Searchers looking for a man missing in the bush since Monday are concerned by the discovery of his cold weather gear, sleeping bag, food and footprints near a swamp.

Police searching for a West Coast man missing in the Waikato since Monday have found his car in an isolated rural area in the King Country.

An elderly man who survived a night lost in the cold and cuddled up to his dog for warmth was surprised his worried wife called police, saying he didn't want a fuss.

A missing 80-year-old Foxton man is being assessed for possible hypothermia after spending the night huddled in sand dunes with his dog.

A Korean woman who went missing in the bush in the Coromandel Peninsula has been found.

Three foreign trampers who went missing for a week in the bush in Golden Bay will tell police about their ordeal today.

Three foreign trampers missing in Kahurangi National Park in Golden Bay for a week have been found safe.

Waikato police have found a missing teenage girl who failed to return from school in Hamilton yesterday.

Nelson police are looking for a white car, believed to be linked to a missing man.

Lifeguards and police have recovered a body on Uretiti beach and believe it may be that of a missing Russian swimmer.

Five years have passed since his daughter went missing, and life has only got harder for Joe Tumanako and his family.

A 22-year-old deer hunter from Timaru was found safe and well yesterday afternoon, after the alarm was raised when he did not return from the Manapouri area as expected yesterday morning.

A Canadian backpacker who had been missing since February 8 has been found safe and well.

A man who has been missing for almost a month has been found on the West Coast.

A German tourist who disappeared while kayaking on Lake Hawea did not take appropriate precautions for a potentially hazardous fishing trip, a coroner has ruled.

The family of a 72-year-old Martinborough man who went missing at sea is appealing to the public for sightings of his lifejacket to help them piece together the puzzle of his last moments.

A Chinese man whose body was found in Auckland Harbour has been identified by a relative this morning.

Relatives of a missing Martinborough man are yet to return home from a makeshift camp at the south Wairarapa bay where he went missing more than a week ago.

Police hope the large colourful emblem on the front of an Adidas T-shirt will help identify a man whose body was found floating in Auckland harbour.

A search is underway for a man missing after he went to set a crayfish pot near Wellington yesterday.