Update:
A search and rescue operation in Te Urewera National Park has been given a new focus thanks to information from another hunter.
Search and rescue teams walked into the area overnight to look for a hunter reported overdue by the rest of his group.
This afternoon a man unrelated to the hunting party went to Murupara Police Station to advise he had come across a lost hunter at approximately midday on Thursday.
The lost hunter introduced himself and the name given matches that of the person search and rescue teams are currently looking for. He was reportedly in good spirits, had food supplies and was approximately 10km south of where the group were camping.