13 Jul 2008

Missing schoolgirl doesn't want to be found - police

12:07 pm on 13 July 2008

Police in Tauranga say a schoolgirl who disappeared with a man nine days ago, does not want to be found.

Mount Maunganui College student Julie Davis, 14, is believed to be travelling with Craig Howard, 41, a man she met in March this year.

Detective Constable Pete Sweeney says they were last seen last Wednesday at the Miranda hot springs near Thames.

He says it's proving difficult to track them and it's clear they don't want to be found and are lying low.

He says her family has had no contact from her.