W A S D fly · SPACE climb · sign reports to refuel · R return · M mute
1970
Northern RescueMISSION REPORT · FORM NR-1
⚠ NO WINCH ABOARD — LAND beside patients to load them.
Pilot sign-off — click to sign
Duty pilot · Northern Rescueawaiting signature
📷 The Archive
Rescue history, unlocked by exploring Te Ika-a-Māui — find wildlife, land beside road crews, and finish the story.
1970 – 2026 · Northern Rescue
Fly the Timeline
56 years of rescue history over the real upper North Island — Cape Reinga
to Hamilton. Auckland's story first in red, looping out of the city and home again. Then
Northland's in white: Whangārei to the Cape and down to Auckland. Sign mission reports,
earn the winch and night ops, answer dispatch calls, and mind the weather.
The Westpac machine rests on the hospital roof. Up in Whangārei at first
light, NEST begins with a single Bell Jet Ranger — one pilot, one engine, one patient.
Fly north to Cape Reinga, then bring her south to Auckland, home beside her sister.
Bell Jet Ranger · NEST
Journey complete
Two trusts. One service.
The AW-169 rests at Ardmore, the S-76s are home at Whangārei — from a
Hiller over Piha to two fleets covering the whole upper North Island. Auckland Rescue
Helicopter Trust and Northland Emergency Services Trust, flying together as Northern
Rescue.