Police divers are searching Picton Harbour for a missing 56-year-old man.
Christopher John Derek Purdy lived on his yacht in the harbour, and was last seen at Oxley's Tavern, which was the Irish Bar at the time, on October 28.
A dinghy, believed to belong to Mr Purdy, was retrieved by Coastguard in the early hours of October 29, police say.
Police and coastguard had searched the Picton foreshore without success and police divers from Wellington would assist with further searches this afternoon.
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