Farmers are bracing themselves for another dumping of snow and motorists are being warned to take care as another low moves over NZ.

A band of cold and wet weather is set to cover the country from tomorrow.

The father of Aisling Symes has pleaded for the public to come forward with any information they might have on her disappearance.

Aisling Symes parents aren't concerned with who has their daughter - they just want her returned safely.

Police searching for toddler Aisling Symes are now looking at any reports of suspicious behaviour in the Henderson area.

Police searching for toddler Aisling Symes are now looking at any reports of suspicious behaviour in the past few weeks in the area where she disappeared.

This week's snow storm could have killed up to 200 lambs on each Hawkes Bay hill country farm affected, Federated Farmers says.

Police say the Napier-Taupo highway will stay closed until all of the abandoned cars have been removed.

Two major highways may re-open this afternoon after unseasonal heavy snow in the last two days stranded motorists for two nights.

Aucklanders young and old yesterday searched for toddler Aisling Symes, who disappeared on a bitterly cold Monday.

Motorists who spent a freezing night in their snow-trapped cars on the Napier-Taupo Highway are rescued.

Members of Parliament are working alongside members of the public as a huge international relief effort gets under way in Samoa and Tonga.

Authorities have made contact with three Australians who had been unaccounted for in the earthquake-ravaged Indonesian city of Padang, but concerns remain for four others who still have not been in touch with officials.

When I heard John Glennie's "Gidday Blossom" on the phone this week, I knew nothing had changed.

Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.