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Wairarapa SAREX
Feb 11th 2012
Four of us from Wellington went over to join in the Wairarapa SAREX. I took video…
More > Operation Mann
Feb 24th 2011
This was a callout for a man lost in the hills surrounding Waikanae. He went for a walk and didn’t return. I went to the callout and spent Monday doing the search. No luck that day. The search continued for two more days. Fortunately, he was found alive and was evacuated. Good result… Of course,
More > River Training session
Feb 5th 2011
A fun day doing river training again. This time I went with the advanced group and did some rope recovery stuff and river stretcher techniques on top of the usual stuff. Good fun.
More > Operation Paeroa
Nov 21st 2010
This was a search on our back door step in Mt Victoria for Ralph XXXXX. Ralph was feeling a bit down and out and went walkabout without notice to (at least) get away from things for a bit. There were fears for what he might do and after he didn’t return for the night, we
More > Operation Coffey
Jul 4th 2010
Search for Phil Coffey in Karapoti area. It is a well tracked area (for biking etc.). I was in a 4WD team as team leader. Quite a weird way to search. Lots of sign. Nothing definitive. Tara’s golden touch meant her team located the missing party. A good outcome, and Phil’s gratitude made it very
More > SAR Nav Field Session
Jun 3rd 2010
This was a map/compass/GPS training session that I helped to put together. I have no idea how well it went.
More > Operation Makara Cemetery
May 19th 2010
No missing party located. No identity known. Apparently no missing party at all. Just some plonker that got off a bus and presumably walked back into town without letting his bus driver know. Caused all sorts of panic, but he wasn’t there. Very thick bush in places, so it was a bit of effort despite
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