More human remains have been found on a South Island beach today after a human leg bone was found inside a boot yesterday.
Remains were found on a beach near Washdydke, just north of Timaru, by a member of the public yesterday and handed in to police.
Search and rescue teams scouring the coastline today found "further human remains", police confirmed.
"Police are at this stage unable to identify the remains, but a process to do this is underway," a police spokesman said.