{"id":138644,"date":"2021-09-13T21:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=138644"},"modified":"2021-09-13T21:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:43:38","slug":"father-and-three-kids-missing-off-remote-west-coast-beach-at-marokopa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/father-and-three-kids-missing-off-remote-west-coast-beach-at-marokopa\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and three kids missing off remote west coast beach at Marokopa"},"content":{"rendered":"
A search and rescue operation is underway on a remote west coast beach for an Otorohanga man and his three kids.<\/p>\n
Detective Senior Sergeant Ross Patterson this morning confirmed they were looking for the 37-year-old father and his children after police were notified that the group hadn’t been seen since Saturday.<\/p>\n
A search and rescue operation was now underway at Marokopa.<\/p>\n
The vehicle used by the man was found at the beach at Kiritehere on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Marokopa is in between Awakino and Kawhia Harbours.<\/p>\n
Patterson said searches of the coastal area would continue today as will canvassing of the local area with staff going door-to-door in Marokopa and Kiritehere.<\/p>\n
“The family’s safety is our paramount concern at this stage and that is why search and rescue have been activated,” Patterson said.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to contact 105 and quote the number P047915838.<\/p>\n