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 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.

Police are seeking the personal effects of Northland woman Barbara Moka after a body believed to be her was found near Rawene yesterday afternoon.

A post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death was to take place in Auckland this morning.

Police believe they have found the body of missing Rawene woman Barbara Moka.

A search of bush and fields where a Northland woman was last seen two weeks ago has been called off after no new clues to her whereabouts were found.

The disappearance of a Rawene woman after she left a marae with her partner is a mystery to police, but foul play has not been ruled out.

New Zealand police have been investigating possible sightings of a British man who vanished three years ago and who has apparently been spotted twice in an Auckland mall.

Convicted rapist Adrian Ernest Bayley was on parole when he raped and murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.

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.