Searchers scour Pipiwai farm
Concerned neighbours joined police and search and rescue volunteers to scour bush-clad farmland in search of a missing 76-year-old Northland man yesterday.
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Experienced tramper unaware of search alert
30.06.2006
A tramper at the centre of a search and rescue alert was yesterday wondering what all the fuss was about.
An "embarrassed" Tony Langton, 63, said a search was unnecessary as he had not been lost. He had run out of daylight hours on Wednesday after being forced to back-track in heavy bush, so decided to sleep rough in the Russell Forest and walk out at daylight.
He was unaware his absence had sparked a search and rescue operation.
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A man’s body has been recovered from a Far North cliff face following a difficult night-time search and rescue operation in bad weather.
The Northland Cliff Rescue team from Whangarei was asked to help recover the body with the assistance of police search and rescue, Dept of Conservation, Te Paki residents and members of the mans family.
A tractor and four wheel drive vehicles drove more than two hours in bad weather along muddy tracks and over streams to the top of the cliff at night, Kaitaia police Senior Sergeant Gordon Gunn said.
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Body recovered by Northland Search and Rescue and Police.
The 38-year-old paramedic from Tenby died while in the sea in November 2003.
Recording an accidental death verdict, Pembrokeshire coroner Michael Howells said had it happened in Wales he would have called for beach warning signs.
The inquest heard that there was "a dangerous spring tide," hidden rocks below the sea surface and the area was known as hazardous to local fishermen.
Despite this, there were no obvious warning signs for anyone unfamiliar with the coast.
Mr Phillips had gone into the water late in the afternoon on 9 November.
When his body was recovered he had injuries consistent with drowning.
An initial inquest was held in New Zealand by coroner Robert Baanders.
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