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Kōrero: Search and rescue

New Zealand’s search and rescue region

A map of the Antarctic and Pacific Oceans, from the equator in the north to Antarctica in the south

Category II searches (for ships and aircraft) can take place over a wide area within and beyond New Zealand. The search and rescue region covers about 30 million square kilometres of ocean around the country. Searches can stretch from Antarctica to north of Samoa, and are handled by the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand, based in Lower Hutt.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source:Maritime New Zealand

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Nancy Swarbrick rāua ko Dan Clearwater, Search and rescue – New Zealand search and rescue organisations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/13199/new-zealands-search-and-rescue-region (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick rāua ko Dan Clearwater, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, reviewed and revised 27 July 2023 me te āwhina o Dan Clearwater.