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Rotorua Rescue Helicopter 2 callout Saturday afternoon
Sunday, 1 March 2015, 11:13 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Rotorua based BayTrust Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Okere (North of Rotorua) on Saturday afternoon to assist ambulance crews with a man suffering from a medical event. More >>
Friday, busy night for Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter
Sunday, 1 March 2015, 11:11 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a farm south of Morrinsville at approximately 8pm on Friday evening. A 14 year old local boy had come off his motorbike in a hilly farm paddock. He was treated for neck and back injuries at the ... More >>
Helicopter attends to multiple motorcycle accidents
Sunday, 1 March 2015, 10:52 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter transported two boys with suspected leg fractures from an isolated west coast beach south of Port Waikato this evening. The boys were both riding motorbikes on the beach when they collided with each other. They were ... More >>
Call out to Urewera National Park
Sunday, 22 February 2015, 11:17 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Rotorua based BayTrust Rescue helicopter was dispatched to a remote area to the north of Ruatahuna at 4pm yesterday afternoon, after a 61yr old male became ill. Due to the remote area and the fact there were no roads to this address, another ... More >>
Father and son fall off cliff - Rescued by chopper
Sunday, 25 January 2015, 3:45 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
This afternoon at 1600hrs the Tauranga based Trustpower TECT Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Omanawa Falls south of Tauranga where a 37 year old Tauranga man and his 12 year old son had fallen 100 metres off a walking track to the Omanawa falls. ... More >>
Runaway Truck Injures two
Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 10:21 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
This afternoon [20/1] the Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a rural address near Tiraumea, East of Eketahuna, where two men, one in his 80's and one in his 60's had sustained injuries when the truck they were operating became ... More >>
Woman injured on Tongariro crossing
Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 2:44 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched to The Tongariro Alpine crossing yesterday, to a woman in her fifties who had slipped over and fractured her ankle near the Emerald lakes. More >>
Man Flown from Hut on the Mohaka river
Sunday, 18 January 2015, 12:31 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched last night to the Waiokaka hut in the Mohaka River. A broken message had been received via mountain radio of an injury involving broken bones from a party staying at the hut. With the use of ... More >>
Philips Search and Rescue Trust: Opotiki Callout
Sunday, 18 January 2015, 10:02 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Rotorua based BayTrust Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Opotiki at about 5pm where a 10 year old boy dived into a swimming pool and impacted the bottom resulting in a serious neck injury. The boy was treated at the scene by St john paramedics ... More >>
Motorcycle crash - SH1
Friday, 16 January 2015, 9:41 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched at approximately 10pm last night to the scene of a motorcycle crash on SH1 near Taupiri. The male motorcyclist was airlifted to Waikato Hospital with a serious leg injury. More >>
Man injured by mower
Friday, 16 January 2015, 9:28 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Otorohanga at approximately 2pm on Thursday afternoon to retrieve a 37 year old man injured while working on a mower. More >>
Motorcycle rider injured at Mihi bridge
Friday, 9 January 2015, 11:37 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched to MIhi Bridge SH5 north of Taupo last evening to a crash involving a Motorcycle rider and a car. More >>
Hunter rescued from Urewera National Park
Friday, 9 January 2015, 10:27 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Rotorua based BayTrust Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Midway Hut in the Urewera National park at 3pm today, to pick up a 30yr old male who had fallen and seriously injured his leg. He was on his own and another hunting party found gear ... More >>
Featherston Motorbike Accident, Raetihi Medical Emergency
Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 4:55 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a property near Featherston last night at around 8:00 pm after a teenage boy was injured in a motorcycle accident. He suffered leg injuries after he came off a farmbike in which he was a passenger. ... More >>
Taupo Rescue Helicopter call outs
Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 10:20 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
A 55 year old male is in very serious condition in Waikato hospital after the ute he was driving had a head on crash with a very large tractor on the Broadlands road last evening at about 6:30. More >>
Medical Emergency near Alfredton
Monday, 5 January 2015, 5:18 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Alfredton this morning at around 9:45 am to a man in his 60's suffering a medical emergency. He was stabilised by St John paramedics before he was airlifted to Palmerston North. The helicopter ... More >>
Helicopter Rescue from Summit of Mt Ngauruhoe
Wednesday, 24 December 2014, 8:52 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Mt Ngauruhoe at 3pm after a 23yr old male fell, fracturing his ankle. More >>
Woman airlifted form car crash at Kutarere - Eastern BOP
Tuesday, 23 December 2014, 9:23 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Rotorua based BayTrust Rescue helicopter was dispatched to the Eastern Bay of Plenty Monday afternoon at approximately 6pm. Two cars were involved in a head on accident on a remote stretch of road near Kutarere. More >>
Matamata Woman Airlifted
Friday, 19 December 2014, 1:18 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Hamilton-based Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a rural property near Matamata at approximately 4pm Thursday afternoon. More >>
Hiker winched off Mt Pirongia
Friday, 12 December 2014, 9:57 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Mt Pirongia this morning, just after first light, to retrieve an injured hiker. A 38yr old Te Awamutu woman had been hiking with friends to the summit yesterday when she rolled her ankle on ... More >>
