Project News

  • Stars & Stripes article screenshot

    "New Zealand tests reflectors as low-cost alternative to maritime locator beacons"

  • TVNZ 1 Breakfast ident

    SAR4SAR on TVNZ Breakfast Show

  • Radio New Zealand article preview

    "University of Auckland and NZDF creating reflector to help people lost at sea"

  • Boating New Zealand screenshot

    "SAR4SAR – a new eye in the sky for search and rescue"

  • "‘In it to save lives’: A lifesaving locator designed for Pacific realities at sea"

  • Sccop Sci-Tech News screenshot

    "NZDF And University Of Auckland Collaborate On Low-Cost Lifesaving Locator For People At Sea"

  • Otage Daily Times screencap

    "Life-saving reflector tested successfully"

  • "Following the successful completion of land-based trials last year, five reflectors were down-selected for further evaluation. "

  • "In late 2024 personnel from UoA and DST installed six COTS and two novel radar reflectors, developed by UoA at the UoA Field Station near Ardmore (South Auckland) for the SAR4SAR phase 1 land trial. "