A team of 50 volunteers and rescuers have returned to Haast for the night after spending the day searching for the body of Canadian tourist Connor Hayes.

Searchers looking for missing Canadians Connor Hayes and Joanna Lam have recovered a woman's body from the beach near Haast this afternoon.

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.

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.

A body found in the Pauatahanui Inlet last night has been identified as Julie Ann Springer, who was the focus of a search operation in the Kapiti area, police say.

Police are extremely concerned for the safety of an Oamaru man who was last seen late on Sunday night.

A woman walking her 11-year-old brother to school found a body beside the Heathcote River in Woolston shortly after 9am.

The family of an Indian student last seen in Auckland over a month ago remain positive he is alive and believe he simply needs help getting in touch with them.

Police have found a body near the property of Dannevirke man William Kerry Power, who has been missing since Tuesday.

A young Indian man missing in Auckland may be sleeping rough in the central business district.

Police are seeking information about a 23-year-old man who was last seen three weeks ago. Ankur Sharma hasn't contacted his family in India since June 9 and they want to know if he is okay.

An Otago University student who went missing after leaving a friend's flat on Monday night has been found in Alexandra.

British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three.

The body of missing West Coast man Leslie Wright has been found in the King Country.