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Rescue helicopter

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Rescue helicopter

Helicopters have revolutionised transporting patients to medical help. This helicopter is landing at Whangārei Hospital in 2003.

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Claudia Orange, Northland region – Richer and poorer, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7631/rescue-helicopter (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.