A boat carrying nine people that went missing on Christmas Day near Fiji has been found.
This morning the New Zealand Defence Force was called on to look for the vessel.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft deployed from Auckland this morning to search for the missing vessel. Photo: NZDF
The Defence Force deployed a P-3K2 Orion aircraft from Auckland. A Fijian Navy Patrol Vessel is also assisted in the search.
A spokesperson for the Defence Force said the boat ran out of fuel and washed ashore this morning.
The boat was on a return leg back to Tovu on Totoya Island, South-East of Fiji when it went missing.
