Police release CCTV image of missing man

A CCTV image of missing man Brett Hall, taken four days before he was last seen. Photo / supplied

Police investigating the disappearance of Palmerston North man Brett Hall have released a CCTV image taken less than a week before he went missing.

The image was captured at a local service station on May 25 and showed the lifestyle block owner wearing a checked shirt, singlet, black shorts and jandals.

Mr Hall, 47, was last seen on May 29 at his isolated lifestyle block, 30km north of Wanganui, and reported missing two days later. Police are now treating his disappearance as a homicide.

"We hope releasing this more up-to-date image will help us to identify more people who may have seen Mr Hall, spoken to him or served him in a shop, so that we can continue piecing together his movements before he disappeared," Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Kirby said.

Police have issued several appeals for information following Mr Hall's disappearance, saying today they wanted to hear from the driver of a white flat-deck ute seen leaving the track leading to Mr Hall's property on the day he went missing.

"We've made it quite clear through the public appeal that we want to hear from anyone who has visited Brett's property recently but no one has come forward to tell us they were there on the Sunday night," Mr Kirby said.

"It is important they do so as we need to know whether Mr Hall was at the property that evening and we need to eliminate that vehicle from our inquiries."

Mr Kirby said if the driver failed to come forward, his actions would be considered suspicious.

Police are still searching Mr Hall's property and plan to continue searching over the weekend.

Mr Hall was paroled in October 2009 after being sentenced to seven-and-a-half years jail for drug dealing and receiving and unlawful possession of a pistol.

- NZPA