Hamilton SAR Group provides highly competent and operationally focused teams
that are well led, trained and equipped.
This months training will be on the last Thursday of June, the 28th. It will be on the south or east side of Hamilton. More details once they are finalised.
Reminder for all those members with pagers. The first of every month a test message is sent out to ensure your pager is operational, if you do not receive this message you should contact Matt.
Contact Russell if there are any changes to your contact details so the callout list is updated. Change of email address also needs to be passed on to Jake for the newsletter.
We will be beginning a new feature in the newsletter "From the Chair", a message from our new Chairman, Michael Bland. The purpose of this section is to update members on the work the committee is doing. I'll email this months message when it's ready, in a few days.
The Combined Exercise with Raglan Coastguard is on the 18th and 19th of August. This will be an overnight exercise practicing our core SAR skills with lost parties.
Remember to let Gin know if you will be away for a few days or more and unable to to respond to callouts.
Please remember that if you are asked to speek to a group or the media about SAR you should speak to the committee first. We need to be aware of publicity the group is getting and manage the public image of the Hamilton SAR group.
For all those who use an computer or smartphone based calendar the HSAR calendar is now available in iCal and XML format.
It is also on the website at hsar.org.nz/calendar/
The Tracking course at Te Kauri on July 21 and 22 has had to be canceled. Unfortunately we were did not get a grant to fund SARINZ to run it and TPP don't have enough tutors.
The TCA course will still go ahead through TPP as will The First Aid and Search Methods courses in August.
Suburban search has been postponed until June next year.
Once again the Alpine Club is running the Banff Film Festival on July 21. I've seen a couple of the films and really recommend you check it out.
Tickets are on sale from Trek N Travel and R&R Sport in Hamilton now. They are normally $20, however we have been told we can get them for $15 (SAR discount). It's best to take cash as it goes direct to NZAC.
Amy will be bringing a number of tickets and a list of films to the meeting on Monday night so if you would like to purchase them at the meeting bring $15 cash.
See bit.ly/Lfhfs8 for more info.
Note: this is the Saturday night of the TCA course at Te Kauri Lodge.
Ronnie Fong - Hunua Ranges. Assisting Auckland SAR to search for a tramper who was lost for three nights before walking out to a road on his own. Article
A 41 year old hunter who left from the Waipapa dam on Monday the 2nd of July. The dam manager noticed the card had been at the dam overnight and one dog had returned to it. Taupo SAR searched Tuesday and called Hamilton and other groups in to help on Wednesday. His pack, gun and were found 2km upstream from the dam and police divers found his body submerged nearby. Article
Young family (two kids, 3 and 9) at Waiorongomai on Saturday July 14th. Lost the track and tried to follow the river downstream but found it impassable. Called 111 and 8 HSAR members responded. Gavin, Graeme and Gemma located the lost party just after 10pm, in the river down from the top of the New Era Branch. Lost party were warmed up while other members joined to assist with evacuation. After a very steep climb out of the river they followed the track back to the carpark, ariving about 2:30am.
Graeme Hill has been invited to speak to several organisations recently.
Graeme gives an overview of SAR nationally, Hamilton SAR and the search dogs group. He also talks about and introduces Gemma.
Friday 16 – Sunday 18 November at Bayview Wairakei Resort, Taupo
We are pleased to announce the confirmation of two key speakers at this year’s LandSAR conference:
• Allison Mooney – People Interpreter
• Dr Dave Baldwin – NZ’s very own Flying Doctor
These speakers are Kiwis, who have been chosen to cover topics and general interest areas which we think will be enjoyed by everyone attending the conference.
We are currently researching searches/and or rescues which have occurred in the last 2-3 years which we can use as case studies for discussion. We are hoping that in some cases the lost party will also be able to attend, which will enable us all to gain some insight into their perspective of the search experience.
If you have any great ideas for case studies, which you think would appeal to a wide range of SAR practitioners, please e-mail Karen Forsyth, Conference Manager at taupo@landsar.org.nz.
We are also well underway with planning for pre-conference events, which will be held from the Monday to the Thursday before the conference, and will be based in the National Park area, with accommodation available there.
Greetings all from your new Chairman, Michael Bland. I was installed into the position last month and feel very privileged to represent Hamilton Search and Rescue. Some of you will have met me at the recent AGM, but for those of you who were not there permit me to give you a brief potted history. I was born in North West England and moved to the Waikato in 2005, where I have been in various senior education and nursing positions since. In terms of the ‘outdoors’ I am a keen tramper and cyclist. I spent most of my youth climbing in the English Lake District and since moving to NZ have enjoyed many moments in the best the north island has to offer.
I came into the role of Chairman to provide strategic leadership to the group building on the work that the committee has been doing over the past couple of years. I am grateful to Elton for his leadership and direction steering the group and more recently Gin holding the reigns before my appointment.
So having attended the recent AGM and a formal committee meeting I am getting a sense of some of the challenges that face us all in the future. I am certainly confident that the committee is committed to providing the necessary leadership to sustain Hamilton SAR with the reputation it has built up over the past decade or so believing that the necessary skills within the committee exist and will enable us to continue to grow and develop.
In providing this brief report, I intend to do this each month, to give members open transparent feedback to the activity of the committee and the direction we are taking in supporting you the member to better achieve our purpose; competent, skilled members to provide public safety to those people requiring our assistance and care.
Straight from the AGM and the last committee meeting it was great to bring Jake into an executive position and the committee is working with Jake to exploit his talents in providing a strategic portfolio around media and communications. I know you will support me in welcoming Jake to this position and also the other strengths that I know he will bring to the committee.
Many of you will be aware of the valuable work that commenced over the past year through Elton’s work in providing a strategic plan. I congratulate Elton and the committee on this work and I have charged the whole committee that this piece of work needs to be our central piece of work over the coming year (including the new portfolio held by Jake). I intend to report back as we progress this work.
This weekend I joined a number of members: Matt, Elton, Bruce, Tim, Jake ( and JT who joined us for Jake's mulled wine on the Saturday night) on our first SAREX 1 this year. It was a great weekend, not dampened by the rain that started on Sunday morning and never relented. I had put my boots on and made my commitment to SAR along with two new members Blair and Lorna. So over the coming weeks expect to see and welcome Blair and Lorna as you come across them.
As I said at the AGM, I have given myself 3-4 months to meet as many of you as possible. Don’t expect me to say much, I am in listening mode, getting a sense of what is important to you and where Hamilton SAR is and should be in the future.
So I’ll sign off and hope to see many of you in the coming months. Take care.
Blandy
A Scotsman walks into the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, Central London and asks for the manager. He tells the manager that he is going to Australia on business for two weeks and needs to borrow £5,000.
The manager tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so Hamish hands over the keys and documents of new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the Log Book and everything checks out. The manager agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan.
The bank's General Manager and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the rough looking Scotsman for using a £120,000 Ferrari as collateral against a £5000 loan. An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, Hamish returns, repays the £5,000 and the interest, which comes to £15.41. The manager says, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow "£5,000"?
Hamish replies: "Where else in London can I park my car for two weeks for only £15.41 and expect it to be there when I return:"
The calendar is now available at hsar.org.nz/calendar. This will be keep up to date so you can refer to it at any time.
July 2012 | ||||
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All course dates are provisional | ||||
9th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
14th - 15th | Training | Mini SAREX 1 | Pirongia | |
15th | Course | Outdoor First Aid: Revalidation (MSC) | Tauranga | |
16th | Meeting | July Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Tracking | Te Kauri Park | canceled |
21st - 22nd | Course | Track & Clue Awareness | Te Kauri Park | |
25th | Training | TCA Practice | Hamilton | |
28th - 29th | Training | LandSAR - Tracking Course - in association with dogs | Central North Island | |
28th - 29th | Course | Training Coordinators Forum | Waikato | |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th - 5th | Course | Field Continuation | Turangi | |
13th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th - 19th | Event | Raglan Combined Exercise | Raglan | new |
20th | Meeting | August Meeting | Hamilton | |
25th - 26th | Course | First Aid | Te Kauri Park | |
25th - 26th | Course | Search Techniques | Te Kauri Park | |
25th - 26th | Course | Training Coordinators Forum | Lower North Island | |
30th | Training | TCA Practice | Hamilton | |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Course | Incident Management Training (IMTEX) | Waikato | |
8th - 9th | Event | SAREX | Taupo | |
8th - 9th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Coromandel | new |
10th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
15th | Event | Kaimai Scout Hut Working Bee # 1 | Scout Hut | new |
15th | Course | Tracking and Search Methods Refresher | Scout Hut | new |
17th | Meeting | September Meeting | Hamilton | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Clue Processing | Auckland | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Managing Initial Response | National Park | |
26th | Training | TCA Practice | Hamilton | |
29th | Course | Outdoor First Aid: Revalidation (MSC) | To be advised | |
29th - 30th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Taihape | |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
6th - 7th | Course | IMTEX | Taranaki | new |
6th - 7th | Course | Search Techniques | National Park | |
6th - 7th | Course | First Aid | Taihape | new |
8th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
13th - 14th | Course | Suburban Search | Palmerston North | |
15th | Meeting | October Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th | Event | National Coordinators Forum | Central North Island area | |
24th | Training | Monthly Training | Hamilton | updated |
26th - 28th | Event | YSAR Rogaine Event | Kaimais | |
27th | Event | Kaimai Scout Hut Working Bee # 2 | Scout Hut | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd - 4th | Course | Formal Search Planning | National Park | |
4th | Course | Containment Course | Tauranga | new |
8th | Event | Early Christmas Do 7:30pm | Hamilton | new |
8th | Meeting | District SAR Meeting | Hamilton | new |
9th - 11th | Course | Outdoor First Aid (MSC) | Tauranga | |
10th - 11th | Event | SAREX | Rotorua | |
10th - 11th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Levin | updated |
10th - 11th | Event | SAREX | Tauranga | |
10th - 11th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | National Park | |
12th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
12th - 16th | Course | Personal Rope Skills | National Park | |
16th | Event | LandSAR AGM | Taupo | |
17th - 18th | Event | LandSAR Conference | Taupo | |
19th | Meeting | November Meeting | Hamilton | |
24th - 25th | Event | SAREX | Napier | |
28th | Event | YSAR Awards Night | Hamilton | |
29th | Training | Monthly Training | Hamilton | updated |
December | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Course | Personal Rope Skills | National Park | |
10th | Meeting | Committe Meeting | Hamilton | |
February 2013 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
11th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
15th - 17th | Event | SAREX | Auckland | |
18th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: Debrief Forms | Hamilton | updated |
22nd - 24th | Event | SAREX | Gisborne | |
22nd - 24th | Event | SAREX | Wanganui | |
27th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | new |
March | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Training | First Aid | Te Kuiti | canceled |
9th - 10th | Course | Search Techniques | Arataki (Waitakeres) | new |
9th - 10th | Event | Waikato SAREX | Pureora State Forest Bennydale | |
11th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
16th - 17th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Whakatane | new |
18th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: GPS Excercise | Hamilton | updated |
23rd - 24th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Waihi | |
23rd - 24th | Course | Foundation Ropes | Turangi | |
25th | Meeting | Mini SAREX 1 meeting for participants | Hamilton | |
27th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
April | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th - 6th | Training | Mini SAREX 1 | Hamilton | |
8th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
13th - 14th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Auckland | |
15th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
20th - 21st | Training | IMTEX | Tauranga | |
20th - 21st | Training | Rescue team training/selection | Hamilton | |
24th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wednesday | Hamilton | |
27th - 28th | Course | CIMS4 | Hamilton | updated |
May | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd - 5th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness | Pauanui | |
11th - 12th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Northland | |
11th - 12th | Course | Search Techniques | Taihape | |
13th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
18th | Course | Field Refresher | Tauranga | |
18th - 19th | Training | IMTEX | Northland | |
20th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting, AGM: Fatigue of Searchers | Hamilton | |
22nd - 27th | Course | Operational Tracking Team Leader ( Pre-requisites: at high level) | North Island (TBA) | |
25th - 26th | Course | Searching Suburban Environments | Rotorua | |
25th - 26th | Training | SAREX | Tauranaga | |
25th - 26th | Course | Field Refresher | Taupo | new |
30th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
June | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
8th - 9th | Course | 5 Day Tracking Assessment | North Island | |
8th - 9th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Ngatahoa Lodge (Kaimais) | updated |
14th - 16th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Kiwanis Lodge (Waitakeres) | |
15th - 16th | Course | Search Techniques | Pauanui, Matataki Lodge | |
17th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting - AGM | Hamilton | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Whitianga | canceled |
22nd | Course | One Day IMT | Turangi | |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
29th - 30th | Training | IMTEX | Palmerston North | |
29th - 30th | Course | Managing Initial Response | Thames | canceled |
29th - 30th | Course | Searching Suburban Environments | Hamilton | |
July | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
13th | Training | Mini SAREX 1 | Hamilton | |
13th | Course | Field Refresher | Taupo | new |
15th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
20th | Course | First Aid | Waihi | updated |
25th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd - 3rd | Training | Foundation Rope Rescue (Date indicative finalised by Dec) | Thames | new |
2nd - 4th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Te Kauri Lodge | |
2nd - 3rd | Training | Foundation Rope Rescue (Date indicative finalised by Dec) | Thames | new |
3rd - 4th | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Te Kauri Lodge | |
10th | Meeting | Group Trainer Forum | Rotorua | |
10th | Course | First Aid | Rotorua | |
16th - 18th | Course | Managing Initial Response | OPC | |
16th - 18th | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Whitianga | |
19th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
23rd - 25th | Course | SAR Leadership Course | Motutapu Island | |
24th | Course | First Aid | Turangi | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
30th - 1st | Course | Search Techniques | Hamilton | |
31st | Course | First Aid | Te Kauri Lodge | |
31st - 1st | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Whakatane | canceled |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th - 8th | Training | Tracking Competition | Dunedin | |
7th - 8th | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Wairoa | |
14th | Course | Field Refresher (Focusing on tracking, search methods, GPS and basic navigation in a journey type programme) | Waikato | |
14th - 15th | Event | IMTEX | BOP | |
16th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Search Techniques | Thames | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Northland | |
25th | Meeting | Regional Training Meeting | Morrinsville | new |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
26th | Training | Monthly IMT: Thurs | Hamilton | new |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th - 6th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Paeroa | |
5th | Course | Field Refresher | Whitianga | |
12th - 13th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Whakarara (Hawkes bay) | |
18th - 21st | Event | Rogaine 2 - 36hr event | Pirongia | new |
21st | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
29th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
30th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 3rd | Event | Taranaki SAREX | Waitaanga Forest - Nth Taranaki | |
9th | Training | One Day IMT | Pauanui | |
9th | Event | Car Boot Sale - YSAR Fundraiser | Hamilton | new |
16th | Meeting | LandSAR AGM | Wellington | |
18th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
23rd - 24th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Kaimai Hut | updated |
23rd - 24th | Course | Tracking in a Wilderness Environment | Auckland | canceled |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
29th | Training | Mini SAREX 1 | Hamilton | |
30th | Event | Paws in the Park ( 1-4pm) | Claudlands | |
30th - 1st | Course | MSU | Hamilton | |
December | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
7th | Event | Christmas Do @ Matts place | Hamilton | |
7th - 10th | Course | Arc GIS | Hamilton | |
11th | Event | End Year Social - Police | Hamilton | |
January 2014 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
25th - 27th | Event | Auckland Anniversary Wkd | NZ | |
29th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
February | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
6th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
6th | Event | Waitangi Day | NZ | |
16th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Whakatane | |
17th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 23rd | Course | Action Orientated Team Leader | Hamilton | updated |
27th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
March | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Event | District SAREX (Waikato) | Hamilton | |
6th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
15th - 16th | Event | IMTEX | Whakatane | |
17th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Swift Water Awareness | Taihape | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Tracking Core Skills.............Tracking (1) | Thames | |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
29th - 30th | Course | Search Techniques | Taupo | |
29th - 30th | Course | Operational Tracking Intro | North Island | updated |
April | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
3rd - 6th | Event | Easter | NZ | |
7th | Meeting | Committee meeting (NOTE: new timing) | Hamilton | updated |
12th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Paeroa | |
12th - 13th | Course | Search Techniques | Rotorua | new |
14th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting (NOTE: new timing) | Hamilton | updated |
18th - 21st | Event | Easter | NZ | |
24th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | updated |
25th | Event | ANZAC Day | NZ | |
May | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd - 4th | Course | CIMS 4 | Hamilton | new |
7th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
10th - 11th | Course | Tracking Core Skills................Tracking (1) | Turangi | |
10th | Course | Field Refresher | Tauranga | |
17th - 18th | Course | Search Techniques | Waitomo | |
19th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
24th - 25th | Course | Tracking Core Skills................................................Tracking (1) | Rotorua | |
24th - 25th | Event | Regional IMTEX | Kaimai Hut | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
31st | Event | Queens Birthday Wkd (Sat) | NZ | |
June | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Event | Queens Birthday Wkd (Sun - Mon) | NZ | |
5th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
7th - 8th | Event | District SAREX (BOP - Tauranga) | Hamilton | updated |
7th - 8th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Taihape | |
12th - 16th | Course | Operational Tracking | North Island | |
16th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Tracking in Wildnerness Environment........................Tracking (2) | Tairua/Pauanui | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Rotorua | |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
28th - 29th | Training | Mini SAREX 1 (12 hr) | Pirongia | |
28th | Training | One Day IMT .....................................................DATE CHANGE | Turangi Fire Station | updated |
28th - 29th | Course | Foundation Ropes (YSAR) | Hamilton | new |
July | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th - 20th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
10th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
11th | Event | David & Jane Ellis - Founder of Earth Sea Sky | National Park Primary School 19:00 | |
12th - 13th | Course | Tracking in Wildnerness Environment........................Tracking (2) | Taranga | |
13th - 13th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Ruapehu | |
21st | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
26th - 27th | Course | Tracking Core Skills (YSAR)......................................Tracking (1) | Te Kauri | updated |
26th - 27th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Whangamata | |
26th - 27th | Course | Tracking in Wilderness Environment (YSAR).............Tracking (2) | Te Kauri | updated |
26th - 27th | Course | Field Refresher | Taupo | |
30th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd - 3rd | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Thames | |
7th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
10th | Course | Field Refresher | Rotorua | |
16th - 17th | Course | Tracking Core Skills........................................Tracking (1) | Kaimai Hut | canceled |
18th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
6th - 7th | Course | Search Techniques | Coromandel | |
6th - 7th | Event | SAREX - Taupo | Taupo | |
6th - 7th | Course | First Aid (YSAR) | Te Kauri | canceled |
6th - 7th | Course | Search Techniques (YSAR) | Te Kauri | canceled |
13th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Waitomo Group | |
15th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th | Meeting | District Meeting (Training prog) | Morinsville | updated |
20th - 21st | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Whakatane | canceled |
24th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
27th - 12th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
27th - 28th | Course | Field Refresher (Combined) | Hamilton/Waitomo Group | |
27th - 30th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
9th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
11th - 12th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Tairua/Pauanui | |
15th - 16th | Event | NZ LandSAR Conference - Workshops | Hamner Springs | |
17th | Event | NZ LandSAR Conference - AGM | Hamner Springs | |
17th - 19th | Event | NZ LandSAR Conference | Hamner Springs | |
18th - 19th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Whakatane | |
25th - 27th | Event | Labour Day Wkd | NZ | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Course | Combined Search Team | Central NI | |
6th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
7th - 9th | Training | Action Orientated Leadership | Kaimai | |
8th - 9th | Course | First Aid | Whangamata | |
8th | Course | First Aid | Tauranga | |
29th - 30th | Course | MSU | Hamilton | |
December | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
10th | Event | District Meeting | Hamilton | |
10th | Event | End Year Function | Hamilton | |
January 2015 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
24th - 26th | Event | Auckland Anniversary Wkd | NZ | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
29th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | updated |
February | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
6th | Event | Waitangi Day | Hamilton | |
9th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
14th | Course | Rope Rescue Refresher | Northland | |
16th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 22nd | Event | SAREX | Tauranga | new |
21st - 22nd | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Whakatane | canceled |
21st - 22nd | Event | IMTEX | Kaimai Hut | |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
28th - 1st | Course | Swift Water Awareness | Taupo | |
March | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
7th - 8th | Event | District SAREX (Waikato) | 995 Kauaeranga Valley Road | updated |
9th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
14th - 15th | Course | Search Techniques | Ruapehu - Mangatepopo Camp School | updated |
14th - 15th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Tauranga | |
16th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st - 22nd | Course | Search Techniques | Northland | |
25th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
27th - 29th | Course | Formal Search Planning | Wellington | new |
29th | Training | First Aid Refresher | Palmerston North | |
April | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
4th - 6th | Event | Easter | NZ | |
4th - 19th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
5th | Event | Daylight Saving ends | NZ | |
11th - 12th | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Northland | |
13th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th - 19th | Course | Tracking Core Skills.......................................................Tracking (1) | Auckland | |
18th - 19th | Course | Search Techniques | Thames | |
20th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
25th | Event | ANZAC Day | NZ | |
29th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
May | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd - 3rd | Course | Operational Tracking Intro | North Island | |
6th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
9th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
9th - 10th | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Hawkes Bay | |
9th - 10th | Course | Search Techniques | Taranaki | |
15th - 17th | Course | MTIR - Managing the Initial Response | Kaimai Hut | |
18th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
23rd - 24th | Course | Tracking Core Skills.......................................................Tracking (1) | Pauanui | updated |
23rd - 24th | Event | SAREX | BOP - Tauranga | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
30th - 1st | Event | Queens Birthday wkd | NZ | |
30th - 1st | Course | Rope Rescue Workshop - Specialists | Wharepapa South | |
June | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st | Event | Queens Birthday Wkd (Mon) | NZ | |
4th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
6th - 7th | Course | Searching the Suburban Environment | Tauranga | |
6th | Training | IMT - Incident Management Training - 1 day | Turangi | |
8th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
13th - 14th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Waitomo -Pureora Lions Lodge | |
15th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th - 19th | Course | Operational Tracking | North Island | |
24th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
27th - 28th | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Taupo - Mangatepopo Camp School | |
27th - 28th | Course | Search Techniques | Rotorua | |
July | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th - 19th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
4th - 5th | Course | CIMS 4 | Kaimai Scout Hut | |
9th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
12th | Course | Field Refresher | Waitomo | |
13th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
18th | Event | LandSAR AGM | Wellington | new |
18th - 19th | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Kuaotuna | |
20th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
30th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st | Course | Field Refresher - 1 Day | Taupo | |
1st - 2nd | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Northland | |
2nd | Course | IMT - 1 Day | Tauranga | |
6th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
8th - 9th | Training | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Levin | |
10th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
17th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
22nd - 23rd | Course | Searching in the Suburban Environment | Hamilton | canceled |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
29th - 30th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Whakatane | canceled |
29th - 30th | Course | Search Techniques | Whakatane | updated |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
5th - 6th | Course | Tracking Core Skills.......................................................Tracking (1) | Rotorua | |
12th - 13th | Event | Taupo/Turangi SAREX | Taupo/Turangi (TBC) | |
12th - 13th | Course | Searching in the Suburban Environment | Northland | |
14th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | updated |
16th | Meeting | LandSAR Training - District Meeting | Morrinsville | |
21st | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
24th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | updated |
26th - 11th | Event | School Break | NZ | |
26th - 27th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites...............................Tracking (3) | Palmerston North | |
27th | Event | Daylight Saving starts | NZ | |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
8th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
10th - 11th | Course | Field Refresher - 2 day | Whakatane | |
12th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
17th | Course | Field Refresher - 1 day | Tauranga | |
18th | Course | Field Refresher - 1 day | Kuaotuna / Tauranga | |
19th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
24th - 26th | Event | Labour Day Wkd | NZ | |
28th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Wed | Hamilton | |
31st - 1st | Event | Train the Trainer DATE CHANGE | Rotorua or Tauranga | |
31st | Course | First Aid - 1 day | Rotorua | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th | Training | IMT - Training | Hamilton | |
9th | Meeting | Committee Meeting | Hamilton | |
14th - 15th | Course | Tracking the Wilderness Environment...........................Tracking (2) | Auckland | |
16th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting | Hamilton | |
26th | Training | Monthly Tracking: Thurs | Hamilton | |
28th - 29th | Course | Search Techniques | Te Kauri Lodge | updated |
28th - 29th | Course | Combined Search Teams | North Island | |
December | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
16th | Event | Police Social | Hamilton | new |
February 2016 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
20th - 21st | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Kuaotuna | updated |
20th | Course | First Aid (1 day) | Taranaki | updated |
27th - 28th | Course | Tracking in Wilderness Environment | Whakatane | updated |
March | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 3rd | Course | Extended Search Management | Central NI | updated |
5th | Course | CIMS 4 | Taranaki | new |
12th - 13th | Event | District SAREX | Pureroa Lodge | updated |
19th - 20th | Course | Foundation Ropes | Tauranga | |
April | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd - 3rd | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Auckland | |
3rd | Course | First Aid (1 day) | Palmerstone Nth | |
9th | Course | Operational Tracking Intro | North Island | |
16th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Thames | |
18th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
23rd | Course | Foundation Ropes | Tauranga | new |
25th | Event | ANZAC - Monday | National | |
28th | Training | Monthly Training - Thurs | Hamilton | new |
May | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | new |
7th - 8th | Course | Tracking in Wilderness Environment | Hawkes Bay | |
14th | Training | Mini SAREX | Hamilton | new |
14th | Course | First Aid | Whakatane | new |
16th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
26th | Training | Monthly Training - Wed | Hamilton | new |
28th - 29th | Course | Search Techniques | Waitomo | |
June | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th - 6th | Event | Queens Birthday - Monday | National | |
9th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | new |
11th - 12th | Course | Searching the Suburban Environment | Turangi | |
16th - 17th | Event | SAREX | Tauranga | |
18th - 19th | Course | Searching the Suburban Environment | Rotorua | updated |
20th | Meeting | Group Meeting & AGM | Hamilton | new |
30th | Training | Monthly Training - Thurs | Hamilton | new |
July | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd | Training | Field Refresher (1 day) | Thames | updated |
7th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | new |
8th - 10th | Course | SAR Leadership | Taranaki | |
16th - 17th | Training | Field Refresher (2 day) | Hawkes bay | |
18th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
23rd - 24th | Course | Searching the Suburdan Environment | Auckland | |
27th | Training | Monthly Training - Wed | Hamilton | new |
29th - 31st | Event | LandSAR Conference | Taranaki | updated |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
6th - 7th | Training | IMT (2 day) | Tauranga | |
13th - 14th | Training | Outdoor Risk Management | Pauanui | |
15th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
20th - 21st | Training | Outdoor Risk Management | Wairarapa | new |
20th - 21st | Training | Tracking Core Skills | Tairua/Pauanui | new |
25th | Training | Monthly Training - Thurs | Hamilton | new |
28th | Training | Field Refresher (1 day) | Rotorua | |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd - 5th | Event | Managing The Initial Response | Turangi | updated |
8th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | new |
10th - 11th | Event | District SAREX | Taupo | updated |
10th - 11th | Event | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Horowhenua | updated |
10th | Course | First Aid Refresher | Te Kuiti | updated |
14th | Meeting | Waikato Police District - Training planning | Morrinsville | new |
19th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | new |
28th | Training | Monthly Training - Wed | Hamilton | |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st - 2nd | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues - FULL | Palmerstone Nth | |
6th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
14th - 16th | Course | Extended Search Planning - FULL | Tongariro | |
15th - 16th | Training | Outdoor Risk Management | Tongariro | new |
15th - 16th | Training | SAREX | Wellington | |
15th - 16th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment - FULL | Whakatane | |
17th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
23rd | Course | Field Refresher (1 day) | Tauranga | canceled |
27th | Training | Monthly Training - Thurs | Hamilton | |
28th - 29th | Event | Mini SAREX 1 | Hamilton | new |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
4th - 5th | Training | SAREX | Taranaki | |
12th - 13th | Event | District SAREX | Taranaki | |
12th - 13th | Training | Field Refresher (2 day) | Ruapehu | |
19th | Course | Search Techniques | Levin | new |
19th - 20th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Kauaeranga Valley | updated |
19th - 20th | Course | First Aid (2 day) | Auckland | canceled |
21st | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
26th - 27th | Course | Combined Tracking Team | F & B Ruapehu | new |
30th | Training | Monthly Training - Wed | Hamilton | |
December | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
3rd | Course | Search Techniques | Gisbourne | new |
10th | Event | Christmas Function at Matts | Hamilton | updated |
January 2017 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
16th | Meeting | Group Meeting (To be advised) | Hamilton | new |
26th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) Date to be advised | Hamilton | new |
February | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
11th - 12th | Course | 4WD/ATV - Restricted | Waitomo | updated |
11th - 12th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Aongatete Lodge, Tauranga | new |
11th - 12th | Course | Swift Water Awareness | Waihi | new |
18th | Course | Search Techniques | Kuaotuna | updated |
20th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
22nd | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) Date to be confirmed | Hamilton | new |
25th | Course | Field Refresher 1 day | Whakatane | |
25th - 26th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Taranaki | |
March | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd | Training | River crossing (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | new |
2nd | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
11th - 12th | Event | Waikato SAREX | Kaimai Scout Hut | |
18th - 19th | Course | Operational Tracking Intro | Wairo - Camp Watawa | |
20th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
25th | Course | First Aid Refresher 1 day | Manawatu | |
29th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | updated |
April | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Tararua | |
2nd - 3rd | Course | Outdoor Risk Management | Auckland | |
6th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
8th | Course | Search Techniques | Far North | |
8th | Event | Kaimai Hut Working Bee #1 | Hamilton | new |
8th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Rotoroa | |
14th - 16th | Event | Easter | NZ | |
17th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
25th | Event | ANZAC - Tuesday | NZ | |
27th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | updated |
29th - 30th | Course | CIMS 4 (Management) | Central Upper NI | |
29th - 30th | Course | Operational Tracking Intro (Restricted) | CNI | |
29th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Thames | |
May | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
12th | Course | Managing The Initial Response | CUNI (IN) | |
13th | Course | Search Techniques | Wairarapa | |
13th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Waitomo | |
13th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Gisborne | updated |
14th | Course | Field Refresher 1 day | Taranaki | |
15th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
20th | Course | Search Techniques | Rotorua | |
20th - 21st | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Gisbourne | updated |
24th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | updated |
June | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd - 6th | Event | Queens Birthday | NZ | |
8th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
8th - 12th | Course | Operational Tracking | CNI | |
10th - 11th | Event | Waikato SAREX | Hamilton | new |
16th | Course | Extended Search Planning (Management) | Turangi | |
17th - 18th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Manawatu | |
17th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Far North | |
19th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
24th - 25th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Whakatane | |
24th | Course | Investigative Interviewing | Hamilton | |
29th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | updated |
July | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
1st | Event | Kaimai Hut Working Bee #2 | Hamilton | new |
1st | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Auckland | |
1st - 2nd | Course | First Aid 2 day | Waihi | |
6th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
8th - 9th | Course | Outdoor Risk Management | Far North | |
8th | Event | IMT 1 day | Taranaki | updated |
8th | Course | First Aid Refresher (1 day) | Gisborne | |
19th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
26th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | updated |
29th - 30th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Wellington | |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
3rd | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
12th | Event | IMTEX 1 day refresher (Provisional) | Hamilton | new |
19th | Course | Foundation Rope Rescue | Far North | |
21st | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
26th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Wairarapa | |
27th | Course | ATV & 4WD refresher (Restricted) | Turangi | |
31st | Training | Tracking training POSTPONED | Hamilton | updated |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
2nd - 3rd | Event | SAREX - Taupo | Taupo | canceled |
7th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
9th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Rotorua | |
9th | Course | Outdoor Risk Management | Scout Hut | updated |
10th | Event | Field Refresher 1 day | Rotorua | |
18th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
22nd - 24th | Course | Managing The Initial Response (Management) | Wellington | |
23rd - 24th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Northland | |
24th | Event | IMT 1 Day - Thames | Thames | updated |
27th | Training | Tracking training - POSTPONED | Hamilton | updated |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
6th | Course | SAR Leadership (3 day) | Thames | |
7th | Course | Tracking in the Wilderness Environment | Gisbourne area | |
7th | Course | Search Techniques | Taranaki | |
14th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Manawatu | |
14th | Course | Field Refresher 1 day (SSE) | Hamilton | updated |
16th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
21st | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Northland | |
21st - 23rd | Event | Labour day | NZ | |
26th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | |
28th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Whakatane | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
9th | Meeting | IMT Meeting | Hamilton | |
12th | Event | Field Refresher 1 day | Tairua Pauanui | updated |
12th | Course | First Aid Refresher 1 day | Wairarapa | |
20th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
25th - 26th | Course | Swift Water Awareness | Taranaki | |
25th - 26th | Course | Combined Tracking Team | CNI | |
29th | Training | Tracking training (alternate Wed/Thurs monthly) | Hamilton | |
August 2018 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
4th - 4th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clues | Katikati | new |
18th - 18th | Course | Tracking Core Skills | Thames | new |
24th | Course | T18085 Managing the Initial Response | Central NI | new |
July 2020 | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
29th | Training | Monthly training | Hamilton | new |
August | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th | Meeting | IMT meeting | Hamilton | new |
8th - 9th | Course | Search Techniques | Hamilton | new |
8th - 9th | Course | Processing Wilderness Clue Sites | Hamilton | new |
10th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
15th - 16th | Course | Searching Suburban Environment | Rotorua | new |
17th | Meeting | Group Meeting Aug 2020 | Hamilton | updated |
27th | Training | Monthly training | Hamilton | new |
September | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
9th | Meeting | Waikato SAR District planning meeting | Hamilton | new |
14th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
19th - 20th | Training | Mini SAREX - Assessment for prospective members | Hamilton | new |
20th | Course | Workplace First Aid (1 Day) | Waiouru | new |
21st | Meeting | Group Meeting Sept 2020 | Hamilton | updated |
30th | Training | Monthly training | Hamilton | new |
October | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
5th - 6th | Course | Operational Tracking Intro | Hamilton | canceled |
12th | Meeting | Committee meeting | Hamilton | |
19th | Meeting | Group Meeting | Hamilton | |
November | ||||
All course dates are provisional | ||||
14th - 15th | Course | Outdoor First Aid (2 days) | Rotorua | |
16th | Meeting | Group meeting Nov 2020 | Hamilton | new |
21st | Event | Waitetuna Wind Farm Trail Run | Waitetuna | new |