identified as Andrew David Walker
February 2025
- Search continues for man missing in Cook Strait on jet ski
- Search continues for man missing on jetski in Cook Strait
- Search resumes for man missing after Cook Strait jetski crossing attempt+3
January 2025
- Man remembered after fatal snorkelling accident in Northland
- Four people rescued by helicopter after being swept away at Cape Farewell