The training helps the dogs get familiar with helicopters.
RCCNZ pleads with personal locator beacon owners to get them registered, after activation from an unknown source.
The pair didn't have coverage, so sent an SOS via satellites with their phone.
The two men became trapped after ice-climbing up the side of the mountain.
One of the men was in his 70s.
Maritime New Zealand is urging people heading into remote areas to take a beacon.
Police are working to support the man's family, as well as the man's diving companions.
The search-and-rescue operation is being stood down.
Maritime New Zealand is appealing for sightings of the missing yacht.
