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.

Police say possibilities of what happened to missing Auckland mother Blessie Gotingco are "limitless".

An elderly south Auckland man suffering from dementia has gone missing.

The parents of the German teenagers presumed drowned in Foveaux Strait are returning home and say they know they are leaving their daughters behind.

A young boy who went missing from an Auckland shopping centre this afternoon has been found. Police wish to thank the public for their assistance.

British detectives will cover the huge cost of renewed searches for Madeleine McCann even though they've been banned from taking part in digs for the missing child.

What do you do when forced to spend the night in the freezing cold on an Otago mountain? Snuggle up to your smelly - but warm -sheep dogs of course.

The 9 year old missing boy, Linkin Kuka has been found safe and well at a friends address in Henderson this morning, according to police.

Toddler Chloe Campbell was snatched from her home to frighten her father in an act of retribution, family friends believe.

A nine-year-old boy, who has epilepsy, has been reported missing. He was last seen in Sunnyvale, West Auckland. Anyone with information should call 111 immediately.

Chloe Campbell, the three-year-old girl who went missing from south-east Queensland, has reportedly been found alive.

Police have confirmed this morning that the body of a woman found inside a car is that of missing 25-year-old woman Kelly Ann Sinclair.

The partner of North Shore woman Cissy Chen has made a brief court appearance this afternoon after being charged with her murder.

A homicide investigation has been launched in Christchurch after the car of a missing woman was discovered in a supermarket carpark.

A boat belonging to a Marlborough man missing for more than a week has been recovered overnight but there is no sign of Kerry Blair aboard.

A Navy ship is attempting to close in on the last known location of a boat belonging to a missing Marlborough man.

An intellectually disabled man who requires medication has been missing for two days after he failed to arrive at Auckland from Hamilton.

Police are searching for a Christchurch man who has been missing for a week.

A possible sighting of the missing launch Erie and its skipper William Kerry Blair has been eliminated as being another boat, police say.