Otago Region

St John Ambulance & Rescue Helicopters

Frequencies

Balclutha, Central Otago and Queenstown channels are crosslinked.
Coastal Otago is crosslinked with the South Canterbury channels.

Dunedin
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
141.3250	Dunedin	Signal Hill	Ch 67
141.4125	South Dunedin	Corstophine	Ch 74
141.4375	Dunedin	Swampy Summit	Ch 76
Balclutha
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
141.3750	Owaka	Hinahina Hill	Ch 71
141.4250	Tapanui	Blue Mountains	Ch 75
141.4500	Milton	Mt Stuart	Ch 77
Central Otago
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
141.3250	Wanaka	Long Gully	Ch 67
141.3750	Ranfurly	North Rough Ridge	Ch 71
141.4000	Alexandra	Waikerikeri	Ch 73
141.4250	Lindis Pass	Old Man Peak	Ch 75
141.4500	Cromwell	Mt Dufficulty	Ch 77
Queenstown
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
141.3250	Glenorchy	Mt Nicholas	Ch 67
141.3750	Queenstown	Mt Dewar	Ch 71
141.3875	Queenstown	Remarkables	Ch 72
141.4000	Wanaka	Hillend	Ch 73
141.4500	Cromwell	Mt Difficulty	Ch 77
Coastal Otago
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
141.3375	Oamaru	Cape Wanbrow	Ch 68
141.3500	Otematata	Station Peak	Ch 69
141.3625	Palmerston	Razorback	Ch 70

Callsigns

Ambulances
Station	Callsigns	Notes
Alexandra	Alexandra 1,Alexandra 21
Balclutha	Balclutha 1,Balclutha 2,Balclutha First Response
Cromwell	Cromwell 1,Cromwell 21,Cromwell 91
Dunedin
	Dunedin 1,Dunedin 2,Dunedin 3,Dunedin 4	Emergency Ambulances
	Tango 81, Echo 81	Response Vehicles
	Dunedin 21	Patient Transfer Ambulance
	Dunedin 91	Event Ambulance
Hillside	Hillside 1,Hillside 2
Kingston FRU
Kurow	Kurow First Response,Kurow PRIME
Lawrence	Lawrence 1,Lawrence First Response
Milton	Milton First Response
Mosgiel	Mosgiel 1,Mosgiel 2
Oamaru	Oamaru 1,Oamaru 2,Oamaru First Response
Owaka	Owaka First Response
Palmerston	Palmerston 1,Palmerston First Response
Queenstown	Queenstown 1,Queenstown 2,Queenstown 21
Roxburgh	Roxburgh First Response
Tapanui	Tapanui 1,Tapanui PRIME
Wanaka	Wanaka 1,Wanaka First Response
Rescue Helicopters
Base	Callsigns	Notes
Dunedin Helicopter	Air 1 Dunedin Air 2 Dunedin Air 3 Dunedin Air 4 Dunedin Air 5 Dunedin Air 6 Dunedin	ZK-IDH ZK-ICU ZK-IWG ZK-IWD ZK-IME ZK-HJK
Queenstown Helicopter	Air 1 Queenstown Air 2 Queenstown	ZK-HUP ZK-IWL

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ)

Frequencies

Outside of the Fire Dunedin and Fire Wakatipu areas, LMR communications are shared with Police.

FIRE Dunedin
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
75.9750	Oamaru, Weston, Hampden	Cape Wanbrow
76.2375	Northern Dunedin, Waikouaiti, Palmerston	Mt Cargill
76.2625	Dunedin
76.2875	Southern Dunedin, Mosgiel
FIRE Wakatipu
Frequency	Coverage	Location	Notes
75.9750	Queenstown, Frankton, Arrowtown		Covers Wakatipu Basin
76.2625	Queenstown, Frankton, Arrowtown		Covers Wakatipu Basin

Callsigns

Station - #	Callsigns	RIC	Notes
Dunedin - 21	211	999201	Career
	212	999202
	213
	216	999203
	2111
	2118	998949
	2126
St Kilda - 22	221	999223	Career
Lookout Point - 23	237	999203	Career
Roslyn - 24	241	999221	Career
Willowbank - 25	257	999235	Career
Waitati - 26	261,2626	999568	Volunteer
Port Chalmers - 27	271	999350	Volunteer
Ravensbourne - 28	281,2826	999301	Volunteer
Portobello - 29	291,2911	999346	Volunteer
Mosgiel - 31	311,312	999215	Composite
Outram - 32	321	998561	Volunteer
Brighton - 33	331	999356	Volunteer
Middlemarch - 38	387,3811	998841	Volunteer
Alexandra - 39	391,397,3914,3926	999950	Volunteer
Clyde - 41	411,4123,4126	998642	Volunteer
Cromwell - 42	421,427,4226	999971	Volunteer
Millers Flat - 43	437,4325,4371	998842	Volunteer
Omakau - 44	441,4433	998557	Volunteer
Roxburgh - 45	451,4526	999269	Volunteer
Balclutha - 46	461,467,4611,4625,4626	999598	Volunteer
Clutha Valley - 47	471,4711	999965	Volunteer
Kaka Point - 48	481	998623	Volunteer (Aux)
Clinton - 49	491,4933	998620	Volunteer
Waiwera South - 51	511,5125	998603	Volunteer
Tapanui - 51	517,5111	998680	Volunteer
Kaitangata - 52	521	998516	Volunteer
Heriot - 52	521	998507	Volunteer
Milton - 53	531,537	998540	Volunteer
Owaka - 54	547,5411	998492	Volunteer
Kurow - 55	557,5511	998519	Volunteer
Omarama - 56	567,5633	998887	Volunteer
Otematata - 57	571,5711,5733	998843	Volunteer
Lawrence - 58	587,5811,5825,5829	998840	Volunteer
Waitahuna - 59	591	998846	Volunteer
Waitaki - 62	6210,6211,6214,6225,6226,6271,6276 RuralWaitaki1, RuralWaitaki2, RuralWaitaki3	998415	Volunteer
Rosebank - 63	6325		Council
Dunstan - 67	6711,6771,6772,6780 RuralCentral1, RuralCentral2	995873	Volunteer
Waihola - 68	6811,6825	995826	Volunteer
Clyde Rural Fire Centre - 69	6901,6902,6903,6906,6908,6910,6925,6960		Volunteer
Oamaru - 72	721,727	999257	Volunteer
Weston - 73	731,7311	998609	Volunteer
Palmerston - 74	747,7411	999581	Volunteer
Waikouaiti - 75	751,7511,7526	999292	Volunteer
Queenstown - 76	761,762,767	998378	Volunteer
Frankton - 77	777,7729	999986	Volunteer
Arrowtown - 78	781,7825	999953	Volunteer
Ranfurly - 79	797,7911	998844	Volunteer
Naseby - 81	811	998491	Volunteer
Lake Hawera - 82	821,8226	998522	Volunteer
Luggate - 83	831,8311	998525	Volunteer
Duntroon - 84	841,8411	999980	Volunteer
Wanaka - 85	851,857,8526	998606	Volunteer
Tarras - 86	8671,8611	995800	Volunteer
Kakanui - 91	9171,9111	998871	Volunteer
Hampden - 92	9271,9211	998873	Volunteer
Omarama - 93	9371,9311	998887	Volunteer
Glenorchy - 95	9571,9511	995835	Volunteer
Wakari - 96	9626,9629,9671,9672	999110	Volunteer
Papatowai - 97	9711,9725	0745106	Volunteer
Makarora - 99	9926,9971,9972	995941	Volunteer

New Zealand Police

Frequencies

DUNEDIN 1
VHF	UHF	Coverage	Repeater
75.6875	485.2000	Dunedin	Mt Cargill
	486.5750	Dunedin
75.7625		Northern Dunedin, Palmerston
76.1625	485.9000	South Dunedin
76.1875	486.0500	Mosgiel
	486.6250	Kaikorai Valley, Mornington
	485.9500	Dunedin Airport, Mosgiel
	459.6400	Dunedin
DUNEDIN 2
VHF	UHF	Coverage	Repeater
75.7375	486.5500	Dunedin	Mt Cargill
	485.2250	Dunedin Central
	486.5500
	486.6000	Mosgiel
OAMARU
VHF	UHF	Coverage	Repeater
75.2250		Dunedin, Palmerston, Hampden	Mt Cargill
75.2500	485.2500	Oamaru
75.2750		Northern Oamaru, Kurow
76.4125		Ranfurly
	458.9625	Dunedin, Mosgiel, Comms Only
	426.6750	Dunedin, Mosgiel, Units Only
BALCLUTHA
VHF	UHF	Coverage	Repeater
75.3000		Tapanui, Clinton
75.3250		Balclutha, Milton
75.4000		Owaka
	485.2500	Balclutha
CENTRAL OTAGO
VHF	UHF	Coverage
75.8375		Makarora, Queenstown, Arrowtown
75.8875		Queenstown, Frankton, Arrowtown
76.0375		Lindis Pass, Roxburgh
76.0625		Wanaka, Alexandra, Roxburgh
76.0875		Cromwell, Alexandra
76.8625		Queenstown, Cromwell, Alexandra
	485.2500	Alexandra, Queenstown, Wanaka
	485.9000	Queenstown, Arrowtown
	484.950	Cromwell poss link line as of dec 21
QUEENSTOWN
VHF	UHF	Coverage
75.8125		Alexandra, Roxburgh
76.1125		Queenstown, Devils Staircase
76.1375		Queenstown, Cromwell
76.1875		Queenstown, Arrowtown
	485.3250	Queenstown, Arrowtown
	486.0000	Queenstown

Balclutha, Oamaru and Central Otago channels make up the Otago Rural VTG.

Callsigns

Otago Coastal

Callsign Prefix	Station
BA	Balclutha
CO	Clinton
DA	Dunedin Airport
DN	Dunedin Central
GN	Green Island
HD	Hampden
KQ	Kurow
KV	Kaikorai Valley
LW	Lawrence
MD	Middlemarch
ML	Milton
MX	Mosgiel
ND	Dunedin North
OA	Owaka
OC	Otago Coastal Area
OL	Omarama
OU	Oamaru
PL	Palmerston
PQ	Portobello
PS	Port Chalmers
SD	Southern District
SO	Dunedin South
VI	Waikouaiti

Otago Lakes Central

Callsign Prefix	Station
AG	Arrowtown
AL	Alexandra
CZ	Cromwell
OD	Otago Lakes Central Area
OM	Omakau
QN	Queenstown
RF	Ranfurly
RX	Roxburgh
VM	Wanaka

Aviation

Dunedin Area
Frequency	Usage
119.10	General aviation talk
119.50	Mainland Air
120.70	Tower
122.40	Tower secondary
126.45	ATIS
130.30	Air New Zealand

Queenstown Area
Frequency	Usage
118.10	Tower
118.20	Milford Unicom
119.20	Fiordland area traffic / Glenorchy traffic
121.70	Milford Sound Scenic Flights
121.90	Ground
125.75	Approach
128.00	Information
130.00	Milford Sound Flightseeing
130.60	Wanaka Flightseeing
130.90	Air New Zealand Wanaka
132.10	Air New Zealand

Wanaka Area
Frequency	Usage
120.10	Wanaka Traffic

Warbirds over Wanaka (2024)
Frequency	Usage
118.9000	Wanaka Information/Display Co-Ordinator
120.1000	Wanaka Tower
127.6000	Wanaka ATIS
135.1500	RNZAF Falcons Aerobatic co-ordination
135.3000	RNZAF Kiwi Blue (Parachute team)
136.5500	RNZAF Air-To-Air (Thunder Formation used)

Helicopters Otago
Frequency	Usage
150.8375	Helicopter to Base/Heli Comms

Civil Defence

149.85000     Civil Defence Otago region

Department of Conservation (DOC)

VHF Repeaters

142.4500     Dunstan No.3 - Cromwell
142.4625     Rudd Road - Dunedin
142.4750     Tapanui Hill
142.4875     Roys Peak - Wanaka
             Hinahina Hill - Catlins
142.5000     Dart Valley
142.5250     South Rough Ridge - Central Otago
142.5375     Remarkables - Queenstown
142.5500     Mt Obi - Kakanui Mountains

HF SSB Frequencies
DoC  Southern Zone  Call 2.4740  
DoC  Southern Zone  Call 3.1620  
DoC  Southern Zone  Call 4.6190  
DoC  Southern Zone  Call 5.8660
DoC  Otago Working  3.2640  
DoC  Otago Working  4.8800   

The following information may be outdated:

SOUTHLAND AND OTAGO CONSERVANCY HF SSB stations

FIELD STATIONS 
ZKGX  54 -      - COLIN TODD HUT
ZKOT 513 -      - FRENCH RIDGE HUT
ZKOT 511 -      - ASPIRING HUT
ZKOT   3 - O203 - MAKARORA BASE
ZKOT 311 - O311 - KERIN FORKS HUT
ZKOT 312 - O312 - SIBERIA HUT
ZKOT 313 - O313 - TOP FORKS HUT
ZKOT 314 - O314 - YOUNG HUT
ZKOT   2 - O202 - GLENORCHY BASE
ZKOT 211 - O241 - SHELTER ROCK HUT
ZKOT 212 - O242 - DART HUT
ZKOT 213 - O243 - MID CAPLES HUT
ZKOT 214 - O244 - UPPER CAPLES HUT
ZKOT 215 - O245 - MID GREENSTONE HUT
ZKOT 216 - O216 - McKELLAR HUT
ZKOT 217 - O217 - ROUTEBURN FALLS HUT
ZKOT 218 - O218 - ROUTEBURN FLATS HUT
ZKOT 219 - O219 - DALEY FLAT HUT

MARINE STATIONS
ZM  3663 - MV RICHARD HENRY
ZM  5928 - MV RENOWN
ZM  3115 - O110 - MV JESTER

Marine

MARITIME
Frequency	Usage	Channel	Repeater
156.8000	Calling	16	N/A
160.6750	Timaru repeater	61	Mount Studholme
160.7250	Otago Harbour repeater	62	Taiaroa Head (Hautai Hill)
160.8250	Catlins repeater	64	Hinahina Hill
160.9250	Oamaru repeater	66	Cape Wanbrow
(the above 3 Otago Maritime VHF Association repeaters are linked)
156.5750	Chalmers Maritime Radio	71	Mt Cargill
156.6000	Port Otago Ltd	12	Highcliff (Rotary Park)
156.7000	Port Otago Ltd	14	Highcliff (Rotary Park)
156.8750	Port Otago Ltd	77	Highcliff (Rotary Park)
161.7000	Marine weather repeating message	22	Taiaroa Head (Hautai Hill)
160.8500	Queenstown Radio	05	Cecil Peak
160.9250	Wanaka Radio	66	Roys Peak
160.6500	Clyde Fishing & Boating Club	01	Mt Horn

Kiwirail

Main South Line

Glenavy - Waipahi
Frequency	Channel	Location	Area Coverage	Repeater	CTCSS Tone
152.0500	10	Oamaru	Glenavy - Hampden	Cape Wanbrow	225.7
152.0625	7		Hampden - Katiki	Razorback	173.8
152.0375	12	Palmerston	Katiki - Goodwood	Shag Point	225.7
152.3625	8		Goodwood - Sawyers Bay	Heyward Point	173.8
152.0375	6	Dunedin	Sawyers Bay - Abbortsford	Rosebank	173.8
152.3500	11	Dunedin	Sawyers Bay - Abbortsford	Rosebank	225.7
152.0500	3	Dunedin	Abbortsford - Milburn	Mt Hyde	173.8
151.9500	9		Milburn - Lovells Flat	Kaitangita	225.7
152.0625	7	Balclutha	Lovells Flat - Waipahi	Kiriwao	173.8

Main South Line Glenavy - Lyttelton[1]

Main South Line Waipahi - Invercargill[2]

Simplex

Shunt Channels
Frequency	Channel	Area Coverage	CTCSS Tone
153.45625	1 Mainline	Train to Train and track warrant station calling	173.8
453.44375	45 Shunt	Mainline Train Shunting (All Stations unless 46 specified)	71.9
453.56875	46 Shunt	Mainline Train Shunting and Examination	74.4

For ASP shunt channels see link to main page for national frequencies here [3]

Amateur Radio

VHF REPEATERS
Frequency	Repeater
53.625	Alexandra
146.650	Dunedin (Highcliff)
146.700	Oamaru (Station Peak)
146.750	Balclutha (Kuriwao)
146.850	Queenstown (Remarkables)
146.900	Dunedin (Mt Cargill)
147.000	Alexandra

UHF REPEATERS
Frequency	Repeater
438.200	Mosgiel - simplex, linked to 146.900 Mt Cargill
438.300	Dunedin (Highcliff) - simplex, linked to 146.850 Queenstown
438.650	Oamaru (Cape Wanbrow)
439.150	Dunedin

NZART NATIONAL SYSTEM REPEATERS
Frequency	Repeater
434.850	Balclutha (Mt Stuart)
434.900	Waitaki (Mt Studholme)
439.925	Dunedin (Mt Cargill)

Vital

Waikerikeri needs redoing, as not all of these frequencies are DMR I don't think. I'll remap when next in area, so be aware this will change.

Razorback [SiteID - 31.8] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
414.6	48	97/98
415.6	128	257/258
Cape Wanbrow [SiteID - 34.3] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
417.5125	281	563/564
417.7625	301	603/604
Maungatua [SiteID - 34.5] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
416.325	186	373/374
416.575	206	413/414
417.075	246	493/494
417.575	286	573/574
Blue Mountains [SiteID - 34.6] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
417.3625	269	539/540
417.6125	289	579/580
417.8625	309	619/620
Signal Hill [SiteID - 34.7] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
415.6625	133	267/268
416.1625	173	347/348
417.9125	313	627/628
Swampy Summit [SiteID - 34.8] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
415.1875	95	191/192
415.9375	155	311/312
416.1875	175	351/352
416.4375	195	391/392
416.6875	215	431/432
417.4375	275	551/552
417.6875	295	591/592
Long Gully [SiteID - 35.6] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
414.8	64	129/130
417.95	316	633/644
Mt Dewar [SiteID - 35.7] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
414.4	32	65/66
414.9	72	145/146
415.15	92	185/186
North Rough Ridge [SiteID - 35.8] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
415.6625	133	267/268
416.1625	173	347/348
Waikerikeri [SiteID - 36.2] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
415.5625	125	251/252
416.0625	165	331/332
416.3125	185	371/372
417.3125	265	531/532
417.8125	305	611/612
Obelisk [SiteID - 36.3] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
414.475	38	77/78
414.725	58	117/118
Peninsula Hill [SiteID - 36.4] [CC0]
Frequency	LCN	LSN
415.675	134	269/270
416.675	214	429/430

Other

FORSYTH BARR STADIUM
Frequency	User
477.49375	St John Repeater
478.65750	Broadcast Audio
482.73375	Broadcast Audio

DOWNER COASTAL OTAGO
Frequency	Repeater	Coverage
152.40000	Highcliff	Dunedin City
151.13750	Tapanui Hill	Tapanui, Clinton, SH90
151.55000	Maungatua	Green Island, Taieri, Middlemarch
152.10000	Highlay Hill	SH85 Palmerston to Kyeburn, SH87 Ranfurly
152.40000	Cape Wanbrow / Chinaman	Oamaru, SH1 / SH8, Beaumont
152.45000	Swampy / Station Peak	SH1 Dunedin to Palmerston / SH82, SH83, Kurow
153.40000	Mt Stuart	Clinton, Balclutha, Milton, Manuka Gorge

DOWNER CENTRAL OTAGO
Frequency	Repeater	Coverage
152.45000	Leaning Rock / Roys Peak	Alexandra / Wanaka, Hawea, Makarora
152.40000	Old Man Peak	Lindis Pass, Omarama
152.72500	Rock Peak	Crown Range, Queenstown
152.47500	Mt Nicholas	Queenstown, Glenorchy
152.37500	Cardrona	Crown Range

(TIII DMR Network) Aurora Energey (Contractor - Delta Lines)
Frequency	Repeater	Coverage
164.6375	Rudd Road	Dunedin (Control Channel)
163.7750	Rotary Park	Dunedin (Control Channel)
162.8125	Saddle Hill	Mosgiel (Control Channel)
TGID.8003		Central Otago
TGID.8002		Dunedin Area

OTAGO CORRECTIONS FACILITY (MILTON/MILBURN)
Frequency	Repeater	Coverage
463.44375	? Removed Now ENC CAP+ Network	Internal (Channel 1)

TAXIS
Frequency
457.24375
464.04375
464.10625