Police have named the volunteer Department of Conservation hut warden who was found dead near a rural Canterbury hut during his first week in the role. Calvin Lim (29) of Christchurch died in a fall near Pinnacles Hut at Mt Somers. Lim , who was a warden at Woolshed Creek Hut, was reported overdue at 4.30pm on Friday and phone polling over the next few hours indicated the man's phone was at one location. "It appears that he had fallen near Pinnacles Hut." "It seems he was out for a walk, he was well off the track ... he's been up on the side of Mt Somers and fallen in a very bluffy area."

Source: Otago Daily Times December 24, 2017 00:45 UTC