Lost tramper found by a tree

A tramper reported missing in the Tararua Range was fortunately found by a tree .

It has been reported that the search for a missing tramper ended happily. Police were called by the mother of a middle-aged man overdue on a day-walk in the Tararua Forest Park when he failed to return home for his dinner last Sunday evening.

A tree
A tree

According to the crewman on the rescue helicopter, Laramie Penstock, they were initially sent to a probable search area but were recalled when police notified them that the person of interest had already been found by a tree.

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