Search for Penelope who failed to board flight from Dunedin to Taupō stepped up

By RNZ

Police are intensifying the search for a 65-year-old woman who failed to board a flight back to Taupō from Dunedin last Saturday.

Police inquiries indicate Penelope may have travelled to the Otago Peninsula area, and searches are under way.

A CCTV image has also been released of her just before she arrived in the Sandfly Bay area on Saturday.

A CCTV image has been released of Penelope just before she arrived in the Sandfly Bay area. Photo / NZ Police

She can be seen wearing a dark coloured hat, green top, tan pants and Jandals.

Police and her family are concerned for her wellbeing.

Police are searching for missing 65-year-old woman Penelope, who was last seen in central Dunedin. Photo / NZ Police

Anyone who has any information about her whereabouts is being asked to get in touch by calling 105, using reference number 250304/9428.

Officers especially want to hear from people who were in the Sandfly Bay area over the weekend.

- RNZ

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