Updated: 6:50am – A 54-year-old paraglider has died after crashing into a rock-face on Mount Roy in Wanaka yesterday.
Police earlier said he got stuck on a rockface, about half way down the mountain, after crashing into it around 3pm.
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They said a rescue helicopter reached the man two hours later but he was dead.
Police said they were alerted by a member of the public who saw the glider disappear over a ridge.
A cliff rescue team removed the body.
-RNZ
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