Westport woman Leanne Ryall was last seen at her home early yesterday morning.

Adrian Vega Leiros was due back in Westport 11 days ago.

Police believe he was going on a fishing trip and was due to return on March 9.

A man at the centre of a large search and rescue operation was last seen on Saturday.

​A body has been recovered during a search in North Canterbury.

Experts will examine human remains found last week in a crevasse.

Ling Fang Mai has not been seen since last 8pm last Wednesday in Parnell.

Police are looking for a female tourist from China after she missed her flight.

The search for three men who went missing in separate water incidents over the weekend has resumed today.

The relatives of Wellington-born Melbourne woman Karen Risteveski have vowed to find her killer as police search for answers in the case that has baffled them.

Police have confirmed the body found in Woodhill Forest is that of missing Aucklander Carissa Avison.

Missing woman reunited with her family.

Allan Gibson, 82, disappeared from the Mayfair Lifecare rest home about 6.30pm yesterday.

Allen Inoke was oblivious to his secret little passenger when he dropped off a loan car in Hamilton yesterday.

His missing five-year-old daughter will be "scared to bits", Allen Inoke said.

Police have found an autistic 15-year-old boy who has been missing since the early hours of this morning.

An elderly Nelson man who was reported missing after failing to arrive in Westport yesterday has been found alive and well.

Police divers have been called to search near a group of offshore islands in Northland after debris from a missing boat was discovered.

Police are worried about a Motueka man who goes by the name Friar, who has not been heard from for four days.

The last people to see the mother-of-four before she went missing on the West Coast say the fact she's been found is a fantastic outcome.

Justin Richard Cooke arrived in Auckland on January 9 but hadn't been heard from since.

The family of an Australian man who disappeared after arriving in New Zealand are becoming increasingly worried about it.

"Nobody knows, until it actually happens to you." - Raywynne Richmond's 42-year-old daughter, Kim, has been missing for six months.

The search has resumed for a missing diver in Otago and a missing teenager swept away in a Wellington river.

Police are appealing for any sightings of an Australian man not seen or heard from since arriving in the country early last month.

The search for Auckland woman Carissa Avison has been suspended, a week after she was last seen, amid reports she bought a gun.

Woman missing for a week may have bought a gun before mysterious trip to Auckland's west coast.

The 21-year-old has now been missing for more than five days.

A German woman missing on Mt Taranaki since Monday is now being assessed by paramedics.

Police investigating the disappearance of Shelly Crooks, last seen at Punakaiki, are appealing for sightings of a female hitch-hiker and a sedan.