{"id":219530,"date":"2026-01-06T11:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/219530\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:23:06","slug":"radar-tech-used-for-second-time-this-week-in-search-for-missing-tramper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/219530\/","title":{"rendered":"Radar tech used for second time this week in search for missing tramper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVAD8H_search_team_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Search crews looking for missing tramper Connor Purvis.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nSearch crews gather before heading out to look for missing tramper Connor Purvis.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>New radar technology will be used for the second time this week to help locate a missing tramper, as crews continue to search for Connor Purvis.<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing to appeal to anyone who had recently climbed near Lake \u014chau, in the South Island&#8217;s Mackenzie Basin, where the 20-year-old went missing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVB94L_connor_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1260\" alt=\"Connor Purvis\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nConnor Purvis.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>About 50 people on Tuesday probed the upper South Temple Valley, Mt Huxley and the Huxley River South Branch, both on foot and with helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Teams will be using the Recco device tomorrow with the Mount Cook Alpine Cliff Rescue team assisting the search.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVA1EU_20260105_002706299_ios_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Aerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>The technology is used to locate people lost in the outdoors, detecting items such as head-torches and cellphones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/583308\/alpine-search-tech-deployed-in-hunt-for-missing-tramper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Recco technology was also used this week<\/a> in the search for another missing tramper &#8211; 66-year-old Graham Garnett.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVA1R9_3_c_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"713\" alt=\"Aerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n<p>Senior Sergeant Blair Dalton said authorities remained closely connected with Purvis&#8217; family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to feel for them, and support them, as our search efforts continue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police are interested to hear from anyone who has climbed Mt Huxley in the past several weeks. Police thank all those involved in the search efforts in this difficult and rugged terrain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JVA1XD_4_c_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"663\" alt=\"Aerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nAerial shots from the search for Connor Purvis.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZ Police\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Search crews gather before heading out to look for missing tramper Connor Purvis. 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