As stated by Detective Sergeant Bill van Woerkom:
Wairarapa Police are investigating a suspicious approach that occurred in Masterton last week.
Around 4:30pm on Tuesday 27 August, an intermediate school-aged girl was walking alone on Pownall Street near the duck ponds when she was approached by a man driving a white van.
The van drove onto the wrong side of the road alongside the girl, and the driver then wound down his window, telling her to get in the van.
She refused to do so and ran away to seek help.
/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.
