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.

A search is underway for a swimmer who went missing in Cromwell in Central Otago this afternoon.

Searchers have found the body of a Kiwi who set out for a walk on a mountain in northern England on January 8 and wasn't heard from again.

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

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.

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 mother of an 18-year-old Nelson man whose body was found in a Seattle lake yesterday says it is tragic his "young talented life was ended in Seattle alone".

A Christchurch teenager who had been missing since Wednesday has been found staying at her friend’s place, police say.

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.