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Over the last weekend RARO and TACR teams got together to undertake joint training organised and facilitated by LandSAR. The challenge was to search for, locate and rescue four missing subjects. The terrain that we moved the subjects through involved … Continue reading →

On the 17/7/14 a climbing party were near the top of the Grand Gully in the Pinnacles on the North Side of Mt Ruapehu adjacent to the Whakapapa Ski Area when one of the members fell the entire way to … Continue reading →

We have had our first of the early winter snowfalls and the sun was out today making the perfect conditions for ill prepared climbers to get out of their depth. One unfortunate fellow from Germany got a little freaked out … Continue reading →

A few RARO members assembled at Whakapapa for a quick cliff raise and lower demo for the SAREX attendees this last weekend. It was a great chance to blow out some cobwebs.

On the 11-2-14 RAL received a call from a lost hiker who had left the Whakapapa car park that morning and was now lost in the fog. His route up turned out to be the skyline marked trail and he … Continue reading →

A team of RARO members headed into the Mangaturuturu hut from the Ohakune road to be on standby for any potential injuries as around 600 competitors made their way from Whakapapa to Turoa in the 10th annual Goat mountain run. … Continue reading →

At about 11:30 am on the 24th of November a male tourist from Germany took a fall from somewhere in the upper Te Heu Heu valley while waking by himself. During the fall he fractured his left femur which was … Continue reading →

On the 27th October RARO received a callout for assistance with an operation underway on the north ridge of Taranaki. We managed a good turnout of 15 members and were instructed to drive to north Egmont for further tasking from … Continue reading →

Last week we lost a member of RARO. Jack the avalanche dog had a short but really enthusiastic career in the mountains. With his handler Benn Cash they managed to go from strength to strength and within a season of … Continue reading →