Manapouri man had left for the Falls Dam area yesterday but failed to return.

Searchers have confirmed that the body of a 21-year-old student missing at Lake Karapiro has been found.

The search for three men who went missing in separate water incidents over the weekend has resumed today.

A man aged 73 and his 46-year-old daughter were cold and thirsty after a night in a broken-down boat.

The Police Dive Squad has completed a search in the Manawatu River after a missing man's car was found parked nearby. Constable Gareth

A 14-year-old from Kiribati was rescued after drifting alone in the Pacific Ocean.

Police have confirmed the body found in Woodhill Forest is that of missing Aucklander Carissa Avison.

Missing woman reunited with her family.

Police in Wellington are searching for an elderly woman who has not been seen or heard from since this morning.

Taiari Hawkins was last seen at 10pm yesterday after possibly visiting a friends house.

Police have found an autistic 15-year-old boy who has been missing since the early hours of this morning.

An elderly Nelson man who was reported missing after failing to arrive in Westport yesterday has been found alive and well.

Police divers have been called to search near a group of offshore islands in Northland after debris from a missing boat was discovered.

Police say they have concerns for an elderly Nelson man who was due to arrive in Westport today, but has not been seen. Leslie Martin

A missing Belgian backpacker is safe and is talking with police after fears she had been kidnapped east of Adelaide in Australia.

The mother of missing student Leo Lipp-Neighbours has been humbled by numerous offers to search for her son using drone technology. Several

The last people to see the mother-of-four before she went missing on the West Coast say the fact she's been found is a fantastic outcome.

Justin Richard Cooke arrived in Auckland on January 9 but hadn't been heard from since.

The search has resumed for a missing diver in Otago and a missing teenager swept away in a Wellington river.

Police have suspended the search for a diver missing in Dunedin tonight.

Police are appealing for any sightings of an Australian man not seen or heard from since arriving in the country early last month.

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

Woman missing for a week may have bought a gun before mysterious trip to Auckland's west coast.

A German woman missing on Mt Taranaki since Monday is now being assessed by paramedics.

Police investigating the disappearance of Shelly Crooks, last seen at Punakaiki, are appealing for sightings of a female hitch-hiker and a sedan.

Search and rescue teams looking for a woman not seen since last week have shifted their efforts to a forest near a beach on Auckland's west coast.

Police are still "following lines of inquiry" into the disappearance of Shelly Crooks, who was last seen at Punakaiki nearly six weeks ago.

Police have tracked some of the movements of a 21-year-old Auckland woman who has been missing since Thursday morning.

The family of a young Auckland woman have posted heartfelt pleas for information about her whereabouts after she disappeared three days ago.

Police are concerned for the welfare of a young Auckland woman who disappeared on Thursday.