Allergy sufferers rescued

A Palmerston North man was flown to hospital yesterday after suffering an allergic reaction to wasp stings while tramping in the Wairarapa.

The 62-year-old was picked up by a Westpac rescue helicopter near the Waingawa River on the edge of the Tararua Forest Park. It was the second such rescue in 12 hours.

A 28-year-old woman was flown from a hut in the Orongorongos, near Wellington, early yesterday with a suspected allergic reaction to food.