The vehicle linked to missing Invercargill boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge has been extracted from the sea and loaded on to a waiting boat, where police can examine it.

A 10-year-old girl who ran away from her Panmure home after an argument last night has been found.

Kate McCann says she is "more driven than ever" to continue the search for her missing daughter Madeleine, ahead of the eighth anniversary.

A 13-year-old Auckland boy missing for a week is not believed to have come to any harm and may be trying to hide from police.

Police have detained a 21-year-old as part of the investigation into missing Glasgow student Karen Buckley.

John Beckenridge took his 11-year-old stepson camping for a week before he appears to have taken their lives by driving at high speed off a Southland cliff.

John Beckenridge’s vehicle appears to have been driven at “high speed” off a Southland cliff, which could indicate a grim outcome for the missing pair.

Authorities are investigating the possibility that John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old stepson Michael Zhao-Beckenridge have left the country, police say.

Police searching for a missing 11-year-old boy and his stepfather have gone back into the water at Curio Bay in Southland, where they have found a vehicle earlier identified by underwater camera.

Searching has resumed this morning for a Rotorua woman missing on the Kaituna River after she became separated from her kayaking companions.

The kayaker missing off Wellington’s Island Bay today has returned home safely.

A German tourist thought to be missing has come forward after spotting a photograph of herself on Facebook and contacting police.

Search teams have been deployed into Eastern Fiordland as the search continues for a missing German tourist.

A search is under way for a missing German woman in the Manapouri Hope Arm area in Southland.

Searchers are looking for a man who went for a swim at a Nelson beach but apparently failed to return.

Mother of three Laura Singh, who was missing for five days, is undergoing medical assessments after she was found in Wellsford yesterday.

A 22-year-old man is believed drowned in the Waikato River at Hamilton tonight.

An Australian visiting Auckland has been missing since the early hours of Friday morning.

Police are still looking for Leeann Ailini Scott, aged 48 years, who has been missing from the Taipa area since December.

The search for three climbers feared dead on Aoraki-Mt Cook has been called off after six days, and their families told their bodies may never be found.

The family of an Australian climber missing for four days on New Zealand's tallest mountain are coming to terms with fears he is probably dead.

An extensive search will be launched at first light tomorrow for a Canterbury man who has not been seen for more than two weeks.

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of an Auckland woman who has not been in contact with her family or friends for more than three weeks.

Police have no concerns for the safety of a French tourist reported missing in the South Island yesterday.

The partner of a fisherman missing since he fell from an inflatable boat is still hopeful he will be found alive, despite it being four days since he was last seen.

A search has resumed this morning for a missing fisherman who has not been seen since his boat capsized in an estuary north of Auckland on Saturday.

The body of a missing man whose dinghy was found in an Invercargill river has been recovered.