Missing woman in Auckland’s Manukau

An Auckland businesswoman with various corporate management positions has disappeared in the Manukau area.

Police said Elizabeth (Ying) Zhong, 55, was reported missing from her Sunnyhills home this morning and was last seen Friday afternoon.

Several police cars were outside his home in Auckland on Saturday night.

“The police and Elizabeth’s family are concerned for her well-being and would like to hear from anyone who has seen her, or who knows where she may be,” police said.

“He is about 160 cm tall and thin in build, and can be found on foot in eastern Manukau counties.

“Anyone who can help the police locate Elizabeth should call 105 quoting the file number 201128/1909.”

Zhong, who has had health problems recently, was the sole owner and director of two wine companies that are now bankrupt: Kennedy Point Vineyard on Waiheke Island and Carrick Wines in Central Otago.

It is also the sole owner and director of the film production company Digital Post Ltd, Digipost Entertainment and associated companies.

Digipost offers computer graphics and animation, movie post-production, sound mixing, and visual effects.

Credits the company has been involved in include Mosely, Ash versus Evil Dad, Mt Zion, Spartacus, Love Birds, and 30 Days of Night.

Their website reads: “Digipost is New Zealand’s most experienced post-production and visual effects company dedicated to bringing our clients’ creative endeavors to life, delivering the highest quality services to the film, advertising and film industries. television”.

In 2018, Variety reported that Zhong and Digipost were part of a “three-way finance and development agreement” with Southern Light Films and Tim White’s Super Entertainment for the CGI live-action fantasy film Shelved worth up to $ 56 million.

Variety reported that the film was about “two lazy robots worrying about being replaced by humans.” The film, which featured New Zealand-born Shrek director Andrew Adamson, would be a New Zealand-China co-production.