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

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.

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.

British police searching for Madeleine McCann's remains are examining a hole in the ground about 300 metres from the resort she disappeared from.

An international hunt is under way for a German tourist who may be missing in New Zealand.

Police have fears for escaped prisoner who fled an Otago Corrections Facility wearing only trackpants and a top as 'hypothermic conditions' set in.

A new search for Madeleine McCann is underway in Portugal, using dogs, satellite images, a drone and police fingertip searches.

Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have sealed off an area of scrubland where they are expected to begin digging shortly.

An elderly south Auckland man suffering from dementia has gone missing.

The parents of the German teenagers presumed drowned in Foveaux Strait are returning home and say they know they are leaving their daughters behind.

A young boy who went missing from an Auckland shopping centre this afternoon has been found. Police wish to thank the public for their assistance.

British detectives will cover the huge cost of renewed searches for Madeleine McCann even though they've been banned from taking part in digs for the missing child.

What do you do when forced to spend the night in the freezing cold on an Otago mountain? Snuggle up to your smelly - but warm -sheep dogs of course.

The 9 year old missing boy, Linkin Kuka has been found safe and well at a friends address in Henderson this morning, according to police.

Toddler Chloe Campbell was snatched from her home to frighten her father in an act of retribution, family friends believe.