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10yo Auckland girl missing from Cornwall Park found alone at Westfield Newmarket mall

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NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sun, 12 Oct 2025, 8:16am
Missing Auckland girl Lily.
Missing Auckland girl Lily.

10yo Auckland girl missing from Cornwall Park found alone at Westfield Newmarket mall

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Sun, 12 Oct 2025, 8:16am

A 10-year-old girl who went missing from Cornwall Park today has been found safe and well tonight at Westfield Newmarket Shopping Centre.

The Herald understands the girl was alone and may have wandered more than 3km to the mall by herself.

Police issued an urgent appeal for sightings of a Lily tonight at 8.50pm.

She was last seen by family members in Cornwall Park about 5pm.

Police said she had long, waist-length hair and was wearing black pants and a brown/yellow t-shirt.

鈥淚f you think you may have seen Lily since 5pm, please call 111 and quote event number P064094631.鈥

However, a police spokeswoman contacted the Herald about 9.10pm to say the little girl had been found at the Newmarket shopping centre.

鈥淪he鈥檚 safe and well and we鈥檙e getting her to family.

鈥淲e got a call from security to say she was possibly there.鈥

It鈥檚 understood that Lily was alone and may have wandered there by herself.

鈥淧olice would like to thank those who contacted police following our appeal for information.鈥

Cornwall Park is a large reserve in Epsom, surrounding the park which contains Maungakiekie P膩, or the hill of One Tree Hill. The two independent parks form one large park of 670 acres.

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