30 Sep 2025

Search resumes for missing Christchurch teenager Marley

11:15 am on 30 September 2025
Missing Christchurch teenager Marley.

Marley was last seen in Opawa on Friday. Photo: Supplied

Christchurch police are resuming the search for a missing teenager, after calling it off a day earlier.

Marley, 17, was last seen in the Opawa suburb in the afternoon of last Friday and his car was later found in Sumner.

He was wearing a light grey coloured Adidas hoodie and low-cut burgundy coloured converse shoes.

Police, Land Search and Rescue, Coastguard Sumner, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and volunteers have been searching for Marley in the Scarborough area and surrounding bays. Boats and drones were used in the search.

The physical search for him was paused on Monday, but police said Search and Rescue were returning to the Scarborough area on Tuesday.

Police were reviewing CCTV and anyone with information was urged to get contact.

"We continue to appeal for anyone in Sumner and Scarborough with CCTV or doorbell cameras on their property to check their cameras from 2:45pm," a police spokesperson said.

"If anyone sees Marley, please call police via 111, quoting the reference number 250927/3331."

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