Please help your rescue crew save more lives

Accidents or emergency situations can happen anywhere, anytime. It’s what happens next that matters.

The sooner treatment begins, the greater the chance of patient recovery. When the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter is tasked to a life-saving emergency rescue via the emergency 111 call system, it is the best and often the only option.

Founded in 1987, the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter serves the Waikato, Coromandel and the King Country, bringing life-saving equipment and trauma-trained Critical Care Flight Paramedics directly to the patient.

We cannot do what we do without the support of our community. We rely on the kindness of people like you to save lives every day.
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EQUIPMENT

Your donations help us equip our rescue helicopters with specialist, life-saving equipment and give our crew everything they need to save lives.

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YOUR STORIES

Craig will never forget the day help arrived from the sky
What began as a two-day adventure bike ride along the Timber Trail quickly became a life-threatening emergency.  

Craig and his friends had cycled about 40 kilometres through the remote forest the previous day.
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Ronna thanks you for sending a rescue helicopter just in time...
What began as a solo tramp in the Pirongia Forest quickly became a decision that could have changed everything.
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At night, the danger only surges. Just as it did for Mike…
Not long ago, Mike headed out in the morning for a 3-hour kayak on the Tongariro River.
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