A missing yachtie presumed drowned should not have sailed because his boat was probably unseaworthy, marine experts say.

A 90-year-old grandmother was happy and embarrassed that so many people had been looking for her.

The body found near Matarangi on the Coromandel Peninsula yesterday has been identified as that of missing teenager Cem Erbay. The death is being treated as suspicious.

Police believe they have found the body of missing Auckland man Cem Erbay, 19, in the Coromandel.

Police believe they have found the body of a man who has been missing since he leaped from a bridge in Hamilton last Thursday.

Police are concerned for the safety of Auckland teen Cem Erbay, who went missing early on New Year's Day.

Three boaties who spent the night in Cook Strait could have been rescued much sooner.

Both of the men missing after their small boat capsized off Wellington's south coast last night have been found alive.

Three runners missing near Lake Rotoma since yesterday have been found this morning in the Rotoma Forest by a search and rescue team.