Life Flight

Meet Cam, one of Life Flight’s dedicated pilots who spends his days soaring across the skies, ensuring critically ill Kiwis get to the life-saving care they urgently need. But this April, he’s swapping his wings for wheels to take on a challenge that’s close to his heart.

From April 7th, Cam will cycle 450km over five gruelling days in the Tour of New Zealand, riding from Greymouth to the Crown Range—New Zealand’s highest road pass. Every day, he flies patients across similar distances—like a Gisborne local needing urgent care in Auckland—flights that are only possible thanks to generous community donations.

It’s not just a race for me; it represents the distance I cover almost daily, flying parents, children, and grandparents to urgent care they can’t reach on their own.

Cam has always had a passion for both aviation and the medical world. Now a Training Captain and Base Manager at Life Flight’s Hamilton base, he combines his love for flying with hands-on medical work—whether it’s transporting a premature baby in an incubator, driving an ambulance, or helping the medical team get a patient ready for transfer.

I absolutely love what I do. We never know where and when we will be required to fly somewhere, or the nature of the job. One day it’s a stable patient returning home, the next it’s a 2 AM callout to transport a premature baby in an incubator, or an urgent ICU case. Each day is different.

Cam is calling on the community to support his challenge. Every dollar donated goes directly towards funding future life-saving flights. If you’d like to help Cam go the distance, donate today and be part of the journey.

Donate here to support Cam’s ride and help save lives.