A search is underway for a man missing after he went to set a crayfish pot near Wellington yesterday.

Police have confirmed a body found near Tikitapu (Blue Lake) is that of missing Rotorua man Ross McKendrick.

The search has been called off for missing Palmerston North tramper Alastair Levy, who disappeared more than a week ago in the Kahurangi Ranges near Nelson.

A jogger lost for two days in the Tararua Range devoured a jar of peanut butter and some instant soup after stumbling upon a hut before being rescued today.

Poor weather is continuing to hamper search and rescue efforts for missing tramper Alistair Levy in the Kahurangi National Park.

Searchers are this morning waiting for a break in the wind to send up three helicopters, including an Iroquois helicopter, to scour the Tararua Ranges for a missing runner.

Police hope the successful conclusion of a search for a missing elderly Alzheimer's sufferer will attract more subscribers to technology they say made all the difference.

Poor weather halted an aerial search over one of the last possible locations for a tramper who is missing in Kahurangi National Park, near Nelson. A rescue helicopter was supposed to fly over Castle Basin at the top of Mt Owen in search for Alistair Levy.

Auckland police were worried about an elderly couple who disappeared on a short drive across the city on Christmas night.

Jen Whittington has done all she can to find her friend, 42-year-old Aucklander Anna Louise Hynes, and now all she can do now is hope.

The brothers of a woman believed to have been murdered say they cannot rest until their sister is returned to them.

The brothers of a woman believed to have been murdered have said they cannot rest until their sister's body is recovered.

Organisers of an annual memorial event for people killed in tragic or criminal circumstances are calling for a national remembrance day for victims along the lines of Anzac Day.