{"id":538954,"date":"2026-07-22T17:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538954\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:39:21","slug":"coastguard-air-patrol-joins-search-for-missing-dargaville-man-saxzin-steedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538954\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastguard Air Patrol joins search for missing Dargaville man Saxzin Steedman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police issued a fresh appeal yesterday<\/a> as the search for Steedman entered its fourth week. <\/p>\n

They asked anyone with dashcam footage from the Northern Wairoa Bridge between 5pm and 6.30pm on Tuesday, June 30, to come forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you drove this section of road, and you have footage, we ask you to save it and please get in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SaxzinSaxzin Steedman, 22, was last seen on Cranley St on June 30. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

Early indications suggested Saxzin was last seen leaving Cranley St and getting into a grey car with a woman with short curly hair about 4pm on June 30, his mother, Angie Steedman, said. <\/p>\n

Police say Steedman<\/a> was believed to be wearing black pants, a black sweatshirt and red shoes.<\/p>\n

They continue to appeal for sightings in the Dargaville or wider area from about 3.30pm on the day he went missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are eager to have him reunited with his family, who are worried for his safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SaxzinSaxzin Steedman was last seen wearing black pants, a black sweatshirt and red shoes. Photo \/ NZ Police<\/p>\n

Steedman, who has autism, disappeared without vital belongings, his mother said. <\/p>\n

She told the Advocate early in the search<\/a> that she was worried.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am concerned about his safety because, you know, his bank account hasn\u2019t been touched, and he doesn\u2019t have any clothes and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have been approached for comment on the aerial search.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 105 and quoting file number 260702\/0678.<\/p>\n

Brodie Stone covers crime and emergency for the Northern Advocate. She has spent most of her life in Whang\u0101rei and is passionate about delving into issues that matter to Northlanders and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police issued a fresh appeal yesterday as the search for Steedman entered its fourth week. They asked anyone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68,35631,23155,133345,1866,2082,305,5838,6371,5158,6501,111,43,139,1067,69,71522,675,254669,1870,254670],"class_list":["post-538954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-air","tag-coastguard","tag-dargaville","tag-enlisted","tag-find","tag-for","tag-have","tag-help","tag-joins","tag-man","tag-missing","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-northland","tag-nz","tag-patrol","tag-police","tag-saxzin","tag-search","tag-steedman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538954","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=538954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}