search for a tramper<\/a> who has been missing for almost a week near Lake \u014chau in the Mackenzie Basin is continuing.<\/p>\nThere has been no sign of 20-year-old Connor Purvis since he went to climb Mt Huxley on Tuesday last week.<\/p>\n
Police said the Search and Rescue and Alpine Cliff Rescue teams were continuing the search on the ground on Monday.<\/p>\n
Purvis has red hair and a handlebar moustache and police are urging anyone with information to get in contact.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Otago coastal search and rescue co-ordinator Sergeant Matt Sheat said helicopters were scouring the area.<\/p>\n
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\nConnor Purvis has red hair and a handlebar moustache.
\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n
They have been looking through huts and camp sites but have found no sign of Purvis.<\/p>\n
“We ask anyone who has climbed Mt Huxley or has been tramping or hunting in the Huxley River South Branch between 28 December and 2 January to make contact with Police if they haven’t already,” Sheat said.<\/p>\n
“We also want to hear from anyone who may have seen or spoken to Connor in the South Temple, Ahuriri or Huxley valleys in that same timeframe.<\/p>\n
“It’s a large-scale search over a large area, and the smallest piece of information could make all the difference.”<\/p>\n
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