Your Stories - Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter | Philips Search and Rescue Trust

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Patients and donors are at the heart of everything we do. Your stories are a powerful testament to human strength, courage, vulnerability, and hope.

Your stories inspire others and bring awareness to the lifesaving work undertaken by the highly skilled personnel onboard the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter, who are saving lives every day.

If you have experienced our service or held a fundraising event or activity for your rescue helicopter, you have a story to tell, and we’d love for you to share it with us. Click here to share your story.

Sep 12, 2015

The phone call every parent dreads

It was the phone call every parent dreads, but playground accidents occur even on the safest turf.

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May 22, 2015

Motorbike vs milk tanker

Horrific injuries have kept Alan Hurford hospitalised for two months

Earlier this year, Alan was undertaking a passing manoeuvre under Taupiri Mountain, when he hit a pedestrian island, parted company with his bike and impacted the…

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Sep 12, 2013

Dragged out to sea

Maxim Kuvyrkov is indebted to the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter and its supporters for flying him to hospital after nearly drowning. “Our family takes a trip to Raglan Beach once a month.