Story: Search and rescue

More links and websites

• AdventureSmart

  Helpful advice for safely enjoying New Zealand’s land, water, boating and snow environments.

• Amateur Radio Emergency Communications

  Professional volunteers who offer their specialist communications and technical skills free to the public in support of the search and rescue sector, civil defence, and other emergency services.

• Maritime New Zealand – search and rescue

  How to make emergency calls and maydays, and information sheets for reporting accidents and incidents.

• New Zealand Coastguard

  Background information, news, and information on volunteering and safety.

• New Zealand Land Search and Rescue

  Background information, news, publications and links.

• Search and rescue – New Zealand Police

  This page outlines how the police co-ordinate search and rescue operations.

• Surf Life Saving New Zealand

  The leading beach and coastal safety, drowning prevention and rescue authority in Aotearoa.

More suggestions and sources

• Bates, Roger. Land search and rescue in New Zealand, 1934–2020. Richmond: Roger Bates, 2020.
• Burrell, Ray. Fifty years of mountain federation,1931–1981. Wellington: Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand, 1983.
• Butterworth, Susan. More than law and order: policing a changing society, 1945–1992. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, in association with New Zealand Police and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, 2005.
• Maclean, Chris. Tararua: the story of a mountain range. Wellington: Whitcombe, 1994.
• Story, Victor R. Search and rescue around Taranaki, 1966–1985. Rev. ed. V. R. Story, 2006.
• Thompson, Barry. Deeds not words: the story of the New Zealand Coastguard. Auckland: Bush Press, 1995.