Life Flight

Each week 28 people need time-critical aeromedical care. With your support, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Air Ambulance Planes are there in their moment of need.

Patient Story

Meet Pip from Feilding

Thanks to your support, Pip was able to recover from a brain aneurysm, a condition that has a 60% survival rate.

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Meet Stefan from Wairarapa

A routine tonsillectomy turned into an emergency transfer from Masterton to Wellington for four-year-old Stefan, his mum, and baby sister.

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Meet Lincoln from Upper Hutt

Floating alone, freezing, 300 metres off the coast - Lincoln grew weaker by the second.

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Meet Abby and Hunter from Nelson

Your kind donations help worried mothers like Katrina get their children the urgent specialist care they need.

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Meet Joe from the Wairarapa

When Joe broke his leg in the Aorangi Forest Park with night quickly approaching, he was thankful to have a personal location beacon on hand.

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Meet Avitaj from Kāpiti

After a blissful nine months of eagerly waiting to become a Dad, Dilpreet’s life suddenly turned upside down when the doctor warned him he may lose his baby.

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Meet Ethan from Nelson

Twenty-eight weeks pregnant, Tracy had no idea her life was in danger when she was rushed to Nelson Hospital after her midwife spotted potentially fatal symptoms.

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Meet Indianna from Whanganui

Indianna was born with congenital heart disease hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Her mum, Carmen, shares her story.

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Meet Colin from Blenheim

Colin Tandy barely clung to life after his truck rolled 80 metres down a Marlborough cliff.

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Meet Lily from Wellington

Our Air Ambulance Plane provided safe transport for New Zealand's youngest receiver of a new heart.

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