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  River Rescue Training Workshop
A river rescue training workshop focusing on safety within the river boarding a...
Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Search Suspended for Missing Diver
The search for a diver missing off the Timaru coast since Monday afternoon (No...
Wednesday, 12 November 2008

 
Fixed Wing Aircraft Joins Search for Missing Diver
A Coastguard fixed wing aircraft has joined the search for a diver missing off...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Search Continues for Missing Diver
The search for a diver missing off the Timaru coast since yesterday afternoon i...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Search to Resume for Missing Diver
The search for the diver missing 20 nautical miles (36km) off the Timaru coast w...
Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Search Continues for Missing Diver
The search for a diver missing off the Timaru coast is continuing....
Monday, 10 November 2008

Search Underway for Missing Diver
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has launched a search for a ...
Monday, 10 November 2008

Wanaka search suspended
Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) with the approval of the Civil Aviation Au...
Sunday, 2 November 2008

Wanaka search and rescue update
Aerial, water and shoreline searches are continuing on and around Lake Wanaka ...
Sunday, 2 November 2008

Search continues near Wanaka
Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) says that the search is continuing for a m...
Sunday, 2 November 2008

Search and rescue launched near Wanaka
Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) has launched a Search and Rescue operation...
Sunday, 2 November 2008

Injured tramper rescued from Ureweras
Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) has directed the successful rescue of a 50...
Thursday, 2 October 2008

World Maritime Day celebrates shipping
New Zealand’s proud maritime history and the vital contribution of the shi...
Monday, 15 September 2008

Search and Rescue Exercise tests response agencies
The organisers of a live Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) held in the Welling...
Saturday, 13 September 2008

Inter-agency Search and Rescue exercise planned
A live inter-agency rescue exercise (SAREX) to be held on Saturday 13 Septembe...
Monday, 8 September 2008

Search for men missing off Tongan coast suspended
A search for two men missing at sea off the coast of Tonga since Friday 29 Augu...
Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Search fails to find sign of missing men
A search today by a Royal New Zealand Defence Force Orion for two men missing a...
Wednesday, 3 September 2008

RCCNZ coordinates search off Tongan coast
A Royal New Zealand Defence Force Orion was this morning sent to Tonga to assi...
Wednesday, 3 September 2008

Yachting fatality
One person has been found dead following the capsize of a yacht off the Taurang...
Sunday, 31 August 2008

Kotuku final accident report released
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has today (26 August) released its final accident re...
Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Injured crewman to undergo surgery in Dunedin
An injured crewman from a Japanese fishing trawler was this morning safely airl...
Friday, 22 August 2008

RCCNZ coordinates medivac for injured crewman
The Rescue Coordination Centre NZ (RCCNZ) is responding to an emergency call reg...
Thursday, 21 August 2008

Climbers found alive
A search and rescue helicopter team has located six missing Australian climbers ...
Saturday, 16 August 2008

Mt Cook search and rescue operation
A search and rescue operation in response to an emergency beacon alert in the Mt...
Friday, 15 August 2008

Mt Cook search and rescue operation
Brief aerial searches conducted in snowy conditions in the Mt Cook area this aft...
Friday, 15 August 2008

Mt Cook search and rescue operation
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand is co-ordinating a search and rescue ...
Friday, 15 August 2008

Prosecution highlights vessel health and safety issues
An incident on board the factory fishing vessel Rehua in which a crewmember lost...
Thursday, 14 August 2008

Decision reserved on oil spill sentencing
The companies responsible for a crude oil spill which polluted the Taranaki coas...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008

RCCNZ Launches Long Range Rescue
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has launched one of its longe...
Friday, 8 August 2008

Over-reliance on GPS results in successful prosecution
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says the conviction of two Auckland boaties following...
Thursday, 7 August 2008

Pacific Sun update
Maritime agencies with responsibility for the safety of the cruise liner Pacific...
Saturday, 2 August 2008

Pacific Sun update
Maritime agencies with responsibility for the Pacific Sun are working together t...
Friday, 1 August 2008

Pacific Sun being monitored by maritime authorities
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) and the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ...
Thursday, 31 July 2008

Two rescued in fishing vessel tragedy
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has co-ordinated the rescue ...
Sunday, 27 July 2008

Man Saved by Beacon
A man was winched to safety by the Auckland Westpac rescue helicopter this morni...
Monday, 23 June 2008

Mi Jay loss highlights importance of regular trip reports
The loss of the Mi Jay and her crew may have been avoided had her owner maintain...
Friday, 6 June 2008

Abandoned yacht found
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has identified a yacht found ...
Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Microlight wreckage found
A rescue helicopter has found the wreckage of a microlight and its two deceased ...
Sunday, 25 May 2008

Microlight search underway
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is this morning coordinating the ...
Sunday, 25 May 2008

Beacon aids rescue of injured girl
An incident in the MacKenzie Basin today (Saturday 3 May) has again highlighted...
Friday, 2 May 2008

Maritime New Zealand response to Kotuku safety recommendations
As part of its ongoing commitment to improving maritime safety, Maritime New Zea...
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Range of initiatives continue to improve maritime safety
As part of its ongoing commitment to maritime safety, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ)...
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Kotuku safety recommendations well underway
Progress is well underway in implementing safety recommendations made in a repor...
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

Distress beacon sparks rescue near Arthur's Pass
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has co-ordinated the successf...
Saturday, 12 April 2008

Good preparation urged as muttonbird season opens
Vessel owners and operators preparing to take family and friends muttonbirding w...
Monday, 10 March 2008

MNZ assessing Seawyf grounding
A Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) Maritime Safety Inspector has visited the scene of ...
Wednesday, 5 March 2008

Wairau River users encouraged to have say on plan
Recreational users of Marlboroughs Wairau River are encouraged to have their say...
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

French yacht crew safely ashore
Ten sailors whose yacht overturned 80 nautical miles (145km) east of Dunedin sho...
Monday, 18 February 2008

French yacht crew winched to safety
Ten sailors whose yacht overturned 80 nautical miles (145km) east of Dunedin tod...
Monday, 18 February 2008

French Yacht Crew Rescue
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) is facilitating the rescue of 10 ...
Monday, 18 February 2008

Fiordland tramper rescued thanks to beacon
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has coordinated the successful re...
Friday, 25 January 2008

Piper wreckage found
The wreckage of a Piper Cherokee aircraft, reported overdue with two qualified ...
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Search underway for overdue aircraft
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand is directing the search for an overdu...
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Beacon alert results in speedy rescue
Having a newly purchased and registered 406 Megahertz emergency beacon saved a H...
Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Climber's body recovered
The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has confirmed that the body ...
Sunday, 6 January 2008

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