She is one of hundreds of Kiwis reported missing every year. Tauranga Hospital anaesthetist David Holland was reported missing after failing to turn up for work. Police are keen to hear from anyone who has seen missing Dargaville man Adrianus Berkhout. In 2023, Coroner Heather McKenzie ruled Bates had died soon after he went missing, but that the circumstances of his death remained a complete mystery. At the time he went missing from Onewhero, in Waikato, his right leg was in a moon boot.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 24, 2024 20:54 UTC