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Police and search and rescue teams have found the body of an overdue hunter in an area of bush near Tokoroa.
Search and rescue teams had been looking for the 47-year-old man and his four dogs since yesterday, after he failed to return to his Mangakino home, 35km south west of Tokoroa, on Sunday.
Senior Sergeant Fane Troy said they found his body in an area just out of Whakamaru, 31km south west of Tokoroa, at midday today.
Police also found the man's dogs, car and pushbike.
They are still at the scene trying to establish the circumstances surrounding his death.
Mr Troy said the man's family had been told of the situation.
- NZPA
