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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Join the adventure!
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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Sponsors, Associates & Partners
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Where would AREC be without the commitment and support of our volunteers. We couldn't be more grateful for all our amazing team who have collectively logged over 1000 hours of support assisting with the lost, missing and national events.
We thank you.
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We thank you.](https://arec.nz/wp-content/plugins/custom-facebook-feed-pro/assets/img/placeholder.png)
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We thank you.](https://arec.nz/wp-content/plugins/custom-facebook-feed-pro/assets/img/placeholder.png)
A big shout out to all our members and partners for the great mahi that you do as volunteers ... See MoreSee Less
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Christchurch AREC Group present at Graeme Dingle Foundation Stars-opoly at Mairehau High. ... See MoreSee Less
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The NZART & ACE Get Started - Amateur Radio (Hawke's Bay) Ham Cram course is underway. Special thanks goes to Warren Harris, Cam Wood, Simon Osborne, Simon & Steve from Communicate NZ, Anna from EIT Hawke's Bay, and members of Branch 25 - Napier and Branch 13 - Hawkes Bay for making this event happen. ... See MoreSee Less
![The NZART & ACE Get Started - Amateur Radio (Hawkes Bay) Ham Cram course is underway. Special thanks goes to Warren Harris, Cam Wood, Simon Osborne, Simon & Steve from Communicate NZ, Anna from EIT Hawkes Bay, and members of Branch 25 - Napier and Branch 13 - Hawkes Bay for making this event happen.](https://arec.nz/wp-content/plugins/custom-facebook-feed-pro/assets/img/placeholder.png)
![The NZART & ACE Get Started - Amateur Radio (Hawkes Bay) Ham Cram course is underway. Special thanks goes to Warren Harris, Cam Wood, Simon Osborne, Simon & Steve from Communicate NZ, Anna from EIT Hawkes Bay, and members of Branch 25 - Napier and Branch 13 - Hawkes Bay for making this event happen.](https://arec.nz/wp-content/plugins/custom-facebook-feed-pro/assets/img/placeholder.png)