Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
NZSAR Council
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Further explore whether Rescue Coordination Centre should be responsible for tasking and coordinating all SAR aviation assets, as is done overseas.
Reply Text
Your recommendations have been discussed with the two Search and Rescue Coordination Authorities, Maritime New Zealand’s Rescue Coordination Centre and the New Zealand Police.
After these discussions, as acting Chair of the NZSAR Council, I accept that recommendations 019/25 and 020/25 are being implemented.
The Rescue Coordination Centre and New Zealand Police are working together to implement recommendation 019/25 and are actively discussing recommendation 020/25 and how this can be progressed.
We will keep you informed of progress of these recommendations.
After these discussions, as acting Chair of the NZSAR Council, I accept that recommendations 019/25 and 020/25 are being implemented.
The Rescue Coordination Centre and New Zealand Police are working together to implement recommendation 019/25 and are actively discussing recommendation 020/25 and how this can be progressed.
We will keep you informed of progress of these recommendations.
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