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volunteers and members of the public who have helped search recently for two  Northland men, who went missing in separate incidents. The search for 72-year-old Whangārei man Brian Bench was the largest search  operation conducted in the Northland area in the last 17 years. (see note) During the five-day search, helicopters and sniffer dogs were brought in to  help and volunteers scoured backyards, streets and waterways. Mr Bench, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, was discovered by Police staff off  a walking track on Mount Parihaka and sadly, despite their efforts, he passed  away at the...

Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police want to acknowledge the tireless contribution and massive response of volunteers and members of the public who have helped search recently for two Northland men, who went missing in separate incidents. The search for 72-year-old Whangārei man Brian Bench was the largest search operation conducted in the Northland area in the last 17 years. (see note) During the five-day search, helicopters and sniffer dogs were brought in to help and volunteers scoured backyards, streets and waterways. Mr Bench, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, was discovere...

NZ Police/Supplied Charles "Chaz" Strange was reported missing from Whangaroa Marina on Sunday, and police found a body in their search on Monday evening. Strange's body was found in the water on Monday. Head of Northland police’s Search and Rescue Squad, Senior Sergeant Cliff Metcalfe, said in both cases the contribution from the public and volunteers were crucial in finding the missing men and being able to return them to their families. “The community rallies in these sorts of times of adversity, and police really appreciate the support," he said. “It’s not the results we were ...

Neville Bench, Bench’s brother, said they had both spent all of their lives in Whangārei. Bench’s two children had moved to Auckland and Australia as adults, but Bench and his wife remained in Northland. “People here did all they could do to find him,” Neville Bench said on the search for his brother. Bench’s family said they want to thank the “amazing” Whangārei community for the huge effort people put in during the search for Bench. They did not want to comment further as it is still quite raw, they said. Bench was found by searchers near the summit of Mount Parihaka, ...

Genna Gillispie, who lives next door to Bench, said he had left his house about 8pm. “There was a helicopter up earlier today looking for him,” she said on Friday. “We have had some people come and look over the area again as well as sniffer dogs earlier on Thursday, but we’ve had no luck so far.” Northland police said there had been a possible sighting of Bench in the Whangārei CBD area about 7am on Thursday. Police said their thoughts were with the family of the missing man, and thanked the members of the public for their “overwhelming support.”