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Two po­lice of­fi­cers and a hunter are be­ing hailed for res­cu­ing two lost hik­ers in the North­ern Range on Sun­day evening.

Po­lice said PC Rochford and PC Kissoon were on pa­trol in Tu­na­puna when they re­ceived a re­port that two hik­ers were lost some­where be­tween Cau­ra and Lopinot.

Of­fi­cers were told that one of the hik­ers had con­tact­ed po­lice us­ing his cell­phone.