A man trapped below the bluffs at the Pinnacles in Coromandel has been rescued by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter after suffering a medical event.
He was trapped above the bluffs in Coromandel Forest Park and needed to be winched from the scene by Westpac 1.
"The man was flown to Hikuai in a moderate condition."
Intensive care paramedic Casey Drum was winched into the scene in the Kauaeranga Valley by crew chief Mark Cannell at 1pm on Sunday.