Police are not concerned for the safety of a 20-year-old inexperienced yachtie who went missing twice.
Darius DeWet, from South Africa, docked at Whale Island over the weekend on his 6.7m yacht, Luna. He had set off from Napier on September 16.
A police spokeswoman said they spoke to DeWet on Saturday, when police and Coastguard travelled by boat out to his yacht. He is anchored off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, and police are aware of his location.
Authorities were planning to talk to him about abandoning his journey to Auckland - now in its ninth day - as he had not been checking in via radio with a friend every 24 hours as he had promised.
He had to be searched for twice - on Monday and on Thursday last week - but each time, he appeared in good spirits and his yacht was undamaged.