Searchers looking for two missing boaties off the Southland coast have found a drink bottle that may belong to one of the pair.

Two friends missing at sea off the Catlins coast were experienced sea-goers, loved in their community, with one a land search and rescue member.

A four-year-old Hamilton girl earlier reported missing has been found.

An elderly man who was last seen five days ago and suffers a medical condition has been found and taken to hospital in serious condition.

Two sons of an elderly Auckland man missing since Wednesday have made an emotional appeal for sightings of their dad.

The father of a New Zealand woman believed murdered by her son in Australia reported her missing in 2010, but died before he found out what happened to her.

An elderly woman reported missing from Wanaka yesterday has been found.

Son named person of interest as bush search uncovers new evidence in suspected murder of Linda Francis Sidon, who vanished six years ago.

Dean Phillips was last seen at his home in Panmure on Saturday evening.

After a sleepless night, Kyle's dad Warren McGillivray today said he was overwhelmed at the help members of the public offered when Kyle went missing.

A farmer noticed the 79-year-old's car stuck in the mud in one of his paddocks, with footprints leading away from the car.

Police and LandSAR teams were searching fields near Balclutha last night for a missing 79-year-old Romahapa man.

Six years on from Yoon Sook Chun's disappearance, police are offering a $30,000 reward for fresh information that might help find her.

Police have now located a 49-year-old Australian woman who was reported missing in the West Auckland yesterday.

Locals in the remote Catlins area who saw John Beckenridge in the days before he disappeared with his 11-year-old stepson are adamant the pair are alive.

A $30,000 reward has been posted to help find a Canterbury woman missing for six years.

Police are fearing for the safety of an elderly Wellington man, missing in the capital's cold snap.

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.

Missing 12 -year-old Dylan Sayer has been found safe and well.

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