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Auckland police are appealing for sightings of a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for a week. Aria Bailey Dehar was last seen by her mother at 8am last Monday as she was leaving her Mt Albert home to walk to Mt Albert Grammar School.
She did not arrive, and has not be in contact with her family since. The missing girl is of Maori and European descent, with hazel eyes and solid build, 165cm tall with long, dark brown hair.
She has a small birthmark on the left side of her neck, and when last seen was wearing her school uniform - navy pants, a light blue top with a navy strip on the collar and black shoes.
- NZPA