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November and early-mid December quiet for callouts and standbys for SAR, but Land SAR activity still occurring.

November and early-mid December quiet for callouts and standbys for SAR, but Land SAR activity still occurring.

What happens behind the scene and often out of 'public eye'.
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Latest News Updates (Links)

-NZ Police,
-NZ Land Search and Rescue,
- Maritime NZ Search & Rescue

Weather
-Metservice NZ
-MetVUW NZ
-Tide Prediction

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Attending a Regional SAREX (Search & Rescue Exercise) - through the eyes of a 'newby' - by Kim

Attending a Regional SAREX (Search & Rescue Exercise) - through the eyes of a 'newby' .

Preparing for a SAREX is always an exciting time, catching up with the guys and girls from around the North is always eventful.

The latest regional SAREX at Matakana was going to be challenging, and packing for an overnighter out in the bush was a new experience for me.

My job as part of the team was the map holder and navigator.


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Foundation Rope Course - What was it like ? - by Aaron C

The day dawned crisp and clear, no wait it was drizzly and overcast.

Thank you for the real life training conditions!

The foundation Rope course held by SARINZ on the 30 & 31 August 2008 was the largest gathering of NSAR personnel for training purposes since the SAREX at Bland Bay, with a good mix of civilian and police members and with a splattering of FNSAR members thrown in for cultural diversity.

We began with a short classroom lesson on the fundamentals of handling rescue equipment and different uses etc and were quickly onto the hands on aspect of knot tying (and bends and hitches!).

I don’t think you will find a single person on the course that didn’t get a whole lot out of it and hasn’t come away extremely excited about being involved in Search and Rescue!

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Support NLSAR
Northland Search and Rescue (NLSAR) are always interested in talking to people who may be keen to join us, support our group, or even promote who we are.

Prospective members are generally people who are over the age of eighteen years old, have an interest in the outdoors, have some level of fitness, a desire to help others, be able to work as part of a team, and above all, have values which include integrity, and honesty. There are a limited number of other support roles which does not require quite so high a level of fitness. NLSAR operate 24/7 (24hours/day 7 days/week), frequently in stormy arduous conditions in the middle of the night.

NLSAR are always keen to talk to those that are interested in supporting our quest to help others & save lives. We are a professional unpaid, not for profit, volunteer based search and rescue group that provides specialist skills to assist NZ Police save lives in any conditions, anywhere, anytime within Northland. We recognize those who support us by promoting them whenever we can.

Our team are the ones that frequently appear, do the job or task, and then disappear without recognition especially in the middle of the night in a storm. Our focus is on a quick successful resolution in the best way we can.

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