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Story: Search and rescue

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. New Zealand search and rescue organisations

  3. Who needs search and rescue?

  4. History

  5. Volunteers

  6. Rescue equipment and techniques

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand search and rescue organisations

Police search for Wendy Mayes, 1961

Police search for Wendy Mayes, 1961

The Rose Noelle inquiry

The Rose Noelle inquiry

New Zealand’s search and rescue region

New Zealand’s search and rescue region (1st of 3)

Erebus recovery operation

Erebus recovery operation (2nd of 3)

Marooned on a reef

Marooned on a reef (3rd of 3)

Urban search and rescue

Urban search and rescue

From page 2 - Who needs search and rescue?

A mountain rescue

A mountain rescue

A bush rescue

A bush rescue

Search and rescue reports

Search and rescue reports

From page 3 - History

An early lifeboat

An early lifeboat

Missing trampers

Missing trampers

Searching for a missing aircraft

Searching for a missing aircraft

Carrying out Bill Bridge

Carrying out Bill Bridge

Rescue Coordination Centre

Rescue Coordination Centre

From page 4 - Volunteers

Volunteers at work

Volunteers at work

Cave search and rescue

Cave search and rescue

The Kotuku tragedy

The Kotuku tragedy

Search dog and handler

Search dog and handler

Coastguard spotter plane

Coastguard spotter plane

From page 5 - Rescue equipment and techniques

Rescuing the crew of the Wiltshire

Rescuing the crew of the Wiltshire

Wellington’s first airborne life raft

Wellington’s first airborne life raft

Winch practice

Winch practice

Radio communications

Radio communications (1st of 2)

Radio equipment, 1989

Radio equipment, 1989 (2nd of 2)

Emergency beacon

Emergency beacon

How to cite this page:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/search-and-rescue/media (accessed 24 May 2022)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 24 Sep 2007

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