Police are trying to locate missing man Earle Taka, who is known as Pat. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police
Family have concerns for a man missing from Hawke's Bay.
Earle Taka, who is known as Pat, is from Central Hawke's Bay and was last seen at a service station at the intersection of Russell Road and State Highway 2 Waipukurau, police say.
"He often hitchhiked from his home address of State Highway 2 Ōtāne, near Te Aute College, to Waipukurau or Hastings," Detective Senior Sergeant Sally Patrick said in a statement.
Police want anyone who may have picked up Pat from mid to late March, or seen him at the Russell Road/ SH2 Waipukurau service station to contact them.
Anyone with information can report it to police via 105 referencing file number: 240416/0517 or anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.