The New Zealand Search and Rescue (NZSAR) Council was established following Cabinet approval in February 2003.
The Council provides high level strategic governance to all New Zealand search and rescue agencies. Its key functions are to:
Members of the New Zealand Search and Rescue (SAR) Council are chief executives and/or senior level staff of the Ministry of Transport (MoT), the Maritime New Zealand, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Defence Force. The Council is chaired by the Secretary for Transport.
The Council is directly supported by a Secretariat, currently located at the Ministry of Transport and advised by the New Zealand Search and Rescue Consultative Committee.
The NZSAR Consultative Committee was also established in 2003 to provide expert advice to the NZSAR Council on relevant SAR issues. The Committee also serves as a venue for SAR issues to be discussed and to create and strengthen linkages across participants within the New Zealand SAR sector.
The NZSAR Consultative Committee serves as a link between the Secretariat and SAR providers and as a forum for all SAR stakeholders, including voluntary groups. It provides a channel through which issues generated at a functional level could be fed into the governance process. The SAR Secretariat Manager is chair of the NZSAR Consultative Committee. Membership of the NZSAR Consultative Committee is drawn from:
New Zealand Search and Rescue Council
Secretariat Manager
c/o Ministry of Transport
PO Box 3175
Wellington
Ph: 04 439 9045
Email: secretariatmanager@nzsar.org.nz
Website: www.nzsar.org.nz
For more information about the Search and Rescue Council member organisations, click on the following links to go to their websites:
Civil Aviation Authority
New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Police
Maritime New Zealand
For more information about Search and Rescue in New Zealand, the NZSAR Council or the NZSAR Consultative Committee member organisations, please visit the NZSAR Council website at www.nzsar.org.nz