Hundreds of people have lined Mt Maunganui beach in a show of support for the ongoing search for missing 5-year-old Jack Dixon.

Divers will be scouring a Canterbury lake today to search for a person who went missing yesterday afternoon.

The mother of an 18-year-old Nelson man whose body was found in a Seattle lake yesterday says it is tragic his "young talented life was ended in Seattle alone".

A Christchurch teenager who had been missing since Wednesday has been found staying at her friend’s place, police say.

The family of missing Christchurch girl Georgia Elisabeth Sent is pleading for information on the whereabouts of the 15-year-old.

Police are seeking to identify a man who arrived at Tauranga Hospital and was able to give only his first name.

Madeleine McCann's younger brother questioned his mother about her role in the young girl's disappearance, after he learned of damning claims by a Portuguese detective.

The body of a deer hunter missing on the West Coast for more than a week has been found, police say.

British police have reportedly arrived back in Portugal, and it's believed a number of key suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann could be questioned.

A 24-year-old tourist from the United States has has gone missing on the West Coast, police say.

Countries searching for the missing Malaysian plane have yet to agree on how to share costs, an Australian search leader said.

Finding escaped prisoner Stephen Maddren is now like finding a needle in a haystack, police concede.

The mother of escaped prisoner Stephen Maddren has made an emotional plea for her son to give himself up.

After a fruitless three-month hunt for flight MH370, Australian authorities have taken the first step towards handing over search operations to a private contractor.

A missing German tourist has been found safe and well, police say.

British police searching for Madeleine McCann's remains are examining a hole in the ground about 300 metres from the resort she disappeared from.

An international hunt is under way for a German tourist who may be missing in New Zealand.

Police have fears for escaped prisoner who fled an Otago Corrections Facility wearing only trackpants and a top as 'hypothermic conditions' set in.

A new search for Madeleine McCann is underway in Portugal, using dogs, satellite images, a drone and police fingertip searches.

Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have sealed off an area of scrubland where they are expected to begin digging shortly.

The 27-year-old man accused of murdering Auckland woman Blessie Gotingco will appear in the North Shore District Court tomorrow morning.