A police search and rescue team looking for missing Pahiatua man John Campbell have found a body. Mr Campbell, 64, was last seen leaving his Pahiatua home, in the Tararua district, for work at 6.45am yesterday.

The remains dug up in Kingston, south of Queenstown, today were possibly those of a sheep, say police.

An elderly yachtie missing, presumed drowned, off the Far North coast did everything wrong and was an accident waiting to happen, say police.

A body found in a crashed car near Napier yesterday has been formally identified as missing motorist Alex Binns, police say.

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