Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands, where a DoC worker has gone missing. Photo / supplied
A search is underway for a Department of Conservation volunteer who went missing on Raoul Island in the remote Kermadecs this morning.
The volunteer's vehicle and gear were found close to where he was carrying out water temperature readings at 6am today.
The remaining three staff and three volunteers on
the remote island, some 1000km northeast of New Zealand, have been searching the shore but have found no sign of the man.
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ), which is coordinating the search, has sent a fixed-wing plane carry out an aerial search.
The aircraft was expected to reach the area about 7.20pm and would return to base at nightfall, after which a further response would be assessed.
