Police looking for a North Shore man who has been missing since Sunday found a body near the shoreline in the Greenhithe area.
Harold Barwell was reported missing from his home in Greenhithe, Auckland’s North Shore, on the evening of June 26.
The body was discovered Monday. A police spokesman said formal identification had yet to be completed, but police believed it was the 91-year-old.
His death was referred to the coroner.
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Police expressed their condolences to Barwell’s family and friends.