30 Sep 2013

Helicopter rescues fisher in Pelorous Sounds

3:40 pm on 30 September 2013

A fisherman has been rescued after being taken ill in the Marlborough Sounds on Monday morning.

The 58-year-old, from Motueka, was winched from a fishing vessel in the outer Pelorus Sounds at 10am by the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter.

The man was treated on board the vessel for a medical condition, before being flown to Nelson Hospital.