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.

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 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".

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.

A 24-year-old tourist from the United States has has gone missing on the West Coast, police say.