Police helicopter refusal questioned in Coromandel rescue
Update: 2025-12-17
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Firefighters are questioning a police decision not to send a helicopter to rescue a teenage girl stranded on a Coromandel cliff. Police later apologised, saying they mistakenly believed she was dead, but emails suggest cost may have been a factor. RNZ's Phil Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.
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