AREC at community events
Amateur Radio Emergency Communication “AREC” the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) formed by members who are individually licensed amateur radio operators.
Welcome to AREC New Zealand
Welcome to Amateur Radio Emergency Communication “AREC”. AREC is the public service arm of the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) formed by members who are primarily individually licensed amateur radio operators. AREC provides skilled Volunteers enabling essential communications to support search and rescue, disaster response, and our community.
AREC.site
AREC’s legacy website and the technical information it contained is still available for a period of time at www.arec.site
Our Services
Communications
AREC provides a range of communications services covering the provision of highly trained, experience Volunteer radio operators delivering vital messaging services for search and rescue, civil emergencies and community events.
Training & Advice
AREC delivers high quality education, training and assessment of AREC volunteers and other partner organizations. Our volunteers deliver advice and guidance utilizing their extensive technical and operational knowledge.
Infrastructure & Equipment
AREC endeavours to provide and maintain suitable radio and communications technology equipment and infrastructure to enable our volunteers to provide a highly capable and responsive emergency communication service.
Volunteers
AREC’s 375 fully equipped Volunteers provide communications services for civil emergencies, search and rescue and community events.
264
Events attended by AREC + 126 SAR events
47
AREC groups
nationwide
375
AREC volunteers
8
AREC partners
(NZSAR, RCC, Police, LandSAR,)
Latest News
Southland AREC
Wet day at Dip Flat
long standing AREC members being recognised
Keeping in touch when it counts
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Join AREC as a volunteer
You will join a group and receive training to provide essential communications to support Search & Rescue, Disaster Response, and our community.
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A great read in The Post, courtesy of one of our members Dave Sargent (South Taranaki Amateur Radio Club) 👍 ... See MoreSee Less
‘Hams’ on hand if disaster strikes
If a major earthquake hits Taranaki or the mountain erupts, communication could depend on a network of volunteer radio operators around the region.
The inaugural General Meeting of Hawkes Bay AREC was witnessed and attended by AREC members from Napier, Hastings, and the Police SAR Squad Liaison Officer at Stoneycroft Homestead in Hastings.
All members who attended shared their insights and contributed to support the SGM, followed by a BBQ facilitated by notable chefs Rob and Luke!
We would like to thank new and returning AREC members of Branch 13 and Branch 25 for making this possible.
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Today AREC Members from Christchurch and South Canterbury came together to support the Canterbury Land Search and Rescue Harris Cup competition. As well as providing the radio communications they also judged each teams radio procedures during the round Robin event. ... See MoreSee Less
All hands to the pump simulated Multiagency SAREX – Sat 2 Nov 24
Search, Rescue and Emergency Management teams honed their skills during the "All hands to the pump" simulated Gabrielle-like exercise at Tangimoana on Saturday 2nd Nov 2024.
Andy Brook joined Carl Knight and welcomed more than 60 Search, Rescue, Civil Defence and Emergency Management members from across the region, including from Police SAR, Palmerston North SAR, Tararua SAR, Manawatu AREC, Manawatu Tararua Surf SAR, PNCC REST and Rangitikei Civil Defence and Emergency Management.
Members had their skills tested in several roles including inter-agency communications, portage of personnel by water, handling of patients over large bodies of water, searching areas of inundation, and incident management functions.
These exercises provide a safe learning environment in which volunteers can refine their skills, learn new techniques and share ideas with other agencies from across the Central Police District.
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