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Making sense out of chaos
How Coastguard Tautiaki Moana prepares for the worst case scenario whilst getting most value out of volunteer time.
Unpredictable and determined
Insights from a successful search for a highly mobile man in the Whitcombe valley.
Go light, go long
The Surf Life Saving NZ Otago SAR Team testing their remote deployment capabilities in Fiordland National Park.
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.
