{"id":290132,"date":"2026-02-18T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/290132\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:52:09","slug":"search-turns-to-waterways-for-missing-southland-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/290132\/","title":{"rendered":"Search turns to waterways for missing Southland man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are examining waterways in an area near Invercargill in their search for a Southland man missing for more than a month.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Belling, 62, was last seen at his Motu Rimu farm on Friday, January 9\u00a0and was reported missing on January 18.<\/p>\n<p>Police have said they have &#8220;serious concerns&#8221; for his welfare.<\/p>\n<p>In an update today, Detective Sergeant John Kean said search\u00a0teams had conducted extensive searches, including at Mr Belling&#8217;s Caeser Rd property in Kapuka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Southland Police are now proceeding to examine effluent ponds and other waterways on the Motu Rimu farm owned by Kevin,&#8221; Det Sgt Kean said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, Kevin has not been found, and police continue to appeal for any information that could help us find him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He asked people to be vigilant and to check their rural properties for any signs of Mr Belling.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information was asked to contact police online at 105 or call 105, citing\u00a0reference number 260118\/6964.<\/p>\n<p>Information can also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8211; Allied Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are examining waterways in an area near Invercargill in their search for a Southland man missing for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-290132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}