36 Missions Flown in April
April was a busy month for the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter with 36 missions flown across Te Tauihi - 5 winch missions and 12 using night vision technology.
41 Missions Flown in December
1 December: Medical Emergency, Rockville 2 December: Injury, The Brook 5 December: Inter-facility Transfer, Nelson Hospital to Christchurch Hospital 5…
29 Missions Flown in November
1 November: Medical Emergency, Tākaka 5 November: Traumatic Injury, Aniseed Valley 5 November: Inter-facility Transfer, Nelson Hospital to Wellington Hospital…
37 Missions Flown in October
1 October: Traumatic Injury, The Brook to Nelson Hospital 1 October: Medical Emergency, Rai Valley to Nelson Hospital 4 October:…
Crew Transports 8 Week Old Corby Urgently to Nelson for Care
Written by Sinead Byrne, mother of Corby On the 5th of July, our 8 week old baby, Corby was suffering…
Hunting Trip Gone Wrong – Survivor story written by John Pomeroy
As a LandSAR volunteer for 12 years I always carried my plb with the hope I would never need it…
34 Missions flown in September
2 September: Fall/Injury, Okiwi Bay 2 September: Medical emergency, Picton 3 September: Medical emergency, Collingwood 4 September: Medical emergency, Murchison…
29 Missions Flown in August
1 August: Medical Emergency, Havelock 3 August: Traumatic Injury, Takaka Medical to Nelson Hospital 3 August: Search & Rescue, D'Urville…
A Sudden Case of Vertigo on Te Araroa Trail
Written by rescued patient Tomáš Černák, 32 years old, visiting New Zealand from Slovakia Last year, I spent New Year’s Eve…
Plane Crash in Murchison Back Country
Written by crash survivor Gary Wright Hi I’m Gary Wright and I’m trying to give back after I required the…