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Making your own luck

  • 9 January 2026
  • Jane Elliot

Friday lottery ticket selling was interrupted by the pager going off…

Log in, on and off (out of the way)

  • 6 January 2026
  • Jane Elliot

Although we were sent to two taskings tonight, we actually did three…

Moon River

  • 5 January 2026
  • Jane Elliot

Call outs can come with a bonus at this time of year…

Wind and weight

  • 4 January 2026
  • Jane Elliot

The pager went off last night at around 1930…

Best Laid Plans

  • 3 January 2026
  • Jane Elliot

The plan today was to meet at the boat at 1300hrs and to head to Mansion House Bay…

Tough day tough decision

  • 29 December 2025
  • David Vale

We received an urgent callout at 12.46pm to a vessel in difficulty possibly holed…

Xmas calling

  • 25 December 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Our first call Christmas day was a false start…

Airborne?

  • 9 December 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Business as usual

  • 9 December 2025
  • Jane Elliot

2 call outs and a fund raising event…

Summer ready, some not

  • 4 December 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Those weekend pager call outs....

Proud to announce another Qualified Crew!

  • 23 November 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Saturday was a busy day for Kawau Rescue …

Coffee keeps us on our tows

  • 17 November 2025
  • Jane Elliot

I was having a nice sleep-in, ignoring the cat…

The three of us

  • 6 November 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Tonight’s urgent call out was for a small 3m dingy…

Log in and log out

  • 3 November 2025
  • Jane Elliot

A great reminder to Log in and Log out - use the Coastguard App

On this wild, blustery day...

  • 29 October 2025
  • Jane Elliot

There is no doubt two people owe their lives to someone ashore…

New Home for Kawau Rescue

  • 22 October 2025
  • Jane Elliot

Coastguard Kawau is excited to announce the relocation of our rescue vessel to a new home...

Missing Diver

  • 23 September 2025
  • Jane Elliot

September’s missing diver story attracted a lot of media coverage...