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Maritime New Zealand - Latest News [Page 27]
Search for missing aircraft targets three areas
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 8:12 am | Maritime New Zealand
The search for the missing aircraft which took off from Ardmore airfield, south-east of Auckland at 11.25am on Tuesday will resume today with three different search areas being targeted. More >>
Search for missing aircraft – Update 2
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 12:58 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The search for a missing aircraft which took off from Ardmore airfield, south-east of Auckland at 11.25am yesterday (25 March 2014) will resume at first light today – approximately 7am. More >>
Search for missing aircraft continues
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 11:24 am | Maritime New Zealand
Searching has continued today for a missing aircraft which took off from Ardmore airfield, south-east of Auckland at 11.25am yesterday (25 March 2014). More >>
Search for missing aircraft – Update 1
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 9:00 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The search for a missing aircraft which took off from Ardmore airfield, south east of Auckland at 11.25am today (25 March 2014) will resume tomorrow after no sign of the plane was found today. More >>
Guilty verdicts in Easy Rider prosecution
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 10:35 am | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has welcomed the guilty verdicts against Gloria Davis and AZ1 Enterprises Limited on charges relating to the sinking of the Easy Rider with the loss of eight lives off Stewart Island in March 2012. More >>
Ukrainian fisherman airlifted to hospital
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 3:54 pm | Maritime New Zealand
A 41-year-old Ukrainian fisherman with acute appendicitis has been airlifted to Nelson Hospital after falling ill aboard the fishing boat FV Irvinga , 25 nautical miles (46km) north of Farewell Spit today. More >>
American skipper ordered to pay $3000 after incident
Friday, 7 March 2014, 4:02 pm | Maritime New Zealand
The American skipper of a 17m vessel on a round-the-world cruise has been fined $1000 and ordered to pay reparations of $2000 after snagging a family’s fishing craft and dragging it 30m through the water on Waitemata Harbour on 11 January 2014. More >>
Lifejackets saving lives early into new year
Friday, 10 January 2014, 2:13 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Ten days into 2014 and already lifejackets have helped save the lives of at least 11 people. More >>
Santa wears his lifejacket and takes beacon for a safe Xmas
Monday, 23 December 2013, 2:40 pm | Maritime New Zealand
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… But down in the South Pole, it was all action stations. At the entrance to Santa’s workshop, the elves were frantically stacking brightly ... More >>
Distress beacon the ideal travel buddy – when registered
Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 12:16 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Anyone fleeing family and friends this Christmas should ensure they take one faithful companion with them – going bush or heading to the boat, an emergency distress beacon could turn out to be their best friend. More >>
Helicopter wreckage found
Monday, 16 December 2013, 9:18 am | Maritime New Zealand
Helicopter wreckage found Searchers yesterday located the wreckage of a Hughes 500 helicopter with a sole occupant at 9.15pm in the Milford Area, in a search coordinated by the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ). The helicopter was travelling ... More >>
Pumping up inflatable jackets for commercial fishermen
Monday, 9 December 2013, 12:36 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Commercial fishermen crossing West Coat bars to chase tuna this season have no excuse for not wearing lifejackets. A joint initiative by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ), the New Zealand Shipwreck Welfare Trust, and lifejacket manufacturer Survitec Group (makers ... More >>
Lifejackets for Life – MNZ launches new summer campaign
Wednesday, 4 December 2013, 4:08 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand’s new advertising campaign harks back to the glory days of 1980s cop shows to show that, like bulletproof vests, lifejackets don’t save people’s lives unless they’re worn. More >>
NZ children take to the water with safe boating messages
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 12:40 pm | Maritime New Zealand
New Zealand’s leading boating educator says it’s more important than ever for children and their families to learn about safety on the water. More >>
Exhausted trampers winched to safety
Friday, 22 November 2013, 12:40 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Two trampers, aged 71 and 78, have been winched to safety after becoming exhausted on the Old Ghost Road track near Westport on the West Coast. More >>
Injured woman rescued from glacier after beacon set off
Monday, 4 November 2013, 8:58 am | Maritime New Zealand
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) says having a personal locator beacon helped saved the life of a woman climber overnight. The woman had been critically injured on a South Island glacier and urgently needed medical attention. More >>
Helicopter rescue - 28 October 2013 - 5.45pm
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 10:02 am | Maritime New Zealand
A rescue was carried out this afternoon to retrieve the passengers and pilots from an incident involving two helicopters, the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) says. More >>
Don’t miss the boat – wear your lifejacket
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 1:55 pm | Maritime New Zealand
About one in four New Zealanders owns or uses a boat, but Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says too many boaties are risking their lives by not taking steps to stay safe on board. More >>
Support for compulsory lifejacket law
Monday, 7 October 2013, 3:10 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) supports a move to make the wearing of lifejackets compulsory for people under 15, and continues to encourage everyone on the water to wear lifejackets at all times. More >>
Jet boat drivers sentenced
Monday, 26 August 2013, 5:44 pm | Maritime New Zealand
Two commercial jet boat drivers were each fined $3000 and ordered to pay $3000 in reparation today in Queenstown District Court, following a collision on the Dart River, near Queenstown, in January 2013. More >>
