Police have confirmed they have located a 14-year-old reported missing in April and reunited her with her family.

District Search and Rescue said it was out of character for 50-year-old Scott Grant Driver not to return home as he usually only went out for a few hours.

A schoolboy believed to have been abducted by his stepfather could be suffering from the capture-bonding Stockholm syndrome: psychologist.

New questions about the movements of John Beckenridge in the weeks before he snatched his stepson from school and disappeared have been raised.

Police are on the hunt for the current location of Wellington man Norman Petrie.

A 15-year-old autistic boy is missing in Hamilton.

Police investigating the case of a missing Southland schoolboy are still hunting down leads that he is alive and remains in New Zealand.

Detectives working on the mysterious disappearance of John Beckenridge and his step-son have received tip-offs that the pair have been seen 'across New Zealand'.

The body of a diver who failed to surface at Queen Charlotte Sound in Marlborough this morning has been recovered by police.

A 61-year-old tramper is missing near Tongariro National Park after he failed to return from a short walk earlier today.

A land rescue is underway tonight for four people overdue from a climbing trip in the Southern Alps.

The investigation into missing boy Mike Zhao-Beckenridge and his stepfather John Beckenridge will not be closed, despite police referring the case to the coroner.

Police are refusing to release any findings in relation to car of missing man John Beckenridge until all forensic testing is complete.

The mother of two who spent the night in bush after getting lost while running in Rimutaka Forest waved down a rescue helicopter that was searching for her.

Forensic testing is continuing today on the car of missing man John Beckenridge after it was hauled from the foot of a cliff.

Police say they still do not know whether bodies have been found in the car linked to missing Invercargill boy Michael Zhao-Beckenridge.

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.

A decision, by police looking for a missing 11-year-old boy, was still being made on how to extract a vehicle from the bottom of a Southland bay.

The school where a boy disappeared from with his stepfather despite a parenting order says any child could leave the school if they really wanted to.

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.