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Gone bush on Great Barrier
Perspectives and insights from both the responders and subject person of a maritime SAR job that became a land operation.
Fast, small and agile: Rescue Water Craft (RWC)
The unique capabilities of RWC help them fill an important niche in water-based search and rescue and emergency management capability.
Women thriving in Coastguard
Supporting women from Coastguard Tautiaki Moana to excel here in New Zealand and alongside their peers in Finland.
Have beacons taken the ‘search’ out of land-based search and rescue?
Even as public use of beacons and emerging communication technologies grows, data from land-based SAR incidents reminds us that robust capability in traditional search methods is still vital for our sector.
RCCNZ marks 20 years
The Maritime NZ Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ) has responded to almost 20,000 incidents since its establishment in 2004.
Searching for people with cognitive impairment
Last year, nearly all search and rescue incidents for people with cognitive impairment were resolved within five hours.
Two trapped near Tarn Ridge
At 2:29pm on Sunday 12 November 2023, the Maritime NZ Rescue Coordination Centre received an alert from a personal locator beacon in the Tararua Range, near Wellington. Over the next…
Te Anga Whakamua o Tautiaki Moana
Coastguard’s first Māori and Pasifika Strategy aims to address the inequities highlighted by drowning statistics, to help everyone enjoy New Zealand’s waters safely and with confidence.
Department of Conservation Search and Rescue
Providing full-time alpine SAR capability in the central Southern Alps.
