A report was made at four this afternoon that a person had fallen from a track on Mt Earnslaw, near Glenorchy.

A rescue helicopter has been despatched.

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21 Nov: Police investigating a double fatality crash on State Highway One north of Timaru yesterday, want the public's help

20 Nov: An inmate's died at Invercargill Prison - believed to be from natural causes

20 Nov: Wellington are scrambling on the third day of cricket's Plunket Shield opening round against Otago at the Basin Reserve

18 Nov: Three overnight fires in Dunedin are being treated as suspicious

17 Nov: Southland Police are looking for two people who lured a man in his 50s out of his house and assaulted him, after claiming to have a flat tyre

17 Nov: It'll now be easier for travellers to go between beaches and snow - with Air New Zealand announcing a new non-stop seasonal service between Queenstown and Brisbane

16 Nov: Travellers are advised of a serious incident on State Highway 6 at Central Otago's Kawarau Gorge that may result in delays

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