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Mountain bike injuries, ski field rescues and motorcyclist crashes - it's been a busy and mixed few days for the Taupo-based Greenlea

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The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was kept busy at the weekend being dispatched to several jobs. A woman with a medical condition was