Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: Search to begin this morning for missing hunters
Location:
Bay of Plenty
Police and LandSAR will be coordinating a search this morning for a father and son who are missing in the bush near Opotiki.
At around 8pm last night Police were alerted to the fact the pair had not returned from their hunting trip on the Goldsmiths Track in the Waioeka Gorge.
The pair are experienced hunters but weren’t prepared for an overnight stay.
The search will begin around 10am.
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Issued by Police Media Centre