A 75-year-old man was yesterday found alive and well after spending three days in the bush on the Kapiti Coast.
Trevor Mann went missing on Monday after going for a bush walk in the Hemi Matenga Memorial Park in Waikanae.
Searchers found the Waikanae man about 200m from a ridge track about 2pm. The Westpac Rescue helicopter winched him out of the area and he was now getting treatment at Wellington Hospital.
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