Search continues for missing hunters

The search for two missing hunters in the Raukumara Forest Park on the East Coast is continuing today.

Police Search and Rescue and LandSAR volunteers have deployed into the area this morning, along with a LandSAR search dog.

An NZDF helicopter will assist with the search today.

Police were notified at 11.10am yesterday that the two teenage boys were overdue from a hunting trip.

It is understood the pair went in near the Otipi trig and were expected to follow the creek, where search efforts will be focused today.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.