Hernan Holliday joins the Crew. Hernan Holliday is an Intensive Care Paramedic, that has recently joined the West Coast Crew. We asked Hernan a few questions to help you get to know him better! How long have you been a NZCC Rescue Crew member?  Officially started on the 24th May 2019, but had covered the […]

Otehake Hut Mission Rescue mission as told by Peter, the patient: Egon, John & I had planned this adventure into Arthur’s Pass National Park for some time – taking leave etc. After parking our rental car at State Highway 75, we went up the Edwards Valley (first night Edwards Hut) and over the Taruahuna Pass […]

Waitaha Mission On 6th July 2019 around midday the NZCC Rescue Helicopter was called south to SH6 on the Waitaha River, South Westland. A vehicle had hit ice, spun and ended up in a ditch, causing injury to the front passenger of the single truck involved. Due to the complicated nature of the injury and […]

Mission Report The NZCC rescue helicopter crew have attended 56 jobs between April- Mid July. April In the month of April the crew attended 12 emergency callouts. NVG goggles were used on 5 occasions, including on a mission to retrieve a hiker with severe burns from Mckay hutt. The mission took 4.5 hours to complete, […]

Heaphy Track Mission On 14 March 2019, at around 9am, the West Coast Rescue Helicopter crew received a call from the Airdesk advising of a patient in need on the Heaphy Track. The patient had injured their ankle while tramping the world-famous track with a group of friends two days earlier but earlier attempts of […]

Craigeburn Mission On Sunday 3 March, at around 3pm, the NZCC Rescue helicopter staff received notification from the NZ Rescue Co-ordination centre that a beacon had been activated in the Craigieburn Range area. Little was known of the incident at that stage other than the owner was a keen paragliding enthusiast and had been planning […]