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2025 Impact Report January – June
2025 Impact Report January – June

Find out how your donations have helped the service in the first half of 2025 in our Impact Report.

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Our impact in numbers - and it's all thanks to you Our impact in numbers - and it's all thanks to your support.

Find out more about the life-saving difference the NZ Flying Doctor Service makes.

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Ellie's dream of flying for the NZ Flying Doctor S Ellie's dream of flying for the NZ Flying Doctor Service has come true.

But is the job all she imagined? The answer is simple. Yes.

"๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€. ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€."

Read about Ellie here: https://loom.ly/ymIzuc0

Or see Latest News on our LinkTree
Rob was on a West Coast golf course one day, and o Rob was on a West Coast golf course one day, and on a NZ Flying Doctor plane the next.

You never know when life will take an unexpected turn. 

Community stalwarts Rob and Ailsa had no idea Rob needed urgent surgery. They're just thankful the NZ Flying Doctor Service got him to the specialist care he needed.

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.โ€

Read Rob's story and support this life-saving service.

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We're delighted to introduce to you our new CEO - We're delighted to introduce to you our new CEO - Anton Drazevic.

Anton brings to the NZ Flying Doctor Trust more than 20 years' experience in leadership, operations, and community impact. Most recently he's been the CEO of the Nelson Environment Centre, returning home to Christchurch to take the helm at the Trust. 

And while he's only had his feet under the desk for a few days, he knows the future is exciting.
 
โ€œ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—œ. ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.โ€

Welcome to the team Anton!

Read more about Anton at the Latest News link on our LinkTree
The lights of Christchurch as the NZ Flying Doctor The lights of Christchurch as the NZ Flying Doctor plane returns home.

Critical care in the air, 24/7.

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From remote runways to life-saving care, the NZ Fl From remote runways to life-saving care, the NZ Flying Doctor Service is delivering impact that truly counts.
Helping patients return home is one of the most me Helping patients return home is one of the most meaningful parts of the NZ Flying Doctor Serviceโ€™s mission.

For Rachael, who lives in Koromiko near Picton, she never imagined she'd end up at Wellington Hospital having brain surgery.

She initially thought her pain was just a headache, but when it didn't go away a CT scan was ordered, revealing a substantial aneurysm in her brain.

After her surgery, Rachael was anxious to get home. The New Zealand Flying Doctor Service got her there.

โ€œ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ญ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—œ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.โ€

Read Rachael's story here:https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/stories/from-headache-to-hospital/

Or see our Patient Stories link on our Linktree
A bittersweet Crew Friday as weโ€™re farewelling New A bittersweet Crew Friday as weโ€™re farewelling New Zealand Flying Doctor pilot Rachel - but weโ€™re happy sheโ€™s a step closer to her goal of flying with her big sister!

Based in Nelson, Rachel has transported hundreds of patients over the three and a half years sheโ€™s spent flying for the NZ Flying Doctor Service.

โ€œItโ€™s been such a privilege. Iโ€™ve been flying, which I love, and helping people at the same time,โ€ Rachel says.

What will she miss the most? The crew.

โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜.โ€

Most memorable day at work?

โ€œWe were landing in Christchurch one day when a light aircraft that had just taken off declared an emergency. The pilot thought the person next to him was having a heart attack. The nurse in the back of our plane offered to assist.

โ€œWe both landed, and when the nurse went to help, he realised the person was actually having a seizure. He assisted until the ambulance arrived. It was pretty cool โ€“ we were coming to pick up a patient, but we got to help someone else along the way.โ€

Rachel is looking forward to her next challenge: flying the Dash 8-Q300 for Air New Zealand.

โ€œMy sister is a pilot on the Air NZ 787, and my dream is to fly with her one day. Iโ€™m excited to be taking a step closer to achieving that goal.โ€

@airnz โ€” youโ€™ve got a good one here. We canโ€™t wait to see Rachel and her sister in the cockpit together one day!

We wish you all the best, Rachel.
And the winner is .... ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ! Crews from the New And the winner is ....

๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ!

Crews from the New Zealand Flying Doctor Service and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter loved seeing these beautiful colourings and lovely comments for the crew. They simply couldn't choose just one winner, so the crews selected two finalists each - and from there we randomly selected the main prize winner.

The four finalists are:

๐ŸšSiwoo, age 10
๐ŸšNina, age 3
โœˆ๏ธFrancine, age 6
โœˆ๏ธOlivia, age 4

Thank you to all those who attended the GCH Aviation Open Day and generously supported the work of the NZ Flying Doctor Trust and the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust.

@cantwestpacrescuehelicopter 
@gchaviation
Two NZ Flying Doctor flights and a Westpac Rescue Two NZ Flying Doctor flights and a Westpac Rescue Helicopter ride - these little girls have had a tough start to life.

Lilly and Penny Eades were born prematurely in Dunedin Hospital. Mum Sarah was flown there by the NZ Flying Doctor Service as there was no room in Christchurch's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The family eventually got back to Christchurch - with twin Lilly flown on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and sister Penny on the NZ Flying Doctor Service two weeks later.

โ€œ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น.โ€

We're delighted our sister service the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, supported by the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust, brought Lilly home and that we could reunite her with her sister a few weeks later.

Critical care in the air, 24/7.

Sarah shares her story here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/stories/three-flights-two-services-and-a-family-reunited/
An enormous thank you to the Waimea Plains Retirem An enormous thank you to the Waimea Plains Retirement Village in Nelson for organising a fundraising evening for the NZ Flying Doctor Service.

It was a very successful evening for all involved, with a generous donation coming to the Trust as a result.

The NZ Flying Doctor Service transferred 1402 patients in 2025 with 811 of those flights using the Service's Nelson-based plane.

It's support like this that helps us keep this 24/7 mobile intensive care unit flying. Thank you.
Arthurโ€™s job is unpredictable. Urgent calls can Arthurโ€™s job is unpredictable. 

Urgent calls can come through at any minute, and a mission can last anywhere from three to six hours. 

โ€œWe spend a lot of time on the phone with Health New Zealand, talking about what specialist support the patient will need and arranging to have that support on hand.โ€

Arthur Ruddenklau is Operations Manager and Senior Pilot at the NZ Flying Doctor Service.

It's a complex job, made more complex by the Service's 24-hour nature - particularly when it comes to regional airports.

โ€œYou need to know the right people to call to turn on the runway lights and let ambulances through the gates at night."

Arthur has been flying for 34 years and at the helm of the NZ Flying Doctor Service for 16 years. His favourite part of the job is the homecomings.

โ€œ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ.โ€

Read more about Arthur and the NZ Flying Doctor Service here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/our-crew/
We're loving seeing the colouring competition entr We're loving seeing the colouring competition entries coming in from the open day. We've decided to decorate one of the windows in the Flying Doctor offices, thank you Shane! 

The effort that's been put into these is fantastic. Thank you. 

If you picked up a picture and you'd like to send it in to enter the competition, just photograph it and send it to digital@nzflyingdoctors.co.nz. 

You have until May 1 to enter.
It might be 12 years ago, but Sheryn still gets em It might be 12 years ago, but Sheryn still gets emotional thinking about the day her son Ryan was on the NZ Flying Doctor Service plane.

The Nelson teen was struck with a rare infection. He urgently needed specialist care ... what Sheryn didn't know at the time was that doctors were concerned he wouldn't survive the flight.

Sheryn believes the NZ Flying Doctor Service saved her son's life.

"๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.โ€

Thank you Sheryn and Ryan for sharing your story and thank you Rฤnui House for being Sheryn's "home away from home". It's at a personโ€™s greatest moment of need, the strength of community and charity standing together truly shines.

Read Sheryn and Ryan's story here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/stories/a-life-saving-flight-never-forgotten/

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The difference the NZ Flying Doctor Service makes The difference the NZ Flying Doctor Service makes - thanks to your support.
๐—” ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป It was 29 December 2025 when ๐—” ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

It was 29 December 2025 when the call came. A gastroenterology patient required urgent treatment at Christchurch Hospital. Pilots Arthur and Scott and Flight Nurse Abby were on their way to the West Coast.

The NZ Flying Doctor Service team frequently crosses the main divide, providing West Coast communities with a vital link to critical health services. During 2025, more than 250 patients were transported from the West Coast.

Our most heartfelt thanks to ROA Mining, principal sponsor of the NZ Flying Doctor planes in Christchurch. Your continued support of the Service demonstrates your commitment to the health of the West Coast community.
Peter's family didn't know he was leaving a gift i Peter's family didn't know he was leaving a gift in his will to the NZ Flying Doctor Trust, but they were not surprised.

Peter's sister Allison says the service had given him such comfort. He was too unwell to fly between Nelson and Christchurch commercially and he hated the thought of being "bounced around" on the road.

We are incredibly humbled that Peter chose to leave a gift in his will to the NZ Flying Doctor Trust and we would like to thank Peter's family for sharing his story with us.

 โ€œ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.โ€
๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป

Read about Peter and his legacy here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/stories/a-gift-in-recognition-of-a-seamless-service/
The people we help are at the very heart of the NZ The people we help are at the very heart of the NZ Flying Doctor Service - it's why we're here.

If you've used the NZ Flying Doctor Service, we would love to hear from you. Your story could help us highlight the amazing work of the air ambulance service and its importance to our community.

Send us a message or contact us through our website: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/contact/
When RSV started circulating, Lyndal Watson was wo When RSV started circulating, Lyndal Watson was worried. She knew if her seven-month-old baby Blaire got it, she could get very sick, very fast.

When her worst fears were realised, she was so grateful the NZ Flying Doctor Service was there. 

โ€œ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ญ ๐—™๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ."

Read about Blaire's two "magical" NZ Flying Doctor flights here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/stories/two-flights-in-six-days-for-baby-blaire/
It's official - demand for the NZ Flying Doctor Se It's official - demand for the NZ Flying Doctor Service has never been higher. See the numbers for yourself in our 2025 Impact Report.

Also in this report we:
๐Ÿ”ตCelebrate 30 years of flight
๐Ÿ”ตShowcase a mission in action
๐Ÿ”ตMeet some of the people who make it possible
๐Ÿ”ตShare the story of a little girl's magical first flights

Read our Impact Report here: https://www.nzflyingdoctors.co.nz/news_articles/2025-full-year-impact-report/
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