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Organisation Overview

Coastguard Maraetai owns and operates the Dedicated Rescue Vessel (DRV), Maraetai Rescue One. The rescue vessel is crewed when required, 24 hours a day, every day of the year by a team of enthusiastic volunteers. Maraetai Rescue Base was built next to the local St Johns Unit two minutes from the Maraetai Boating Club where the all weather ramps allow for quick response and launching of the DRV.

In 1975 Maraetai Beach Boating Club, following a light aircraft crash off Duders Beach, set up a 16ft runabout for sea rescue as well as a club patrol vessel. In 1982 this vessel won an Auckland Coastguard award for the most rescues in that year. In 2001 legal requirements became more stringent so the boating club removed sea rescue from its constitution.

The rescue vessel crew formed the Pohutukawa Sea Rescue Trust and a 6.3m Stabicraft was purchased and operated under MSA ‘safe ship management’ rules as a DRV under an agreement with Auckland Volunteer Coastguard and a community service contract with Manukau City Council.

In August 2004 this vessel was replaced with an 8.5m Rayglass Protector and the operational arm of the Trust formed an Incorporated Society known as Maraetai Sea Rescue Inc. Following affiliation with Coastguard NZ the name was changed to Coastguard Maraetai Inc. (CM) to reflect this closer association. The Protector has retained the name Maraetai Rescue One and the original call sign ZMV8994.


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