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The man said the EPIRB saved his life as it's signal pinpointed his location, alerting the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ).
The teenager was wearing a lifejacket and carrying a PLB before heading to sea, two important factors to a positive outcome.
Watchstanders received an Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon 406 MHz distress signal from the vessel.
Two climbers activated a personal locator beacon prompting a swift response from the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand.
The alert was raised when a personal locator beacon was activated after the 30-foot vessel overturned.
Police are applauding the successful use of a distress beacon, which led to the rescue of a hiker in the Tararua Ranges.Â
The boater activated an emergency distress beacon and a Border Force plane and a nearby Sea Swift freighter rescued the crew.
The Rescue Coordination Centre [RCCNZ] was notified that a rescue beacon was activated near Girdlestone, west of Masterton.
Emergency services were alerted to the distressed vessel through an EPIRB activation. Rescue helicopter and aircraft were dispatched.
