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Wairakei Winch Rescue For Vehicle Roll – Greenlea Rescue Helicopter
Monday, 24 January 2022, 6:06 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
Around mid-morning yesterday, Sunday January 23, the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was tasked near Wairakei to assist a patient trapped in a vehicle down a 60m bank. Due to the nature of the terrain, the onboard Intensive Care Paramedic was winched ... More >>
Covid-19 Update From Your Rescue Helicopters – Open Days Postponed
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 3:39 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
We regretfully announce the postponement of all upcoming Open Days for the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter, TECT Rescue Helicopter, Greenlea Rescue Helicopter, and Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter. In light of ongoing developments and uncertainty ... More >>
Three Decades Of Saving Lives Comes To An End For Founding Pilot
Monday, 15 November 2021, 4:16 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
Philips Search & Rescue Trust and the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter rescue crew has farewelled Grant Bremner, a familiar face to many and a foundation team member who has been there from the beginning. Grant has been flying the Waikato ... More >>
Celebrating 30 Years Of Life-Saving Missions
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 11:25 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter, incepted in the year 1991, is celebrating 30 years of life-saving missions. Over the past three decades of service, your Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter crew has impacted the lives of over 10,600 patients, many ... More >>
Recent missions by your Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter
Monday, 13 September 2021, 2:19 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter continues to save lives, completing multiple missions over the past week, including to locations in the likes of Tairua, Paeroa and Taumarunui. The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter attended a single-car accident ... More >>
Tri Across NZ For Charity
Monday, 13 July 2020, 11:22 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
It was late in the afternoon when Kieran McPherson was out working his summer job, felling trees on a block in Piarere situated on the outskirts of Lake Karapiro. Out earning his keep in his late teens chopping firewood, when a freak accident occurred. ... More >>
Three Decades Flying For Founding Rescue Helicopter Pilot
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 4:54 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
Grant in the earlier days with Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter A lot can happen in just one day for rescue helicopter crew, so after 35 years on the job, Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter’s Chief Pilot Grant Bremner really knows what it’s ... More >>
Serious safeguards for essential Rescue Helicopter crew
Wednesday, 15 April 2020, 12:15 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The commitmentof an essential workerduring a pandemic is evenmorecrucialwhen youressentialrole isflyingforNew Zealand’slargestrescue helicopteroperation. More >>
Helicopter Trust commits all resources to White Island
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 3:09 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
As part of a national coordinated response, all five units under the North Island’s largest rescue helicopter operation, Philips Search & Rescue Trust, were dispatched to Whakatane during yesterday’s Whakaari/White Island eruption. More >>
TECT sole sponsor of region’s Rescue Helicopter
Friday, 29 November 2019, 10:40 am | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
TECT, a longtime supporter of the Bay of Plenty Coastal rescue helicopter service, have recently become sole naming right sponsor. Formerly known as the Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter it will now be known as the TECT Rescue Helicopter. ‘We ... More >>
Waikato’s Bell 222 Rescue Helicopter takes final flight
Thursday, 28 November 2019, 1:48 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
MEDIA RELEASE – THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2019 [STARTS] Waikato’s Bell 222 Rescue Helicopter takes final flight More >>
Join your local rescue helicopter in World Helicopter Day
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 5:49 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
“Thank you” seems too small a phrase for saving lives. But words of encouragement and support from the public, and heartfelt stories from the people they rescue, mean the world to the specialist crews of your local rescue helicopter. More >>
Car Collides with Train in Woodville
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 1:31 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Troup Rd, Woodville on Wednesday 1 August at 5 pm to a car and a train had collided. More >>
Man survives icy night alone on Mt Ruapehu after a fall
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 6:59 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was dispatched by the Taupo Police to Mt Ruapehu this morning to assist with the search for a missing man. More >>
Search for Injured Tramper in Ruahine Ranges
Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 8:11 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was dispatched on Tuesday 10 July at 3 pm, to the Coppermine Track in the Ruahine Range to locate and recover an injured tramper. More >>
Remarkable tale of survival
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 2:29 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
Remarkable tale of survival The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was dispatched yesterday by the RCCNZ to an active beacon in the Urewera Ranges. Despite the stunning blue skies in Taupo the ranges were quite different with claggy misty cloud, reduced visibility, ... More >>
Multiple ICU missions for the Waikato Rescue helicopter
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 5:14 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched on three night ICU (Intensive Care Unit) hospital missions over the weekend. More >>
Air Ambulance And Rescue Helicopter Service Changes
Friday, 6 April 2018, 3:31 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
Significant changes are afoot as to how rescue helicopter and air ambulance services will be purchased by the New Zealand Government, throughout New Zealand. More >>
Woman Airlifted From Motor Vehicle Accident in Mapiu
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 4:57 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter responded to Mapiu, south of Te Kuiti, just after 12 pm on the 6 February for a 68-year-old Wellington woman who had sustained various head, limb, and abdominal injuries after her car left the road and impacted ... More >>
Man Injured in Car versus Truck Accident
Monday, 5 February 2018, 3:28 pm | Philips Search and Rescue Trust
The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter was dispatched at 8.30 am on Monday 5 February to a motor vehicle versus truck accident on the rail overbridge at Manakau, south of Levin. More >>
