A paraglider got stuck in a tree for after a mishap near Nelson.
A paraglider was left hanging in a tree for about two hours when he got stuck in the hills behind the Nelson suburb of Stoke. Emergency crews, including Police, fire crews from Stoke and Nelson and an arborist responded to the incident at around 12.35pm on Sunday. The paraglider’s white canopy was visible from the road and residences in Stoke, prompting a number of calls to 111. Fenz southern communications manager Daniel Reilly said the man involved was stuck “a fair way up the tree” near the top of the Marsden Valley Reserve.
St John spokesman Gerard Campbell earlier said paramedics were called after a driver reportedly hit a person. The person was taken to Christchurch Hospital with moderate injuries. Another person suffered minor injuries.
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Police at a property on Selwyn St in Spreydon following an alleged family dispute that left two people with injuries. A police spokesman said the incident was believed to be a family dispute. A 17-year-old man was initially arrested, but was later released, a police spokeswoman told
Stuff on Friday. A 28-year-old man had now been arrested and charged with wilful damage and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, she said.
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Fire crews ventilated a house at Rai Valley on Wednesday evening that was heavily smoke-logged. (File photograph)
A fire investigator will try to determine why a house became filled with smoke on Wednesday evening at Rai Valley, between Nelson and Blenheim. Fire and Emergency New Zealand southern fire communications centre shift manager Brent Dunn said firefighters found the single-storey Opouri Rd home heavily smoke-logged when they arrived in response to a call-out just after 9.30pm. “There was no fire.” The smoke was believed to be caused by a battery charger, but a fire investigator was expected to inspect the home on Thursday, Dunn said.