Senior Sergeant Jason McCoy, of Oamaru, made the call after a team from North Otago search and rescue found two missing tourists in Herbert Forest, south of Oamaru, about 8pm last night. It has been reported by Fairfax the tourists wandered off their track when they tried to use their cellphone's GPS system to navigate. However, Snr Sgt McCoy could not confirm this or where in the forest the tourists went missing, as the incident report writer did not include that information in their handover. Snr Sgt McCoy said the tourists were found in good health, but they only had some water with them when located. The North Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club voluntarily maintained the tracks in the forest.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 09, 2017 23:48 UTC