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Rescue Helicopter Winches Solo Sailor from Vessel out to Sea

Saturday, 31 March 2018, 4:22 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 1000 this morning Life Flight was tasked by the Rescue Coordination Centre to recuse a solo sailor in distress 15 km south of Cape Palliser. More >>

Annette King Named New Chair of Life Flight

Wednesday, 1 November 2017, 11:17 am | Life Flight Trust

The Life Flight Trust has appointed Hon Annette King as the charity’s new Chair. More >>

Rescue Helicopter Winches Worker from Cargo Ship

Sunday, 16 April 2017, 2:06 pm | Life Flight Trust

On Friday at approximately 11:00 am the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center tasked Life Flight to rescue a worker from a cargo ship off the southern Hawkes Bay coast. More >>

Wellington Westpac Rescue Helicopter Winched Injured Tramper

Saturday, 15 April 2017, 1:09 pm | Life Flight Trust

This morning at 0630 the Wellington Based Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked to Haurangi Hut in the Orongorongo River to retrieve an injured tramper with chest injuries. More >>

Helicopter Winches two stranded fishermen from rocks

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 9:35 am | Life Flight Trust

Life Flights Westpac Rescue Helicopter was this evening tasked by Police to winch two stranded Fishermen from rocks at Sinclair Head on Wellingtons South coast. More >>

Life Flight Westpac Helicopter Rescues Mountain Biker

Saturday, 25 February 2017, 3:09 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 1030 this morning Life Flight was tasked to rescue an injured mountain biker from Makara Peak. Life Flight responded with the Westpac Rescue helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Intensive Care Paramedic on board. More >>

Life Flight Westpac Rescue Helicopter Winches Injured Biker

Friday, 30 December 2016, 5:08 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 1pm today, Life Flight’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter responded to a call to help a man in 20's following a mountain bike crash in the Makara Peak mountain bike park. The injured man was in stuck on steep terrain with a seriously injured ... More >>

Teenager rescued after life-threatening 100 metre fall

Sunday, 6 December 2015, 4:43 pm | Life Flight Trust

At 11:22am yesterday the Life Flight Trust received an urgent call-out to respond to a teenage male who had sustained potentially life-threatening injuries after falling more than 100 metres down the side of a steep hill whilst walking the Deliverance ... More >>

Hunters and dog rescued after fall in bush

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 1:25 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 09:30 this morning the Life Flight Trust rescued two hunters and a dog from bush inland from Ward in Marlborough. More >>

Four Westpac Rescue Helicopter call-outs

Monday, 12 October 2015, 11:07 am | Life Flight Trust

Four urgent call-outs kept Life Flight’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter team busy yesterday, including a search for missing divers, a medical emergency and two winch rescues. More >>

Two patients rescued on Sunday

Monday, 31 August 2015, 12:40 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately midday Sunday Life Flight received an urgent call out to Colonial Knob walkway near Porirua to a female patient in her 20’s who had sustained injuries after being thrown from her horse. More >>

Life Flight transports an Injured Horse Rider

Saturday, 18 July 2015, 6:41 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 11:00am this this morning the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa Coast to a horse rider who had fallen off her horse. More >>

Man missing since yesterday rescued by Life Flight

Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 4:25 pm | Life Flight Trust

At Approximately 12 midday today The Life Flight Trust was Tasked to Rescue a man in his 60’s who had been missing since yesterday. Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on-board. The ... More >>

Life Flight attends truck crash in the Wairarapa

Saturday, 16 May 2015, 10:15 am | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 1:15pm yesterday afternoon the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa to a Road Traffic Crash between a Truck and a Ute. More >>

Life flight winches injured farmer in the Wairarapa

Monday, 13 April 2015, 12:32 am | Life Flight Trust

Life Flight responded in the Westpac Recue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board. More >>

Life Flight attends a Quad Bike Accident in the Wairarapa

Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 4:30 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 1:00pm this this afternoon the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa to an injured farm worker. Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board. The Female farm worked ... More >>

Life Flight attends truck crash in Clarence

Saturday, 24 January 2015, 11:56 am | Life Flight Trust

At Approximately 7:50 this morning the Life Flight Trust was tasked to respond to State Highway 1 near Clarence just north of Kaikoura to a motor vehicle crash. More >>

Life Flight Transports injured horse rider from Castlepoint

Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 4:58 pm | Life Flight Trust

At 12:30pm this this afternoon the Life Flight Trust was responded to Castlepoint on the Wairarapa Coast to a horse rider who had been kicked by a horse. More >>

Life Flight Transports injured horse rider

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 10:17 am | Life Flight Trust

At 5:00pm this this afternoon [12 Jan] the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa Coast to a horse rider who had fallen off his horse. Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board. ... More >>

Life Flight Transports Driver from Accident in the Wairarapa

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 12:06 pm | Life Flight Trust

At approximately 6:30pm this this evening the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa to Motor Vehicle Accident. Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board. The Female driver ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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