John Beckenridge took his 11-year-old stepson camping for a week before he appears to have taken their lives by driving at high speed off a Southland cliff.

John Beckenridge’s vehicle appears to have been driven at “high speed” off a Southland cliff, which could indicate a grim outcome for the missing pair.

Authorities are investigating the possibility that John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old stepson Michael Zhao-Beckenridge have left the country, police say.

A decision, by police looking for a missing 11-year-old boy, was still being made on how to extract a vehicle from the bottom of a Southland bay.

The school where a boy disappeared from with his stepfather despite a parenting order says any child could leave the school if they really wanted to.

Police searching for a missing 11-year-old boy and his stepfather have gone back into the water at Curio Bay in Southland, where they have found a vehicle earlier identified by underwater camera.

Searching has resumed this morning for a Rotorua woman missing on the Kaituna River after she became separated from her kayaking companions.

The kayaker missing off Wellington’s Island Bay today has returned home safely.

A search is under way for a missing German woman in the Manapouri Hope Arm area in Southland.

Searchers are looking for a man who went for a swim at a Nelson beach but apparently failed to return.

Mother of three Laura Singh, who was missing for five days, is undergoing medical assessments after she was found in Wellsford yesterday.

A 22-year-old man is believed drowned in the Waikato River at Hamilton tonight.

A search is underway for a swimmer who went missing in Cromwell in Central Otago this afternoon.

Searchers have found the body of a Kiwi who set out for a walk on a mountain in northern England on January 8 and wasn't heard from again.

An Australian visiting Auckland has been missing since the early hours of Friday morning.

Police are still looking for Leeann Ailini Scott, aged 48 years, who has been missing from the Taipa area since December.

The search for three climbers feared dead on Aoraki-Mt Cook has been called off after six days, and their families told their bodies may never be found.

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of an Auckland woman who has not been in contact with her family or friends for more than three weeks.

Police have no concerns for the safety of a French tourist reported missing in the South Island yesterday.

The partner of a fisherman missing since he fell from an inflatable boat is still hopeful he will be found alive, despite it being four days since he was last seen.

A search has resumed this morning for a missing fisherman who has not been seen since his boat capsized in an estuary north of Auckland on Saturday.

The body of a missing man whose dinghy was found in an Invercargill river has been recovered.

The search for a missing 22-year-old man in the Hawke's Bay has been suspended.

A US dad accused of kidnapping his son and sailing through the Pacific has been found in Niue, thanks to a coordinated search between the FBI and help from NZ.

Police are offering a $50,000 reward to crack a cold case concerning the suspected homicide of a Dunedin mother.

An 11 year-old girl who ran away from her home late last night has been found.