{"id":82506,"date":"2025-10-16T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/82506\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:22:10","slug":"sunlive-police-seek-information-on-missing-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/82506\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Police seek information on missing man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police have renewed a call for sightings of a grey Mazda ute after a man went missing eight weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Aydan, 39, was last seen in Chartwell, Hamilton on August 17 and was believed to be driving his 2016 grey Mazda ute, registration QYA209.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant Jonathan Carter said Aydan\u2019s family and police were hoping for someone to come forward with information about the ute.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you seen a grey ute anywhere? Perhaps you\u2019ve noticed it hasn\u2019t moved.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve noticed a grey Mazda ute somewhere across the region, we would like to hear from you,\u201d Carter said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Carter said Aydan may have parked up in a rural or bush area.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to those in the wider Waikato\/Bay of Plenty region for any sightings of him or his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you\u2019ve gone hunting and seen a vehicle parked up and not thought much of it, and then returned another time and it\u2019s still there.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Aydan was last seen in Hamilton on August 17. Photo \/ NZ Police\"  data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Aydan was last seen in Hamilton on August 17. Photo \/ NZ Police<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking for anything out of the ordinary like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any information, contact police via 105, either over the phone or online, referencing file number 250819\/5160.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>You can also get in touch anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111 or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers-nz.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.crimestoppers-nz.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=wn\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stay up to date with the\u00a0Waikato Herald<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGet the latest Waikato headlines straight to your inbox Monday to Saturday.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=wn\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Register for free today \u2013 simply click here and choose Local News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Police have renewed a call for sightings of a grey Mazda ute after a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-82506","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\/82506","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=82506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}