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.

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

A young English tourist is being praised for trying to save a Malaysian man who is believed drowned after jumping off the Tolaga Bay wharf on the East Coast.

Mother of three Laura Singh, who was missing for five days, is undergoing medical assessments after she was found in Wellsford yesterday.

Missing mother of three Laura Singh is undergoing a medical examination after disappearing from her Greenlane home on Monday.

The family of an Auckland mother say her disappearance is totally out of character and are appealing to anyone who has any information to contact authorities.

Police are concerned for the safety of missing 34-year-old Auckland woman Laura Singh.

The body of a dead man clutching a lifejacket washed ashore early this morning in the Whangarei Harbour.

As search efforts continue, police are piecing together the last known whereabouts of missing climber Simon Bell.

Two children have been reported missing from Onehunga area, Auckland. The children, Summah (pronounced Summer) and Isaiah Brown were last seen with their family at the Onehunga mall at around 1.15pm this afternoon.

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.

A fisherman's body was found in the waters of Auckland's Hauraki Gulf last night by a passing cruise ship.

The body of missing fisherman Maxium Efremychev has been found off Omaha Beach.