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.

Medical emergency

Meet Zachariah from Palmerston North

Being helped by a manual oxygen pump, premature baby Zachariah needed to get to Wellington Hospital fast.

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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 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 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 Lily from Wellington

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

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Meet Matese from Lower Hutt

5-week-old Matese needed a life-saving flight in our Air Ambulance Plane to Starship Children's Hospital.

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