The search for a missing Christchurch real estate agent has stretched into a sixth day, as police continue to search through a mountain of tips.
A man accused of kidnapping 44-year-old Yanfei Bao appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Monday, on charges of unlawfully taking Bao without her consent, with intent to cause her to be confined.
Police confirmed to Newshub the man was arrested at Christchurch Airport trying to flee the country.
Police told Newshub on Tuesday morning they've received over 120 pieces of information from the public, with the majority reportedly to do with the silver Mitsubishi sedan, registration DPH101.
The New Zealand Herald reports police have also been searching a ditch near Lake Ellesmere.
Police's attention shifted to a property in the suburb of Hornby on Monday - the third to be searched in relation to Bao's disappearance.
The owners of the property told Stuff they're "shocked and stunned" to find out the home they lived in for 37 years before moving across the ditch to Australia is under significant scrutiny from detectives.
The owners said Bao, who was acting as a buyer's agent, was planning to show someone through their home on Wednesday morning last week - the day she disappeared.
There has reportedly been at least one open home there since.
The property was due to go to auction on Wednesday, but this has now been delayed.
"It still feels surreal" - Bao's husband
Bao's husband Paul Gooch and a small group of her friends were present in court on Monday.
Gooch earlier said his wife's disappearance was "just a nightmare".
"It still feels surreal," he told the NZ Herald. "I still can't quite believe that this is all unfolding."
Timeline
Bao, a mother-of-one, recently joined Harcourts as a real estate agent and has extensive experience in sales.
She was last seen on Vickerys Rd in the middle-class area of Wigram at about 10:30am on Wednesday. Her car was left parked on Iroquois Pl.
Police and Bao's family have said her disappearance is very out of character and there are deep concerns for her safety.
Forty police officers are working on the case, which is being treated as a missing persons investigation.
Police officers earlier located one of her cell phones nearly 7km from where she was last seen. Investigators found it in the grass berm along the Southern Motorway thanks to assistance from the public.
However, Bao remains missing.
"Her family are very perplexed about her missing. This is very out of character, she's a hard-working mother with a nine-year-old daughter," Reeves said on Saturday.
Police officers have knocked on every door of Vickerys Rd where Bao was last seen trying to promote her real estate services.
"It's at one of those houses that she has stopped and spoken to an occupant is the last sighting," Reeves said.
A friend of Bao claims they spoke to the 44-year-old woman on messaging app WeChat after that sighting, posting on Facebook to say: "She mentioned about a potential client who wants to transfer money to NZ and checked if [sic] about the rate and channel."
"She said she was going to call the person" and "would call me back" - however "she did not".
Reeves said more than 50 pieces of information have been received from the public since the investigation commenced.
"We want to thank the public for coming forward and encourage anyone who has not yet done so to let us know if they have information that may assist."
Police said anyone with information should get in touch via 105, either by calling or going online to https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105 using "update report".
