{"id":522147,"date":"2026-07-12T09:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522147\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:41:17","slug":"group-of-injured-trampers-rescued-from-mt-taranaki-by-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/522147\/","title":{"rendered":"Group of injured trampers rescued from Mt Taranaki by helicopter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">One was stuck because of the icy conditions, with photos taken by a search and rescue member showing thick ice and snow covering a mountain hut and vegetation.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Three trampers were rescued in snowy conditions on Mt Taranaki. Photo \/ Senior Constable Vaughan Smith, Police Alpine Specialist\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Three trampers were rescued in snowy conditions on Mt Taranaki. Photo \/ Senior Constable Vaughan Smith, Police Alpine Specialist<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Once the weather cleared, the rescue helicopter was deployed again and all three trampers were taken off the mountain around 4.30pm and taken to receive medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Ruapehu Alpine Rescue Organisation, Taranaki alpine cliff rescue and St John were \u201cinvaluable in their efforts to help everyone off the mountain safely\u201d, Bentley said.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Three trampers were rescued in snowy conditions on Mt Taranaki. Photo \/ Senior Constable Vaughan Smith, Police Alpine Specialist\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Three trampers were rescued in snowy conditions on Mt Taranaki. Photo \/ Senior Constable Vaughan Smith, Police Alpine Specialist<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWithout the Taranaki community rescue teams\u2019 efforts today and had the weather not cleared in time it was very likely the situation would have ended tragically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Police search and rescue urged only extremely experienced and competent climbers to visit the area in current conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you are heading into alpine or remote areas, please ensure you are an experienced tramper as anything can occur on the mountain,\u201d Bentley said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPlan carefully and carry appropriate emergency equipment, including a PLB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">&#8211; RNZ<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One was stuck because of the icy conditions, with photos taken by a search and rescue member showing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3595,71,209,47065,10933,10048,111,43,139,69,1118,18560,16715,65860],"class_list":["post-522147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-by","tag-from","tag-group","tag-helicopter","tag-injured","tag-mt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-rescued","tag-taranaki","tag-trampers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}