Frederick "Rick" Hayward was last seen leaving his Hamilton home in Thames Street about 5pm on Monday night.

A 24-year-old woman who was missing overnight after going to a Taranaki beach has been found safe today.

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.

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

A body found in the Pauatahanui Inlet last night has been identified as Julie Ann Springer, who was the focus of a search operation in the Kapiti area, police say.

An elderly Whangamata woman who has been missing for a week had recently booked and paid for tickets to travel to Norfolk Island and South Africa, says a friend.

The man whose body was found near the Heathcote River in Christchurch this morning has been identified as Jeff de Moulin, aged 41, of Woolston.

A woman walking her 11-year-old brother to school found a body beside the Heathcote River in Woolston shortly after 9am.

Family and friends of a Hokianga man missing for a week after going to set his fishing net will resume their search today in the hope Tangaroa, Maori god of the sea, will give up his body.

Police have found a body near the property of Dannevirke man William Kerry Power, who has been missing since Tuesday.

Police are seeking information about a 23-year-old man who was last seen three weeks ago. Ankur Sharma hasn't contacted his family in India since June 9 and they want to know if he is okay.

The mother of dead Auckland woman Jane Furlong is not convinced police will find anything connected with her daughter's murder at her last known address.