Hawke's Bay ambulance call-outs up year-on-year despite nationwide decrease 22 Feb, 2021 01:24 AM 5 minutes to read St John Ambulance Hawke's Bay territory manager Brendon Hutchinson. Photo / Warren Buckland Despite a nationwide decrease in ambulance call-outs in 2020, Hawke's Bay saw an overall rise - with stabbing and gunshot wounds, drowning and assault call-outs up on the previous year. According to data provided by St John, New Zealand's 438,303 ambulance call-outs in 2020 were fewer than that of 2019 (450,347). St John Ambulance Hawke's Bay territory manager Brendon Hutchinson said the Covid-19 lockdown decreased the number of incidents attended by St John temporarily nationwide, before returning to normal once back at alert level 1.