Reunited in New Zealand Two ex-RNLI lifeboats were reunited again during July 1995, about as far from their home waters as it was possible to get.

Pictured are the Rother class Alice Upjohn being escorted intoNelson harbour, New Zealand by the Brede class Sealord Rescue- previously Girvan's Amateur Swimming Association.

The Rother was on a 350- mile passage from Wellington to her new base at Greymouth with calls at Nelson and Westport. She was due to be re-named IvanTalley Rescue the following month.

She saw service before even arriving at her home port, having taken part in a search for a missing fisherman in Westport..