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    Paua Hut, ‎⁨Remutaka Forest Park⁩ (Wainuiomata) tramp

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Yay! we’ve finally had the ability to undertake a tramp – thanks to the support of enough adult volunteers😅 After camping overnight in the Catchpool Valley Campsite we headed off for Paua Hut. Blessed with fine mild weather – always … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Test walk

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Braving Wellington’s weather we headed out in preparation or our upcoming tramp. Aside from the Scouts walking straight past the start of our chosen track (the senior scouts twigged a few minutes later😅) we had an uneventful time.
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Battle Hill Farm Forest Park 2 day camp

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Another lovely fine weekend and another successful fun camp! In preparation for the upcoming Jamboree we are working hard to provide our rangatahi with all the camping skills necessary to have an enjoyable time. In addition to setting up the … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Badge night & investitures

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Tonight we learnt to sew on badges (one entrepreneurial scout had the others sewing his badges onto his blanket!? Two adults discussed their campfire blankets and two rangatahi were invested.
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Our new Hall Door

    • 1 Dec 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • We received a grant from the Vogelmorn Foundation (https://www.tvf.org.nz) for our much needed new hall door. It has transformed the entrance and improved safety by having a standard handle which the youth can reliably use! It even has the latest … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Musicians visit

    • 7 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • ‘Appalachian Old Time’ music no less! Time to broaden our musical horizons…
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Mix oxygen, fuel and heat & what’a ya get?

    • 7 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • After rain last week, we got to test our fire lighting skills, toast damper and try popcorn pockets – which were not successful 😮‍💨 Hopefully there’ll be some fine days before next week as everyones clothes smelt strongly of smoke☺️
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Pet night – show & tell

    • 6 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Scouts either bought a photo of their pet (or for the brave; the real thing). We talked about the responsibilities & chores that come with having a pet, and talked about the benefits they experienced & fun they’d had…
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Bonobo Gym visit – parkour

    • 6 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Tonight we learnt to ‘roll with it’😅 Thanks to our able instructors
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Fergs Rock Climbing

    • 6 Aug 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Well we failed to convince the weather gods to give us a still night last term for kayaking, so we headed indoors tonight and… there was no wind🙄. Some, with a healthy fear of heights were challenged, others showed great … Continue reading →
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    A Mini Mana Gang Show

    • 26 Jun 2025
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • This term, Scouts Aotearoa set us the challenge of putting on a “performance”.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Hall working-bee

    • 6 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • With winter approaching it was becoming apparent just how shaded the deck was getting. So an old Coprosma (that was more ivy than tree) has made way for drying winter sun😅. A quick bleach and wash has returned the hall … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Chain Ganging

    • 6 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Rather than a game to burn off energy tonight we moved a pile of left over pruning/ firewood to be accessible for collection. A scout suggested a chain rather than individuals walking back & forth. It worked really well, except … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Cycling – adventure badge level 3

    • 1 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Tonight was completely organised and run by the two rangatahi in the foreground. Youth leading – adults supporting👍🏽
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Phew; at last a quiet game

    • 1 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • The blindfolded scout has a really good pair of lungs & they know how to use them🫢 But here they had to use their ears and detect the thief!
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Term planning and a farewell

    • 1 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Scouts suggested activities, voted and chose the activities for next term. Then we recreated our small teams and they chose which activities they wanted to organise and run. Youth leading – adults supporting. We also farewelled another Kaiārahi which has … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    It’s the sound of the Police!

    • 1 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • A visit to Kilbirnie Community Policing Centre was enthusiastically embraced by our rangatahi. Two constables showed us around and answered rather too many questions about tazers (which interestingly neither had ever used). I wonder which youth will find themselves back … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    The Swing

    • 1 May 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • What better way to end the night with a flash-back to a regular kea ‘end of night’ activity🤣
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    Tara & Angus' Chief Scout Adventurous Journey (Angus)

    • 23 Apr 2025
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • DAY 1 FRIDAY We left the scout den at 4.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Shipwrecked at Pukerua Bay - Cub Camp

    • 23 Mar 2025
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • “Shipwrecked at Pukerua Bay” was a Cub Camp that will go down in legend for the youth and Kaiarahi of Ngāti Toa Sea Scouts.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Tara & Angus' Chief Scout Adventurous Journey

    • 19 Mar 2025
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • Day 1 On Friday the 28 of February we left Ngāti Toa scout hall to begin our adventurous journey.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Predators watch out!

    • 21 Jan 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • 24 traps were made for the local Predator Free Group to distribute around the neighbourhood. They were too small to catch pesky Scouts though! Nov ’24
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    Scouts went orienteering on Mt Victoria

    • 21 Jan 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • It was a misty evening but that didn’t dampen enthusiasm for zooming around collecting check point clues. Some lessons were learnt about listening to instructions! A few teams walked little further than they needed too!😊 Nov 2024
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    Pet show & tell

    • 21 Jan 2025
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Scouts learnt about a variety of pets and what was involved in looking after them. We were lucky to have some pets brave a visit to the hall too. October ’24
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    Dylan & Cameron's Chief Scout Journey

    • 27 Oct 2024
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • Trip Report 1.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    I am Unique

    • 11 Sep 2024
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • Our rangatahi certainly embraced diversity tonight, with nearly everyone feeling brave enough to either play a musical instrument, talk about an interest, show us a unique skill or make us 😆 We had an embroider taking their subject inspiration from … Continue reading →
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Slideshow/ powerpoint night

    • 11 Sep 2024
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • I continue to be in awe of the great things Scouts can do if given the opportunity. Tonight, rather than avoiding technology our small teams used it to put short presentations together – on whatever topic took their fancy. Some … Continue reading →
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    Planning & Safeguarding to start term 3

    • 10 Sep 2024
    • Brooklyn Scout group
    • One of the really rewarding aspects of being a Kaiārahi is observing and reflecting on the personal development of our youth. Here is a great example of youth leading.
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    Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Sam's Chief Scout Adventurous Journey

    • 16 Jul 2024
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • Overview My chief scout journey took place over the Matariki weekend from Friday the 28th of June to Sunday the 30th of June 2024.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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    Toby & Alex'a Chief Scout Journey (Toby)

    • 7 Jul 2024
    • Ngati toa Sea Scouts
    • On Thursday night at Scouts, we did the gear check and divided the food, firewood and cooking stuff between the Scouts who were coming with us.
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    Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  
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