New Zealand man who sailed across Tasman Sea to Ulladulla with 6yo charged.

A man who sailed across the Tasman Sea with his six-year-old daughter will face criminal charges in New Zealand.

Alan Langdon arrived at Ulladulla on the New South Wales South Coast with his daughter, Que, on Wednesday after spending three weeks at sea.

The 49-year-old has been charged with taking a child from New Zealand and is likely to be extradited in coming days.

A child recovery agency, hired by the child’s mother Ariane Wyler, said the pair were reunited in New South Wales today.

Langdon said he was forced to cross the notoriously rough Tasman with his daughter after their rudder broke on a trip to New Zealand’s Bay of Islands for Christmas, prompting Ms Wyler to report them missing.

Langdon said sailing to Australia was the safest option and his daughter was in no danger during the voyage.

Australian child recovery expert Col Chapman said it was the second time he had been hired by Ms Wyler to look for the pair after he found them living in rural New Zealand more than a year ago.

“The mum had become a little bit frustrated in not seeing her daughter for so long so she went down to the marina at Ulladulla harbour where her daughter was in the hope of just seeing her or just being able to look at her,” Mr Chapman told the ABC.

“Her wish was just being able to speak to her.”

He said the mother and daughter cried when they were reunited, had the opportunity to talk and were now together.

Mr Chapman said he believed everything he had done was “above board” and did not believe he had broken any laws or done anything wrong in assisting the mother in being reunited with her daughter.

Langdon told the ABC the unplanned reunion was “a bit hard to grasp”.

“We came in to have some breakfast and while I was preparing breakfast, Que went to the toilet. And when I called out I realised she wasn’t there,” he said.

“Be strong. I hope you are alright. I send you always my strength.”

New Zealand Police have initiated court proceedings under the Care of Children Act and have confirmed Langdon is due in Te Awamutu District Court on January 25 and that he is currently talking to Australian officials.

Mr Langdon left New Zealand with his daughter on December 17.

This post originally appeared on ABC News.

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