Police seek man seen on summit track day missing woman vanished

<p>Police investigating the <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/25/search-ongoing-for-woman-missing-near-coronet-peak/" target="_blank">disappearance of a woman near Queenstown</a> want to speak to a man seen on a summit track in the area on the day she was last seen.</p> <p>Erika Rodrigues Coelho, 47, is a Brazilian national living in Queenstown. No one has seen or heard from her since September 18, and police learned she was missing two days later, on September 20.</p> <p>Sergeant Terry Wood said the man was on the summit track in the Mount Dewar area, near Coronet Peak, about 12.30pm on September 18.</p> <p>"The man is described as of Asian complexion, in his 30s, average to taller in height. Slim build with short dark hair, and clean shaven.