Road Ambulance
The Life Flight NZ Air Ambulance is launched. This Metroliner fixed-wing aircraft carries two stretcher patients at intensive care level when required, up to four clinical staff, a crewperson and up to four other patients or family members anywhere in New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.
A joint venture road ambulance is also introduced. Owned in conjunction with Wellington Free Ambulance, the dedicated road ambulance is used solely to transport patients between Life Flight NZ and local hospitals. This frees up front-line Wellington Free Ambulances for emergency work and ensures that patients are being moved to or from Life Flight NZ without delay.
Life Flight celebrates the 25th anniversary (1976 - 2001) of air rescue and air ambulance services in the Wellington region with a dinner hosted by our Patron, the Governor-General.
