Search teams will continue to look for a missing tramper in Milford Sound today.
The missing tramper has been named online as Eli Sweeting, 25, who failed to return after a planned day trip to climb Mitre Peak on Sunday.
The alarm was raised promptly, and a search and rescue operation began immediately, shortly before midnight on May 5.
On Monday, emergency services began a large-scale air and ground search operation involving multiple agencies.
In an update today, police said it was maintaining “a positive outlook as search efforts continue”.
“After weather prevented search teams deploying yesterday, staff spent the day planning for further search efforts, beginning today,” police said.
Approximately 40 staff and volunteers were working in the Milford Sound area.
Land Search and Rescue teams from across the southern region are working with a Dunedin-based LandSAR search dog, members of the Wakatipu Alpine Cliff Rescue team, the Dunedin LandSAR Cliff Rescue team and the Otago Surf Life Saving Club and the Southland Amateur Radio Club.
“Our search efforts continue to be greatly supported by Southern Lakes Helicopters, Heliworks Queenstown and Real NZ,” police said.
