Debiarbi: Hi Rose,

I hope you and your family are well.

The police didn't say anything about the person's accent. I could ask them, but I doubt if it was something they would know now. Did the daughter's husband have an accent?

My family and I appreciate what you tried to do for Tracey. I feel bad about the way you were treated. The police should never have told him that you had given them the information.

The police are saying that although a few new leads (about 7, I believe) came in after the Herald article in January, it will be months before they can look into them because they are dealing with the homicide of the security guard in Henderson. I can understand that current crimes should be prioritised, but it seems to me that, apart from a couple of officers in Henderson, nobody is interested in solving such an old case. Yet, in the States, Europe, etc, old cases are being solved all the time.

Take care of yourself, and thanks again for trying to help.

Does anyone out there know of any ways I can publicise this more? I'd like to set up a website /blog to try to bring attention to the fact that Tracey's case has never been solved, despite the fact that there are several leads (I was informed a couple of  years ago that at least one of the leads was 'quite promising'- I was told last year that a meeting was going to take place with some senior members of the NZ police force to dicuss it, but it got put off for various reasons, and now it is back on the back burner again). It all seems to come down to lack of resources. I'm not very tech minded though, and wouldn't know how or where to start. I did contact John Key a couple of years ago, to ask if some of the '650 extra police officers' he was planning to recruit could be put on to Tracey's case, and other cold cases. He just passed me on to Judith Collins though, who sent me a polite but dismissive reply.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received.