‘A Light for Our Lives’: Family of Missing Tauranga Woman Begs for More Information

The family of Rebeka Storey, a missing woman from Tauranga, have described her as a “beautiful person” and are urging the public to keep an eye on her and step up if they have any information.

Storey told his family that he was driving from Tauranga to his sister’s house in Ranfurly on September 5, but never reached his destination.

His sister Sarah Barnish requested that if anyone had any information, no matter how insignificant, they let the police know.

“Rebeka is such a beautiful person and a light to our lives. I pray that someone can help us bring her home.

“If someone sees something, hears about it or knows where it could be, if the people in the area can be aware of it because we would love to have it back home,” he said.

Western Bay of Plenty Police Detective Sergeant Major Craig Rawlinson said Storey planned to camp overnight in his white Suzuki Swift, registration CWD620.

The last confirmed sighting of her was at 11:47 pm on September 5 at the Caltex gas station in Greerton, Tauranga.

His white Suzuki was then recorded traveling south on Tauranga Eastern Link at 12:31 am

Around noon on September 6, her Suzuki was seen at the Manganuku camp on State Highway 2 in the Waioeka Gorge.

Storey never made it to Ranfurly and has not been in contact with her family.

Barnish said the family would greatly appreciate any help.

“They’re pretty sure she’s lost in that Waioeka bush,” he said.

“So if they could keep an eye on her. If anyone sees her or knows anything, they can contact the police because by the time they’ve hit a dead end, they’ve searched everything they can. Look for.

“They just need other information to come out.”

Storey’s Suzuki has been recovered by the camp police, and Search and Rescue has extensively searched the surroundings.

There has been no sign of Storey, and the police and her family are very concerned about her.

Police are urging anyone who has seen Storey, or his vehicle, since Sept. 5 to contact 105 and cite file number 200909/2598.