Kapiti / July 2022
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Why intercity needs to be part of public transport
- Low Carbon Kapiti
- By Heidi O’Callahan and Paul Callister, 31 July 2022 Long distance coaches, linking communities and reducing emissions Long distance coaches form an existing, widespread transport network that many New Zealanders do not give much thought to. Yet they are an important service for people living in and near towns and smaller cities, connecting them with […]
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UPCOMING: Kapiti Chocolate Fish Competition.
- Wellington Judo Academy
- The first Chocolate Fish Competition of the years is being held at Kapiti JC on Sunday, 31 July. Who: Judoka aged 6-13 years. White Belt up to and including Orange... The post UPCOMING: Kapiti Chocolate Fish Competition. appeared first on Wellington Judo.
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Animates, Hutt Road walkway, Highland Park, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Road works SH59 Pukerua Bay to Paekakariki
- Pukerua Bay Residents Association
- Waka Kotahi have advised the following: Good afternoon, Due to the weather the daytime stop/go for road repairs on Coast Road, between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki has been moved to Thursday 28 July and Friday 29 July. We are keeping an eye on the weather and will let you know if these dates change. Ngā … Road works SH59 Pukerua Bay to Paekakariki Read More »
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Paekakariki, Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, 5034, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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My vehicle is ‘bigger than yours’: The David and Goliath struggle on our roads and footpaths
- Low Carbon Kapiti
- By Judith Galtry, 24 July 2022 “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” —E.F. Schumacher I don’t drive very often. Yet I’m experiencing disturbing levels of road rage, both on and off […]
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Op Laszlo 24072022
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 24/07/2022 - 11:15 - 12:50 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 3 Vessel had raised the anchor with engine off and drained the start battery. Vessel was drifting to the North from Mana Island. Location given incorrect , Navigator had to run as IMT to develop a location Vessel Details Length: 6.50m Resources Attendees: CMFF Weedoogie CRV's Used: Mana Rescue 1
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Op Labrador 24072022
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 24/07/2022 - 15:50 - 17:50 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 4 Total Volunteer Hours: 4 Received a call that a dog (on a boat) had a large fish hook embedded in its mouth. MR1 responded with bolt croppers. RV completed, fish hook clipped off and removed, and a very happy dog owner and an even happier pooch Vessel Details Length: 6.50m Resources Attendees: CMFF Weedoogie
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Op Pole Mooring 21072022
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 21/07/2022 - 16:00 - 17:35 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 9 A yacht on the pole moorings broke loose in a southerly storm, swung onto another vessel and holed it. Harbour masters team responded and requested CGM support to get the yacht to a lift out point. Harbours team were pumping the yacht out but it sank before the CRV could get to the scene. There was no-one on the the damaged vessel Vessel Details Length: 10.00m Resources Attendees: XWD CMFF Jason Hall Neil Cornwell espi Trevor Farmer Attachments Image:
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Wishing for fairy dust – why the NZ Biofuels Obligation is the worst kind of magical thinking
- Low Carbon Kapiti
- By Jake Roos, BSc (Hons), MAppSc Energy Management11 July 2022 Wouldn’t it be great if wishes came true, and all your problems just went away? If all you needed to do is ask for something and it materialised out of thin air before you? Of course it would, but the world doesn’t work like that. […]
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WPA Shooting Competition
- Pétanque Wellington
- The video of the 2021 WPA Shooting Competition final between Annick Le Guen (Kapiti) and Michael Rocks (Khandallah) is now on the Wellington Pétanque YouTube channel.
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Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Poplar Avenue crossing campaign: Some history and future directions
- Low Carbon Kapiti
- By Paul Callister, 8 July 2022 A previous blog has highlighted the success of the Poplar Avenue crossing campaign supported by Low Carbon Kāpiti. Here is some deeper history of the campaign plus some ideas as to how we can conitune to improve our cycling network. So why the campaign? We know we have to […]
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Op susea 04072022
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Mon, 04/07/2022 - 19:00 - 21:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 8 Total Volunteer Hours: 5 Susea had left Mana Marina for an afternoons fishing (new engine and stern leg fitted) As they were returning the engine overheated and smoked, at position 41° 5.617'S, 174° 49.372'E, Susea put out a PANPAN and a sea anchor but drifted close into a rocky shore. They dropped a main anchor and stabilized position. MR1 took Susea under tow back to the marina Vessel Details Length: 8.00m Resources Attendees: Devine Mark Presling CRV's Used: Mana Rescue 1
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Degrowth – the word to hate and then accept
- Low Carbon Kapiti
- By Deirdre Kent Yes, it’s an awful word but we won’t try and change it because there are already over 500 academic articles on degrowth. The movement is strong in Europe. This diagram shows the occurrence of key words in books since 2010. We have recently started a group called Degrowth Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ). […]
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