Three bodies have been found and three crew are still missing after a NZ chartered trawler sank in the Southern Ocean with 51 crew on board.

The 69-year-old pig hunter who went missing last night near Wanganui has been found safe and well.

Police dive squad members continue to search for a Northland man presumed drowned after he tried to row across a bay in rough weather.

Lying upside down with her scalp gashed open and an arm pinned under her friend's car, 15-year-old Zoe Hendriks came within minutes of not getting the help she so seriously needed.

Rotorua police say they are still looking for the man who sparked an armed offenders squad callout this afternoon but have now scaled back their search.

The body of an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing a week ago while trekking in rural Hong Kong has been found, police said today.

Hong Kong police will continue to look for missing Air NZ pilot until at least tomorrow night despite reports that the search has been scaled back after six days of searching.

A hat found in the search for an Air New Zealand pilot missing in Hong Kong is not his, local police say.

The search will continue today for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong four days ago.

More than 200 people are searching for an Air New Zealand pilot who went missing on a tramp in Hong Kong three days ago.

A woman who believes missing mother Carmen Thomas cried out for help at a carpark days before she went missing is plagued by guilt that she didn't speak to her.

Two men have been rescued from stormy seas off Niue after their yacht capsized yesterday.

Police will watch CCTV footage from up to 100 bars as the search for missing woman Carmen Thomas intensifies.

Police say they've received unconfirmed sightings of Carmen Thomas but need help to confirm them and explain what has happened to her.