In this issue of the newsletter, we wanted to highlight or amazing team of engineers. Featured in the photo above are engineers Hugo Wilding and Mike Battersby who along with many others, keep our aircraft performing to the highest standards. This crew work tirelessly behind the scenes to service the rescue helicopter and keep our […]

The Trust were proud to host 2 groups to the base recently: Charles Upham Men’s Club Thank you the Charles Upham Men’s Club who visited the GCH base recently. You can read an excerpt from their newsletter about their experience at the base below; “Our Men’s Club was enthralled by helicopters and stories of heroic […]

A huge thank you goes to the High Country Pleasure Riders club. The club had a fundraising weekend ride earlier in the year with over 70 riders attending. The club created a raffle and auction of donated gifts. From these remarkable efforts the club produced a donation of $3,400 in support of Canterbury, West Coast […]

Our Greymouth based crew have also had a busy start to the Winter season. Over the Queens Birthday weekend the NZCC West Coast Rescue Crew conducted 4 missions. The air rescue service were needed at a MVA on Arnold Valley Road, two inter hospital transfers for patients suffering heart and chest pain, and an accident […]

We have a new date for the Rescue Crew Challenge 2.0 It wasn’t an easy decision to postpone the Rescue Crew Challenge but one that we felt was necessary to allow our people to focus their efforts on supporting the community. Now we are ready to jump back into action… we have a new date […]