An 11-year-old girl who went missing in the South Taranaki town of Hāwera has been found safe, police have said, RNZ reports.
An amber alert was issued after she left her home on Koromiko Avenue at about 4pm on Sunday afternoon. Police had said the girl has neurological disabilities, including restless leg syndrome that causes severe tiredness in her legs, and warned that she might lie down somewhere to sleep or hide.
RNZ's report did not say where or how she was found. Police had issued the alert on Sunday afternoon after she was reported missing.
Source: RNZ
Photo: St Mary's – Anglican Church, Hāwera by Ulrich Lange, Bochum, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Illustrative image of Hāwera.
