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1 month ago

Such tempting weather! Whilst Coastguard North Shore crew would love to be out there boating, we're all doing the right thing and enjoying the weather from our homes. Staying home protects our community and saves lives.Alright team...our team of 5 million must once again unite to beat COVID-19. As NZ enters an extended alert level period, Coastguard is following the advice of the Government and Maritime New Zealand.

➡️ LEVEL 2 (countrywide excluding Auckland)
✅You can do your usual exercise and recreation activities, as long as it is done in a safe way where physical distancing and official public health guidance is applied. This includes boating and motorised water sports.

➡️ LEVEL 3 (Auckland only)
✅You can do low-risk recreation activities in your local area. This includes a swim at the beach and fishing from a wharf.

❌All recreational water-based activities involving sailing boats, motorised craft or motorised equipment are not permitted.
❌Scuba diving is also not permitted under Level 3.

➡️ Kayaking, canoeing, rowing surfing and wind surfing and paddle boarding are permitted however Maritime NZ recommend these activities take place within 200m from shore.

🌊 Check the conditions and possible changes in conditions before you undertake an activity. Know your limit – assess your competency level against the conditions and if in doubt, stay at home.

We want to assure you that our volunteers — those who crew our rescue vessels, take to the skies in our search aircraft, and are on the end of the radio across New Zealand — will remain on call to assist boaties, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our volunteers will be taking precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 by reducing the size of response crews and forming tight crew bubbles, wearing additional PPE, increasing handwashing and contact tracing.

➡️ Please refer to the Ministry of Transport’s website, Sport New Zealand’s website and MMaritime NZs website for further information on recreational boating. For general COVID-19 info: covid19.govt.nz

Kia kaha team — we’ve done it before and we’ll do it again, to help beat the spread ❤️ ... See MoreSee Less

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Coastguard North Shore

2 months ago

Well done Terry Hewitt for your long and dedicated service to the safety of the local community. Along side a truely impressive milestone in Fire and Emergency NZ, Terry was among those dedicated volunteers in the early days of Coastguard North Shore. Terry remains a Life Member of our Coastguard Unit and we, in part, owe where we are today to his early dedication alongside those founding members who saw a need and stepped up all those years ago. ... See MoreSee Less

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Coastguard North Shore

3 months ago

North Shore Rescue and our team out this morning welcoming HMNZS Aotearoa on delivery into Auckland Harbour. HMNZS Aotearoa is the latest addition to the Royal New Zealand Navy as an Enhanced Naval Tanker replacing HMNZS Endeavour that was decommissioned in late 2017. At over 173m long, it will be the largest ship our Navy has ever operated. ... See MoreSee Less

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