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    • Abandoned crossing after southerly front rolls through early
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 07/01/2023 - 07:30 - 10:15 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  19 2 people in a small 3.5m dinghy were caught out by a southerly front coming through sooner than expected whilst fishing. They made the decision to abandon the return leg from Mana Island and took shelter on the island, calling Coastguard for assistance. They left their vessel anchored just off shore and swam to the beach where they waited. We nosed up on the gravel beach and picked them up. After ensuring they were in good health and providing them blankets to warm up, we approached the vessel near rocks and hooked the anchor line, pulling it up and out to deeper water. Vessel Details Length:  3.50m Resources Attendees:  Devine CMFF Jason Hall Mark Presling Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Te Awarua Rescue read more
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      • tuatara

        • -41.089425, 174.7888


    • 6hr tow of yacht from Wellington south coast
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 05/01/2023 - 09:30 - 21:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  84 38ft steel yacht got it's anchor stuck near Makara/Ohau. Whilst manoeuvring to release it they overheated the engine. They were unable to sail due to low wind and inexperience, so ended up drifting south in the strong currents. By the time we got to them they had drifted 10NM into Cook Strait, south of Karori Rock through the Karori Rip. It took us 5hrs to tow them back to Mana, by which point the tide was at it's lowest point. We had to put them on the mooring just outside the bar and then return the passenger back to base, leaving the skipper aboard. Vessel Details Length:  12.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine Jason Hall Mark Presling espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Te Awarua Rescue read more
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      • karori
      • makara
      • tuatara

        • -41.400833, 174.629722


    • Op niord 12122022
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 12/12/2022 - 09:15 - 21:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  58 NIORD, 12 metre yacht reported gearbox failure while near Maori Bay Pelorous Sound DO made contact and monitored the yacht as it sailed back to Mana. TAR went out to bring it over the bar and into the marina and berth   Momitorinmg by IMT = 10 hrs Operation:                      =3 hrs Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  dfranks Jason Hall espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Te Awarua Rescue
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      • tuatara

        • -41.076488, 174.811878


    • Op Shalimar 21062022
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 21/06/2022 - 09:30 - 10:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  3 Shalimar was stuck in the lift dock (1 engine removed) wind conditions prevented the vessel being moved out. Dock was needed to lift MR1 Crew assisted with lines to manage Shalimar out and into the CGM berth Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  XWD NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer
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      • tuatara

        • -41.099457, 174.86784


    • OP Shalimar 19062022
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 19/06/2022 - 15:00 - 16:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  3 Shalimar needed a tow to the lift berth. Only one engine operating, conditions prevented a solo hop.MR1 used the modified TOW SOP to set up an alongside tow, and moved Shalimar to the lift dock Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine NZ Tuatara CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.102303, 174.867496


    • Op Shalimar II
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 21/06/2022 - 09:30 - 10:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  3 Shalimar was stuck in the liftout berth with one engine and no ability to manouver  safely. MR1 had been boked for a lift out, Shalimar was moved using handlines from MR1. Shalimar docked in the MR1 berth Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  XWD NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer
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        • -41.099199, 174.867153


    • Op Shalimar
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 19/06/2022 - 15:10 - Tue, 21/06/2022 - 16:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  148 Shalimar needed a tow to the lift out bay to have an engine removed. weather conditions precluded a safe move on one engine. Crew worked on a modified SOP for moving a vessel safely out of a mororing and secured to the CRV. The SOP worked well. Shalimar was moved using MR1 and a shore crew with lines Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine XWD NZ Tuatara CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.100751, 174.867496


    • Op waka ocean challegege 23042022
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 23/04/2022 - 08:30 - 16:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  62 Total Volunteer Hours:  40 MR1 supported the Waka Ocean Challenge event from Kapiti Brach to Kapiti Island and thence into Porirua Harbour. 11 Waka, 62 paddlers, 3 support vessels MR1 maintained a watch on all vessels and crew for the event and were prepared for crew recovery if required, weather conmditions were good on the day anmdf a great effort from the paddlers saw all safely ashore in Porirua Crew worked on snr crew assessment reviews, MOSS drills, search patterns and Incident planning during the day Resources Attendees:  XWD CMFF espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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      • porirua
      • tuatara

        • -40.879544, 174.977703


    • Op hobo 18042022
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 18/04/2022 - 12:30 - 16:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  14 HOBO would not start, vessel at anchor and safe. MRC contacted and they declined the charge rate. MRC ran CH16 calls for support. MRC contacted Policewho authorized a tow.HOBO had $50 of fuel put in before voyage. this was not enough for their plans.Engine turned over but no fuel to start5 up. Vessel towed back to Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.092472, 174.796085


    • Removal of log navigation hazard
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 16/05/2021 - 08:30 - 12:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  0 Total Volunteer Hours:  24 A large log was reported to be partially submerged, but stuck in the same position, near Plimmerton Boating Club that was a significant boating hazard. The Harbour Master asked us to attempt to recover it to remove the hazard. We were able to get a line onto it and towed it back to Mana Cruising Club, where we towed it up the launching ramp with the 4x4.  Vessel Details Length:  11.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine Weedoogie Jake_Presling Mark Presling NZ Tuatara zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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      • tuatara

        • -41.075556, 174.8486


    • Bath Tub Race - Safety Boat for MCC
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 27/03/2021 - 14:30 - 17:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  10 Safety boat for Mana Cruising club bath tub race.  Traine split helm and undertook MOB exercise Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Weedoogie NZ Tuatara Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Toyota Prado
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        • -41.099858, 174.866608


    • Breakdown 11032021
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 11/03/2021 - 19:15 - 20:15 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  9 vessel reported broken down (fuel problem) somewhere in the Titahi Bay/Mana Island area with 2 POB. Cell phone coms, no radio, small runabout, new to the owner. MR1 and MR2 responded to the reported area, vessel was located at anchor after drifting in towards the rocks western end of Whitireia Park, Crew wearing PFD's, vessel had run out of fuel MR1 connected a tow and took them back to the Mana Marina (long tow, then raft up) Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine Chris Darch CMFF Jason Hall espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne zanebublitz
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      • tuatara

        • -41.092949, 174.837627


    • Member Tow 04032021 : B35 to lift out wharf
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 04/03/2021 - 17:00 - 19:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  17 Large launch was  rafted from B35 to lift out wharf. Problem with stern leg that would not operate. launch had no propulsion or steering Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Jason Hall sarge espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.100447, 174.867267


    • Amazing Grace 21/01/21
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 21/01/2021 - 17:00 - 20:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  31 Amazing Grace (modified lifeboat)was used as a tow exercise for pre operational assessment training 1) crew briefed and were to develop an operations plan, this was reviewed by the crews of MR1/MR2. a final plan was approved by the 2 x masters. 2) Plan was completed, pre-event planning included taking mooring rings up to the poles, briefimg the owner, setting the rafting system up. 3) Olan was executed, not hazards developed that were not planned for, event completed with no errors. Vessel Details Length:  12.00m Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch CMFF Jason Hall sarge espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne zanebublitz CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.106919, 174.86166


    • Yacht with water pump issues and no wind
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 16/01/2021 - 04:00 - 08:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  5 Total Volunteer Hours:  28 A yacht with a family on board (2 adults, 3 children) were motoring from Mana to Marlborough Sounds in light winds for a holiday when their water pump failed. Because there was no wind they were unable to make any headway sailing into the tide. MR1 was dispatched to to them home to Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  11.00m Resources Attendees:  Mobiinz CMFF Jake_Presling Jason Hall Mark Presling NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer
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        • -41.0872, 174.735


    • Broken down runabout nestled in the rocks
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 15/01/2021 - 22:45 - Sat, 16/01/2021 - 02:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  30 Coastguard Radio received a call from the wife/partner of a man who had managed to get a SMS message to her to say they (3 POB, including an 11 year old boy) had broken down and needed assistance from near Pukerua Bay. Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Mobiinz CMFF Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Polarbear NZ Tuatara warwick.bayne zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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        • -41.032865, 174.870096


    • Yacht needing assistance into marina
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 01/01/2021 - 12:00 - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 14:50 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  4 Total Volunteer Hours:  1027 32ft yacht with motor issues, 2 pob (inc 2 small children) sailed back across Cook Strait but needed assistance to get into marina. Arranged a rendezvous time just inside north end of Mana Island. Once they got closer to the channel we took them under tow and brought them to their berth in Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF GregoryJeames Katestewart Mark Presling NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.077704, 174.804883


    • Overdue diver at Owhiro Bay
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 30/12/2020 - 12:00 - 12:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  3 Whilst returning with a tow job to Plimmerton Boating Club we heard a mayday relay on CH16 from MOC advising vessels in the area of Owhiro Bay that there was a missing/overdue diver in the water, requesting assistance to search for them.  We contacted Police to see if they wanted our assistance to search the area. They requested us to respond to Owhiro Bay and we quickly returned to Mana Marina to take on more fuel and pick up some extra crew.  Whilst preparing to depart we were stood down because the diver was located on shore safe and well. Resources Attendees:  CMFF Mark Presling Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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      • tuatara

        • -41.350195, 174.756742


    • Runabout with fuel/engine problems
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 30/12/2020 - 15:00 - 16:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  9 Small runabout with 3 divers on board had fuel issues. Engine would idle but die under power. At anchor near shore. Towed back to Mana Marina (had launched between the bridges). Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Mark Presling Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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        • -41.095794, 174.779915


    • Dinghy caught out by conditions
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 30/12/2020 - 14:00 - 15:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  6 Whilst having lunch we heard a radio call with MOC from a dinghy that had nearly capsized crossing from Titahi Bay to Mana Island due to wind increasing unexpectedly. They had lost their kayak, which they were carrying on the dinghy, and had decided to beach it at the ranger station on Mana Island to wait for the conditions to improve before returning. A couple of vessels found the kayak and radioed MOC with the details. One of the vessels recovered it and returned it to Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  3.00m Resources Attendees:  CMFF Mark Presling Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne read more
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      • titahi-bay
      • tuatara

        • -41.092655, 174.785714


    • Op White Lighning
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 31/12/2020 - 12:45 - 16:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  26 17" boat had gearbox problem, would not drive.Called CG for assistance. MR1 responded and located and recovered the vessel.Initial reports had location as Hunter Bank, Located at Tarapunga Shoal 4Nm to the North Vessel Details Length:  6.50m Resources Attendees:  CMFF GregoryJeames Jake espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer warwick.bayne
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        • -40.88731, 174.804665


    • Titahi Bay Dinghy Capsize
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 16/10/2020 - 21:00 - Sat, 17/10/2020 - 00:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  35 Vessel Details Length:  3.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine CMFF Weedoogie Jake_Presling Jason Hall Katestewart Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Polarbear NZ Tuatara CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus Attachments Image:  read more
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        • -41.107291, 174.818514


    • Plimmerton Farm: getting greenfields right
      • If we’re hellbent on doing more residential development in greenfields, what does “decent” look like in Plimmerton, hilly land near an existing suburb – like most of our region’s greenfields? This post is basically a guide for anyone who cares about Plimmerton, good urban development, or healthy wetlands, streams and coast, but is time-poor and can’t face going through the truckloads of documents they’ve stuck up without any specific meta-guidance (some FAQ are here). Hopefully this will help you pop in a submission! PCC’s “information” pages they suggest you use for submitting. Every one of these is a large PDF document, 90% written in technical language… aargh! The background: what where and how For those who don’t know, Plimmerton Farm’s a big proposed subdivision of hilly farmland draining into the significant Taupō Wetland and to Plimmerton Beach, just over the train line and highway from Plimmerton village (original Ngāti Toa name: Taupō). It’s going through a Streamlined Planning Process, a pre-COVID government scheme for accelerating development. The key step is the requisite change of the land’s zoning in the Porirua District Plan (“rural” zone to “residential” and other “urban” zones) that sets out what kind of stuff can then be built, where. It’s mostly streamlined because there’s just one shot for the public to have input on the plan change. One shot. Why submit? I was born and raised in Plimmerton, live here now, and intend to for the rest of my days. I’d love to see it grow, well. I would love Plimmerton to get more wallets, more hearts and minds, more faces (more diverse ones too!). But not with more traffic, and pointless damage to our environment. Right now, the proposal has some serious flaws which need sorting. I say Sorting because the changes won’t make it crazy innovative, just good enough for a development in the spot it is, being kicked off in 2020. Time matters too: there’a a bunch of good things happening imminently (and some bad Porirua trends that need to be reversed). I cover these in Get it right, below. It’s worth submitting because given the situation, a 1990s-grade development just won’t cut it. So what about Plimmerton Farm needs to change? It boils down to two themes: dial down the driveability and dial up the liveabilitymake Local the logical and easy choice for daily needs I’ll outline what needs to change in each. NOTE: There’s a third – don’t stuff the wetlands and streams. This is really important as Taupō Wetland is regionally significant, and all our streams and harbours have suffered from frankly shameful mismanagement of sediment from earthworks-heavy subdivisions like Aotea and Duck Creek, and from the earthworks-a-rama of Transmission Gully. Friends of Taupo Swamp have an excellent submission guide for you – add in some of their suggested bits to your submission. I: Dial down the driveability, dial up the liveability There aren’t many truly black-and-white things in life, but there’s one for towns: If a street is nice to drive in, it’ll be a crappy place to do anything else in (walk / eat / hang out / have a conversation / play / scoot or cycle / shop / have a pint). If it’s nice to do anything else in, it’ll be a crappy place to drive in. Mostly this is because of the nature of the automobile: big solid things that smash into our soft bodies if someone makes a mistake (75% odds of death if that’s at 50km/hour, 10% odds of death if at 30km/hour) big objects that need lots of space for manoeuvering and especially parking – which offstreet can be crazy expensive and push up the cost of a home, and onstreet hoover up valuable public space. big solid things driven by us real humans (for a while at least) who respond to the environment but also get distracted, and generally aren’t good at wielding these big solid things safely. The transport setup proposed for Plimmerton Farm makes for a much too driveable and poorly liveable place. 1. Narrow down all the roads. The current proposal’s roading setup has roads and streets that are too big, and there’s too much of them. Right sized roads for a liveable community The cross-sections for the roads include on-street parking and really wide lane widths. This is really gobsmacking for a consortium that talked a big talk about good practice. For all the reasons that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are good, this is bad. (And it’s especially nuts when you realise that the excessively wide “arterial” roads (11 metres!) will need earthworked platforms built for them where they’re drawn running up the sharp ridges and across the tops of gullies. Expensive, damaging for the environment, and … what were they thinking?) So recommended changes: NARROW DOWN THE ROADS. Seriously. Design all the living-area streets and roads, and the centre, to be self-explaining for an operating traffic speed of 30km or less – that’s the speed where mistakes are rarely fatal. What does that look like? The designers will know and if they don’t they should be fired. Narrower crossing distances; chicanes (great way to incorporate green infrastructure and trees and seating!); narrowed sight-lines (trees! sculpture!) so no-one driving feels inclined to zoom. Reduced trafficked lanes (rori iti on the larger roads!), with properly wide and friendly footpaths. Threshold treatments, humps, modal filters, all the things we know very well are the natural ways to slow us down when driving, and make streets nicer for people. The beauty of all this “restriction” on driving is how much it frees us up for making everything else appealing. Streets become hospitable for kids to walk, scoot, bike to school safely, using the road not the footpath. Older people and those with impairments can walk and wheelchair safely. Teens coming home from town of an evening can scoot or bike home, safely. Popping down to the shops or for a coffee or to the train becomes a pleasure to do on foot, or on a scooter or bike. And you’re moving in a legitimate way – seeing and being seen, not stuck off in the bush on a “recreational” track like what they’ve described. The ordinary streets and roads are walkable, bikeable, scootable, mobility-scootable, and perfectly driveable, equally safe and useable in all weathers and anytime of day or night. Used to be a big, fast road. Now, kids bike to school and old people can chill out on it. (Mark Kerrison) (And in case you’re worried about firetrucks / rubbish trucks / buses, recall that on even Wellington City’s far more winding, narrower hilly streets everyone gets their rubbish collected and fires fought just fine. On public transport, smaller buses, like those that community transport operators use, are the way of the future for less densely-populated areas like this). Don’t build the through and loop roads. You don’t need signs like this when the only people who bother to drive in are those who live there, or who are visiting friends, because you just have to drive out again the way you came. When it’s the place you live, you’re invested in not being a dick far more than if you’re just out for a drive – or worse, out for a bit of a boyrace hoon on a massive loop route through a whole place. So just don’t build those big connector roads that enable people to drive easily from one residential area to the next, especially the ones up in the hilltops (section C) that just say “come for a hoon!” Instead, connect the living spaces heavily with bikeable, walkable, scootable, disability-friendly streets and lanes, and as much as possible, only one way in and out for cars from each living area. II: Make local logical and easy Plimmerton is a true village, with a great little centre (including a train station!) but Plimmerton Farm is ultimately a damn big area. The way to go is to enable people to get the basics of life – like school, groceries, a coffee – with a little local trip on foot, bike or scooter – it’s more of a bother to get in the car. Right now though, it needs two changes: 1. Provide for a second centre “Bumping into” spaces are known to be crucial to a feeling of neighbourhood, and in the (initial) absence of third places (worship places, community hall, sports club, cafe/pub, a supermarket is a vital social centre. Yet the north end of Plimmerton Farm is currently a deadzone for anything except residential. What things will probably look like under current layout. Like in Edwards Scissorhands without the interest of a castle. There’s no provision for a place to do your household groceries, so people will drive to Mana New World – more car trips – and less opportunity to bump into people who live nearby. (There’ll be no school in Plimmerton Farm for a while, because Ministry of Education isn’t allowed by the Education Act to build a school somewhere until there’s a certain population density of kids to fill it. A shitty Catch-22 for developments which is hopefully going to be fixed … sometime. Just another reason to make walking, biking and scooting really kid-friendly, as extra dropoff traffic for kids going to St Theresa’s, Plimmerton School, Paremata and Pukerua Bay schools will be a nightmare.) So they should provide for an additional centre in the north, including a groceries place of some kind. 2. Intensify within walking distance of Plimmerton proper. We should intensify properly, with lots of medium and even some high density (6 storeys of nicely laid-out density done well!) in the area that’s within a 5-minute walk of Plimmerton Village. The more people can live and work with access to all its many amenities, and its rail station (10 min to Porirua, 30 min to Wellington), the better. But there’s not enough density provided for there. Plimmerton Railway station: buzzing in 1916 and has only got bigger. (Photo: Pātaka Porirua Museum) So they should add another zone – E – of higher density in that 5-minute walking catchment of Plimmerton Village. What could it look like? A good example is 3333 Main, Vancouver . Submission tips On the site they ask you to fill in a Word or PDF form, saying which specific bit of the gazillion proposals you are talking about and the specific changes you want. This is a BS way to treat the vast majority of people submitting: normal non-professionals, just regular people who care about good development and liveable places. So just don’t worry about that. In those question 6 column boxes just put “Transport” and “Layout”. It’s the professional planners’ job to figure out specifically how to change a planning document. Just be specific enough that they know what you want to see. The text above is worth copying and pasting – it’ll be enough. And don’t forget the Friends of Taupo Swamp and Catchment advice is essential – definitely go read and use. That’s all you really need – just go submit! But if you’re keen to know more reasons why they should be doing this better, here’s some… Get it right, now Once this plan change is through, traditional developers like Gillies like to whack in all the infrastructure – hello, massive earthworks. And yet the place will take decades to fill with actual people – those hearts and minds and wallets. (Note even before COVID, Porirua’s growth rate was 0.1% per year. Yep, one tenth of one percent.) And extra pressure’s on to do this better because all these things are features of the next one to three years: the One Network Road Classification (sets the design specs for roads of different types) is being updated right now to be more people-friendly in the specs for roads in residential and centre areas, so designs like Plimmerton Farm’s will soon be Officially Bad Practice Sales and riding of e-bikes and e-scooters are going through the roof, continuing through and beyond COVID – this shows no signs of slowing, and prices are dropping. E-power flattens the hills of Plimmerton Farm and makes wheely active travel a breeze for the middle-class people who’ll be living here, if the streets and roads are hospitablePlimmerton Railway Station (on the most popular Wellington train line) is being upgraded to be a terminus station – i.e. better servicesThe Wellington Regional Growth Framework is setting a bunch of directions for councils on how to grow well, including well-known but often well-ignored issues like intensifying around public transport hubs Councils will soon be required to do to a bunch of a bunch of international good practice including get rid of many minimum parking requirements (in the news lately), and to upzone (enable intensification) of landuse in the walking catchment of public transport hubs. (5 min walk = approx 400 metres, 10 min = 800m).Bad trends we need to stop: Porirua’s really high car-dependency (we own cars a lot and drive a lot) is continuing, due to car-dependent urban form [PDF]– despite nice words in council’s strategic intentions.People living outside Wellington City are mostly to blame for our region’s 14% increase in emissions from transport in just 10 years. OK go submit now – and share with anyone who you think might care!
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    • April update from DCM - together we can end homelessness
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line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .headerContainer .mcnTextContent,.headerContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:16px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .bodyContainer .mcnTextContent,.bodyContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:16px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } @media only screen and (max-width: 480px){ .footerContainer .mcnTextContent,.footerContainer .mcnTextContent p{ font-size:14px !important; line-height:150% !important; } } Reaching out to the most marginalised – during lock-down Reaching out to the most marginalised – during lock-down Natalia and Chris catch up with Mark in Te Aro Park During the COVID crisis, the priority for DCM’s Street Outreach team has been connecting with people rough sleeping or who are sleeping in their cars, and getting them in to emergency accommodation. “Government and other agencies worked together to rapidly increase the supply of emergency housing in response to the pandemic, and so we have been able to get rooms for many of these people, some of whom were not even prepared to consider such an option before the lock-down,” explains Outreach team leader, Natalia. “At DCM we often talk about 'Ki te hoe' or 'pick up the paddle'. What is it that motivates someone to finally pick up the paddle and do what it takes to get off the streets and into housing? In this case, concerns about limited access to food and toilets during lock-down, seeing that there weren’t the same opportunities to supplement their income through street begging with the streets empty, and being offered appealing accommodation, including new facilities, some of which also provide three meals a day. COVID-19 and the lock-down have offered us a unique opportunity in our work to end homelessness.” With a growing group of rough sleepers in emergency housing, the Outreach team can now prioritise supporting them to take the next steps. “We are seeing rough sleepers who were very reluctant to try emergency housing, even during the lock-down, now thriving in their new accommodation. The next step is to follow up with these taumai, and to have more kōrero with them about housing. There’s a window of opportunity while we know where they are, to talk about their situations and to do the groundwork to get them on the path to housing.” DCM is totally committed to a Housing First approach; this means that we will work with those we have been able to get off the streets and in to emergency housing, to get their names on to the social housing register and to work together to access a permanent home for them. This is something that for many of them would have been inconceivable a few months ago; but now they have taken a giant step, and this has opened up a whole new world of possibilities to them. Who knew that a time like this could be the greatest support in achieving our goal of ending homelessness in our city? This is part of a longer story about the mahi which DCM’s Street Outreach team is doing during lock-down: read the full story on our website. <!-- --> “Together we can” – find innovative solutions during lock-down Natalia out on outreach during Level 3, speaks to a man outside Westpac on Lambton Quay Some of the most marginalised people in our city have no home, no income and no ID. When these people are unable to access a bank account of their own, DCM provides them with a money management service, accesses a benefit for them and pays their bills; they then receive the remainder of their money by cheque. These cheques have to be cashed at a bank branch. This not only presented a significant problem during lock-down, but was potentially no longer a viable long-term option. DCM approached MSD and Westpac, and together came up with a solution which will make a difference in the lives of the poorest people during the current crisis and well beyond. Instead of receiving a weekly cheque, these people are now able to use a payment card supplied by Westpac. “Usually this would take a couple of months to organise, but we expedited it within two weeks so that these people could have their money,” Transactional Solutions Manager at Westpac, Julia Hopkins, says. It works like a debit card but is called a ‘prepaid card’ so DCM can put the amount of discretionary income which would have previously been paid out as a cash cheque onto the card, and the person can spend up to that limit. This is a fantastic step change, as we have grappled for some time with the problem of how to continue to deliver our money management service when cheques are ultimately phased out. The new initiatives which have enabled us to continue to support the most marginalised people in our city during the COVID-19 pandemic, also offer long-term benefits and solutions for our taumai.   Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini – Success is not the work of one, but the work of many. <!-- --> “Together we can” – an important conversation and shared commitment This morning the entire DCM team was thrilled to have the opportunity to meet with our local MP and New Zealand’s Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson – that’s 32 of us participating in a Zoom hui! We were able to share with him some of our learnings from recent weeks - the positive things and the challenges - and we were all uplifted by his responses. We updated Grant on the practical and innovative ways that DCM has responded to the crisis, and shared some of the positives, including: the speed at which a whole new stock of emergency housing has been made available, and  the excellent way in which the partnership between DCM, government, MSD and HUD, and other community agencies, has been working. Everyone has had a can-do attitude. Amongst the concerns we were able to raise:  The need to increase the stock of permanent housing, for people to move from emergency housing into their own homes During lock-down it has become clear that the level of substance misuse is larger than even we knew, and we will need more specialist drug and alcohol support in the future There are gaps around the integration of people exiting prison. During lock-down, we have had a significant number of taumai come to us direct from prison, including people who have served long prison terms sent to us to house in emergency housing. Grant acknowledged the courage and compassion that DCM has showed as we have kept working with vulnerable people. He spoke about a commitment to “Build Back Better” across a range of domains – from inequality and income support to a low carbon future.  And he invited DCM to be a part of this: “In the midst of this crisis, there is also a chance to look out to the horizon. We get to re-set things a bit; there is an opportunity here, and we need your help to co-design this new future.” Stephanie thanked him, accepted his challenge and issued another on behalf of DCM: “Thank you for the leadership you and the Prime Minister have shown to us as a nation. You have made bold decisions for us and you have shown the world this can be done with compassion and kindness” ... “Grant, we don’t want anyone to go backwards from here. Your government has often spoken about going hard, going fast. We have seen rapid decision-making and the benefits of this; let’s continue to go hard and go fast to end homelessness.” <!-- --> Please help us get the message out there! Forward this email on to everyone you can think of who may be interested in how to respond to homelessness, and just generally people who are passionate about Wellington. <!-- --> Read More Success Stories Nāku te rourou, nāu te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi With your basket and my basket, the people will thrive <!-- --> Copyright © 2020 DCM. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: DCMPO Box 6133Marion SqWellington, Wellington 6011 New ZealandAdd us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
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        • Wellington Zoological Gardens, Manchester Street, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Non-member assistance for runabout with flat battery
      • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 13/03/2020 - 20:45 - 22:45 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  10 4.5m runabout with flat battery, 2 POB, anchored at the northeast end of Mana Island. Non-member, requesting assistance knowing that there will be a $280/hr charge. MR1 was dispatched and handed over a jump pack that they were able to start their engine with, making their own way home back to Paremata bridges.  Vessel Details Length:  4.50m Resources Attendees:  Mark Presling Neil Cornwell NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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