New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre responds to about 1200 search and rescue incidents each year, and their ability to locate people in these dire situations quickly and accurately can be the difference between life and death.
Thankfully, the systems that help find people via locator beacons and transmitters on ships and aircrafts are about to get a massive overhaul.
Maritime NZ has started work to upgrate the satellite Earth Station located between Rotorua and Taupō, which will improve the accuracy and response times of emergency beacons across 30 million square kilometres of the south-west Pacific.
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand manager Justin Allan talks to Jesse.
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