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NZ girl has Madeleine McCann DNA test
British police say a DNA test has confirmed a New Zealand girl who looks strikingly like Madeleine McCann is not the missing youngster.
Kayaker wasn't wearing life jacket
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.
Missing man's lifejacket may be clue
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.
Body found in harbour identified
A Chinese man whose body was found in Auckland Harbour has been identified by a relative this morning.
Family in vigil for missing Martinborough fisher
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.
T-shirt may be key to identifying body found in harbour
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.
Air Force Orion joins search for missing man
A search is underway for a man missing after he went to set a crayfish pot near Wellington yesterday.
Body confirmed to be missing man
Police have confirmed a body found near Tikitapu (Blue Lake) is that of missing Rotorua man Ross McKendrick.
Search for missing tramper called off
The search has been called off for missing Palmerston North tramper Alastair Levy, who disappeared more than a week ago in the Kahurangi Ranges near Nelson.
Lost jogger's ordeal
A jogger lost for two days in the Tararua Range devoured a jar of peanut butter and some instant soup after stumbling upon a hut before being rescued today.
Poor weather hampers search for tramper
Poor weather is continuing to hamper search and rescue efforts for missing tramper Alistair Levy in the Kahurangi National Park.
Teams continue search for runner
Searchers are this morning waiting for a break in the wind to send up three helicopters, including an Iroquois helicopter, to scour the Tararua Ranges for a missing runner.
Police search for missing runner
Police are today searching a "massive" area of the Tararua ranges after a man failed to return from a run yesterday.
Situation 'grim' for tramper
Search teams are pinning their hopes on one last area of the Kahurangi National Park where Alistair Levy has been missing for nearly a week.
Police praise search system
Police hope the successful conclusion of a search for a missing elderly Alzheimer's sufferer will attract more subscribers to technology they say made all the difference.
Weather hampers search for Kahurangi park tramper
Poor weather halted an aerial search over one of the last possible locations for a tramper who is missing in Kahurangi National Park, near Nelson. A rescue helicopter was supposed to fly over Castle Basin at the top of Mt Owen in search for Alistair Levy.
Missing elderly couple found at home
Auckland police were worried about an elderly couple who disappeared on a short drive across the city on Christmas night.