The partner of a tramper who died after being swept into a river in Fiordland expressed his grief yesterday at losing a loved one.

The body of a 22-year-old tramper who was swept away on the Milford Track has been found.

"My teeth were broken, blood came out of my mouth and Jessica was gone." A backpacker has described being unable to save a woman swept away on Milford Track.

An elderly south Auckland man suffering from dementia has gone missing.

A tired, hungry 9-year-old boy was last night tucking into a roast meal eight hours after he left an Auckland shopping mall to "have some fun".

A young boy who went missing from an Auckland shopping centre this afternoon has been found. Police wish to thank the public for their assistance.

After more than three days of frustration and failure, divers finally found a way into a submerged ferry off South Korea's southern shore.

The 9 year old missing boy, Linkin Kuka has been found safe and well at a friends address in Henderson this morning, according to police.

A nine-year-old boy, who has epilepsy, has been reported missing. He was last seen in Sunnyvale, West Auckland. Anyone with information should call 111 immediately.

Chloe Campbell, the three-year-old girl who went missing from south-east Queensland, has reportedly been found alive.

Relatives of a 70-year-old woman who has been missing from Papatoetoe since midday on Monday are concerned about her welfare.

A homicide investigation has been launched in Christchurch after the car of a missing woman was discovered in a supermarket carpark.

A boat belonging to a Marlborough man missing for more than a week has been recovered overnight but there is no sign of Kerry Blair aboard.

A Navy ship is attempting to close in on the last known location of a boat belonging to a missing Marlborough man.

An intellectually disabled man who requires medication has been missing for two days after he failed to arrive at Auckland from Hamilton.

Searchers have run out of leads in the hunt for missing Marlborough boatie Kerry Blair.

A plane carrying three search and rescue spotters has found no trace of a Marlborough boatie who disappeared four days ago.

A Marlborough man who went to get fish and chips on a aluminium boat at the weekend never returned.

The search for a missing German tourist has been scaled back after two more days of fruitless searching.

Police are concerned for the safety of a 67-year-old Mosgiel woman who has been missing since Tuesday evening.

Coroner Deborah Marshall will hear details of the disappearance of West Auckland men Peter Chaffe in 1974 and Quentin Godwin in 1992.

A 14-year-old boy who had been missing for two weeks has been found safe and well in Christchurch.

Tip-offs from the public have led to police raiding houses they hoped might lead to clues in the case of missing Nelson student Leo Lipp-Neighbours.

Expert alpine searchers have found a body in the Nelson Lakes National Park area while searching for missing British tramper Andrew Ian Wyatt.

Wairarapa's soccer fraternity is in shock after the body of a star player and coach was found wedged in rocks at Castlepoint yesterday.