Rescue teams have found a loader upside down in a Waihi gold mine tonight, but the man driving it remains missing, a mine spokesman has confirmed. Rescue teams began searching through 40km of tunnels in mine after the alarm was raised at 6.30pm. A police spokesperson said earlier this evening the Mine Incident Controller was leading the rescue effort of the underground mine rescue team and police were co-ordinating at the scene. "We believe there is someone trapped ... fire are organising rescue and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter from Auckland are on the scene. Northern Ambulance Communications' team leader Ngaire Jones said an ambulance was on scene waiting for a patient to be brought out of the mine.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 28, 2016 09:05 UTC