The search for a missing 22-year-old man in the Hawke's Bay has been suspended.

A US dad accused of kidnapping his son and sailing through the Pacific has been found in Niue, thanks to a coordinated search between the FBI and help from NZ.

Police are offering a $50,000 reward to crack a cold case concerning the suspected homicide of a Dunedin mother.

An 11 year-old girl who ran away from her home late last night has been found.

Tracks at Mount Maunganui have been re-opened as police wind down a search operation for two missing people, including five-year-old Jack Dixon.

Detectives are hoping a Queensland woman who emerged alive after 17 days lost in rugged bushland will fill them in about the ordeal.

Hundreds of people have lined Mt Maunganui beach in a show of support for the ongoing search for missing 5-year-old Jack Dixon.

Divers will be scouring a Canterbury lake today to search for a person who went missing yesterday afternoon.

The family of missing Christchurch girl Georgia Elisabeth Sent is pleading for information on the whereabouts of the 15-year-old.

Police are seeking to identify a man who arrived at Tauranga Hospital and was able to give only his first name.

Madeleine McCann's younger brother questioned his mother about her role in the young girl's disappearance, after he learned of damning claims by a Portuguese detective.

The body of a deer hunter missing on the West Coast for more than a week has been found, police say.

British police have reportedly arrived back in Portugal, and it's believed a number of key suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann could be questioned.

Countries searching for the missing Malaysian plane have yet to agree on how to share costs, an Australian search leader said.

Finding escaped prisoner Stephen Maddren is now like finding a needle in a haystack, police concede.

Police have resumed their search for a missing Gisborne surfer, after his car was found near a remote beach.

The mother of escaped prisoner Stephen Maddren has made an emotional plea for her son to give himself up.

After a fruitless three-month hunt for flight MH370, Australian authorities have taken the first step towards handing over search operations to a private contractor.

A missing German tourist has been found safe and well, police say.