Police are currently looking for a 69 year old Polynesian female who is missing from her Mangere address.

Tapita Areai was last seen at 11.30pm on Saturday evening and was found missing from her bed at 5.20am today.

She suffers from dimentia and is likely to be quite confused.

She is approximately 170cm tall and of medium build with Black wavy short hair.

She was last seen wearing a grey / black couloured jacket, purple scarf, grey trackpants with a stripe down the side and was not wearing any shoes

Police are appealing to the public to report any possible sightings of the missing women to Otahuhu Police on ph 2611300