St John provides ambulance services for approximately 85% of New Zealand's population. Each year, 700 paid and 2200 volunteer St John Ambulance Officers care for and save the lives of thousands of New Zealanders and visitors to the country.

To call for an ambulance in an emergency phone 111

All St John Ambulance Officers are trained under a nationally accredited training programme. After achieving the National Certificate in Ambulance (Patient Care & Transport), they progress through intravenous and cardiac qualifications to become St John Paramedics. Ambulance Officers who complete the National Diploma in Ambulance (Paramedic) then become Advanced Paramedics.  Ambulance officers also have the opportunity to complete the Bachelor of Health Science in Paramedic degree programme.

The St John Ambulance Service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Conventional ambulances, four-wheel drive vehicles, rapid response units, motorcycles and helicopters ensure St John will come to your aid at any hour of the day in almost any terrain, weather or situation. Our services are managed and directed to the site through Emergency Ambulance Communication Centres that despatch and coordinate all the emergency land, water and air ambulance services.

In addition to emergency ambulance services, St John also:

• Transports patients for arranged hospital admissions and to hospital outpatient clinics
• Transfers patients between hospitals or from hospital to home
• Assists police and fire services by providing medical cover in emergency situations
• Arranges and staffs air ambulance flights and connections
• Monitors personal medical alarms

For details of ambulance and patient transport charges click here