WanakaSAR stalwart recognised

October 2018

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October 2018

WanakaSAR volunteers (from left) Geoff Wayatt (life member), John Burke, Dr Julian Petit, Phil Melchior, Bill Day (chair), Aaron Nicholson, Jonathan Walmsley on the Doubtful Sound fundraiser.
Wanaka Search and Rescue volunteer Phil Melchior has been awarded a life membership to the service. Melchior has been a search and rescue volunteer for 16 years and was head of LandSAR for six years. Former WanakaSAR police coordinator Aaron Nicholson presented Melchior with the award and said he had been an asset to the […]

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