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.

Police are seeking a man who took his 5-year-old daughter from school while she was in the legal custody of another family member.

At least 30 journalists currently are reported missing while covering Syria's civil war. The widespread abduction of journalists is unprecedented.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.