Dive teams are scouring streams and rivers in search of two men who went missing in inhospitable bush in Tongariro National Park.
One is Vincent Taurima, a former Hastings resident who had been living in Palmerston North with an uncle.
Yesterday police said a helicopter had taken the divers to creeks and streams, focusing on waterways within the existing search area located between Tree Trunk Rd and the Pillars of Hercules.
The two men, likely suffering hypothermia, have been missing since allegedly fleeing from police on August 12, and hopes of finding them alive are diminishing.
Police have previously said the pair, in their 20s, are believed to be the same men who drove a stolen car that officers had tried to stop on State Highway 1.