Tramper four days overdue from Tararua Ranges trip found alive

February 7, 2019

The man was due back from a four-day tramp on Sunday, but failed to return.

A 60-year-old man who failed to return from a tramping trip in the Tararua Ranges has been found alive, police say.

The man had gone on a four-day tramping trip to the Tararua Ranges on 31 January but failed to return home on Sunday.

He was located at 6:30am today by a local helicopter using thermal imaging and then transported to Masterton Hospital where he is being treated for a suspected broken leg, police say. 

The New Zealand Defence Force joined the search for the missing man - a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter flew search and rescue personnel to the Tararuas yesterday following a request from the New Zealand Police.

Search teams had been conducting a ground search since Tuesday morning, checking tracks and huts.

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