Police searching for 20-year-old Fernside woman Emma Beattie are scaling back their efforts.
A large team of police officers and LandSAR volunteers have been involved in the search since she went missing on Friday, December 1 from her Fernside home.
They have searched along the Ashley River area where Beattie was thought to have been, but have been unable to locate her.
![Emma Beattie hasn't been seen since December 1.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/E3FUYSKYFRJ6L2LCFCS3XUWAWY.jpg?auth=d88fd20d59e6e762495fdd83f23ec90fbc9f8781cf08b13bb8c46f4abc3c4ad7&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)
"Sadly we have now reached the point where all possible search options have been exhausted, and as such, our efforts will now be scaled back," said Senior Sergeant Paul Reeves, Rangiora Police.