Makara and Kapiti
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6hr tow of yacht from Wellington south coast
- Coastguard Mana
- 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
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news by feedreader
- Tagged as:
- karori
- makara
- tuatara
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Broken down runabout adrift offshore
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 08/06/2021 - 18:30 - 22:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 40 Multiple reports of a vessel with 3 or 4 POB broken down (via victim to Police on 111) or overdue (family to CG Ops Centre and friends to CG Mana public phone). Location (estimate) varied between 6NM of coastline between Makara and Little Titahi Bay. Limited comms from victim via 1 cellphone that was down to 20% battery. Information very confused and unreliable. Started with coastline search and trying to identify potential lights. Received TXT indicating we had gone past them and they had drifted further out near Mana Island. Spotted a orange flickering light about 3NM in the distance. Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: CMFF Portersnz Weedoogie Jake_Presling Mark Presling MikeyC Neil Cornwell Polarbear Stevensea Torrey CRV's Used: Mana Rescue 1 read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news by feedreader
- Tagged as:
- makara
- titahi-bay
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Support Plimmerton Boating Club (PBC) - Hospice Day
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 11/11/2018 - 10:00 - 18:00 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 12 Total Volunteer Hours: 32 Left Mana Marina to PBC, tasked to head towards Pukerua Bay as MR1 assisting tow from Makara to Mana.Went to each vessel, introduced ourselves and handed out Coastguard Membership forms. Went ot to Hunters Banak and again handed out membership forms. Vessel Details Length: 7.00m Resources Attendees: bvinnell Weedoogie NZL13 Trevor Burgess CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
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Small vessel adrift off Makara
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Fri, 15/04/2016 - 13:15 - 15:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 11 Small recreational fishing vessel lost steerage of Makara and requested assistance. Occupants were thrown about but not injured. Vessel was drifting but located quickly and taken under tow to Mana Marina arriving around 1530 hours. Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: dredmayne Neil Cornwell Peter Feely Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- makara
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- oriental-bay
- tawa
- khandallah
- makara
- worser-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-cook
- island-bay
- hataitai
- civic-square
- ngaio
- northland
- roseneath
- newtown
- thorndon
- hutt-valley
- titahi-bay
- paraparaumu
- wadestown
- miramar
- porirua
- johnsonville
- wainuiomata
- lyall-bay
- wilton
- begonia-house
- paremata
- eastbourne
- karori
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- kilbirnie
- berhampore
- aro-valley
- brooklyn
- wairarapa
- seatoun
- cuba-street
- waterfront
- newlands
- takapu-valley
Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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When the media advocate racism to hide the real culprits behind bad driving
- Jack Yan
- This op–ed in the Fairfax Press smacks of typical yellow peril journalism that has come to typify what passes for some media coverage of late.
- Accepted from Jack Yan posts
- Tagged as:
- roseneath
- titahi-bay
- berhampore
- cuba-street
- wainuiomata
- civic-square
- wairarapa
- karori
- kelburn
- khandallah
- tawa
- stokes-valley
- paraparaumu
- makara
- brooklyn
- hutt-valley
- worser-bay
- hataitai
- ngaio
- lyall-bay
- wadestown
- waterfront
- mount-cook
- paremata
- wilton
- begonia-house
- mount-victoria
- newtown
- aro-valley
- newlands
- kilbirnie
- seatoun
- northland
- thorndon
- island-bay
- miramar
- oriental-bay
- johnsonville
- porirua
- eastbourne
Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Who are the single season points and try scoring record holders?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records.
- Accepted from Rugby Club Weekly Feed
- Tagged as:
- worser-bay
- newlands
- roseneath
- hataitai
- paraparaumu
- newtown
- cuba-street
- khandallah
- aro-valley
- lyall-bay
- stokes-valley
- mount-victoria
- tawa
- seatoun
- eastbourne
- paremata
- island-bay
- berhampore
- ngaio
- kelburn
- miramar
- johnsonville
- waterfront
- karori
- oriental-bay
- titahi-bay
- wairarapa
- mount-cook
- kilbirnie
- civic-square
- northland
- hutt-valley
- brooklyn
- wadestown
- wainuiomata
- makara
- thorndon
- wilton
- porirua
- begonia-house
Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Grab some gravel
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- Take some hard fill for your home and garden projects this weekend - and help protect your community from flooding.
- Accepted from GW Feed
- Tagged as:
- kilbirnie
- roseneath
- stokes-valley
- aro-valley
- wilton
- miramar
- tawa
- worser-bay
- ngaio
- makara
- begonia-house
- waterfront
- island-bay
- thorndon
- hutt-valley
- wainuiomata
- newlands
- mount-victoria
- kelburn
- seatoun
- paraparaumu
- johnsonville
- hataitai
- wairarapa
- lyall-bay
- eastbourne
- paremata
- wadestown
- karori
- oriental-bay
- mount-cook
- civic-square
- porirua
- cuba-street
- brooklyn
- northland
- titahi-bay
- khandallah
- newtown
- berhampore
Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Found a Facebook bot? Facebook wants you to leave it as reporting option vanishes
- Jack Yan
- Facebook appears to be giving up on the bot fight.
- Accepted from Jack Yan posts
- Tagged as:
- wilton
- seatoun
- waterfront
- newtown
- hutt-valley
- northland
- kelburn
- begonia-house
- island-bay
- berhampore
- hataitai
- makara
- paraparaumu
- mount-victoria
- oriental-bay
- newlands
- johnsonville
- mount-cook
- wairarapa
- aro-valley
- tawa
- roseneath
- lyall-bay
- porirua
- cuba-street
- worser-bay
- thorndon
- khandallah
- eastbourne
- ngaio
- titahi-bay
- paremata
- civic-square
- wainuiomata
- wadestown
- brooklyn
- stokes-valley
- kilbirnie
- karori
- miramar
Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Summer Interclub Round 2 Results
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Week 2 results are below: 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions FYI the draw schedules are here.
- Accepted from Table Tennis Wellington blog posts
- Tagged as:
- lyall-bay
- johnsonville
- island-bay
- stokes-valley
- civic-square
- aro-valley
- wainuiomata
- kilbirnie
- paremata
- paraparaumu
- waterfront
- thorndon
- makara
- wilton
- ngaio
- hataitai
- newtown
- khandallah
- begonia-house
- berhampore
- kelburn
- worser-bay
- miramar
- wadestown
- mount-victoria
- mount-cook
- newlands
- hutt-valley
- tawa
- roseneath
- titahi-bay
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- brooklyn
- northland
- karori
- wairarapa
- eastbourne
- cuba-street
- porirua
Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Commuting by bicycle in Wellington
- Cycling in Wellington
- In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:
- Accepted from Cycling in Wellington posts
- Tagged as:
- waterfront
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- porirua
- hataitai
- karori
- newtown
- cuba-street
- miramar
- khandallah
- titahi-bay
- ngaio
- oriental-bay
- seatoun
- worser-bay
- mount-victoria
- wilton
- mount-cook
- paraparaumu
- roseneath
- wadestown
- paremata
- makara
- island-bay
- berhampore
- stokes-valley
- johnsonville
- eastbourne
- brooklyn
- begonia-house
- wairarapa
- kelburn
- northland
- thorndon
- civic-square
- newlands
- lyall-bay
- wainuiomata
- aro-valley
- tawa
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Yacht tow job
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Tue, 28/08/2012 - 18:00 - 21:50 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 15 Yacht with 2POB broken down near Makara. Public boat was assisting yacht pending Coastguard arrival with Trust Porirua Rescue. Resources Attendees: Grant Porter Mark Presling Rachel Porter Trevor Burgess CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- makara
-41.164885, 174.727535
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Search & tow from Makara area
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 08/07/2012 - 18:00 - 21:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 21 Police call out to a 14' runabout reported broken down 2.5km east of Makara. Vessel was located by police launch Lady Liz IV half kilometer off Makara. Police stayed with the vessel until Trust Porirua Rescue arrived on scene to take the boat under tow. Boat was towed back to Mana Marina by coastguard. Vessel Details Length: 4.80m Resources Attendees: Chris Darch Gary Spence Grant Porter james bass Peter Feely Peter Tse Rachel Porter CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- makara
Makara, Wellington
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Missing diver near Makara Beach
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Mon, 13/02/2012 - 14:40 - 15:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 0 Total Volunteer Hours: 7 I diver was reported as missing south of Mana Island near Makara Beach. Coastguard Mana activated a callout but were stood down at 15:30, just as we were about to depart Mana Marina, as the diver had been located safe and well. A vessel had dropped off the diver at 12:30 and then went to a different location, due to return and pick them up at 13:20. When the vessel returned they couldn't locate the diver and started a search, calling Police by phone. Resources Attendees: Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch Gary Spence Grant Porter Mark Presling Matt Annear Matt Morris-Jenkins Peter Feely Trevor Farmer read more
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- makara
Makara, Wellington
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Boat broken down near Ohau Point
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sat, 04/02/2012 - 18:00 - 23:00 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 15 Coastguard Mana was tasked by Police to recover a broken down vessel with three people on board from Ohau Point, south of Makara Beach. When CRV Trust Porirua Rescue arrived on scene it was discovered that two of the people had already been returned by another vessel to Makara Beach. The remaining person was towed back to Mana. The vessel was a 17ft runabout that had experienced mechanical failure. Vessel Details Length: 5.30m Resources Attendees: Grant Porter Rachel Porter Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image:
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- makara
- porirua
Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Missing swimmer at Titahi Bay- Day 2
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 15/01/2012 - 08:00 - 13:30 Operation Type: SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted: 1 Total Volunteer Hours: 82 The search for the missing swimmer at Titahi Bay resumed at 0800 on Sunday morning. A large search was performed by Coastguard Mana's vessels Trust Porirua Rescue and CRV Pelorus. Shoreline searches were performed around the whole of Mana Island and all the way down the West coast as far as Makara Beach, while Titahi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club covered the shoreline and immediate area around Titahi Bay. Sea conditions were very rough with 1-2m waves and up to 30 knots of NW wind (slightly less than the previous day). Resources Attendees: AlanFisher Ben Ryan Carolyn Jameson Chris Darch ChristopherPye james bass jan allen Jann Askew Mark Presling Matt Annear Paul Craven Peter Feely Peter Francis Peter Tse Trevor Farmer CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Toyota Prado
- Accepted from Coastguard Mana news
- Tagged as:
- porirua
- makara
- titahi-bay
Titahi Bay, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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