L Roebuck
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Post by L Roebuck on Sept 12, 2005 13:13:54 GMT -5
Boy missing in forest 12-year-old boy missing over night in forest south of Opotiki - search underway; cavers missing at Takaka Hill found home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=54838&cat=1033&c=w12 September 2005 Searchers have been hunting through the night for a 12-year-old boy missing in forest south of Opotiki. Netana Kurei became separated from a group which was on a bush track behind the Waioeka Pa School yesterday. Police Inspector Darroch Todd says the four search and rescue teams which have been looking for the boy will be relieved by others this morning. A helicopter is also expected to be deployed. Meanwhile, three cavers missing in the Takaka Hill cave system have been found. Two Nelson men and an Australian woman entered the area yesterday morning and at 9.30 last night police were advised the group was missing.Senior Constable Gerry Tonkin says a search and rescue operation was launched and the trio was found just after 2.30am. He says they were unable to complete their trip due to a missing rope, which appears to have been removed by another caving party a few weeks earlier.
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