![Wellington Land Search and Rescue Members with packs and equipment walking towards an NH90 helicopter that has landed in a large green field.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NH90-scaled.jpg)
Search & Rescue Support
For the Lost, Missing and Injured
Need to report someone lost or missing? Call 111 and ask for Police
What We Do
![A male Police officer stands in front of a group of LandSAR volunteers in their orange hi-vis uniforms. He is pointing to a map and briefing the volunteers.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Field-Briefing-1024x575.jpg)
About us
LandSAR Wellington is an organisation of unpaid professionals that provide search and rescue services to the Police and the Rescue Coordination Centre across the greater Wellington region.
![Man wearing hi-vis LandSAR cap and vest. He is standing in front of a rescue helicopter.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/LandSAR-Cap-1024x576.jpg)
When to call 111
People are often unsure about when a situation warrants a 111 call to police. A general rule of thumb: IF IN DOUBT, CALL 111.
![Female LandSAR volunteer in the bush. She is wearing an orange LandSAR hi-vis vest, and is reading from her notebook while transmitting via an orange handheld radio](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SAREX-2020-Vehicle-Processing-scaled-e1643445463539.jpg)
Join our team
Our organisation is completely operated by our volunteers. We have a range of positions in both our Field and Incident Management Teams. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
We rely on your donations
We’re a registered charity, and rely from public donations to keep helping bring home the lost, missing and injured.
![A large group of LandSAR volunteers stand in an open field. They are wearing their hi-vis uniforms, and standing in front of a helicopter.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Helicopter-Training-scaled.jpg)
![A woman and a man wearing rain jackets tramp along a track through the trees in the rain.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SAREX-2021-2.jpg)
![A group of LandSAR IMT members inside the operations room, standing around a table with a map on it. They are all wearing labelled vests with their roles printed on the back of them.](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/SAREX-2021-IMT-scaled.jpg)
![Team of Wellington LandSAR members carrying a patient over a bridge in a stretcher](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Field-Refresher-2019-scaled.jpg)
Latest NEws
AGM Awards 2022
Pub Quiz Fundraiser
Applications OPEN for new members!
SAREX 2021: A Game of Two Halves…
Our Sponsors
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![Nikau Foundation Logo](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Nikau-Foundation-Logo.png)
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![Group of LandSAR volunteers standing below a police officer that is giving a briefing to the searchers](https://landsarwellington.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/SAREX-2019-1-by-Claire-P-scaled.jpg)
2024 Statistics
Training Hours
895
Incident Hours
491
Total Hours
1,386
…and in 2023, our volunteers collectively gave up 5,071 hours of their time to help the community.
This was made up of 3,227 training hours, and 1,844 hours spent at real call-outs!
Updated daily – last updated 27/07/2024 @ 02:00