23 Feb 2023

Ultramarathon sparks emergency rescue mission

From Morning Report, 7:42 am on 23 February 2023

An ultra marathon that sparked an emergency rescue early yesterday is to get back underway tomorrow.

Multiple personal locator beacons were activated by people involved in the Southern Lakes Ultra marathon in heavy rain and chilling cold.

Seven race participants and an official were evacuated by the Rescue Coordination Centre and taken to Queenstown Lakes Hospital.

Local Councillor Lisa Guy lives in Arrowtown.

She spoke to Guyon Espiner.