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.

Westpac Rescue Helicopter

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 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 Colin from Blenheim

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

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Meet Katie-Jane from Upper Hutt

After a devastating motorbike crash in the Wairarapa, Katie Jane was flown to Wellington Hospital – but the care she received didn’t end with that flight.

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Meet Richard from Cape Palliser

Our Westpac Chopper was able to provide Richard with a lifeline when his yacht became uncontrollable.

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