Coastguard Northern Region is an integral part of saving lives at sea in New Zealand. They are grouped into four sectors across the country. North, South, East and Central sections, that they name regions. The Northern Coastguard Region includes all of Northland, Auckland, part of the Coromandel and part of the Waikato region – in terms of New Zealand provincial regions. Central is split between both islands with areas surrounding the Cook Straight (Wellington, Tasman, Malborough and Wairorapa regios), and so on.

The recently installed a DX-Altus Digital Radio Management System as part of the upgrade of the Coastguard Operations Centre, providing vital information and coordination of Coastguard’s search and rescue resources around the north island coast.

This project is a major milestone and development for the organisation to ensure the Coastguard Operations Centre is future proofed for both population growth and search and rescue demands.

The latest in dispatching technology, the unique modular architecture of the DX-Altus has provided a dispatch management solution that is highly robust, reliable and can easily expand without disruption. The DX-Altus connects to the Coastguard’s wider network using Radio over IP.