News
Routine rescue on a great day
- 28 March 2026
- Jane Elliot
Saturday afternoon's callout was to a 7.5m launch…
Shine the light
- 23 March 2026
- Jane Elliot
Looking at the topical low coming later in the week, plus the nights closing in, plus the fact that the weather is not like last week, I was fairly relaxed last night that it would be a quiet week…
Laughing long time
- 22 March 2026
- Jane Elliot
It may be autumn, but the weather has been more summer-like than the summer that fizzed out…
Success! Feels great.
- 21 March 2026
- Jane Elliot
Many hours of training, both on and off the water, was put to the test today…
Sunday Mission
- 8 March 2026
- Jane Elliot
Just before Crew 1 set off for Sunday training, we received a message from Ops…
Kokoko to the rescue too
- 28 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
Good weather Thursday and Friday so callouts really weren’t so unexpected
Crew 1 Training plus plus
- 15 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
Crew 1 wanted to do early training today as some had afternoon commitments…
Wind wise
- 12 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
For those of you not in the know we had a callout on Thursday at 1648…
Towing relay Great Barrier to Omaha
- 9 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
Last night’s job was just as it "said on the tin"…
Quiet in our part of the Gulf
- 8 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
Without trying to tempt fate, as there's still Sunday night to go…
Electrical Villians
- 4 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
We received a callout to a 10.6m launch with mechanical trouble, right up on the northwestern end of Great Barrier Island…
Coffee opportunities?
- 1 February 2026
- Jane Elliot
After a beautiful Saturday with lots of boats out, and no callouts at all, it didn’t take long to realise Sunday would be very different.
All's well after a long day
- 18 January 2026
- Jane Elliot
After keeping an eye on the progress of Kawau Rescue from the 1913 callout Saturday night, and having a brief conversation with Paul that we'd cover until the Duty crew had had a sleep, I was pleased to see them back in the berth around 0130am Sunday.
Available 24/7
- 18 January 2026
- Jane Elliot
Having just got home at around 1845hrs the pager went off again at around 1913hrs…
Seacocks
- 17 January 2026
- Jane Elliot
Our first callout today at 3:15pm was to a jet ski just off Moturekareka
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…
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…
Airborne?
- 9 December 2025
- Jane Elliot
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…
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...