A helicopter with the Alpine Rescue team has just managed to drop a pack of emergency provisions to the climbers stranded on Mt Cook.
Constable Brent Swanson says that the helicopter left at 13.15 hours with a pilot and two team members and managed to get close enough to drop the pack but not land. A person came out of the tent and could be seen moving around.
The 70 litre pack containing emergency rations, a cooker and fuel and a radio with instructions in Japanese, landed right by the tent. Now the rescue centre is waiting for any radio messages.
The winds are still high in the rescue area.