29 Nov 2014

Missing Motueka man found

10:29 am on 29 November 2014

A 66-year-old man who went missing from a Motueka rest home yesterday has been found.

Colin Smith

Colin Smith Photo: NZ POLICE

Police Search and Rescue teams were called out when Colin Smith was reported missing from the Jack Inglis Hospital at about 5.30 yesterday afternoon.

He has Down's syndrome and suffers from dementia.

Police said Mr Smith was found this morning, cold and hungry, in a nearby orchard.