The search for a missing family along a remote Waikato west coast beach is resuming.
34-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three young children were last seen at Marokopa on Saturday evening.
The alert wasn't raised until Monday and so far the extensive hunt along the coastline and in dense bush has failed to find any sign of them.
A coastguard vessel is expected to help today - a plane, a helicopter and drones are already being used.
Reporter Robin Martin is in nearby Otorohanga. He spoke to Corin Dann.
