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They were carrying and activated their properly registered emergency beacon and were all believed to have been wearing lifejackets.
The 34-year-old backcountry skier from Calgary was located after an SOS emergency beacon was activated from a mountain hut,
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.
Ground, cliff and boat teams were mobilised 1,278 times while the four helicopters were sent to 796 calls.
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
