{"id":15189,"date":"2025-10-02T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=15189"},"modified":"2025-10-02T17:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:49:27","slug":"missing-woman-te-anihana-pomana-withdrew-cash-before-disappearance-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=15189","title":{"rendered":"Missing woman Te Anihana Pomana withdrew cash before disappearance, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have confirmed missing woman Te Anihana Pomana withdrew cash from her account before disappearing from central Auckland more than a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old was last seen leaving the SkyCity Hotel in central Auckland just after 5am on the morning of 21 August.<\/p>\n<p>She left all of her belongings in the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Police appealed last month for anyone with information on her whereabouts to come forward, handing out flyers alongside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/572177\/we-all-love-you-and-miss-you-mother-s-plea-for-daughter-to-come-home\">Pomana&#8217;s family<\/a>\u00a0around the area she had last been seen.<\/p>\n<p>Pomana&#8217;s family posted on social media on Wednesday, saying there had been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/574653\/no-sightings-of-missing-woman-te-anihana-pomana-despite-family-appeals\">no sightings of her<\/a>, and no bank movements since she disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Senior Sergeant Martin Friend told RNZ on Thursday she had made a cash withdrawal before her disappearance, and confirmed there had been no activity on her bank account since.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police are continuing to follow lines of enquiry relating to the disappearance of Te Anihana Pomana, 25, in central Auckland, on 21 August, 2025,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police can confirm Te Anihana had withdrawn cash from her bank account prior to her disappearance, and advise there has been no activity on her account since then.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Friend said enquiries were ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>RNZ confirmed in September many people had reached out to police, but authorities said there had been no new sightings since Pomana&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police and wh\u0101nau hold grave concerns for Te Anihana&#8217;s safety and urge anyone who sees her to call 111 immediately,&#8221; a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Friend said there was nothing to suggest foul play but the length of time Pomana had been missing and the fact she left all her possessions was worrying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just do not know what&#8217;s happened to her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>~VIA RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have confirmed missing woman Te Anihana Pomana withdrew cash from her account before disappearing from central Auckland more than a month ago. The 25-year-old was last seen leaving the SkyCity Hotel in central Auckland just after 5am on the morning of 21 August. She left all of her belongings in the hotel. 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