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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.
Specialist skill set makes all the difference in gorge rescue
Shortly after midnight on 22 November 2020, Police were notified that a young male had disappeared while walking above the Shotover River, east of Queenstown.
10 questions with... Lorna Gribble
Waikato WanderSearch Trust chair and secretary Lorna Gribble knows only too well how huge New Zealand is, especially to those who go missing, and those tasked with finding them.
10 questions with... Geoff Layton
Coastguard Master Geoff Layton is a familiar face to generations of boaties in the Wellington Harbour. He explains a little more about why Coastguard appeals to him so much.
