Police have found the Waipu woman who went missing from her home last night.

Police are searching for a man who has been missing from his Wellington home since yesterday.

A Canterbury man who went missing from the Oxford area overnight was found alive in a ditch near his home this morning.

A grieving elderly mother sat in tears today as a coroner ruled out suicide as a reason for her son's disappearance more than seven years ago.

Important information regarding the disappearance of a Tauranga woman 27 years ago was ignored by police, a documentary maker claims.

New information leads police to offer a reward of up to $50,000 to help them solve the mystery of the disappearance of Luana Williams from Tauranga 27 years ago.

An Irish tramper, missing for two days in Kahurangi National Park, has walked into Nelson safe and well after a lucky encounter with a doctor.

A new privately-funded search for the missing yacht Nina is taking off this morning - more than five months since the historic yacht left Opua in the Bay of Islands.

A man who spent 119 days lost at sea is urging NZ authorities to continue the hunt for the Nina, saying he's living proof people can survive against the odds.

Canadian Michael Hayes leaves NZ today knowing he achieved what he came to do by visiting the place where his son Connor was killed by a landslip last month.

A Chinese backpacker who survived three days without food or equipment, as poor weather closed in, didn't know bushes were dangerous.

A Chinese backpacker missing at National Park, Ruapehu since Sunday has been found alive, police said.

West Coast police are asking tourism operators and white baiters to keep a close eye out for any signs of missing Canadian man Connor Hayes.

Concerns have been raised for an Auckland teenager who has been missing for a month.

The search for two missing Canadians on the West Coast has shifted to a recovery operation, police say.

The chance of finding a Canadian couple alive after their rental van was hurled down a remote West Coast gorge in a landslide is now very remote, police say.

Relatives of a Canadian pair whose van has been found smashed to pieces are holding out hope for their loved ones as police say they're looking for bodies.

It is likely a landslide in the Haast Pass hurled the campervan that two missing Canadian tourists were travelling in last Tuesday into the flooded Haast River.

Police searchers have released a haunting photograph of the wrecked campervan chassis belonging to two missing Canadian tourists.

Police continue their search for two Canadian tourists missing in the South Island, as fears mount following the discovery of parts of their wrecked van.

Parts of a wrecked vehicle being used by two missing Canadian tourists have been found near Haast.

Wellington Police have re-opened a missing person case from 2008 after receiving a new lead.

Frederick "Rick" Hayward was last seen leaving his Hamilton home in Thames Street about 5pm on Monday night.

A 24-year-old woman who was missing overnight after going to a Taranaki beach has been found safe today.

Tears and high-fives followed the rescue of two students from a collapsed snow cave on Mt Ruapehu.