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'.

Interpol is on high alert and is helping New Zealand police in the mysterious disappearance of John Beckenridge and his step-son.

An Invercargill school has changed its roll-checking procedures after a schoolboy, Mike Zhao-Beckenridge, was allegedly abducted by his stepfather.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.