Cadaver dog to join renewed Kaimai Range search

Police will again use a cadaver dog late this week to try to find a Te Puke man who drove off the Kaimai Range summit more than two weeks ago.

A search with such a dog a week ago failed to find any clues to the whereabouts or fate of 53-year-old Te Paewhenua Roberts.

Sergeant Graham McGurk, of Matamata police, said the dog would accompany five police search and rescue staff into the steep, bushclad area.