Makara and Porirua
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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
-41.173017, 174.658585
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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
Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, 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
Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Neighbours Day Picnic, Sunday 29 March
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association is organising a Neighbours Day Picnic in Cummings Park on Sunday, 29 March from 11am – 3pm.
- Accepted from Ngaio Progressive Association news
- Tagged as:
- lyall-bay
- begonia-house
- karori
- paremata
- miramar
- northland
- worser-bay
- newlands
- waterfront
- oriental-bay
- wairarapa
- brooklyn
- wilton
- kelburn
- newtown
- makara
- thorndon
- seatoun
- titahi-bay
- khandallah
- wainuiomata
- paraparaumu
- hutt-valley
- kilbirnie
- eastbourne
- johnsonville
- stokes-valley
- wadestown
- cuba-street
- hataitai
- mount-cook
- aro-valley
- ngaio
- island-bay
- roseneath
- civic-square
- porirua
- tawa
- mount-victoria
- berhampore
Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (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
Ngaio, 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
Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, 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
Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, 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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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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