A twenty-year-old who was missing for 24 hours on a mountain battered by severe storms has been found "walking, talking and cold", police say.

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 are today searching a "massive" area of the Tararua ranges after a man failed to return from a run yesterday.

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.

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.

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

The man charged with the murder of five-year-old Welsh girl April Jones struggled to hold back tears as he appeared in court.

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.

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.

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.

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.