Tourists on mend

Auckland: The Moa Trek tour company, whose bus was involved in a dramatic crash in the Tongariro National Park on Sunday, injuring 15 British and American tourists, said nine had been discharged from hospital.

The injured tourists, four of whom were seriously hurt, were taken to four North Island hospitals after their bus crashed down a 10m bank and into a stream at the intersection of State Highways 47 and 48.