“One word that sums her up, apart from being loving and kind was her gentleness. “All we wanted to do was spend every second together. We were really close, not just as a loving couple but spiritually as well.” The accident happened while the couple were on their fourth and final day of a ride around Tasman, and were heading north to Nelson from Tapawera.
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The accident happened near Spooners Tunnel on the Great Taste Trail south of Nelson. About a kilometre below the gently sloping track at Spooners Tunnel, the couple approached a branch hanging over the track.
A 22-month-old who suffered burn injuries has been airlifted to Wellington Hospital from Golden Bay. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter was called out to Takaka Hospital at about 8.30pm on Wednesday night, to airlift the baby to Wellington Hospital. Pilot Euan Stratford said because of the bad weather the helicopter had to land at Nelson Airport, with the Flying Doctor service taking the patient the rest of the way to Wellington.
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Two trampers have been airlifted to safety after getting into trouble in the Nelson region. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter responded to two callouts on Sunday, both involving trampers who had set off their emergency locator beacons. Pilot Barry McAuliffe said the first callout happened about 10am when a 17-year-old woman suffered an ankle injury near Speargrass Hut (altitude 1060m) at Nelson Lakes. McAuliffe said the woman had been tramping with a group of people, and was flown to the Mt Robert car park near Lake Rotoiti where she received treatment.
READ MORE: Later on Sunday, the helicopter was called out to another tramper in distress, this time on the Wangapeka Track in Kahurangi National Park.
Smith said she and her husband Graham look after membership for the group. She said the club had a range of vessels from clinkers, canoes, “plastic fantastics” and boats made out of mussel floats.
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Father Al, Alistair Gibson and Simon Ewing Jarvie. Members also needed to be happy tinkering with old motors as the old Seagull engines could be unpredictable. “They are fantastic,” Smith said. The club has been going for three years and most recently held its Christmas Extravaganza run. Its other three events had different themes including pirate, a break out run – where anything including cross-dressing goes.