Tracks at Mount Maunganui have been re-opened as police wind down a search operation for two missing people, including five-year-old Jack Dixon.
Police completed their operation at Mauao about 11.30am after searching since first light for any sign of either missing person.
Jack has not been seen since a rogue wave swept him away from his family at Mauao's Shelly Beach on October 1. Last night Jack's parents released a moving statement appealling for people not to give up looking for their ''precious boy''.
![The entire area around the Mauao base track has been been closed by police. Police search the rocks. Photo/John Borren](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/FRPQG6XGIFBLZBBB5TG4IYL2PQ.jpg?auth=03c0560d5008f963943e40f9723fab6dfe36e0f1df32e0c24fc53fb807293d29&width=16&height=23&quality=70&smart=true)
Mount Maunganui man Stephen Michael Tracey, 37, has also disappeared without a trace. He was last seen by family on September 27.