Auckland LandSAR History

1948 - A group of people met to discuss the possibility of forming a Search and Rescue group within Auckland.

1949 - First official meeting to discuss forming an Auckland Land Search and Rescue organisation. Meeting was held at Henderson Police Station.

1950 - Auckland LandSAR was formed by members of the Auckland Tramping Club and Alpine Sports Club.

1992 - The Auckland FIRST (Fast Initial Response Search Unit) Group was formed in 1992 and replaced the traditional system of calling out of LandSAR volunteers from local tramping, hunting clubs for each operation.

"To provide an effective and efficient land search and rescue capability throughout New Zealand"

Auckland LandSAR works in conjunction with the Auckland Police SAR Squad to provide personnel and resources when people are lost or injured in the bush or hills in the greater Auckland area as well as within Auckland City itself. We provide a complete LandSAR service from search parties with SAR specialist skills in the field to Field Headquarters staff for running the search.