Attributable to Constable Johnathan Fris – Nelson Police Search and Rescue Coordinator

Police are praising rescue staff who retrieved four teenagers from Mid Wairoa Hut in the Richmond Ranges over the long weekend. 

A personal locator beacon (PLB) was activated in the Richmond Forest Park area, Tasman at about 10.50 Monday morning.

Police worked alongside the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ), and Land Search and Rescue (LandSAR) teams to launch a rescue operation attempting to access the four 17-18 year olds.

Police can now name the man that died after a crash on Te Heuheu Street on Friday 29 May.

He was John Preston, 65, of Manukau in Auckland.

Our thoughts are with the loved ones of John at this difficult time.

Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre