29 Jan 2019

Search for missing fishermen called off

10:17 pm on 29 January 2019

The search for two fishermen who went missing from rocks near Bluff has been called off after three days.

Police said they had suspended searching the sea off Slope Point.

The men went missing on Sunday afternoon.

Search teams will continue to hunt for any sign of the men along the coast and surrounding areas of Slope Point tomorrow.

Coastal searches will resume at 5am.