Police say a man who had gone out hiking in the Mitre Peak area failed to return home last evening.

They say search and rescue teams, including a helicopter, will be heading out this morning.

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05 May: Police are looking into the assault of a 16-year-old , outside a property on Riverside Road in Auckland's Orewa - on Saturday night

05 May: Five people with serious injuries are being taken to hospital after a crash on State Highway 1 between Invercargill and Bluff

05 May: Construction begins this week on a new pair of speed cameras in Auckland's Dairy Flat

05 May: A 16-year-old assaulted in Orewa on Saturday is recovering in Auckland Hospital

04 May: The state of emergency has been lifted in Christchurch City, but remains in place for Banks Peninsula

04 May: The State of Emergency in Christchurch and Selwyn has been lifted

04 May: Two people are injured - one seriously - after shots were fired at a car and house in Gisborne last night

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