Body found on Mt Taranaki after person reported missing

1:13 pm on 1 October 2025
A view of Mt Taranaki over a waterway.

Mt Taranaki. Photo: 123rf

Land Search and Rescue personnel are retrieving a body from Mt Taranaki.

Police say a person was reported missing on Tuesday at about 1pm.

Their body was found four hours later.

Police officers would be in the area on Wednesday, and possibly Thursday, as the body was retrieved.

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