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.

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

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.

Toddler Chloe Campbell was snatched from her home to frighten her father in an act of retribution, family friends believe.