Rescues

Police are defending a Northland pig hunter who spent two bitterly cold nights lost in the bush with two children.

A 65 year old lady tramping with a friend in the My Mania reserve got separated after stopping for a rest. Locating the lost party around 03:00 hours tired but safe and well.

In late February 2009, what amounted to what must have been the shortest call-out ever (under 2 minutes) came about when an elderly gentleman in his 70’s went missing from an Waipu rest home.

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.

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.