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An Otago rescue helicopter at its Taieri base near Dunedin in 2009. The Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust's log shows 21 missions across the south between Saturday and Monday afternoon. File photo. Photo: Benchill / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Southern rescue helicopters log 21 missions in three days, including Stewart Island search on Monday

The Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust's mission log shows 21 flights between Saturday and Monday afternoon, among them a search and rescue on Stewart Island, a Fiordland accident and five jobs at Kew.

6 days ago

The St John ambulance station in Balclutha, South Otago. Ambulance crews and two rescue helicopters were sent to Saturday's crash on SH1 near Waipahi, in the Clutha district. File photo. Photo: Benchill / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Southland

Two critically hurt, three others injured as vehicle crashes on SH1 near Waipahi a day after fatal nearby

Two people were critically injured and three others hurt in a single-vehicle crash near Webb Road on SH1 at Waipahi on Saturday. The highway was shut for about six hours and reopened shortly after 6pm.

7 Nov 2026