Tisha Lowry's body will be returned to her family tomorrow while the "house of horrors" accused faces fresh questions over a third death.

Neighbours of Christchurch's house of horrors found the interior "covered in bloodstains" two years ago.

The singer's partner disappeared four years ago and was presumed drowned but new information indicates he may in fact be working as a deckhand in Mexico.

Police are open to helping authorities investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann but have received no requests for assistance.

The skeleton found in a Stanmore Bay Creek has been identified as that of missing woman Alanah Brough.

Police have ruled out foul play over the discovery of a decomposed body in a creek north of Auckland.

Children spent 11 days playing with the remains of what they thought was a crocodile in a creek before a parent discovered that the body was human.

Police are awaiting post mortem results but believe body may be female.

Police investigating the discovery of a skeleton in a reserve say it could have been there for months.

The widow of a NZ man who went missing from his London workplace six years ago has welcomed the decision by UK authorities to hold an inquest.

A Coroner has been unable to establish what led an Israeli tourist to leave tramping route for an avalanche track where she broke her neck.