Family of the seven crew who vanished with their yacht, Nina, in the Tasman Sea two years ago still hold out hope the nautical mystery will be solved.
David Dyche, 58, his 60-year-old wife, Rosemary, and their 17-year-old son, David, plus Evi Nemeth, 73, Kyle Jackson, 28, Matthew Wootton, 35, and Danielle Wright, 18, were aboard the vintage American-flagged schooner when it sailed from Opua in Northland on May 29, 2013, bound for Australia.
It was last heard from on June 4 during a storm.
A massive New Zealand-led search found nothing, but loved ones of the crew who had joined the Dyches on their dream voyage around the world have continued looking for any sign of the missing yacht, mounting private aerial searches in the Pacific Ocean. There has never been any trace of wreckage.