Contact RCCNZ

Contact the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) using the details listed below.

24-hour emergency numbers

New Zealand (toll free): 0508 472 269  (0508 4 RCCNZ)

Call from outside of New Zealand: +64 4 577 8030

At sea, call the Maritime Operations Centre on VHF radio channel 16. They will pass your details onto RCCNZ.

How to make an emergency call or MAYDAY

USE ONLY IF IN GRAVE OR IMMINENT DANGER

1. VHF Ch 16 or SSB 2182, 4125, 6215, 8291
2. MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
3. THIS IS  NAME OF VESSELL AND CALL SIGN  3 TIMES
4. MAYDAY  NAME OF VESSELL AND CALL SIGN
5. Vessel’s position in degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude or bearing and distance from a well known geographical feature.
6. Nature of distress and kind of assistance required.
7. Any other information that may assist rescuers - number of persons on board, emergency details, description of vessel, liferaft, EPIRB, cellphone number.
8. Allow a short period for shore station to reply.
   
   If there is no response and you have an EPIRB, activate it. Repeat the distress call working through all the distress frequencies. If contact is made with a shore station, inform the station that you have activated your EPIRB and do NOT turn it off until advised by the rescue authority.
   
   You can use any number of means to communicate distress simultaneously.
   
   Distress alert by cellphone call: 111

See also:
How to make an emergency call or MAYDAY sticker [PDF: 104Kb, 1 page]

Reporting an accident, incident or injury

How to report an accident, incident or injury for a commercial operation, or onboard a recreational vessel

Free 406MHz distress beacon registration

New Zealand (toll free): 0800 406 111 or 0508 406 111
International: +64 577 8033
Website: www.beacons.org.nz

RCCNZ management and administration

Office hours for the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand are 8am to 5pm each weekday.

Phone: +64 4 577 8034
Fax: +64 4 577 8041

Address:
Avalon TV Studios
Percy Business Centre
Avalon
New Zealand

or

PO Box 30050
Lower Hutt
NEW ZEALAND