The Tauranga based TrustPower TECT rescue helicopter was called to the Waioeka Gorge south of Opotiki yesterday morning where a 38-year-old Whakatane man had twisted his knee while out hunting.
One of his hunting companions walked out this morning to raise the alarm.
They had spent the night in a temporary bivoac
as the injured man could not walk the ragged terrain back to the Manganuku Hut.
The rescue helicopter landed at the track end near S.H. 2 to pick up the injured hunters companion to then locate the injured man.
Once located a St John paramedic was lowered down to the injured man and the patient and paramedic where winched into the helicopter using the Port of Tauranga rescue winch.
