Man missing after falling into river in Mt Aspiring National Park

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Rescuers are searching for a man who went missing in a river in Mt Aspiring National Park on Thursday night.

Emergency services were alerted shortly 5pm that a man had fallen from a rock into the river and had failed to resurface.

Police said a search team was immediately sent to the area, but they did not find him.

The search has resumed on Friday morning.

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