Search and rescue teams are deployed in Te Urewera to look for a woman and four children reported missing yesterday afternoon. Police were alerted just before 4pm Wednesday afternoon when the five people were reported overdue from a walk. The age of the children ranges from four to nine. They were dropped off just after one o’clock on Tuesday for a one to two hour walk in the Waimana Valley at the northern end of the park. Search and...

Search and rescue teams are out looking for a woman and four children who have been missing in Te Urewera National Park for two nights. Police said they were alerted just before 4pm yesterday when the group were reported overdue from a walk in the forested Bay of Plenty area. The age of the children ranges from four to nine. They had been dropped off just after 1pm on Tuesday for a one to two-hour walk. Search and rescue teams and a...

Search and rescue teams are continuing to comb a section of Te Urewera National Park to find a woman and four children reported missing about 4pm yesterday. The children are aged from 4-9, with the group believed to have been visiting the area. Police launched a search and rescue operation after the group was reported overdue yesterday from a walk in the Otamatuna Ridge area, North East of Murupara. They had been dropped off just after one...

Search and rescue teams are continuing to comb a section of Te Urewera National Park to find a woman and four children reported missing yesterday afternoon. Eastern Bay of Plenty Area Commander Inspector Kevin Taylor said every effort was being made to locate them. "At this stage we have 10 search teams combing the area, supported by helicopters, with a focus on finding them as soon as possible," he said. "We've also got...

A woman and four young children are facing their third day lost in one of the North Island's most remote and rugged national parks. Searchers have mounted an extensive search for a group that includes four children aged between 4 and 9 years now missing since Tuesday afternoon in Te Urewera National Park. Police say the group were dropped off at 1pm for a short walk at the Otamatuna Ridge Track but failed to return. The group spent a...

A woman and four children aged 4 to 9, missing for two nights in Te Urewera Park, have been winched to safety from a river bed. Eastern Bay Area Commander Inspector Kevin Taylor said all five were safe and well, and were found in a river they had dropped down to for water. He said all were in fair condition given what they had been through. Mr Taylor also confirmed one of the children's mothers was flying over from Perth. "It's...