New questions about the movements of John Beckenridge in the weeks before he snatched his stepson from school and disappeared have been raised.

Police are on the hunt for the current location of Wellington man Norman Petrie.

Police investigating the case of a missing Southland schoolboy are still hunting down leads that he is alive and remains in New Zealand.

Detectives working on the mysterious disappearance of John Beckenridge and his step-son have received tip-offs that the pair have been seen 'across New Zealand'.

Family of the seven crew who vanished with their yacht, Nina, in the Tasman Sea two years ago still hold out hope the nautical mystery will be solved.

Interpol is on high alert and is helping New Zealand police in the mysterious disappearance of John Beckenridge and his step-son.

The body of a diver who failed to surface at Queen Charlotte Sound in Marlborough this morning has been recovered by police.

A land rescue is underway tonight for four people overdue from a climbing trip in the Southern Alps.

Police want to know who took a kayak and a range of survival equipment to Rangitoto Island - and left it there.

Police are appealing for help to find a Christchurch man who has an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

A missing Auckland hunter who sparked a search-and-rescue effort has turned up safe and well.

A woman’s body has been found near an alpine tunnel after snow melted.

A missing Hawkes Bay man whose crashed car was found empty this afternoon - sparking a frantic search along the Napier-Taupo Rd - has been found trapped in blackberry bushes.

A man police were hoping to speak to in regards to the search for missing tourist Christine Lenicker has been identified.

John Beckenridge took his 11-year-old stepson camping for a week before he appears to have taken their lives by driving at high speed off a Southland cliff.

John Beckenridge’s vehicle appears to have been driven at “high speed” off a Southland cliff, which could indicate a grim outcome for the missing pair.

A decision, by police looking for a missing 11-year-old boy, was still being made on how to extract a vehicle from the bottom of a Southland bay.

The school where a boy disappeared from with his stepfather despite a parenting order says any child could leave the school if they really wanted to.

Police searching for a missing 11-year-old boy and his stepfather have gone back into the water at Curio Bay in Southland, where they have found a vehicle earlier identified by underwater camera.

The police national dive team has joined the Catlins search for missing 11-year-old Mike Zhao-Beckenridge and his stepfather, John Beckenridge.

Police still have fears for the wellbeing of 11-year-old Mike Zhao-Beckenridge, who has now been missing for a week.

Concern for a missing 11-year-old Invercargill boy is growing as police continue to search for the boy and his stepfather, who is believed to have absconded with him five days ago.

The kayaker missing off Wellington’s Island Bay today has returned home safely.