An adventurous tourist was choppered to hospital this afternoon after injuring her back while tobogganing down a sand dune in Northland.
Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter crew were called to pick up the 18-year-old from Te Paki Stream near Ninety Mile Beach. The woman was taken to Whangarei Hospital.
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The sand dunes near Cape Reinga cover some 7 square kilometres of Department of Conservation land. They are one of the top activities for tourists in the area, according to Lonely Planet.