7 Mar 2015

Man dead after Milford Track fall

3:14 pm on 7 March 2015

A 65-year-old Auckland man has died after a hiking accident on Fiordland's Milford Track.

A police communications spokesperson said the man was on a guided walking tour and was walking ahead of the main group near McKinnon's Pass when he fell.

He sustained serious head injuries and died.

The case has been referred to the coroner, and police in Te Anau are speaking to members of the tramping party to try to clarify exactly what happened.