Missing 8-year-old girl found "safe and well"

She was last seen with friends.
She was last seen with friends. Photo credit: Waikato Police.

An eight-year-old girl who disappeared in Hamilton on Tuesday night has been found. 

Police confirmed on Wednesday that Reece has returned home and is "safe and well". 

Her mother Linda Budd said she was found at a friend's house in Dey Street on Wednesday afternoon.

Reece was last seen on Tuesday evening "in the company of friends" but she didn't return home.

"She has short dark hair and was wearing colourful tights, a faded black t-shirt (with white stripes and writing) and a mustard-coloured zip-up hoodie," police said.

"She may have a silver-coloured BMX bicycle with her."

Her mother Linda Budd said Reece had been found at a friend's house in Dey Street on Wednesday afternoon.