A search is under way today after a family failed to return from a fishing trip in Kawakawa Bay yesterday.
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Police were notified at 9.35pm last night that the family – one adult and four children aged 7-11 – had not returned as expected.
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An extensive search has been under way overnight but as yet the family’s boat has not been located.?
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The search will continue today and will involve the Police Maritime Unit, Coast Guard and shoreline searches.?
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Due to weather conditions, air searches are unable to be undertaken at this time.
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The family's boat is described as a 14 foot fiberglass boat, with an orange hull and white topside, and it has a cuddy cabin with a red canopy.
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Cell phone polling suggests the boat was in the Thames area at around 10am yesterday.?
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Police would like to hear from anyone who was out on the water in that area yesterday and may have seen a boat matching this description.
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If you can help, please call 111 and quote event number P048613668.
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Issued by Police Media Centre.?