Police have this morning uncovered human remains following an extensive land search in the southern Bay of Plenty area this week.
A team of officers searched an area around Rangipo Intake Road, off Desert Road in the central North Island, after Police received information which led them to have grave fears for a person, police said in a statement.
The human remains were found buried at a site off Rangipo Intake Road. The remains appear to have been in place for a period of time, they said.
A scene guard is in place, with the process to have the remains removed off-site expected to be completed tomorrow.
A post mortem will then take place. It's expected to take some time before the formal identification process is completed.
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