12:46 pm today

Search for woman who failed to board flight stepped up

12:46 pm today
Penelope - missing in Otago

Police and relatives are concerned for the welbeing of Penelope. Photo: Supplied / NZ police

Police are intensifying the search for a 65-year-old woman who failed to board a flight back to Taupō from Dunedin last Saturday.

Police enquiries indicate Penelope may have travelled to the Otago Peninsula area, and searches are underway.

A CCTV image has also been released of her just before she arrived in the Sandfly Bay area on Saturday.

Penelope - missing in Otago

Photo: Supplied / NZ police

She can be seen wearing a dark coloured hat, green top, tan pants and jandals.

Police and her family are concerned for her wellbeing.

Anyone who has any information about her whereabouts is being asked to get in touch by calling 105, using reference number 250304/9428.

Officers especially want to hear from people who were in the Sandfly Bay area over the weekend.