Media Releases

ST JOHN INCIDENT INQUIRIES OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Victoria Hawkins | December 21, 2017

During the summer holiday shut down period, between 8am Saturday 23 December and 8am Monday 8 January, St John will remain contactable for incident information....

St John encourages safe celebrations this summer

Jess Miller | December 20, 2017

The festive season is well and truly underway and as many Kiwis are heading into their summer break, St John is reminding everyone to stay safe over the Christmas and New Year period....

St John installs ten defibrillators across Ngati Porou Marae

Jess Miller | December 11, 2017

Ten rurally isolated marae across the East Coast of the North Island will receive Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) from St John this week, as part of a project to reduce the number of fatalities associated with cardiac arrests....

Busiest year for ambulance 111 Clinical Control Centres

Elliot Steel | December 7, 2017

New Zealanders are calling 111 for an ambulance more than 500,000 times a year now, a jump of more than 10,000 calls on the previous year....

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry – Annual Report 2016/17

Elliot Steel | December 5, 2017

St John’s fourth annual Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest report sees the organisation’s survival rate results well-placed when compared to several other ambulance services....

ST JOHN 111 PATIENTS RECEIVING RIGHT CARE AT RIGHT TIME WITH CLINICAL HUB

Elliot Steel | December 1, 2017

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Toy ambulance campaign returns to help put another ambulance on New Zealand's roads

Elliot Steel | November 27, 2017

ASB St John Toy Ambulance and Station...

St John caring service a phone call away this holiday season

Noreen Hegarty | November 24, 2017

Much is made of modern communications and the ways in which they can enable people to connect but, as St John Caring Caller clients attest, there’s nothing quite as reassuring as a friendly voice on the end of a ‘phone....

Hands on hearts crucial to restarting them

Noreen Hegarty | October 12, 2017

St John knows that bystanders having the confidence to take action when a person is in cardiac arrest can be the difference between a life saved or a life lost....