Police have appealed for sightings of a Bay of Plenty woman who has not returned from a hiking trip.
Natalie Podesvova, 32, was last seen leaving her Ōpōtiki address around 5pm on Sunday, police said in a statement today.
Before leaving she told her friends she was travelling to the Urewera Ranges, specifically Lake Waikeremoana to camp and do a trail walk.
![She was travelling in a Grey 2005 Mazda MPV registration GWM400.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/MQDXC4EKGBES7OITWUIC6734AY.jpg?auth=f1e33a46bc01855a566db4164b42686feaad56f27c874213ff133112cb650704&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
She said she would return on Monday, August 28, however has not returned, police said.