Photo: Supplied / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
The career firefighters' union says a delay getting rescuers to Hahei where a girl was trapped on a cliff face is just the tip of the iceberg.
In January, police refused Fire and Emergency (FENZ) a helicopter to get a lines rescue team from Hamilton to Hahei on the far side of Coromandel Peninsula. They had to drive.
Police told RNZ they mistakenly concluded the girl was dead and that it was appropriate to send res
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