A woman was rescued hanging by one hand from a gorse bush 20m above an Auckland beach yesterday.
Two rescue helicopters, two fire engines and police were called to St Leonards Rd behind Takapuna Grammar School after the woman slipped part way down the cliff and was heard yelling for help.
Devonport Fire Station Officer John Ellington said the crew were called to the incident about 5pm.
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"We arrived shortly after that and found her about 5m down the cliff," he said. "She was clinging onto a gorse bush by one hand and sort of lying on her back on a fairly steep part of the cliff.
