The wife of a man who vanished nine years ago wants ponds at his workplace dredged in the same way as police have done in their hunt for the killer of Scott Guy.

Police and Search and Rescue volunteers have started scouring bush as mystery deepens around the disappearance of a Northland woman.

The disappearance of a Rawene woman after she left a marae with her partner is a mystery to police, but foul play has not been ruled out.

New Zealand police have been investigating possible sightings of a British man who vanished three years ago and who has apparently been spotted twice in an Auckland mall.

Convicted rapist Adrian Ernest Bayley was on parole when he raped and murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.

The husband of missing woman Kaye Stewart says he won't have closure until his wife's remains are found and only "the lousiest person in the world" knows where she lies.

A woman who disappeared in the Rimutakas eight years ago will be officially declared dead at a coroner's inquest today.

British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three.

The body of missing West Coast man Leslie Wright has been found in the King Country.

Searchers looking for a man missing in the bush since Monday are concerned by the discovery of his cold weather gear, sleeping bag, food and footprints near a swamp.

Police searching for a West Coast man missing in the Waikato since Monday have found his car in an isolated rural area in the King Country.

Three foreign trampers who went missing for a week in the bush in Golden Bay will tell police about their ordeal today.

Three foreign trampers missing in Kahurangi National Park in Golden Bay for a week have been found safe.

Waikato police have found a missing teenage girl who failed to return from school in Hamilton yesterday.

Divers have joined the search for a 73-year-old yachtie who went missing in mysterious circumstances last night.

Nelson police are looking for a white car, believed to be linked to a missing man.

Lifeguards and police have recovered a body on Uretiti beach and believe it may be that of a missing Russian swimmer.

Five years have passed since his daughter went missing, and life has only got harder for Joe Tumanako and his family.

A 22-year-old deer hunter from Timaru was found safe and well yesterday afternoon, after the alarm was raised when he did not return from the Manapouri area as expected yesterday morning.