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Barry Shepherd briefs the crew of a Royal NZ Air Force NH90 helicopter during a training exercise at Turangi

The searchers

Features, Search and Rescue

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By George Driver

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With more than 160 years of experience between them, few people have spent more time helping trampers in trouble than these four search and rescue veterans. George Driver talks to them about their lifetime of service and what trampers can do to avoid being on the wrong end of a SAR operation.

Barry Shepherd Taupo Police SAR, 36 years For 36 years, Barry Shepherd has been helping lost and injured trampers on the Central Plateau, one of the busiest search and rescue areas in the country. “It’s really quite satisfying being there to help people having a bad day,” he says. Shepherd spent his childhood tramping in […]

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