Please attribute to Senior Sergeant Blair Dalton:

Today the search for missing tramper Connor Purvis continued.

Around 50 people focused on the upper South Temple Valley, Mt Huxley and the Huxley River South Branch, both on foot and via helicopter.

We remain closely connected with Connor’s family and we continue to feel for them, and support them, as our search efforts continue.

Tomorrow we will be using the Recco device, with the Mount Cook Alpine Cliff Rescue team, to assist with the search.

Attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue.

The search is continuing for a tramper overdue in the Baton area of Kahurangi National Park.

Graham Garnett, 66, went tramping in the Baton/Ellis River area. He was expected to return on 30 December, but did not.

Today five helicopters were used in the search, including a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90. Two specialist canyon teams searched the steep terrain with specialised equipment and a field team also scoured the search area.

A woman critically injured in a crash on State Highway 3 south of Turakina on 2 January has died.

The injured woman had been transported to Wellington Hospital after the crash and passed away in hospital on 5 January.

Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones at this difficult time.

Two other people critically injured in the crash remain in hospital in critical condition.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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Police are working to locate William Nelson-Bell, who has a warrant for his arrest and is wanted by Police.

Nelson-Bell, 23, is wanted by Police in relation to assault and theft offences and is known to frequent the Counties Manukau area.

It’s believed he is actively avoiding Police.

If you have seen him or have any information that may assist in locating him, please update us online now or call 105.

Please use the reference number 251005/1597.

Alternatively information can be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

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To be attributed to Senior Sergeant Blair Dalton:

A significant search effort is continuing for missing tramper Connor Purvis.

Yesterday’s searches were focused in the upper South Temple Valley, Mt Huxley and the Huxley River South Branch, both on foot and via helicopter.

A continued effort again today will focus on Mt Huxley, the Huxley River South Branch and upper Ahuriri River.

Attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue.

A search is continuing for a tramper overdue in the Baton area of Kahurangi National Park.

Graham Garnett, 66, went tramping in the Baton/Ellis River area. He was expected to return on 30 December, but did not.

We will be using a radar tomorrow so ask members of the public to steer clear of our search areas.

Tomorrow the following areas in the Baton Valley will be closed while Police Search and Rescue teams search for Graham.

Attributable to Sergeant Dougall Henderson – Invercargill Police Search and Rescue Coordinator

The rescue of two boaties in a remote area of Fiordland over the weekend has highlighted the importance of being prepared when heading out on the water.

The two men were on a fishing and diving trip just south of Milford Sound when the batteries in their 6.4 metre recreational boat failed on Saturday night and left them stranded.

Police investigating a mass disorder that occurred on Karangahape Road in Auckland are appealing for the public’s assistance in identifying the people pictured in these CCTV images.

At about 3.40am on Sunday 28 December emergency services were called to the disorder involving about 50 people.

Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Greaves, Auckland City CIB, says the Police investigation remains ongoing into three serious assaults on and around Karangahape Road during the incident.

Police are working to locate Bruce Tautari, who has a warrant for his arrest and is wanted by Police.

Tautari, 21, is wanted for failing to appear in court and is known to frequent the wider Northland and Tāmaki Makaurau regions.

It’s believed he is actively avoiding Police.

If you have seen him or have any information that may assist in locating him, please update us online now or call 105.

Please use the reference number 251203/7734.

Alternatively information can be provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

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One person has died following a crash on Roche Street, Wanaka this morning.

The crash was reported at around 10:45am.

One person has died at the scene.

An area of Roche Street remains closed while a scene examination is completed.

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Issued by Police Media Centre