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Parents join plea for help to find son
Jessica and Damon Ward today appealed for people to take five minutes to check all around their properties in case their "curious little boy" had got lost and taken shelter.
![Police again check river for missing boy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police again check river for missing boy
A police dive squad is again scouring the Waimata River as the search for missing four-year-old Gisborne boy Lucas Ward enters its third day.
![Police scour river, streets for missing four-year-old](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police scour river, streets for missing four-year-old
The frantic mother of a Gisborne preschooler was last night clinging to the hope her boy is alive, more than 40 hours after he vanished.
![Police 'increasingly concerned' about missing boy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police 'increasingly concerned' about missing boy
Gisborne residents are being urged to search their properties for Lucas Ward, 4.
![Missing boy, 4, known to 'wander off'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Missing boy, 4, known to 'wander off'
The police dive squad is searching a Gisborne river close to the home where a four-year-old boy disappeared yesterday.
![Family hunts through night for lost boy, 4](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Family hunts through night for lost boy, 4
Lucas Ward's family 'just turned around and he wasn't there', police say. Photo / NZPA
![I didn't take Ecstasy: teen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
I didn't take Ecstasy: teen
The 18-year-old who fell from a central Auckland car parking building denies she had taken Ecstasy.
![Dying man's suicide bid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dying man's suicide bid
Euthanasia advocates say lawmakers need to address the issue of terminally ill people who try to take their own life.
![Joyride in ambulance thief twice the legal limit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Joyride in ambulance thief twice the legal limit
A 22-year-old is charged with stealing an ambulance he had called for his friend, who had fractured his skull and vertebrae after falling 4m onto concrete.
![Zoe's chopper call all down to timing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Zoe's chopper call all down to timing
Lying upside down with her scalp gashed open and an arm pinned under her friend's car, 15-year-old Zoe Hendriks came within minutes of not getting the help she so seriously needed.
![Accused mother asked for help](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Accused mother asked for help
A mother accused of murdering her baby said she felt "incapable" of looking after her children.
![CYF 'oversight' in drowned baby case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
CYF 'oversight' in drowned baby case
A CYF supervisor says an oversight meant a parental assessment was not carried out for a baby boy who was returned to his parents and allegedly drowned by his mother.
![A fiery day on the roads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
A fiery day on the roads
Two police officers were last night in hospital after their patrol car and a truck collided in one of several serious incidents on North Island roads yesterday that left one person dead.
![Worker tumbles 40m from Mount summit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Worker tumbles 40m from Mount summit
A 63-year-old council contractor survived a 40m plunge down a sheer rock face from the peak of Mt Maunganui.
![Girl's 6-floor city plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Girl's 6-floor city plunge
A North Shore 18-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling multiple storeys from a carpark building during a night of drinking and taking Ecstasy.
![Husband loses fight to save his soul mate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Husband loses fight to save his soul mate
A businessman has told of his desperate attempts to save his badly injured wife after she drove off the road in bad weather.
![Public servants roasted over spending](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Public servants roasted over spending
The organisation behind the biggest-spending public servant says his $100 lunches were necessary.
![Public servants told to cut spending](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Public servants told to cut spending
Public servants have been told to cut back on expenses after some $875,000 was spent by chief executives between July 2008 and June 2010.