Couple missing
Police search for tourists
Wellington — New Zealand authorities were searching on September 19 for a Canadian couple who were believed to have died when their rental van went over a cliff on a rugged road. Police were trying to recover the bodies of 25-year-old Connor Hayes and 24-year-old Joanna Lam off a road which connects the west coast of the South Island to the rugged interior.
The couple was last seen on September 10 in stormy conditions. Parts of their wrecked van were found a few days later in the Haast River, about 80 metres below the road. Police believe they either drove over a cliff or were swept off by a landslide. — AP