Tramper missing

The New Zealand Defence Force has joined the search for a 60-year-old man missing in the Tararua Range. Police said the man started a four-day tramp in the mountain range north of Wellington at the Carterton end of the forest on Thursday, January 31. He was due home on Sunday, but when he failed to return, the man was reported missing to police on Tuesday morning. Incident controller Senior Constable Pete Cunningham said a ground search of tracks and huts started on Tuesday and continued yesterday.