Tangaroa crew member injured

3rd May 2010: Coastguard Kaikoura were asked by St John to assist with the medical evacuation of a crew member on the NIWA research vessel Tangaroa.  The crew member badly injured a finger at approximately 6.30am some 200 nautical miles from shore.  The Tangaroa headed for Kaikoura and the Coastguard vessel Kaikoura Rescue met them at 11am and transferred the injured man to shore and a waiting ambulance.