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Plane Crashlanding at Urertiti Beach, Ruakaka, CALLOUT
As Glenn, Kevin (NLSAR management) and Police SAR S/Sgt Metcalfe & Sgt Neil Pennington were about to leave the Tarewa Road SAR HQ site, the initial report came through Police Communications about a 'plane crash off Urettiti beach near Ruakaka.
Due to extremely limited information, and possibility of escalation, S/Sgt Metcalfe requested that Glenn & Kevin also respond to this incident.
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Lost girl found after night in the bush - 25 Dec 2008
'Intellectually disabled girl missing for 14 hours until found in bush in Whangarei spent Christmas Day in hospital'.
A successful operation involving both Northland Search and Rescue members and Police SAR squad members resulted from a good response from all those people who were contacted on Xmas Day.
100% of all Northland land search members who were contactable, decided to put family Xmas celebrations on hold to join the search for Tabitha. This shows the dedication and motivation of the team.
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30th Oct 2008
Two young children, a 4 year old Female & a 5 year Male went missing from a house, on the edge of a patch of bush at Ruakaka.
SAR activated.
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20th Oct 2008
A Overdue Pighunter Located was located after becomming overdue and sparking off a search and rescue callout in the Taipuha area, southwest of Whangarei.
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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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