{"id":524870,"date":"2026-07-14T02:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T02:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:38:09","slug":"lowe-corporation-ends-34-year-sponsorship-of-hawkes-bay-rescue-helicopter-wallace-foundation-takes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/524870\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowe Corporation ends 34-year sponsorship of Hawke\u2019s Bay Rescue Helicopter, Wallace Foundation takes over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe are delighted to welcome the Wallace Foundation on board and look forward to growing our relationship at what is an exciting time for our rescue services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">The timing aligns with the imminent arrival of the region\u2019s new Airbus H145.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">It is set to significantly enhance patient care and boost reliability in remote or challenging conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" The Hawke\u2019s Bay Rescue Helicopter landed next to the National Aquarium to take a patient to hospital in 2024. \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> The Hawke\u2019s Bay Rescue Helicopter landed next to the National Aquarium to take a patient to hospital in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Jonathan Wallace said the region had been incredibly good to his family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe critical role the rescue helicopter plays in helping anyone, anywhere, at any time at no cost to the patient makes the Hawke\u2019s Bay Rescue Helicopter Service pretty unique, and that\u2019s what\u2019s driven us to get behind it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Lowe Corporation managing director Andy Lowe said continuing to facilitate hundreds of lifesaving missions each year was incredibly important in honouring his father Graeme Lowe\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cContinuing my father\u2019s mission to provide air medical lifesaving support for the community over 34 years has been an immense honour and a privilege not lost on my family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe have been proud to have been aligned with such a critical community cause and step aside with a deep sense of gratitude and positivity for the service\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Andy Lowe said his focus is now on local environmental and educational trusts; notably his conservation brainchild, Cape Sanctuary, alongside his other community interests, including at-risk youth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Originally established primarily to respond to water rescues, Hawke\u2019s Bay\u2019s Rescue Helicopter Service expanded in 1989 to include patient transfers, police searches, accident recovery and marine emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">By the early 1990s, the service secured sponsorship support from then Lowe Walker NZ Ltd before a name change move to become Lowe Corporation in 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe are delighted to welcome the Wallace Foundation on board and look forward to growing our relationship at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[91528,74,259778,1561,45435,9060,15974,4726,20468,83800,1976,47065,15973,90760,130,111,43,139,69,1118,1523,29192,381,8527,91455,76612,1886,1120,131,1529,17313,12884],"class_list":["post-524870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-34year","tag-after","tag-baton","tag-bay","tag-corporation","tag-decades","tag-emergency","tag-ends","tag-foundation","tag-handing","tag-hawkes","tag-helicopter","tag-longstanding","tag-lowe","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-over","tag-principal","tag-region","tag-rescue","tag-sponsor","tag-sponsorship","tag-support","tag-takes","tag-than","tag-three","tag-trusts","tag-wallace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}