7 Oct 2010

Search for three Tokelauan teenagers missing at sea resumes

10:35 am on 7 October 2010

The search for three Tokelauan teenagers missing at sea since yesterday will resume this morning.

The boys, two aged 15 and one aged 14, were last seen late on Tuesday night in the village of Atafu looking for fuel for their small aluminum boat.

New Zealand's national search and rescue, the Rescue co-ordination Centre, are helping in the operation.

Samoa's Navy is also offering assistance.