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Kōrero: Search and rescue

Winch practice

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A flying helicopter, with a man standing on its landing gear, and another balanced on a stretcher hanging below.

A helicopter crew practise winching on Motukorea (Brown’s Island) in the Hauraki Gulf. Helicopters have revolutionised both land and marine search and rescue – people in otherwise inaccessible places can be rescued swiftly.

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Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust

by Neville Dawson

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Nancy Swarbrick rāua ko Dan Clearwater, Search and rescue – Rescue equipment and techniques, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13219/winch-practice (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.