A plane has failed to return from a flight over the Coromandel Range near Coromandel township. A search and rescue team have located an aircraft failed to return from a flight over the Coromandel Peninsula. Thick fog at Manurewa meant the could not land at that location and it is understood the plane may have made a return journey to the Coromandel Peninsula, Morison said. Its last known position on satellite and radar was in a rugged area of the Coromandel known as Kakatarahae, not far from the Coromandel township. A police helicopter was also dispatched to the area to search for the plane, and the ground-based search and rescue party was sent in overnight, bound for the aircraft's last known position.

Source: Stuff June 14, 2019 21:12 UTC