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A Royal New Zealand Air Force Poseidon crew has found a solo fisherman missing for a week in the northern Cook Islands. The missing Cook Islands fisherman was able to wave to the crew of the P-8A after they found him west of Pukapuka Island.
Caption:A Cook Islands fisher was lost at sea for a week before being found by a New Zealand Defence Force aircraft team.Photo credit:Supplied / NZDFApiuta Apiuta (L), who was lost at sea for a week, is reunited with his mother, Moekari Apiata Piei in Auckland.RNZ / Matthew TheunissenApiuta was knocked out of his dinghy twice.Supplied / NZDFApiuta waves his oar.Supplied / NZDF
Teuamua Malo and her and Pone Apiuta’s son, Kalalea.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force Poseidon crew has found a solo fisherman missing for a week in the northern Cook Islands. The missing Cook Islands fisherman was able to wave to the crew of the P-8A after they found him west of Pukapuka Island.
A RNZAF P-8A Poseidon crew have located missing boats in Fijian and Kiribati waters.
NZDF air and maritime assets combine for successful search and rescue operation south of Tonga. 19 February 2026
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Nelson Central Police Station. RNZ / Samantha Gee
Linesmen at work doing repairs.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and Health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall announce a policy for free maternity scans, 16 June 2026.
A hole is seen (R) on the side of the CITIC Tower in Beijing on June 26, 2026, after an eyewitness reported plane debris at the base of Beijing’s tallest building. Video footage taken from a nearby building by the witness showed fire trucks blasting water at smoke billowing from the 528-metre (1,732-foot) CITIC Tower, while the wreck of a plane lay on the ground beside the building. (Photo by Peter CATTERALL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C, back) looks on as (L/R, front row) Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler, and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time Middle East adversaries. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)