Family of missing Auckland man Kevin Taylor say ‘just come home’

Police are releasing new sightings of missing man Kevin Taylor as part of an ongoing appeal. Photo / Police

Worried family members of missing Auckland man Kevin Taylor are imploring him to return home, more than a week after he went missing.

The Titirangi and New Lynn communities are being asked to remain vigilant and keep an eye out for the 60-year-old man after he was reported missing from his Henderson home on August 14.

Taylor’s cousin, Vanessa Rogers, said the family has been searching for him across New Lynn, Titirangi and other west Auckland suburbs.

“We’ve put photos up everywhere, shared Facebook posts everywhere.”

Rogers said the family “just want him home”.

“He’s got a mum down in Timaru who he would normally contact every day. It’s really tough.”

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Kevin Taylor, who is missing from Henderson. Photo / Police

She said he was “great” and a “stand-up kind of guy”.

“He’s a taxi driver and makes sure everyone else gets home safe and he’s not. According to his wife, it was just a normal day, he walked out and we haven’t seen him since.”

Rogers asked members of the public to please keep an eye out.

“You have the power to help bring him home. We just want him home.”

Taylor was last seen disembarking a bus at the New Lynn transport hub at 11.55am on the same day as his disappearance.

Through inquiries, police have obtained new sightings of Taylor moving around the New Lynn and Titirangi area.

Taylor got off a bus in Titirangi Village about 12.35pm on August 14.

Police are releasing new sightings of missing man Kevin Taylor as part of an ongoing appeal. Photo / Police

Police also have a confirmed sighting of Taylor in the Titirangi area on Monday, August 19.

He was seen walking past a property on Otitori Bay Rd about 11.45am.

“We believe Kevin is still likely moving around these areas in the same clothing he was wearing at the time of his disappearance.”

Taylor was wearing a blue jacket, red shirt, green trousers and blue trainers.

He was also carrying a fluro green backpack.

Known movements so far:

• August 14, 11.20am: Taylor leaves his Blacklock Ave home in Henderson
• 11.21am: He walks through Hiseman Lane, in to Fuller Lane
• 11.41am: He catches a bus on Te Atatū Road from Glendene
• 11.55am: He disembarks at the New Lynn transport hub
• 12.35pm: He disembarks from a bus in Titirangi Village
• August 19, about 11.45am: Taylor is sighted on CCTV walking on Otitori Bay Road

If you see Kevin Taylor, please call 111.

Other information on his whereabouts can be reported to police by calling 105 quoting file number 240814/9789.