Canadian Michael Hayes leaves NZ today knowing he achieved what he came to do by visiting the place where his son Connor was killed by a landslip last month.

A new picture of a possible suspect connected to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann will be released by UK police, a news report says.

West Coast police are asking tourism operators and white baiters to keep a close eye out for any signs of missing Canadian man Connor Hayes.

Concerns have been raised for an Auckland teenager who has been missing for a month.

A team of 50 volunteers and rescuers have returned to Haast for the night after spending the day searching for the body of Canadian tourist Connor Hayes.

Searchers looking for missing Canadians Connor Hayes and Joanna Lam have recovered a woman's body from the beach near Haast this afternoon.

Relatives of a Canadian pair whose van has been found smashed to pieces are holding out hope for their loved ones as police say they're looking for bodies.

It is likely a landslide in the Haast Pass hurled the campervan that two missing Canadian tourists were travelling in last Tuesday into the flooded Haast River.

Police searchers have released a haunting photograph of the wrecked campervan chassis belonging to two missing Canadian tourists.

Police continue their search for two Canadian tourists missing in the South Island, as fears mount following the discovery of parts of their wrecked van.

Parts of a wrecked vehicle being used by two missing Canadian tourists have been found near Haast.

A hunter has described how he and a mate spent an icy night in the bush huddled with their dogs for warmth after losing their way back to their ute.

Wellington Police have re-opened a missing person case from 2008 after receiving a new lead.

It appears missing Karamea man Andrew Ross White, 58, had almost reached the end of his Heaphy Track trek - an adventure on his bucket list - before he was swept away.

Family of seven missing crew members on board the Nina are convinced they're alive and want the search to begin again, despite no sign of them since June 4.

Human remains have been found in the search for Andrew Ross White in the Heaphy area of the South Island.

Search teams have today resumed their hunt for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, who is feared missing on the Heaphy Track.

Searchers looking for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, last seen entering the famous Heaphy Track, are following up reports of a sighting by a member of the public.

Badly-injured skier Toby Kravet warded off hypothermia and death by repeating four sets of exercises over the 17 hours he lay in snow near Treble Cone.

An elderly skier found alive after going missing on Treble Cone ski-field spent a night in the open with two broken legs.