Police are investigating how a Porirua man died after he went missing on a walk in the Tararua ranges.
A search was launched after Vaughn Solomon, 40, failed to return to his Whitby home after he went for a walk in the Tauherenikau Valley on Monday.
His body was found in the the Smiths Creek area of the lower Tararuas this morning.
Wellington search and rescue head Acting Sergeant Anthony Harmer said the body had not been formally identified but Mr Solomon's family had been informed.
It was not yet known how Mr Solomon died but the death was not believed to be suspicious.
