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Search & Rescue NZ

Each year, thousands of people need to be rescued in New Zealand’s unforgiving outdoors. Some searches are successful, some not. But behind each is an incredible story of courage.

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00:37:56

The Toll

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/11/05

The public can often view rescuers as heroes who are just doing a job. But years of attending rescues, accidents, or the tragic retrieval of bodies, can have a devasting effect on both volunteers or emergency service workers. Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal stories affect you, please take care while listening.Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who shared their stories.Archive recordings

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00:45:55

A Step Too Far

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/11/03

Experienced canyoners Dave Vass and Annette Phillips were out doing the ultimate outdoor activity when adventure turned into accident in a little explored canyon, leaving them with difficult decisions to make. Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal stories affect you, please take care while listening.Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who shared their stories.Archive recordings supplied thanks to Ngā

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00:44:18

Accidents Do Happen

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/29

The increase of social media has seen many walkers, often overseas visitors, attracted to places beyond their experience or ability. Mount Brewster in Mount Aspiring National Park now has up to ten rescues a year as hundreds flock to have a selfie with the mountain and the glacial pools, but not everyone gets their Instragram worthy snapshot.Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who shared their stories.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:31:23

With No Regrets

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/27

After five days trapped in the "Middle Peak Hotel" crevasse on the summit ridge of Aoraki Mount Cook, climbers Phil Doole and Mark Inglis were in big trouble – both having frostbite to their feet. By day 15 fears were held for their lives, until a short break in the weather and the heroic efforts of pilot Ron Small and rescuer Don Bogie. Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who shared their stories.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:52:26

Middle Peak Hotel

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/22

In November 1982, two climbers Phil Doole and Mark Inglis were trapped on the summit ridge of Aoraki Mount Cook at over 3000 metres. Taking shelter in a sparse crevasse near the summit, unseasonal weather – storms and high winds – thwarted any rescue attempts when the pair were declared missing after five days. Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal stories affect you, please take care while

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00:48:30

The Way It Was

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/20

A typical rescue today is aided by GPS, personal location beacons, agile helicopters and LandSAR rescuers, many who are highly trained and well equipped volunteers. This is in stark contrast to the 1960s, where rescuers usually came from tramping clubs, they provided their own gear, and could be out in the field for days, it was all very "number 8 wire".Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal

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00:44:26

Troglodytes

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/15

Not all rescues take place above ground. At the centre of the largest and most complex cave rescues ever attempted was Dr Michael Brewer. In 2007, the local doctor was trapped and injured two kilometres underground, cavers from all over the country were flown into Nelson to extract him from the little explored cave system in the Takaka Hills. Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal stories affect

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00:45:51

A Sense of Duty

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/13

In the winter of 1966, four climbers went to climb the Otira Face of Mount Rolleston in Arthurs Pass National Park and never returned. The subsequent search and rescue operation was one of the last large scale call outs - all on foot - that saw up to a hundred volunteers involved and the first to have a rescuer killed in tragic circumstances. Content warning: this series contains graphic descriptions of rescues and fatalities, as well as some strong language. If unsettling personal stories affect

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00:50:34

Between Heaven and Earth

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/10/08

Cascade Saddle in Mount Aspiring National Park is a popular alpine crossing, but the difficulty of the trek and the hazards are often underestimated by inexperienced trampers on this long and demanding route. For two overseas tourists, an overnight adventure to the park goes horribly wrong and sets in place a difficult alpine rescue.Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who shared their stories.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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00:01:42

Introducing: Search & Rescue NZ

Search & Rescue NZ ·

2025/09/25

Head to the hills, scour the bush, and dive deep into the caves with a series that takes you behind the scenes of the rescues in New Zealand’s unforgiving outdoors. Go out with the volunteers who put themselves on the line to rescue complete strangers. Host Paul Roy looks at the evolution of rescues from the do-it-yourself operations of the 1960s to today's highly managed efforts. They all have one thing in common – something went wrong and someone needed help.Thanks to the LandSAR volunteers who

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