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''.
Mount Maunganui man Stephen Michael Tracey, 37, has also disappeared without a trace. He was last seen by family on September 27.