Heaphy Bridge on Great Walk irreparable
The flood-damaged Heaphy Bridge on the Heaphy Track has been written off by structural engineers and cannot be fixed.
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The flood-damaged Heaphy Bridge on the Heaphy Track has been written off by structural engineers and cannot be fixed.
Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter crew responded to a number of call-outs across the top of the south. (file photo). Two trampers have been flown to hospital after injuring themselves in separate incidents in the top of the south. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter was called out to four incidents across Nelson and Marlborough on Sunday afternoon and evening. Pilot Barry McAuliffe said at about midday, the helicopter flew out to the Perry Saddle on the Heaphy Track, where a woman in her 60s was airlifted to Nelson Hospital after suffering a knee injury. Soon afterward at 1.30pm, t...