Searchers come to aid of woman and her two young children in Abel Tasman National Park overnight

A woman and her two young children have been found after becoming lost in the Abel Tasman National Park last night.

Police say the 32-year-old and her two children, both aged under five, were last seen at the turn off to Cascade Falls, near Torrent Bay at approximately 5:00pm last night.

With the assistance of Wilson’s, a local tour operator, a search team was dispatched and some hours later made voice contact with the missing party but could not locate them due to the steep terrain.

Three LandSAR rescuers and a police officer were helicoptered into the area. The rescuers were winched down into the Falls River area and located the missing party.

They warmed the individuals up, fed them, and has assisted with getting them back onto the track and back to Torrent Bay where they were renting a bach.