Hunt for tourist ends after hotel room discovery

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A helicopter rescue mission for a tourist reportedly lost in the Waitemata Harbour ended when the missing person was found safe in a hotel last week.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter searchers were called out after reports a tourist had gone missing from a ferry at 8:37pm on April 5.

Their mission was called off after the tourist was found in a hotel room.

Other call outs over the past week included a mission to save an elderly man who was trapped for 11 hours after falling down a bank.

A chopper was dispatched to the Coromandel Peninsula at 6:10pm on April 8 to treat the injured man.

He was transferred to Auckland Hospital in a critical condition with multiple trauma injuries and hypothermia.

- Herald Online staff