Two hunters who spent the night in Marlborough bush were rescued by a helicopter this morning.
One of the hunters was suffering from a suspected shoulder dislocation.
Life Flight Trust rescuers and a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic were aboard the Westpac Rescue Helicopter as the two hunters and a dog were plucked from the bush, inland from Ward.
A Marlborough man in his 20s suffered a shoulder injury in a fall last night. He was in too much pain to walk out of the bush.
"The hunters were able to walk to a small hut near Isolation Hill, but a rescue was not possible due to the weather last night," a trust spokesman said.