Mother and daughter rescued after five days in New Zealand wilderness

An American exchange student and her mother were rescued after spending five days lost in the New Zealand wilderness when a helicopter pilot spotted huge “help” signs they had made from fern fronds.

The pair, Carolyn Lloyd, 47, and her 22-year-old daughter Rachel, from North Carolina, were plucked to safety after rescue teams saw the signs — one in a river bed, the other in a clearing — and then the two women waving frantically below.

They were airlifted to Wellington Hospital, with Rachel suffering hypothermia and undernourishment.