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Kōrero: Search and rescue

Emergency beacon

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Man holding a yellow personal locator beacon.

A police search and rescue spokesman, Sherp Tucker, holds a personal locator beacon (PLB). Police recommend that trampers carry such beacons, which can give the exact location in an emergency and make searchers’ jobs much easier.

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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/13223/emergency-beacon (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.