Kōrero: Search and rescue

Radio equipment, 1989 (2 o 2)

Men crouching around a radio, one listening to a radio transmitter.

Radio remains a vital tool in search and rescue operations. Radio operator Robert Young waits for news from rescue parties at search headquarters during the hunt for three Venturer Scouts missing in the Tararua Range in June 1989. The trio were found safe and well.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1989/2134/23-F
Photograph by Jon Hargest

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Nancy Swarbrick and Dan Clearwater, 'Search and rescue - Rescue equipment and techniques', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/13221/radio-equipment-1989 (accessed 6 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick and Dan Clearwater, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, reviewed & revised 27 Jul 2023 me te āwhina o Dan Clearwater