7 Jul 2012

Still no sign of missing pig hunter

11:07 pm on 7 July 2012

A search is expected to resume on Sunday for a pig hunter who has been missing since Monday.

The police have been searching for Kevin Hayward, 41, who was due back on Tuesday from a hunting trip in a forest near the Waipapa Dam, in south Waikato.

Search coordinator Senior Sergeant Barry Shepherd says a dive squad has so far failed to find Mr Hayward.

He says a search will resume at about 8am on Sunday.

Clothes and a shotgun belonging to Mr Hayward were found on a riverbank on Friday about 2km upstream from the dam.

Two of his five dogs had already been discovered and the others were found on Friday.