A senior police officer involved in the search for missing Christchurch rebuild worker Hayden Cossey has described the "absolute tragedy" of finding him dead at a remote rockfall.

Police have formally identified the body of missing man Hayden Cossey, recovered in Christchurch's Port Hills yesterday.

A man's body has been discovered in Christchurch's Port Hills, but police are not saying whether he is Hayden Cossey, who has been missing for more than two weeks.

The search has resumed this morning for a fisherman missing since yesterday.

Police are today focusing attention on the flat 33 year-old Hayden Cossey was living in before he disappeared.

Two tourists who went missing on Rangitoto Island this afternoon have been reunited with their family.

An extensive search will be launched at first light tomorrow for a Canterbury man who has not been seen for more than two weeks.

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of an Auckland woman who has not been in contact with her family or friends for more than three weeks.

It took just 15 mins for the alarm to be raised when Fiona Wills, 77, went missing just 50m from her house. But despite two days of searches, there's no trace of her.

The partner of a fisherman missing since he fell from an inflatable boat is still hopeful he will be found alive, despite it being four days since he was last seen.

A search has resumed this morning for a missing fisherman who has not been seen since his boat capsized in an estuary north of Auckland on Saturday.

A man's body was found in thick bush on Mt Maunganui yesterday, police say, and they want help to identify him.

The body of a missing man whose dinghy was found in an Invercargill river has been recovered.

An 11 year-old girl who ran away from her home late last night has been found.

Damian Webster was flying from Karamea on the West Coast to Nelson, when his Robinson 44 helicopter disappeared on Tuesday.

The search for a missing helicopter has entered its fourth day.

Hundreds of people have lined Mt Maunganui beach in a show of support for the ongoing search for missing 5-year-old Jack Dixon.

Divers will be scouring a Canterbury lake today to search for a person who went missing yesterday afternoon.

A Christchurch teenager who had been missing since Wednesday has been found staying at her friend’s place, police say.

The family of missing Christchurch girl Georgia Elisabeth Sent is pleading for information on the whereabouts of the 15-year-old.

Two trampers missing in Tararua Forest Park in Wairarapa overnight have been found this morning after being trapped by a slip.

A 20-year-old cold case may have been solved after forestry workers in the Brynderwyn Hills discovered the remains of missing Northland man Te Reti Mahu Mariu, from Ahipara.

A 24-year-old tourist from the United States has has gone missing on the West Coast, police say.

Two young brothers, missing in Christchurch, have been found safe and well.

Police have resumed their search for a missing Gisborne surfer, after his car was found near a remote beach.