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Cliff Rescue Sept 2007

Cliff Rescue Sept 2007 - German Tourist

Three members of the Cliff Rescue team (Shane Cleary, Glenn Hawke, & Kevin Bell)with Four members of the Police SAR squad responded rescued a 28 yr old German tourist, who was walking around the end of Tapeka Point near Russell in the BOI who got caught out with an incoming tide.
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Marine Coastal SAR Sept 2007

Marine Coastal SAR Sept 2007 time waster.
-Chief: Lives put needlessly at risk

A full-scale air, sea and land search - costing around $10,000 - was mounted on Sunday in four-metre seas and 30 to 40-knot nor-easterly winds after family members thought two men and a woman were lost at sea after failing to return from a fishing trip.

About 60 members of the Northland Land Search and Rescue squad, including police officers and civilian volunteers, were at Bland Bay on an annual training exercise when the alarm was raised over the trio about 9.30am on Sunday.

Two search teams in the area - some members being blown off their feet in the gusty winds - found the camping trio.



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81 year old male suffering dementia - June 2007

81 year old male suffering dementia SAR - 28-06-2007

An 81 year old male suffering dementia walked out of his rest home between 0600 and 0645 hours.
Rest home staff had searched for him till about 0900 hours then called the police.
Local Waipu police and Highway patrol units searched for him on the roads till 1200 hours.

Police and Northland SAR were then activated and searched on foot till 2030 hours. Intensive searching was continued for the next three days.
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Busy January 2007

Jan 2007 - STOP PRESS - Now FIVE this year, not quite FIVE in FIVE weeks though - Hunter @ Donelly's Crossing
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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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