Northland Rescue Helicopter

Northland Emergency Services Trust

NEST

Established 1988

Air Medical Services

History Tracking

Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) operates from its main base at Whangarei and more recently from North Shore (Auckland District) to give a more rapid response to its southern area of responsibility.

News

NEST S-76 Juliet Retires to MOTAT

Jul 24, 2023 · New Zealand air ambulance operator Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) retired its first S-76A helicopter, Juliet, which entered service with the charity in 1997, to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)

Locations

	NZNE	North Shore
1988-	NZWR WRE	Whangarei

Models

1988-1991	Bell 206
1991-1994	Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil
1994-1997	Kawasaki bk117
1997-	Sikorsky S-76

Operations

14 Nov 20162016

Kaikoura Earthquake relief operations

Airframes (6)

Reg	Model	C/N	Built
ZK-HQC	s-76c	760743	2008
ZK-HQO	s-76c	760711	2008
ZK-HSJ	105cbs-2	S-656	1984
ZK-IAL	s-76a	760133	1999
ZK-IKM	s-76a	760106	1980
ZK-ISJ	s-76a	760012

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