A mountain biker who skidding off a mountain bike track and falling down a 15m cliff at Te Mata Peak last night has died.
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter winched the man up and flew him to Hawke's Bay Hospital.
A man sitting in his car watched the biker fall off the track after 6pm.
He said one minute the rider was on the track and the next minute he wasn't.
"He lost his bike halfway down and he just fell through the air. I called the ambulance and rushed down to where he was."