Emergency, accident or incident, contact:
Taupo Maritime Radio ZLM
VHF Ch 16 (all NZ coastal waters)
SSB 2182, 4125, 6215, 8291, 12290 or 16420Tel: 04 550 5280 from within New Zealand or +64 4 550 5280 from overseas
Email: maritime@kordia.co.nz
or
Rescue Coordination Centre
Tel: 0508 222 433 (Toll-free in New Zealand)
Marine weather broadcasts
- HF SSB from Taupo Radio ZLM
- Inmarsat-C
Schedules for both weather broadcast services
(HF weather fax from ZKLF was discontinued in 2023.)
Taupo Maritime Radio, part of the New Zealand government’s Maritime Operations Centre, operates from the Avalon Television Studios in Lower Hutt, near Wellington.
The facility was designed and is managed by Kordia for Maritime New Zealand. It works closely with the Rescue Coordination Centre, at the same location.
The station’s transmitters are east of Taupo in the central North Island at 2974 Matea Rd, Matea (shown on the map below), while the receivers are located 37km to the north, at 681 Goudies Rd.
Taupo Radio also monitors Marine VHF channel 16 via 30 remote stations around New Zealand, including the Chatham Islands.
Maritime New Zealand VHF radio channels
New Zealand Marine Radio Handbook
QSL cards
Taupo Maritime Radio ZLM does not send a QSL card, or even an electronic QSL card, in response to reception reports.
Instead it provides a very bland document on corporate letterhead.
Here are some of these QSL reports, which are interesting at least as an historical record of frequencies and equipment used.
Do you have a QSL from Taupo Radio ZLM that we can add to this page?
Send us a message, and we’ll get right back to you.
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TIME: 2023-08-11 12:00:52 FREQ: 8414.5 DIST: 12474 Km
SYMB: ~~~ 120 037 010 008 000 000 108 000 051 020 001 000 118 126 126 126 ~~~ 126 126 126 122 103 ~~~ 122
FMT: SEL
CAT: SAF
TO: SHIP,371008000,Victoire,3EAT6,Tanker
FROM: COAST,005120010,NZL,Taupo Radio
TC1: TEST
TC2: NOINF
FREQ: — 8415.5 MHZ
POS: —
EOS: ACK
cECC: 25 ERR