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New Zealand museum boss missing on snowy hike

Jul 14, 2009, 10:32 GMT

Wellington - The chief executive of New Zealand's national museum was reported missing with a female companion Tuesday after they failed to return from a weekend hiking trip north of Wellington. A search party battled waist-deep snow in an unsuccessful hunt for the pair in the Tararua Ranges on Tuesday, police said. The air force planned to drop more searchers into the area early Wednesday. Seddon Bennington, 61, and his 54-year-old hiking companion, whose name was withheld, were last seen Saturday afternoon. Bennington was director of the Carnegie Science Centre in the United States before heading the national museum in 2003.

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