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Friday, March 29, 2024
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Lions Club golf event supports Coastguard

A new setup is planned for Nelson Coastguard's incident management team after $2600 of funding was donated from Nelson Host Lions Club this afternoon. Coastguard...

Rescue open day proves popular

The whirring of blades the crushing of metal and the heat of fire drew crowds to this year's Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter annual Open...

Kitesurfers towed to shore after public tipoff

The coastguard was called out just before 5pm to assist with kitesurfers who had depowered near the Blind Channel. Coastguard duty officer Wayne Ballantyne says they were called out...

Popular boating course to gain online option

There is no excuse for boaties not to clue themselves up now the highly regarded Day Skipper course will be available online. Coastguard Boating Education’s...

Search and rescue at sea just practice

It may have been just a practice, but with real-life scenarios, smoke and all, our emergency response teams proved they were up for the...

Rescue services test waters of multi-agency approach.

A marine search and rescue exercise was held this morning by Nelson Police. A number of vessels were involved in the exercise with police, fire...