30th Oct 2008
Two young children, a 4 year old Female & a 5 year Male went missing from a house, on the edge of a patch of bush at Ruakaka.
The two children had disappeared for approx. two hours and were unable to be located initially by family.
A Police SAR team had arrived at the scene as the two children were found safe and well some distance away from the house in bush.
Northland LSAR had been activated, and were responding when the children were found.