Injured Climber Rescued

At about 2.30 pm today a 30 year old Dunedin woman suffered a leg injury whilst climbing on the footstool area of Mitre Peak, Milford Sound.

The partner of the injured woman had made his way back down to the base of Mitre Peak and paddled his kayak to Milford village to raise the alarm.

Te Anau Police were contacted at 7.15 p.m and co-ordinated a rescue.

A winch equipped Southern Lakes helicopter crewed with a doctor and paramedic flew to the site. The climber was located and winched from the site.

She was airlifted to Kew hospital in Invercargill suffering a suspected broken ankle.

Sergeant Tod Hollebon of Te Anau Police Search and Rescue advised that although the outcome was favourable, carrying a means of communication such as an Emergency Locator Beacon would have given the couple a much faster response to the emergency situation they faced.
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Arguably Reassuring: Inspector-General Finds GCSB "Arguably" Legal

Of the 88 individuals:

• 15 cases involving 22 individuals did not have any information intercepted by GCSB.

• another four cases involving five individuals were the subjects of a New Zealand Security Intelligence Service warrant and the GCSB assisted in the execution of the warrants. The Inspector-General is of the view that there were arguably no breaches and the law is unclear.

• the Bureau only provided technical assistance which did not involve interception of communications, involving three of the individuals, so no breach occurred.

• the remaining cases involved the collection of metadata, and the Inspector-General formed the view that there had arguably been no breach, noting once again that the law is unclear.
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