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A paraglider got stuck in a tree for after a mishap near Nelson.
A paraglider was left hanging in a tree for about two hours when he got stuck in the hills behind the Nelson suburb of Stoke. Emergency crews, including Police, fire crews from Stoke and Nelson and an arborist responded to the incident at around 12.35pm on Sunday. The paraglider’s white canopy was visible from the road and residences in Stoke, prompting a number of calls to 111. Fenz southern communications manager Daniel Reilly said the man involved was stuck “a fair way up the tree” near the top of the Marsden Valley Reserve.