An Otago University student who went missing after leaving a friend's flat on Monday night has been found in Alexandra.

Seven months after she disappeared, police have renewed calls for Cissy Chen's killer to come forward.

The husband of missing woman Kaye Stewart says he won't have closure until his wife's remains are found and only "the lousiest person in the world" knows where she lies.

A woman who disappeared in the Rimutakas eight years ago will be officially declared dead at a coroner's inquest today.

British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three.

The body of missing West Coast man Leslie Wright has been found in the King Country.

Police searching for a West Coast man missing in the Waikato since Monday have found his car in an isolated rural area in the King Country.

A Korean woman who went missing in the bush in the Coromandel Peninsula has been found.

Three foreign trampers who went missing for a week in the bush in Golden Bay will tell police about their ordeal today.

Three foreign trampers missing in Kahurangi National Park in Golden Bay for a week have been found safe.

Waikato police have found a missing teenage girl who failed to return from school in Hamilton yesterday.

Lifeguards and police have recovered a body on Uretiti beach and believe it may be that of a missing Russian swimmer.

Five years have passed since his daughter went missing, and life has only got harder for Joe Tumanako and his family.

A 22-year-old deer hunter from Timaru was found safe and well yesterday afternoon, after the alarm was raised when he did not return from the Manapouri area as expected yesterday morning.

A Canadian backpacker who had been missing since February 8 has been found safe and well.

British police say a DNA test has confirmed a New Zealand girl who looks strikingly like Madeleine McCann is not the missing youngster.