A schoolboy missing from his Palmerston North home has been found.

Police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who went missing this evening from his Palmerston North home.

Police are looking for a Thames woman who has been missing since Saturday.

A mother of two disappeared on an afternoon jog. Three others have died in similar circumstances across the United States.

A man who has been missing since yesterday has been found dead.

Police are looking for a Wellington man whose family have not heard from him in several weeks.

Police are searching for a Thames man who has been missing for three days. Marcus Hickey, 44, was last seen on October 28, and police

A heavily pregnant woman who went missing from Palmerston North Hospital has been found.

Christine Smith, who is 38 weeks pregnant, went missing from Palmerston North Hospital this afternoon.

A search and rescue operation is under way in Queenstown after an Australian tourist failed to return from a day walk on Ben Lomond.

The police have called off searches for Yuri Santana, eight days after he was last seen, but his parents haven't given up hope.

There are concerns for 17-year-old Yuri Santana, who hasn't been seen for a week.

Kim Louise Richmond was last seen at her home in Arohena on July 31, before leaving the address in a silver Ford Ranger ute.

The family of Luke Cochrane has issued a statement after a body was found in a search in Whitianga.

Police searching for missing teenager Luke Cochrane in the Coromandel have cordoned off a street after finding a hat believed to be his.

Police divers are scouring a waterway opposite the Whitianga Fire Station for any clues in the search for Luke Cochrane.

Police divers are still scouring a section of waterway opposite the Whitianga Fire Station for any clues in the search for Luke Cochrane.

Catherine Tamati last heard from her son, Lucas Cochrane, on Saturday morning.

The parents of missing teen Luke Cochrane have been driving around Whitianga along with 12 other friends and family members scouring the town for any sightings.

A missing 84-year-old has been found.

Police are appealing for information about the whereabouts of an elderly man who has gone missing from a Whangarei rest home.

A student who was presumed dead after going missing in China in 2004 has reportedly turned up in North Korea - acting as Kim Jong-un's tutor.

The children of a boatie missing for more than two years have accepted it is more than likely that he is dead, an inquest has heard.

The family of a missing Marlborough boatie say somebody is accessing his personal Facebook account, more than two years after he vanished.

Senior policeman admits reporting boat as stolen was 'means to an end' to access cellphone records of missing man Kerry Blair.

The siblings stole away from a caregivers' home in the dead of night, sparking a major police hunt. Now CYF holds fears for their safety.

The search continues for two siblings who haven't been seen since Monday night when they left a rural South Auckland property with a large suitcase.

Police are concerned for the safety of a 78-year-old Taupo Alzheimers sufferer who has not been seen since putting his rubbish bin out three days ago.

A woman wearing a Tokyo Disneyland t-shirt and a Kathmandu brand vest has been found dead inside a suitcase floating on a river in Western Australia.

Police are appealing for help to locate a 68-year-old man who has gone missing on his mobility scooter from the Auckland suburb of Mt Wellington.