Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:29 pm
The Health Select Committee of Parliament responded late
last month to the petition (signed by more than 46,000
people) for a rescue helicopter to be based on the
Coromandel over the busy holiday periods. The committee took
into account written and verbal submissions from both the
National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) and Whitianga
residents Stephan Bosman (the “petitioner”), Walter
Russell and Kevin Pringle.
The Select Committee’s
response to the petition is promising. They recognised
“…the complexity of delivering road and air ambulance
services in regions like the Coromandel, with widely
dispersed populations, separated by rural and often winding