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Two young children rescued from bush in Te Urewera after going missing for two nights are being treated for mild hypothermia, police say. The pair, along with a woman and two older children, were taken to Whakatane Hospital after being found this afternoon. All five are being assessed. Police tonight revealed more information about how they found the women and children, who first ventured into the bush on Tuesday. They said the group was...

The group were winched to safety after enduring two nights of cold coniditions in Te Urewera national park in the Bay of Plenty A woman and four young children who were missing for two days in a remote mountain range of New Zealand have been found safe and well. The five – including children aged between four and nine – were dropped off for a planned one to two hour walk in the Te Urewera national park in the Bay of Plenty just...

The woman and four children found after going missing in Te Urewera have been taken to Whakatane Hospital to be assessed. Two of the younger children are being treated for mild hypothermia. The group was found in a valley close to what's locally known as 'No Name Creek', after first venturing into the bush on Tuesday. All five were winched out of the area by helicopter as darkness fell. A short time...

A woman and four children missing since Tuesday in Te Urewera have been found safe and well. Eastern Bay of Plenty Area Commander Inspector Kevin Taylor said search teams had been combing the Otamatuna Ridge / Lions Hut area for the group since they were reported missing about 4pm on Wednesday. “We are hugely relieved that the group have been found safe, and that we are able to return them to their family. We also acknowledge the...

The mother of one of the children lost in Te Urewera National Park for two nights said she is very relieved her son has been found. Te Wairemana Herewini, from Auckland, spoke toONE News after her son was found. "I was stressing from the day that we found out and I was in denial to go down to face it, I'm just so happy they've found him," she told ONE News. A woman and four children were found safe and well this afternoon...

Search and rescue teams are continuing to comb a section of Te Urewera National Park to find a woman and four children reported missing about 4pm yesterday. The children are aged from 4-9, with the group believed to have been visiting the area. Police launched a search and rescue operation after the group were reported overdue yesterday from a walk in the Otamatuna Ridge area, North East of Murapara. They had been dropped off just after one...