Taranaki Region

St John Ambulance & Rescue Helicopters

Frequencies

Frequency	Location	Repeater
141.3875	New Plymouth	Blagdon Hill
141.4125	Opunake	Kahui Trig
141.4625	South Taranaki	Jacksons Lookout
425.500	I Band Link NP - Mt Messenger
141.3250	Awakino	North Comm

Note: Often linked with Wairarapa

Taranaki Base Hospital

Frequency	Channel	Type
462.1187	1	Repeater
466.6875	2	Simplex
466.7125	3	Simplex
157.800	Paging	Taranaki Wide

Callsigns

Dispatched from Central Comms in Wellington, a joint venture between Wellington Free Ambulance and St John Ambulance, which is also connected to the Auckland and Christchurch Communications Centres.

Station	Unit
A1TNKI (New Plymouth)	Taranaki Rescue Helicopter (ZK-ITR)
Taranaki 1	District Operations Manager
New Plymouth	1, 2, 3, 91, 92, FRU, MIST 52, Oscar 1 Taranaki, Tango 1, TFR 27
Inglewood	1
Waitara	FRU
Stratford	1, 2
Hawera	1, 2
Manaia	FRU
Patea	1, PRIME Dr
Opunake	FRU
Urenui	FRU
Waverley	FRU

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ)

Frequencies

Frequency	Location	Repeater Location
75.6375	New Plymouth	Blagdon Hill
75.6375	Patea	Hurleyville
75.8250	Opunake	Kahui Trig
75.8250	Kohuratahi	Kohuratahi
75.8000	South Taranaki	Jacksons Lookout
75.7000	Awakino	Taumatamaire
75.7000	Okato	Okato Reservoir
75.7750	Mokau	Mt Messenger

Note: Often linked with East coast

Callsigns

Station	#	Callsigns	RIC	Staffing
Hawera	55	HAWE551, 557, 5529	0999709	Volunteer
Inglewood	64	INGL641,647, 6429	0999752	Volunteer
Manaia	57	MANA577	0998626	Volunteer
New Plymouth	61	NEWP611, 612, 614, 617, 6118, 6121, 6126	0999851	Career
New Plymouth West	62	NEWP621, 6226, 6227	0999773	Volunteer
Ngamotu	68	NGAM6810, 6825, 6871	0745695	Volunteer
Oakura	63	OAKU631, 6329	0999810	Volunteer
Okato	65	OKAT651	0999761	Volunteer
Opunake	53	OPUN531, 537, 5329	0999719	Volunteer
Patea	58	PATE587, 5720, 5829	0999722	Volunteer
Stratford	48	STRA481, 487, 4829	0999728	Volunteer
Urenui	66	UREN667	0999767	Volunteer
Waitara	47	WAIT471, 477, 4729	0999734	Volunteer
Waverley	72	WAVE721	0999710	Volunteer

New Zealand Police

Frequencies

Taranaki falls within the Central Police District which is covered by the Central Police Communications Centre in Wellington.
At periods of low staffing or inactivity the frequencies are often linked with Gisborne and occasionally Wanganui.

Frequency	Location	Repeater
76.2000	Opunake	Kahui Trig
76.2000	Kohuratahi	Kohuratahi
76.2250	Awakino	Taumatamaire
76.2250	Okato	Okato Reservoir
76.2500	New Plymouth	Blagdon Hill
76.2500	Patea	Hurleyville
76.2875	East Egmont	Jacksons Lookout
76.1000	Mokau	Mt Messenger
427.9750	Stratford I Band Link
485.2000	Stratford
485.2250	Hawera/Opunake
485.2312	Hawera/South Taranaki
485.2500	New Plymouth
485.6000	Hawera / Waiwakaiho
485.9500	New Plymouth North	Waitara
486.0000	New Plymouth North	Bell Block
486.6250	New Plymouth Central	Education House
486.7500	New Plymouth
488.0000	New Plymouth	Simplex

Callsigns

Callsign Prefix	Station/Unit
BO	Moturoa
BQ	Bell Block
BZ	Fitzroy
ET	Eltham
HW	Hawera
IW	Inglewood
MI	Manaia
MQ	Mokau
NU	New Plymouth
OQ	Oakura
OT	Okato
PA	Central District (PAH)
PE	Patea
R3	Region 3
SF	Stratford
WT	Waitara

Aviation

Frequency	Description
114.400	New Plymouth VOR
124.700	New Plymouth Tower/Unattended
118.100	New Plymouth Tower Secondary
127.050	New Plymouth ATIS
126.000	Christchurch Control Raglan Sector (Arrivals to AKL/HLZ)
124.650	Taranaki Traffic/Hawera & Stratford Unattended
123.450	Hawera AWIB
133.650	Maui Traffic/Helicopters NZ & Oaonui Helibase
133.050	New Plymouth Aero Club
129.800	Christchurch Information
131.100	Air Nelson Operations

Christchurch Control 126.000 Transmitter has been relocated from Ohura to Ruaotuwhenua. It is unlikely any listeners in Taranaki will hear ATC transmitting.

Marine

Frequency	Channel	Description
156.5500	11	Port Taranaki Working
156.6000	12	Port Taranaki Working
156.8000	16	Port Taranaki Calling
161.6000	20	Nowcast Weather Channel
160.6750	61	Port Taranaki Working & Coastguard
156.3750	67	Taranaki Maritime Working
156.4750	69	Surf Lifesaving

Civil Defence

Frequency	Description
143.6500	New Plymouth
143.6900	New Plymouth
148.2875	Police CD 12

Taxis

Frequency	Description	Repeater
151.0500	Energy Cabs.[no longer used] (encrypted: tone inversion)	Blagdon Hill
152.7750	Energy Cabs, Alt. channel.[no longer used](encrypted: tone inversion)	Blagdon Hill
163.0000	Energy Cabs. (encrypted: tone inversion)	Carrington Road
151.4500	New Plymouth Taxis (computerised dispatch)	Blagdon Hill

KiwiRail

Marton - New Plymouth Line

Nukumaru - New Plymouth
Frequency	Channel	Location	Area Coverage	Repeater	CTCSS Tone
152.0375	12	Waverley	Nukumaru - Rangikura	Waitotara	225.7
151.9500	9	Hawera	Rangikura - Kapuni & Eltham	Hurleyville	225.7
152.0625	7	Stratford	Eltham - Durham Road	Te Popo	173.8
152.3625	8	New Plymouth	Durham Road - Breakwater	Lepperton	173.8

Stratford - Okahukura Line

Stratford - Okahukura Junction
Frequency	Channel	Location	Area Coverage	Repeater	CTCSS Tone
151.9500	Unknown			Pohukura

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 [1]

Teamtalk LocalNet DMR

Frequency	Repeater
151.0625	Blagdon Hill
151.9625	Taumatamaire
152.4375	Jacksons Lookout

Talk Group	Radio ID	Company
1000	1	First Gas Control
1000	346	First Gas
1000	347	First Gas
1000	383	First Gas
1000	384	First Gas

Other

Frequency	Description	Type
152.2750	Okato Vets
155.5750	Taranaki Regional Council
464.9312	Customs
461.8562	New Plymouth Prison
464.875	Event Cinema / Top Town
147.2000	Amateur Radio New Plymouth / Power Station
147.0500	Amateur Radio South Taranaki / East Egmont
145.5000	Amateur Radio Opunake
453.41875	Road Marking Services
84.750	Taranaki Building Removers
150.500	Central House Movers