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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1389/
- Published: 2026-01-19T17:30:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-19T17:30:29.000Z
- Description: When he couldn’t be found, the decision was made on January 15 to call off the search.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> A tramper who went missing in Kahurangi National Park has been found alive.  
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> Graham Garnett, 66, had been exploring the Baton/Ellis River area and was expected to return on December 30.  
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> After he failed to do so, [a search and rescue operation was launched](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/search-for-missing-tramper-at-south-islands-kahurangi-national-park-continues/SV5WIZWDBVEXZKJSDVSTOF5MB4/?ref=goodoil.news), involving Land Search and Rescue New Zealand (LandSAR) groups, specialist teams, the New Zealand Defence Force, the Rescue Co-ordination Centre New Zealand, as well as numerous volunteers and supporters.  
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> When he couldn’t be found, the decision was made on January 15 to call off the search.  
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> However today contractors working in the area discovered Garnett sheltering in Venus Hut at around 2.30pm.  
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> NZ Herald

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