UPDATE: Missing hikers in Days Bay

Attributable to Sergeant Hamish Knight

A search and rescue operation to locate a family of three who left Lees Grove in Wainuiomata at 12pm Tuesday 9 July with the intention of hiking Days Bay is continuing.

The family comprises of a 50-year-old man and his two daughters aged 14 and 11.

They were due to return home at 3.30pm yesterday.

Police were contacted by a concerned family member at 6pm.

Eight search and rescue teams of three people searched the East Harbour Regional Park.

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