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.

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 wife of a man who vanished nine years ago wants ponds at his workplace dredged in the same way as police have done in their hunt for the killer of Scott Guy.

Police and Search and Rescue volunteers have started scouring bush as mystery deepens around the disappearance of a Northland woman.

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.

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.

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.