Missing British backpacker found dead in New Zealand
The body of British backpacker Stephanie Simpson has been found, four days after she disappeared while out hiking in New Zealand.
The 32-year-old was last seen by fellow hikers in Mount Aspiring National Park on the South Island on Saturday.
Authorities were alerted when Miss Simpson, from Essex, failed to turn up at her landscaping job in the town of Wanaka on Monday.
Her body was identified the day after search teams found her backpack and hiking boots.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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