{"id":59547,"date":"2025-10-04T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/59547\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:54:08","slug":"nz-family-of-child-missing-in-canada-have-grave-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/59547\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ family of child missing in Canada have \u2018grave concerns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs part of the investigation, police have spoken to Kai\u2019s family members and have reason to believe Kai is staying with a caretaker who is unknown to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOver the next few days, various investigational avenues were pursued to try and confirm Kai\u2019s whereabouts, but have so far been unsuccessful. Numerous resources have been dedicated to this investigation and officers are actively working around the clock to locate Kai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">A spokeswoman said the initial priority was to make people aware he was missing and share his picture with the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur investigators are making every effort to find Kai and we are asking for the public\u2019s help as part of those ongoing efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">Anyone who knew where he was or was looking after him was asked to contact local police, so they could confirm his safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBurnaby RCMP would also like address questions from the public regarding an Amber Alert,\u201d they said. \u201cAmber Alerts are activated in cases where an abduction has been confirmed and there is believed to be imminent danger to the child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAt this point in the investigation, the information does not meet the criteria for issuing an Amber Alert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Canadian police are searching for 11-year-old Kai Pavlovic. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Canadian police are searching for 11-year-old Kai Pavlovic. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/givealittle.co.nz\/cause\/help-find-kai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Givealittle page was set up<\/a> for Kai\u2019s Christchurch-based family on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cKai has been living in Canada and had limited contact with family overseas the last 12 months. Recently concern for his wellbeing was raised by his deceased father\u2019s family and shared with his NZ family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis led the family to request a welfare check.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAll attempts to ensure Kai\u2019s wellbeing have failed and family have grave concerns for his safety. A missing-person investigation has been launched and appeals for sightings of Kai have failed to provide any leads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFamily are heading to Canada to assist in the search for answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) spokesperson told RNZ that it was aware of reports of a child missing in Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOur high commission in Ottawa has provided initial advice to a family member of the child. Details of the assistance we can provide is found on the SafeTravel website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor privacy reasons, no further information will be provided.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">&#8211; RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAs part of the investigation, police have spoken to Kai\u2019s family members and have reason to believe Kai&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[275,2511,10709,2109,28163,305,78,6501,111,43,139,69,1118,15768],"class_list":["post-59547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-canada","tag-child","tag-concerns","tag-family","tag-grave","tag-have","tag-in","tag-missing","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-sherwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59547","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=59547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}