8-Sep-2021Source: Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust
The Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust announces it will replace the A109 helicopter that has served the region for the last 12 years. Its replacement, a BK117 aircraft is the most common rescue helicopter in New Zealand. It is a larger aircraft that can comfortably accommodate the increase in equipment required to enable the best possible... Read more
3-Jun-2021Source: Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust
Prominent New Plymouth businessman Bryce Barnett has been named as Patron of the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust. Barnett was welcomed into the honorary role during a small ceremony at the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter hangar at New Plymouth Base Hospital today. Barnett spent eight years with the Trust, taking the reins as Chairman in 2012 and... Read more
19-Feb-2019Source: Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust
The Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust is excited to welcome Darrin Muggeridge to the board. Darrin, a successful New Plymouth businessman and owner of The Plymouth International Hotel and Auto Lodge Motor Inn, has extensive business and governance experience. Born and bred in Taranaki, Darrin and his wife Anna have brought up their four daughters in New... Read more
29-Jan-2018Source: HeliHub.com
Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust is celebrating their 25 anniversary this year. They plan to hold an open day at their hangar to show the community around and encourage stories to be told. The men and women involved in the service put a lot of their lives into the work, knowing that they may be called... Read more
12-Mar-2015Source: Stuff
Taranaki’s community rescue helicopter has completed more than 4000 missions since it started flying in 1992. See Full Story... Read more
30-Jun-2010Source: Stuff
NZ CAA has sent a letter to all helicopter operators and trusts that explicitly warns that they have until the end of August to bring their operations into line with the rules or cease their operations.... Read more
22-Apr-2010Source: Otago Daily Times
A four-strong team from the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust who plucked a fisherman to safety, after he was trapped at the base of a cliff, have received with a top rescue award at Parliament tonight.... Read more
28-Aug-2009Source: Stuff
The trust and the newspaper already shared a close working relationship, which is expected to be strengthened now the paper is on the side of the chopper.... Read more