Strategic leadership to the New Zealand Search and Rescue Sector

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Strategic leadership to
the New Zealand Search
and Rescue Sector

Read about NZSAR

Emerging capabilities - Canyon SAR

The specialist skills and equipment of a Canyon SAR team can be invaluable whenever the search area includes waterways that are steep, gorged, or both.

Trial of long-range digital radio well underway

A high frequency communications system being trialled by Wakatipu Search and Rescue has potential to bolster the emergency communications network.

Media enquiries

For all media enquiries, please email Tania Seward on t.seward@nzsar.govt.nz.

Beacons

This website provides all the information you need to know about using, hiring, buying and registering distress beacons.

AdventureSmart

AdventureSmart provides important information and resources to prepare you for heading into New Zealand's great outdoors.