Two children missing in Southland after bush walk at Mavora Lakes
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Posted 16 July, 2023
Search teams are looking for two children who did not return from a bush walk in Southland on Saturday afternoon.
Police said they received a report about 5.15pm that an 8-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl had not returned after going for a bush walk from the campground at the northern end of Mavora Lakes Road at 2.30pm.
Teams searched through the night and a further 30 searchers were set to be deployed at first light on Sunday.
A helicopter has been brought in to assist the search along with police personnel, search dogs, and volunteers from Land Search and Rescue and Amateur Radio Emergency Communications.
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