Important information regarding the disappearance of a Tauranga woman 27 years ago was ignored by police, a documentary maker claims.

Tauranga police have offered a $50,000 reward for information into the case of missing Tauranga woman Luana Deborah Laverne Williams who was last seen at her home on the 5th of June 1986 in Tauranga.

New information leads police to offer a reward of up to $50,000 to help them solve the mystery of the disappearance of Luana Williams from Tauranga 27 years ago.

At least 30 journalists currently are reported missing while covering Syria's civil war. The widespread abduction of journalists is unprecedented.

Police hunting the parents of 'Maria', the blonde girl found living with gypsies in Greece have charged the couple she was found with, and released photos of them.

British police said the timeline and version of events surrounding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has "significantly changed," allowing them to build their most detailed reconstruction of the case yet.

British detectives investigating the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal will on Monday publish new e-fits of men they want to contact, in a major public appeal.

West Coast police are asking tourism operators and white baiters to keep a close eye out for any signs of missing Canadian man Connor Hayes.

Concerns have been raised for an Auckland teenager who has been missing for a month.

A team of 50 volunteers and rescuers have returned to Haast for the night after spending the day searching for the body of Canadian tourist Connor Hayes.

Searchers looking for missing Canadians Connor Hayes and Joanna Lam have recovered a woman's body from the beach near Haast this afternoon.

The search for two missing Canadians on the West Coast has shifted to a recovery operation, police say.

The chance of finding a Canadian couple alive after their rental van was hurled down a remote West Coast gorge in a landslide is now very remote, police say.

Police searchers have released a haunting photograph of the wrecked campervan chassis belonging to two missing Canadian tourists.

Police continue their search for two Canadian tourists missing in the South Island, as fears mount following the discovery of parts of their wrecked van.

Parts of a wrecked vehicle being used by two missing Canadian tourists have been found near Haast.

A hunter has described how he and a mate spent an icy night in the bush huddled with their dogs for warmth after losing their way back to their ute.

Wellington Police have re-opened a missing person case from 2008 after receiving a new lead.

Frederick "Rick" Hayward was last seen leaving his Hamilton home in Thames Street about 5pm on Monday night.

A 24-year-old woman who was missing overnight after going to a Taranaki beach has been found safe today.

It appears missing Karamea man Andrew Ross White, 58, had almost reached the end of his Heaphy Track trek - an adventure on his bucket list - before he was swept away.

Family of seven missing crew members on board the Nina are convinced they're alive and want the search to begin again, despite no sign of them since June 4.

Human remains have been found in the search for Andrew Ross White in the Heaphy area of the South Island.