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.

Searchers looking for a man missing in the bush since Monday are concerned by the discovery of his cold weather gear, sleeping bag, food and footprints near a swamp.

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.

Divers have joined the search for a 73-year-old yachtie who went missing in mysterious circumstances last night.

Nelson police are looking for a white car, believed to be linked to a missing man.

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.

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

The family of a 72-year-old Martinborough man who went missing at sea is appealing to the public for sightings of his lifejacket to help them piece together the puzzle of his last moments.

Friends of a man believed to have been murdered initially thought he had been kidnapped and say they had all been prepared to contribute to whatever ransom demand was made.