A blessing has been held for missing man Tyler Nii following a tandem sky-dive that went terribly wrong.
On Thursday police accompanied Nii's family to Lake Wakatipu where Southern District Health Board kaumātua Herewini Neho led a blessing for Nii's parents and his brother.
Nii, who is from California, is missing and presumed dead after the 27-year-old and his tandem-skydiving instructor plunged into Lake Wakatipu while on a jump with skydive firm NZONE on January 10.
Nii was the passenger in the last of nine pairs to leave the plane.
![The Police National Dive Squad have brought in specialist sonar equipment in a bid to find Tyler Nii and will test it on Friday. Photo / Facebook](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GM3JA4H2S7ABA57QTPHVCCURNI.jpg?auth=3cff60a8a5ac2ca4924579f515e49098f3fa92caf1da6d396aea085862e70046&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)