Police are searching for a man who didn't return from the Hokitika River. (File photo)Police have found no sign of a man who went missing in the Hokitika River on the South Island's West Coast on Saturday afternoon. READ MORE:* Body of girl found near mouth of West Coast river* Hokitika River takes Christchurch family's 'precious' only child after pair is swept away* Search for girl swept away in river to continue through the nightThe search for the man is expected to resume at daylight on Sunday morning. JOANNE CARROLL/STUFF Officers at the Hokitika River on the West Coast in September 2019 shortly after Emily Branje went missing after falling in the river. Stuff reported in September last year the body of 9-year-old Christchurch girl Emily Branje was found two days after she fell in the Hokitika River and was swept out to sea.

Source: Stuff January 25, 2020 10:41 UTC