A 12-year-old boy from Kaiapoi was missing for a day.

Nine-year-old boy who went missing at Mount Maunganui is now safe back at home.

Remains of 19-year-old positively identified.

A search is underway for two teenagers who became lost on a bushwalk near Lower Hutt.

He left North Shore Hospital's mental health unit on Wednesday and hasn't been seen since.

The search for a missing 78-year-old Wellington man continues.

A vehicle that could solve a seven-year-old mystery has been pulled from Nelson Harbour.

Ann Bunning hasn't been seen for almost two months.

Woman last seen at a Coromandel campground two months ago left her bag behind.

Searchers are today continuing to scour rugged Piha terrain for missing runner Kim Bambus.

Search to resume at first light as police release information about Kim Bambus' movements.

Police have suspended active searches for missing Westport mother Leanne Ryall.

Leanne Ryall left her Domett St home on Friday, was seen a few blocks away, and hasn't been seen since.

Westport woman Leanne Ryall was last seen at her home early yesterday morning.

Adrian Vega Leiros was due back in Westport 11 days ago.

​A body has been recovered during a search in North Canterbury.

Manapouri man had left for the Falls Dam area yesterday but failed to return.

Searchers have confirmed that the body of a 21-year-old student missing at Lake Karapiro has been found.

The Police Dive Squad has completed a search in the Manawatu River after a missing man's car was found parked nearby. Constable Gareth

A 14-year-old from Kiribati was rescued after drifting alone in the Pacific Ocean.

Police have confirmed the body found in Woodhill Forest is that of missing Aucklander Carissa Avison.

Missing woman reunited with her family.

Police in Wellington are searching for an elderly woman who has not been seen or heard from since this morning.

Allen Inoke was oblivious to his secret little passenger when he dropped off a loan car in Hamilton yesterday.

His missing five-year-old daughter will be "scared to bits", Allen Inoke said.

Taiari Hawkins was last seen at 10pm yesterday after possibly visiting a friends house.

Police have found an autistic 15-year-old boy who has been missing since the early hours of this morning.

An elderly Nelson man who was reported missing after failing to arrive in Westport yesterday has been found alive and well.

Police divers have been called to search near a group of offshore islands in Northland after debris from a missing boat was discovered.

Police say they have concerns for an elderly Nelson man who was due to arrive in Westport today, but has not been seen. Leslie Martin