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The 4th New Zealand Land Search and Rescue Conference

The 4th New Zealand Land Search and Rescue Conference
21 – 23 November 2008.

Massey University, Palmerston North
New Zealand .

Northland Search and Rescue have been successful in obtaining funding to send several members to this years Annual NZ Land Search and Rescue conference in Palmerston North.


Kevin is also attending the NZLSAR council meeting on the Friday evening as a region one representitive along with Roger Ladd from Far North SAR.


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Missing Man Located - July 2008

Whangärei Police have located a missing 32-year-old Tikipunga man, who has a serious medical condition.

The man was last seen at his Tikipunga home at 4 pm yesterday.
He suffers from epilepsy and has seizures everyday. As a result of the constant seizures he has slow speech and needs to take medication up to three times a day.

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Rescue at Waipu Caves - Sept 2007

A group of terrified teenagers had to dive underwater in pitch darkness to escape a flooded cave during a dramatic rescue near Waipu last night. Rescuers battled for four hours to save the Auckland students who were trapped by a rapidly rising underground stream.
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FINDING FUNDING

FINDING FUNDING: Northland Land Search and Rescue members Kevin Bell, left, and Jenny Calder have had to search high and low for funding, but Whangarei Lions president Merv Williams, right helped by funding two GPS mapping systems. Their jackets were funded by Pub Charities.
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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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