Abducted 5yo boy found near Qld border

A five-year-old boy who was abducted from his father's driveway in northern NSW has been found safe just south of the Queensland border.

Police issued an urgent alert late on Saturday that Zaidan Chapman was believed to have been taken from South Grafton by his 33-year-old mother Nyssa Boyle about 9.45pm.

Ms Boyle's car was believed to have been spotted about 12.10am on Sunday at Wardell, south of Ballina.

Police said the boy was found safe and well less than a kilometre south of the Queensland border about 1.45am on Sunday.