The opening of the Search and Rescue Services Centre of Excellence

Written By Kim Manunui

Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the opening of the Search and Rescue Services Centre of Excellence on Miro Street. Search and Rescue Services is the emergency air ambulance service provider for central New Zealand, operating from eight bases across the North Island with more than 150 pilots, critical care paramedics, air crew officers, and support staff on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Owned by five regional community charitable Trusts, Search & Rescue Services is sustained through the generous support of sponsors and donors alongside significant Government investment.

At the heart of the facility is an Entrol H145 flight simulator – a specialist helicopter training simulator device certified by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority. The simulator includes augmented and mixed reality hoist training capability, allowing pilots, air crew officers, and paramedics to train together as a whole crew in realistic, scenario-based exercises.

I have been lucky many many times on the maunga to have seen the incredible work by the organisation first hand and so have nothing but admiration. It is amazing for Taupō to have the Centre of Excellence based here. I feel there is a real irony that given only a few years ago we were so close to losing our Central North Island rescue chopper and this is also a nod to the great advocacy work done back then. Although there is serious funding from government, financial support is still integral to keep our choppers in the air.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

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