A search and rescue team has begun searching the Routeburn Track near Queenstown for a missing Israeli tourist.
Thirty-five-year-old Liat Okin was last seen on the track two
weeks ago and police say they have serious concerns for her
safety.
Twenty searchers are at the track on Wednesday but so far they have
found no sign of the missing woman.
An earlier aerial search of the track failed to find any sign of her.
She is described as 1.46 metres tall - that's less than five feet - of thin build and has dark shoulder-length hair usually worn in a ponytail.
She was last seen wearing a red hoodie with a zip-up front, jeans and a backpack.
Acting Senior Sergeant Steve Hutt says with a week's delay between her last sighting and the report coming to police, they've been trying to build a picture of her movements and trace witnesses.
