Ahelicopter ride on a sunny June afternoon in 2021 to capture wedding photos in a South Island mountain setting was supposed to be a picturesque celebration of love, but instead dramatically changed the course of Kerikeri photographer Rachel Jordan’s life.
When Rachel, 43, first spoke to the Weekly in 2021, she was three months into her recovery from multiple injuries sustained after the helicopter lost power and plummeted 100 metres to the ground.