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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
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.
Northern Territory Water Police responded to a beacon activation of a vessel in distress. Four people have been rescued.
