Police are calling for help in a desperate search for missing 40-year-old Gisborne man Joseph Ahuriri.
It's been more than two weeks since Ahuriri went missing from Gisborne and police are desperately asking for the public's help.
Ahuriri left this Gisborne home on Monday, February 13 around 4pm and planned to return at 2am the following day.
He was seen driving a white Toyota Hilux with the registration DZH116.
In a statement from Police, Ahuriri stayed at Marine Parade Hotel in Napier due to the weather conditions.
He was last seen leaving the hotel at 4:28am on Tuesday and has not been seen since.
The Hilux was seen on CCTV in Havelock North heading south at 5:15am, and did not return.
Police said due to weather, State Highway 2 would have been impassable during that time.
Police and family want to know where he is and that he is safe.
Anyone with information should contact police on 105 or via https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105 using 'Update Report' and quote file number 230225/2804.
