UPDATE: Search For Missing Woman Penelope

Dunedin Police have conducted a number of searches in Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula area for 65-year-old Penelope, known as Penny, who was last seen on 1 March.

At this stage, no new search areas have been identified, and the active search has been paused while a review and evaluation of the search is conducted.

Police have been in contact with Penny’s family and continue to update them and provide them with support.

Although the search has been paused, we remain poised to reactivate the search in any areas of interest as they are identified or if any fresh information or credible sightings of Penny are reported.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.