A former Waipu teenager who went missing for six days in the Brynderwyns when he tried to "go down south" is missing again, this time leaving the care of his grandfather's home in Waiuku to head back north.
The worried family of 19-year old Siaosi Matafeo, also called Cee or George, is asking anyone who has news of him to let the Whangarei Police or other agencies know.
"We believe he's in the bush somewhere again but he's probably not well prepared and is disoriented," his cousin Laura Martin said.
Mr Matafeo left Waiuku on Tuesday and was seen on Wednesday after hitchhiking a ride to Pukekohe. He told the driver he was heading north but then headed off in the wrong direction, Ms Martin said.
The family said he has stopped taking the medication he needs daily.