Body found, Tongariro National Park

Police and Land Search and Rescue (LandSAR) from the Central North Island have found a body in the search for a missing 51-year-old Woman in Tongariro National Park.

Police SAR recovered her body from Red Crater, Mt Tongariro on Sunday afternoon.

The woman was part of a group of four, who set out Friday morning to hike around the Tongariro Northern Circuit walk, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks.

After taking a wrong turn, three of them decided to turn back while the woman carried on.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.