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Poor weather hampers search for tramper
Poor weather is continuing to hamper search and rescue efforts for missing tramper Alistair Levy in the Kahurangi National Park.
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Teams continue search for runner
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.
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Police search for missing runner
Police are today searching a "massive" area of the Tararua ranges after a man failed to return from a run yesterday.
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Situation 'grim' for tramper
Search teams are pinning their hopes on one last area of the Kahurangi National Park where Alistair Levy has been missing for nearly a week.
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Police praise search system
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.
![Weather hampers search for Kahurangi park tramper](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Weather hampers search for Kahurangi park tramper
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.
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Brothers plead for info
The brothers of a woman believed to have been murdered say they cannot rest until their sister is returned to them.
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Brothers won't rest
The brothers of a woman believed to have been murdered have said they cannot rest until their sister's body is recovered.
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Missing girl: Anger outside court
The man charged with the murder of five-year-old Welsh girl April Jones struggled to hold back tears as he appeared in court.
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Hunt for missing girl (5) continues
Police in Wales remain hopeful of finding a five-year-old girl kidnapped off the street, alive. April Jones has been missing for 24 hours.
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Safety fears for Jill's accused killer
The man accused of raping and killing Melbourne woman Jill Meagher will receive Victoria's highest level of protection in jail amid fears for his safety.
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Rae Portman: Body found hidden
A police forensic team is searching a shed near the makeshift South Auckland grave of a body believed to be missing pregnant woman Rae Portman.
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Melbourne murder: 'So devastated'
Colleagues of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher have been paying tribute to her today, after her body was found and a man charged with her rape and murder.
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Man in court over Portman kidnap
A 32-year-old Hamilton man has appeared in court over the kidnapping of Rae Portman who went missing from Auckland in June.