An aunt said it was a young girl who jumped in the water, however they were reluctant to talk any further at this stage.

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.

A schoolboy believed to have been abducted by his stepfather could be suffering from the capture-bonding Stockholm syndrome: psychologist.

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.

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.

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.

Authorities are investigating the possibility that John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old stepson Michael Zhao-Beckenridge have left the country, police say.