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Find them using their apps
Recently, there has been an explosion in app-based tracking and planning tools for outdoor adventures, which could provide vital clues.
Advances in distress beacon capabilities
Beacons with Return Link Service (RLS) are already here, and those with Second Generation Beacon (SGB) technology arriving in 2022. What are these new capabilities, and what do they mean…
Climate change and SAR
Glaciers are a key indicator of climate change effects, and nowhere else in New Zealand has more glaciers than the mountains surrounding Aoraki/Mount Cook.
10 questions with.. Jonathan Gillan
Jonathan is no stranger to the mountains, having enjoyed a broad professional career as a mountain guide, avalanche forecaster and professional SAR team member in New Zealand and Australia.
SAR Insights - Christmas Eve on the Whanganui bar
About 5.30pm, on the 24th of December 2021, a member of the public called the Whanganui Coastguard to report they had lost sight of a lone kayak, shortly after it…
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.
Selflessness, bravery, and operational excellence honoured at NZ Search and Rescue Awards
These awards are presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievements within New Zealand’s search and rescue region, which covers 30 million square kilometres.
Trial of long-range digital radio radio well underway
A high frequency communications system being trialled by Wakatipu Search and Rescue has potential to bolster the emergency communications network......
10 questions with.. Jue Hunter
Keen tramper and new mum Jue Hunter has been involved in search and rescue for 10 years.
