19 May 2017

Search for hunter missing near Fox Glacier

5:58 pm on 19 May 2017

A search and rescue operation is underway near Fox Glacier for a hunter who has been missing for two days.

Copland Track in Westland Tai Poutini National Park in the Karangarua area.

Copland Track in Westland Tai Poutini National Park in the Karangarua area. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Michal Klajban / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Police in Tasman are searching for Swedish national, Hans Christian Tommarck, who is overdue from a hunting trip.

They said they want to speak to anyone who has been in the isolated Karangarua area south of Fox Glacier in the past week.

The 27-year-old, also known as Christian, has not been seen since he left for a solo hunting trip on 12 May.

He is described as tall and would have been wearing prescription glasses.