West Coast Region

Westland / Buller Area

Ambulance Frequencies

141.3375     Reefton
141.3625     Murchison
141.4350     Westport (Also shared with Grey Base Hospital, as well as SAR Helos etc.)
141.4625     Greymouth and Grey Base Hospital.

Fire Callsigns

61 Greymouth           - GREY611  GREY617
62 Cobden              - COBD621
63 Brunner             - BRUN631
64 Moana               - MOAN641
65 Kumara              - KUMA651
66 Ngahere             - NGAH661
67 Blackball           - BLAC671
68 Reefton             - REEF681  REEF687
69 Ikamatua            - IKAM691
70 Runanga             - RUNA701
71 Hokitika            - HOKI711  HOKI717
72 Fox Glacier         - FOXG727
73
74 Franz Joseph        - FRAN741
75 Hari Hari           - HARI751
75 Whataroa            - WHAT761
77 Ross                - ROSS771
78 Westport            - WEST781  WEST787
79 Granity             - GRAN791
80 Karamea             - KARA807
81 Little Wanganui     - LITT811
82 Waimangaroa         - WAIM821

Fire Frequencies

 75.4500     Greymouth Fire [shared with Police]
 75.6250     Greymouth Fire [shared with Police]
 75.5250     Westport  Fire [shared with Police] 
 75.2500     Haast Pass Fire [shared with Police]
 75.8375     Haast Pass Fire [shared with Police
 75.8375     Murchison Fire [Shared with Police]

455.1375     UHF portable Fire-ground simplex
143.8250     Channel 1
143.7875     Channel 2

Police Callsigns

GM     Greymouth
GR     Greymouth District
GY     Granity   ["GRY" at times]   
HT     Haast
HK     Hokitika
KM     Karamea    [calls as "KayMart"]
RN     Reefton
RS     Ross
WP     Westport
WO     Whataroa


                  MOST of these now use an "R" after first letter**

                                                                  ** as at Jan 2009

Police Frequencies

75.4500     Greymouth [shared with Rural Fire] 
75.5250     Westport  [Shared with Fire Comms** ]     **Fire Comms SI in ChCh 
75.6000     Reefton 
 
75.2500     Haast Pass [shared with Rural Fire]
75.8375
75.8375     Murchison [shared with Rural Fire]
485.3000    Westport, [Tasman Comms]
485.3250    
485.6000    Westport Ch.2 
426.700     Tasman Comms {Nelson and all of West Coast)...Repeater

Aircraft Frequencies

118.7000     Hokitika Tower, also Covers Greymouth, and Westport Airports. [Controlled from ChCh.]
119.1000     General Aviation, Un Manned Airports.

128.100      ChCh Controll (West)

406.000      SAR Becon for Air (replaces 121.500) and also SAR Land resque from April 2009.         

Department of Conservation Frequencies

VHF Repeaters
142.4500     Bald Hill - Haast/Moeraki
142.4625     Paparoa - head of Fox River
142.4750     Mt French - Kumara/Moana
142.4875     Victoria Range - Springs Junction
             Karangarua - South Westland
142.5125     Mt Glasgow - Seddonville
             Omoeroa - Franz Josef
142.5375     Mt Murchison
142.5500     Kellys Hill - Otira
142.9250     Mt Raoulia - Paparoas, near Reefton
142.9375     Mt Watney - Jackson Bay/Okuru

Amateur Radio Frequencies

Amateur VHF Repeaters
146.750      Westport (Cape Foulwind)
146.800      Murchison (Mt Murchison)
146.950      Greymouth (Sewell Peak)
147.150      Westport (Mt Frederick)

Amateur UHF Repeaters
438.575      Greymouth (linked to 146.975 Mt Noble, North Canterbury)

NZART Amateur Radio National System Repeaters
434.950      Murchison
439.875      Greymouth

Other Frequencies

Rail Frequencies
152.0500     Kiwi Rail Greymouth
152.3500     Kiwi Rail Westport, Covers all West Coast from Ngakawau (Stockton) through to Oteria/Arthurs Pass.

Marine:-

156.000 Distress Calling.

156.575 Westport Harbour.....Ch 71

Solid Energy:-

151.200 Stockton Mine.

151.300 Stockton Mine