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A police search of the Avon River for missing Christchurch woman Tisha Lowry has come up with nothing.
Detective Senior Sergeant Virginia Le Bas said a boat and helicopter was used in this morning's search for the woman, who has now been missing for 12 days.
"A helicopter helped with the search of the estuary as a sweeping view could be seen from it. The boats should return within the hour," Ms Le Bas said.
A team of Police officers has been on Wainoni Road this morning stopping all vehicles, showing pictures of Tisha and talking with drivers, she said.
Yesterday it was revealed that the missing 28 year-old was last seen walking from a bottle shop in Aranui to her grandfather's house in Hampshire St.
Ms Le Bas said police would like to speak to a man who is thought to have walked with her.
He is described as being in his twenties or thirties, dark skinned, with dark hair cut in a number one style. He was thin and wearing jeans.
She said police would also like to hear from anyone who was with Ms Lowry at the Bower Ave Tavern in the days before she disappeared.
- NZ HERALD STAFF
