Auckland police have serious concerns for missing 19-year-old Auckland man, Tiuke Mahoni.

Tiuke was last seen in the Onehunga area on Saturday evening (21 January 2017) at around 7pm.

Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Newman says Tiuke has not been in contact with his family and this is completely out of character.

His phone is turned off and his bank accounts have not been used.

“We are seriously concerned about Tiuke, as is his family.

We are asking anyone who knows where he may be to contact police immediately.

His family are understandably very upset and want to know that he is safe.”

He was wearing a blue American football style shirt with the number ‘18’ on the front and the name ‘Manning’ on the back on it.

He is approximately 190cm tall an