Concern over missing 70-year-old woman

Relatives of a 70-year-old woman who has been missing from Papatoetoe since midday on Monday are concerned about her welfare.

The woman failed to return to her Esperanto Rd home after going for a walk around midday. She is not familiar with the area and suffers from memory lapses, police said.

She is described as a Polynesian woman of medium build. She has white hair, and was last seen wearing a pink cotton jumper, baby blue pants and had an orange scarf tied over her head.