{"id":395527,"date":"2026-04-24T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/395527\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:14:11","slug":"drone-dog-used-in-search-for-missing-motueka-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/395527\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone, dog used in search for missing Motueka man"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nathan<\/p>\n

\nNathan Green.
\nPhoto: NZ Police \/ SUPPLIED\n<\/p>\n

A search dog and drones with thermal capability have been used by police as the search for missing Motueka man Nathan Green<\/a> continues.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old was last seen on a trail camera on 14 April, before later being seen by a member of the public.<\/p>\n

Police search and rescue, and Land Search and Rescue teams, have conducted extensive searches of the area.<\/p>\n

Acting Nelson Bays Area Commander, Acting Inspector Adam Ramsay, said despite reviewing available CCTV, using a drone with thermal capability and a search dog, Green has still not been found.<\/p>\n

“We continue to work closely with Nathan’s family, who are understandably very concerned for his welfare,” Ramsay said.<\/p>\n

“We ask that the community continues to keep an eye out for Nathan, including checking your backyards and sheds\/shelters.”<\/p>\n

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":"Nathan Green. Photo: NZ Police \/ SUPPLIED A search dog and drones with thermal capability have been used…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":["post-395527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395527","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=395527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}