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Police resume search for elderly hunter
Police have resumed their search for an elderly hunter believed to have been swept down a Bay of Plenty river on Saturday.

Searchers find body in Clutha River
Police searching for a missing Roxburgh man have found a body in the Clutha River.

Missing NZ man 'clucky' to have baby, inquest told
An inquest on the disappearance of a NZ man in London has heard he was a hard-working, religious man excited about his wife's pregnancy.

Search continues for man swept away in river
A search will resume today for a missing man thought to have been swept away in a river in Central Otago.

Searchers looking for missing man find body
A police search and rescue team looking for missing Pahiatua man John Campbell have found a body. Mr Campbell, 64, was last seen leaving his Pahiatua home, in the Tararua district, for work at 6.45am yesterday.

Remains dug up not human - police
The remains dug up in Kingston, south of Queenstown, today were possibly those of a sheep, say police.