KEY POINTS:
A 56-year-old man received moderate injuries after he fell 100 metres down a steep gully at Moumoukai Trig in the northern Hawke's Bay just before midday today.
A spokesman for Gisborne's Lion Foundation rescue helicopter said the man was in a group walking to visit an old marae site when he slipped off the edge of a ridge.
He said the rescue helicopter was alerted after one of the group's "younger members" ran nearly 5km over precipitous country and stopped a car to call for help.
The man is in a comfortable condition in Gisborne Hospital.
- NZPA