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November 25 2025
Personal locator beacons: Courtney’s top tips
Heading into the outdoors? Here are Rescue Helicopter Paramedic Courtney’s top tips for using a personal locator beacon.
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October 30 2025
Meet Joshua
Rescue Helicopter Paramedic Joshua talks about how a promotion to a “desk job” prompted him to find his perfect role, and his wife, on the West Coast.
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October 23 2025
Pilot Edward Fry talks about the H145
Rescue helicopter pilot Edward Fry tells us why he’s so excited about the service’s new H145 helicopters.
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September 18 2025
Meet Libbie (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu)
Westpac Rescue Helicopter paramedic Libbie talks to us about her accidental career change, moving home for whānau, and her most memorable job.
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August 13 2025
Meet Juliet
From “band aids and stuff” to being a critical care paramedic on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Juliet answers 10 questions about life on the job.
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August 08 2025
Meet Hernan
He’s one of the West Coast’s most highly trained medics, but how did this Argentinian, come to call Greymouth home?
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