Missing Kids Options?

Zardnaar

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So Dads went AWOL in 2021 with his kids essentially kidnapping them.


Kicker is dad's an experienced hunter possibly armed. He's fled into the King Country.


Not quite uninhibited but no cities or large towns. There's been a recent sighting. By the time it gets to the police and they respond it's to late. It's an hours helicopter flight.

Down here going bush would have a high chance of killing you in winter. In NZ the cities and towns are almost Islands and the small towns are generally located along the roads connecting them. There's no major road there. Western North island very rural and that area is between Hamilton and New Plymouth. Main roads run through the middle of the island.

King country hills, forest, bush. You would probably need to deploy lots of cops or army to flush him out possible shoot out with kids around as well. That's assuming you can even find them.

Seems to be a **** sandwich all around.
 
The guy has seen too many movies with this theme.
 
NZ’s greatest movies are all about being on the run. Good Bye Pork Pie, Hunt for the Wilderpeople…
 
I guess you can't do much of anything, except hire some tracker like in some Old West movie.

You're not going to get anywhere with police chasing their tails every time someone says they might have seen him...

Maybe the wife can declare the guy legally dead, and whoever his helpers are will get the word to him, eliminating whatever grudge was obviously between them. (I imagine there is some feud between them). That could prompt a release of the kids. Maybe.
 
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