The region's rescue helicopter team started last week with a maintenance flight to Hawke's Bay and ended it with bad weather that hampered flying. But the Trust Tairāwhiti Eastland Rescue Helicopter still managed a schedule of five rescue missions from last Monday. At 5.30pm on the Monday, the team responded to a medical event at Whakaki. The patient, in a critical condition, was flown to Gisborne Hospital. While the aircraft was in Hastings for maintenance the region was covered by affiliated, out-of-zone rescue helicopters.

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