{"id":547239,"date":"2026-07-28T03:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/547239\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:35:12","slug":"watch-nz-navy-crew-make-dramatic-high-seas-rescue-off-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/547239\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: NZ Navy crew make dramatic high seas rescue off Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1ErhuETLZG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The crew of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship has pulled off an unexpected rescue mission, going to the aid of a battered outrigger while participating in an exercise off Hawaii.   <\/p>\n<p>With six passengers aboard, the outrigger came into trouble when it was hit by rough seas and 35-knot winds in the Kaiwi Channel, between the islands of Oahu and Molokai. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With broken mast fittings and taking on water, the skipper of the outrigger broadcast a Mayday call,&#8221; a New Zealand Defence Force spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-new-zealand-navy-comes-to-the-rescue-of-an-outrigger-off-BJLPZRX57ZHEXF5QTWQWKUEJOI.jpg\" alt=\"The New Zealand Navy comes to the rescue of an outrigger off Hawaii. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">The New Zealand Navy comes to the rescue of an outrigger off Hawaii.  (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>HMNZS Te Mana was four miles away, participating in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) \u2013 the world&#8217;s largest international maritime warfare exercise.   <\/p>\n<p>The frigate acknowledged the call and &#8220;responded immediately&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>The rough seas made the outrigger difficult to see, so the crew used electro-optical\/infrared cameras to track it. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-new-zealand-navy-comes-to-the-rescue-of-an-outrigger-off-UDT6HTXBVJGD7LRHFZ2LD5O724.jpg\" alt=\"The New Zealand Navy comes to the rescue of an outrigger off Hawaii. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">The New Zealand Navy comes to the rescue of an outrigger off Hawaii.  (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>An inflatable boat was lowered and closed in on the stricken vessel within 15 minutes of the Mayday call.<\/p>\n<p>Crew on Te Mana were prepared to receive the rescued sailors, but they were instead transferred to a local vessel that had also arrived. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A fast, professional response from our sailors to an incident that had the real potential to become life-threatening,&#8221; the NZDF spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crew of a Royal New Zealand Navy ship has pulled off an unexpected rescue mission, going to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1403,111,43,139,69,6430],"class_list":["post-547239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-defence","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pacific-islands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547239","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=547239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}