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Wellington Region Radio Frequencies

The following information is structured and cross-referenced with the Ministry of Economic Developments Radio Spectrum Management Public Information Brochure 23 which lists frequency data for most bands in New Zealand.

NZ Police Analogue (Historic)

ALL WELLINGTON ANALOGUE FREQUENCIES ARE CURRENTLY LINKED TO PALMERSTON NORTH

Analogue frequencies listed below are for historic purpose only. As of June 2009 the Project 25 (P25) digital radio system has been deployed in the Wellington area (Wellington City, Upper Hutt, Kapiti, Mana and the Wairarapa) for NZ Police.

ESA Band

Search Pair: 75.2250MHz~79.96875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing.

Wellington Channel

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
75.5500078.43125ESA 27Wellington Wrights Hill
75.6250078.50625ESA 33Wellington North
75.7625078.64375ESA 44Wellington South
75.8875078.76875ESA 54Wellington Area Two

Hutt Channel

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
75.2250078.10625ESA 1Lower Hutt
75.2500078.13125ESA 3Upper Hutt
075.862578.74375ESA 52Hutt Area Two

Mana Channel

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
75.7125078.59375ESA 40Mana
75.7375078.61875ESA 42Mana Unknown
76.0375078.91875ESA 66Mana Paraparaumu
76.0625078.94375ESA 68Mana Pukerua Bay
76.0875078.96875ESA 70Mana Porirua
76.112578.99375ESA 72Mana
75.812578.69375ESA 48Mana Area Two

F Band

Search Pair: 470.50625MHz~493.99375MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing.

Wellington Channel

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
485.2250491.23750F 210Wellington
486.0500492.06250F 243Wellington
486.6500492.66250F 267Wellington
486.6750492.68750F 268Wellington
486.8500492.86250F 275Wellington
487.7750493.78750F 312Wellington
487.8500493.86250F 315Wellington
485.2000491.21250F 209Wellington Airport

Hutt Channel

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
484.4250490.43750F 178Hutt
485.2500491.26250F 211Hutt
486.5500492.56250F 263Hutt
486.5750492.58750F 264Hutt
486.6000492.61250F 265Hutt
486.7250492.73750F 270Hutt
487.3250493.33750F 294Hutt

Non-Geograpic Channels

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
485.3300 Area Two
485.3500 Area Two
485.4300 Area Two
485.9300 Area Two
486.0000 Area Two
486.7000 Area Two
488.0000 SIMPLEX
488.0250 Dog Simplex

Also see National Data > Police Cross Band Freqencies

NZ Police Digital

The P25 implementation for NZ Police in the ESB and ESC bands includes a 3DES encryption layer securing the radio network from unauthorized monitoring. Although modern digital scanners are able to DECODE these signals, they are unable to DECRYPT them.

ESB Band

Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λMobile λChannelDescription

ESC Band

Search Pair: 494.00625MHz~501.987500MHz, FM & C4FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λMobile λChannelDescription

NZ Fire Service

ESA Band

Search Pair: 75.2250MHz~79.96875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz & 25kHz Channel Spacing.

Wellington

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
75.475078.35625ESA 21Hutt
75.525078.40625ESA 25Kapiti
75.587578.46875ESA 30Wrights Hill
75.962578.84375ESA 60Mount Kaukau
79.190079.1900 Simplex

ESB Band

Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
143.05000140.05000ESB 164Repeater chnl 20
143.25000140.25000ESB 180Liaise Duplex chnl 21
140.61000140.61000 Fire 4 High
140.92500140.92500ESX 34Fire 3 High
140.98750140.98750ESX 39Liaise Simplex chnl 10
143.78750143.78750ESX 63Fire 2 High
143.82500143.82500ESX 66Fire 1 High

Also see National Data > Fire National Frequencies

NZ Ambulance Service

Wellington Free Ambulance Area Peka Peka to the top of the Rimutakas South See Ambulance and other photos here.

ESB Band

Search Pair: 138.01250~143.9875MHz, FM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
141.42500138.42500ESB 34Wrights Hill Wellington
141.38750138.38750ESB 31Mt Clime Hutt
141.40000138.40000ESB 32Puke Bay Kapiti
140.6500140.6500 ESX 12Simplex

423.1625 Wairarapa Link need confirmation this is still working

Aviation Bands

AR Band

Search Pair: 118.000 MHz~135.9755MHz, AM Modulation, 12.5kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λMobile λChannelDescription
119.10000119.10000ACX45General Aviation talk
118.80000118.80000ACX33Wellington Tower
119.30000119.30000ACX53Wellington Approach
121.30000121.30000ACX133Wellington Information
121.90000121.90000ACX157Wellington Ground
122.30000122.30000ACX173Wellington Departure
118.30000118.30000ACX13Paraparaumu Unattended
130.35000130.35000ARX14Air NZ
133.55000133.55000ARX118Gliders
133.90000133.90000ARX132Fuelers
126.90000126.90000ACX357ATIS
See also: RSM Aeronautical Bands PDF

Maritime Bands

MM Band

Search Pair: 156.0125MHz~162.200MHz, FM Modulation, 25kHz Channel Spacing.

Base λShip λChannelDescription
160.625156.125MM62Wellington Coast
160.800156.200MM4Wgtn Harbour Radio Palliser
156.425156.425MM68Picton Maritime
156.475156.475MM69Maritime
156.575156.575MM71Wellington Maritime
156.700156.700MM14Wellington Harbour Radio Beacon Hill
156.800156.800MM16Calling-Distress
156.500156.500MM10Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot
156.600156.600MM12Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot
156.650156.650MM13Wellington Harbour Tugs/Pilot
See also: National Data > Marine VHF Frequencies
RSM Maritime HF and VHF Bands PDF

Civil Defence

λDescription
140.9875 Horowhenua
141.0500 Colonial Knob
141.0625 Mt Eringa
143.0500 Waipura
149.4000 Makara High
149.4250 WCC HQ
149.7250 WCC Kaukau
149.8500 Upper Hutt
149.8250 WCC
149.7750 NATIONAL

See also National Data > Ministry of Civil Defence National Frequencies

Rail Service

λDescription
151.9750 Kapiti Rail
453.3625 Rail Ferry 1
453.4375 Rail Yard
453.4875 Rail Hutt
453.5125 Yard
453.5625 Rail Ferry 2

See also National Data > Railways Frequencies

Taxis

Others

λDescription
456.5250 Victoria University
461.8300 Stagecoach Buses
463.4750 Parliament Security
466.8625 Strait Shipping Ltd
478.6150 Massey University

Wellington Radio Callsigns

NZ Police Callsigns

Callsign Format

Police unit callsigns have the first two letters of their home station (eg HN for Hamilton), then usually one (or two) letters for the unit type (e.g. S for sergeant), then numbers for the unique unit or shift group.

Examples:

  • HNS1 is Hamilton general duties sergeant section 1.
  • TNI3 is Takapuna I-Car (General Duties), Late Shift
  • SVH13 is an Auckland Motorways Traffic unit



Callsigns

CallsignAreaDescription
CTRCartertonI (Incident) Car
FSRFeatherstonI Car
GTRGreytownI Car
LHILower HuttI Car
LHSLower HuttSergeant
LHTLower HuttTraffic
LHVLower HuttTraffic Sergeant
MSSMastertonSergeant
MSTMastertonTraffic
WBIWainuiomataI Car
WBCPWainuiomataCommunity Patrol
UPIUpper HuttI Car
UPSUpper HuttSergeant
UPTUpper HuttTraffic
KLIKilbirnie I (Incident) Car

NZ Fire Service Callsigns

These are stations covered by the Wellington fire channel. For information about the differences between Career, Composite and Volunteer stations, see Fire terminology. For information about vehicle callsigns, see Fire vehicles.

Callsigns

StationStation # CrewingCallsigns
Wellington City21 CareerWELL215, WELL217, WELL2114
Newtown22 Career NEWT221
Thorndon23 CareerTHOR231, THOR236
Kilburnie24 CompositeKILB241 (Career), KILB2426 (Volunteer)
Brooklyn25 CareerBROO251
Karori26 CareerKARO261
Johnsonville28 CompositeJOHN281, JOHN287
Newlands29 VolunteerNEWL291
Porirua31 CompositePORI311, PORI317, PORI3110* (Career) PORI312 (Volunteer)
Tawa33 VolunteerTAWA331, TAWA332
Titahi Bay34 VolunteerTITA341
Plimerton35 VolunteerPLIM351
Paekakarki36 VolunteerPAEK361
Paraparaumu37 CompositePARA371, PARA377, PARA3726
Waikanae38 VolunteerWAIK381, WAIK387, WAIK3829
Otaki41 VolunteerOTAK411, OTAK417
Hutt40 CareerHUTT407
Avalon41 CareerAVAL414, AVAL4115
Seaview42 CompositeSEAV421 (Career) SEAV422 (Volunteer), SEAV4212*
Stokes Valley43 VolunteerSTOK431, STOK432
Wainuiomata44 VolunteerWAIN441, WAIN447, WAIN4426
Eastbourne46 VolunteerEAST461
Silverstream47 VolunteerSILV471
Trentham48 CompositeTREN481 (Volunteer), TREN487 (Career), TREN4810*
Rimutaka49 CompositeRIMU491 (Career), RIMU4926, RIMU4928 (Volunteer)
Ngawi51 VolunteerNGAW5171
Lake Ferry52 VolunteerLAKE5271, LAKE5275
Mauriceville53 VolunteerMAUR5371
Wainuioru54 VolunteerWAIN5471
Castlepoint55 VolunteerCAST5571
Tinui56 VolunteerTINU5671
Tora57 VolunteerTORA5871, TORA5875
Riversdale Beach59 VolunteerRIVE5971
Masterton61 CompositeMAST611, MAST612, MAST613, MAST617, MAST6110
Carterton62 VolunteerCART621, CART622, CART6229
Featherston63 VolunteerFEAT631, FEAT632, FEAT6326
Greytown64 VolunteerGREY642, GREY647
Martinbrough65 VolunteerMART651, MART652, MART6529
  • Appliances marked with a * are 'Crossmanned'. Staff from another appliance will crew this vehicle when it is required at a call.

Bush Forces

Wainuiomata Bush Fire Force (Hutt City Council)

9571 2002 Mitsubishi Canter
9572 1999 Mitsubishi Canter
9573 1994 Toyota Hilux
9574 Nissan Safari
9575 1974 Toyota Landcruiser
HUTT DPRFO 1998 Toyota Hiace

Upper Hutt Rural Fire (Upper Hutt City Council)

9410 1999 Ford Courier
9425 1994 Mitsubishi Canter
9471 1995 Toyota Dyna
9472 2002 Isuzu NPS300
9475 1981 Mitsubishi Fuso
9480 1988 Nissan Civillian
UH DPRFO 2002 Ford Courier
UHRFO02 2003 Mitsubishi Triton

NZ Ambulance Service Callsigns

Callsign = Station that the vechicle origanated (e.g city one means the vechicle originated from city station)

If the vechicle prefix is:

  • 0* = Ambulance
  • 2* = Patient Transfer Service
  • 8* = Special Event Ambulance
  • 9* = General Event Ambulance

The digit after the number is the unit in order of the shift so first unit of the day in order

Wellington Free Ambulance

CallsignDescription
Thorndon 1
Thorndon 2
Thorndon 91
Newtown 1
Newtown 21 Patient Transport (PTO)
Lower Hutt 1
Lower Hutt 2
Lower Hutt 21 Patient Transport (PTO)
Lower Hutt 91
Upper Hutt 1
Porirua 1
Porirua 2
Porirua 21 Patient Transport (PTO)
Paraparaumu 1
Paraparaumu 2
Paraparaumu 3
Wainuiomata 1
Rescue 1 4x4 Rescue
Rescue 2 4x4 Rescue/workshop
Oscar (1-4 depending on shift)
A1Well Westpac Rescue Helicopter
CAS 1 Wellington Hospital ED
CAS 2 Hutt Hospital ED

Wellington Radio Codes

NZ Police Radio Codes

NZ Fire Service Radio Codes

NZ Ambulance Service Radio Codes

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