Police are urging anyone who has seen an 11-year-old Canterbury boy who ran away from home to contact them.
Andre Benjamin Moka ran away from his Waipara home last Friday.
But he had written posts on his Facebook page since, senior constable Andre MacFarlane said.
"He was seen at the The Palms shopping centre on Saturday but the person who saw him didn't realise he had run away from home," he said.
Mr MacFarlane said a family member saw the boy at Northlands mall yesterday but he ran away when they tried to approach him.