Thread: Bloody lucky

Injured hunter rescued after 30 hours


A hunter who spent 30 hours alone in Urewera National Park with a badly broken leg has been airlifted to safety this afternoon.

The Rotorua-based BayTrust rescue helicopter was called at 3pm to pick up a 30-year-old man who had fallen and seriously injured his leg.

Another hunting party found his gear at the hut and had not seen anyone else in the area.

They started searching and located the man further upstream.

They stabilised him and were able to relocate him to the hut, where the helicopter could land.

Pilot Ben Fry said the man was airlifted as he had spent 30 hours on his own by this stage. He was taken to Rotorua Hospital in a stable condition