Photo: Supplied/DOC via RNZAn elderly hiker who got lost and collapsed wearing only shorts and a singlet was saved by a mother and her two teenagers who huddled around him to keep him warm, police say. The lost man had made the call. But the mother and her two children, who were also on the trail, were about to come to his rescue. Emergency crews managed to contact them to get to them to help find the lost man. He said the elderly man was grateful to see the rescuers when they arrived, but it was an uncomfortably "close call".

Source: Otago Daily Times December 28, 2025 22:21 UTC