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• • Broken down runabout at Mana Island

    • 21 Jan 2020
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 20/01/2020 - 14:20 - 15:20 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  5 Small orange runabout with engine problems dialled our public information number and requested assistance to get back to Mana. They had no VHF and no cellphone (possible dead battery). They managed to hail down a passing vessel and they were the ones that called us. Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie Katestewart Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Polarbear CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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• • Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8)

    • 11 Sep 2020
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September  Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September.  Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content  Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video.  Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them.  If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson,  Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals.  Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls. Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy
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• • Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8)

    • 11 Sep 2020
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September  Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September.  Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content  Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video.  Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them.  If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson,  Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals.  Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls.   Skateboard success Congratulations to Gala Baumfield who top scored across all competitions with 85/100 to win the Senior Girls’ section at the regional Skateboard Champs this week.     Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy The post Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8) first appeared on Wellington High School.
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• • Social Justice Week 2013: A website on work

    • 28 Aug 2013
    • Welcom
    • Social Justice Week, 8-14 September, 2013 September 2013 Archbishop John Dew and Wellington Sister of Mercy Marcellin Wilson feature in a video of first job experiences on Caritas’ special website 'Meaningful work for the young worker'. Video and personal stories from workers of all ages and walks of life are designed to promote reflection on what constitutes meaningful work in today's environment. The website also features information on finding work, workers’ rights, and facts and policy about young people and employment. Find out more about the Starting-Out Wage. Does it help or hinder efforts to find work? Is it fair? What does the 90-day probationary period say about our society’s willingness to provide young people with stable, secure employment. Join us online, debate the issues and share your story. The website is updated regularly.  
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• • Opo chiaerti 17012022

    • 31 Jan 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 17/01/2022 - 11:40 - 13:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  1 Chiaeti was a new boat and the owner was unsure of how its systems worked. Pulled the anchor without starting the engine and ran the crank battery down.MR1 responded in support, Chiaeti was able to link emergency parallel on the batteries and started up. MR1 escorted them back to harbour Vessel Details Length:  6.50m Resources Attendees:  Mark Presling
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• • Awesome regatta for Marsden Rowers

    • 28 Feb 2023
    • Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
    • Marsden rowing coaches were really happy with our crews' first big hit out at the AON Junior Regatta at Lake Karapiro over the weekend. Despite trying conditions on Saturday our rowers made six B and two A finals. What a change on Sunday with perfect rowing conditions for our two U15 4x to race. Marsden 1 (Imogen, Thea, Charlie, Katie & Isabella) came second in the A final, and Marsden 2 (Grace, Paige, Maddi, Devon & Kate) finished 7th in the B final.
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• • Cost of flyover rises by $10 million (Updated)

    • 2 Mar 2009
    • Save the Basin Reserve!
    • In the original consultation documents for the Ngauranga to Airport Corridor Plan, the flyover was being costed by NZTA at $27 million - although they have declined to provide any substantiation for their figures, and are currently claiming "commercial sensitivity" for how these numbers were arrived at. But in the media coverage of the prioritisation of the flyover as the number 2 item on the regional transport wish-list, the cost has inexplicably risen by $10 million, to a quoted $37 million.
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• • Sladden Park Duathlon – Chocolate Fish (#1)

    • 31 Aug 2009
    • Mana Kayak Racing Club
    • Eric Waterson and Simon Trotter raced around the 2×2km run course in 15:19 getting into the water with only a 20 second lead on the next two, one of which was 16 year old Jake Allen. Katherine Alan had put 30 seconds on Marianne Archer in the run to be first female into the water but Marianne has had a big winter training and it looked like Katherine would be hard pressed to hold that lead in her U2.
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• • Broken down runabout in Porirua Harbour

    • 3 Feb 2014
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 30/01/2014 - 09:30 - 10:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  6 A 6m alloy runabout broke down in the channel in Porirua Harbour. It drifted across to the side of the motorway near the Paremata roundabout and onto the sand bank just before the stone wall. Police were contacted and called out Coastguard Mana to assist him. Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch james bass Neil Cornwell Paul Craven Rod Hall mustang
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    So'oialo's club rugby scoring feats, tomorrow's interclub trophies and the 'Reform' game

    • 25 Apr 2014
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Ahead of tomorrow's sixth round set of Wellington club rugby Premier, Senior 1 and Senior 2 matches, some statistics about James So'oialo's Premier club rugby scoring feats thus far for his previous club Northern United and his current one Tawa (pictured here playing recently for Tawa against Norths), some information about interclub trophies on the line tomorrow and how Victorian Rules Football helped hasten the formation of the WRFU. So'oialo outscores the opposition James So'oialo has achieved a lot in his rugby career...
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• • 

    Take 5!! #14

    • 27 Sep 2021
    • Slow Boat Records
    • By crikey, whippersnappers - do we have a treat for you today?! Well yes, we do, actually - a Take 5 of wonderful waiata personally curated by none other than that silvery-voiced songster, Mr Marlon Williams!! Here it is as a Spotify playlist Or, if you'd rather, YouTube links; 1- The Maniapoto Voices "Reo Karere"2- The Soul Stirrers "End Of My Journey"3- James Govan "I've Gone Too Far"4- Waiata Reka "I Have A Plan"5- Jessica Pratt "Back, Baby"Thanks, MW, loving these tunes!!
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    Take 5!! #17

    • 13 Oct 2021
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Howdy, partners - another instalment of our Take 5!! selections - this time it's the turn of much loved and hugely respected reviewer/ broadcaster/ writer/ musician Nick Bollinger, bringing us an impeccably curated selection of tuneage to rattle yer cage and shake off the cobwebs - observe; 1- Chuck Prophet "Marathon" 2- Honey Cone "Want Ads" (deep favourite that dear old Grant Smithies reminded me of recently) 3- Valerie June "Shakedown" 4- Don & Dewey "Justine" 5- Ray Charles "Come Rain or Come Shine" Cheers Nick, tremendous stuff, enjoy, everyone!!
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• • Op Pauaguts

    • 13 Nov 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 12/11/2022 - 11:35 - 15:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  23 Pauguts (4.5 metre Fryan) had an engine failure, cause unknown (engine had just had a full refit) Called for help, COMM's in the area are poor. Vessel was drifting but wind pushed it closer inshore where they could anchor Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  XWD CMFF Jake_Presling Jason Hall Mark Presling Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  Te Awarua Rescue
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    Ngāti Toa School students keen explorers

    • 2 Feb 2023
    • Mountains to Sea Wellington
    • ‍When Ngāti Toa School teacher Pearl Freemantle told her students there were seahorses living in the sea near Porirua, they didn’t believe her. “They thought I was doing one of my 'jokes' when I told them seahorses are in our local moana,” says Pearl. “One of the year 6 girls, who I had told when she was a year 2 that we had seahorses locally - and who thought they were a mystical being like a unicorn - was leaping with excitement after snorkelling, as she had seen one!”
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• • Blenheim Tournament

    • 13 Aug 2009
    • Wgtn U-13 Hatch Cup Team 2009 Blog
    • Last weekend we went to Blenheim to play in a mini tournament against Marlborough, Nelson and Canterbury. Our first 2 games against Marlborough and Nelson went well with good team work and 11-0 and 6-0 wins. Our coaches Nigel and Subs were reasonably happy, but we did miss a few opportunities. Our game against Canterbury was to be our big match of the weekend. Unfortunately, half our team were struggling with food poisoning and sickness so we performed well below our best, losing 6-1.
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    Top 5 referees

    • 2 Oct 2012
    • Wellington Rugby Referees Association
    • Congratulations to the following referees for being the Top 5 in their respective groups: Level 1 Ben O’Keefe Tim Baker Richard Gordon Ross Barnett Hamish Mexted Level 2 Warwick Bowden Chris Graham Daniel Mangin Scott Kennedy Geoff Willmott Level 3 Darren Badger Greg Binning Jamie Fairmaid Vincent Ringrose Joe Tuohy Level 4 George Aberneathy Campbell Barry Cyril Mako Jordan Price Trevor Walker Level 5 Trevor Couchman Jared Green Josh Rippin David Rybinski Sam Withers New Referees Glenn Baxter Matt Rodden Steve Newson Cameron Lacey Cameron Martin
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• • Vote no for both flyover options

    • 12 Jul 2011
    • Wellington Scoop
    • One week of the eight-week consultation period is already over – leaving less than seven weeks to tell the Transport Agency what we think of their flyovers and their other roading plans. The best suggestion so far has come from Maximus on Eye of the Fish, who recommends that everyone sends a submission saying: I vote for neither of the two options presented. I demand to see a full and fair evaluation of all the other schemes that you have had for the last 2-3 years.
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    Welcomes and Congratulations

    • 30 Jul 2013
    • Amesbury Drive School Blog
    • Welcome back to term 3. It was lovely to see all the smiling faces as students arrived at school yesterday. I hope everyone managed to enjoy their holidays and have begun the term feeling refreshed and ready for a HUGE term of learning. We are excited about this term. Our student achievement data from terms 1 and 2 is looking pretty good. However, as a staff, we met yesterday to discuss how we can continue to improve the achievement of our students over the next two terms.
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• • Broken down runabout nestled in the rocks

    • 15 Jan 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • 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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• • Lunchtime Readings

    • 3 Jun 2023
    • Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
    • Every second Tuesday lunchtime, Christina Barton, Director of the Adam Art Gallery and co-curator of In Relation: Performance Works by Peter Roche & Linda Buis 1979–1985, will select a performance in the exhibition and read the relevant original notes drafted by the artists or compiled by their most assiduous audience member, the critic and curator Wystan Curnow. Her idea is to bring a live dimension into the gallery as a way of animating the documentation on display and sharing first-hand insights in their unedited form. Each reading will be between 10 and 20 minutes with time for questions after.
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• • Radio EXPO 2008

    • 13 Dec 2007
    • Wellington VHF Group
    • The Combined Amateur Radio Clubs of Wellington invite you to attend the annual Wellington Radio EXPO '08 to be held on Saturday 15 March 2008. A sale of Amateur Radio and electronic items open to members of the public. Entrance fee (buyers) is a $4.00 door charge. Vendors entry is covered by their table space purchase. Date: Saturday, 15 March 2008 Time: Doors open for vendors at 7.00 am. Doors open for the public at 10.00 am. Venue: Knox Church, 574 High Street, Lower Hutt Talk in: Climie 730 - call ZL4FUN for driving instructions, or any other information. read more
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• • Website Status

    • 12 Feb 2008
    • Wellington VHF Group
    • Hi Guys and Gals. Just to make sure you're in the know, there's an 'Administrivia' Category on the BlakJak.net website which will provide updates on any issues or outages affecting vhf.org.nz. In the event of any problems keep an eye on BlakJak.net as this is the first place an update will be published. It seems that the server BlakJak.net is currently hosted on has seen better days, so in the interests of longer-term stability a replacement box is being built at present. We hope to have this in service over the next month or so. read more
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• • SAROP Cat 1 Danba

    • 9 Dec 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 06/12/2013 - 19:25 - 21:25 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  4 1930 hrs; responded to pager callout from police ops re drifting vessel "Danba" 4 mtere runabout with engine problems, located off of Rock point Trust Porirua Rescue launched with 3 crew on board located DanBa on rocks north of Rock Point, callout upgraded to mayday could not get TPR close enough to Danba to throw or float in a line Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Paul Craven CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 144 months ago
    • Tagged as:
    • porirua

    -41.123991, 174.794712
  
  

• • P037038299

    • 7 Apr 2019
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 21/03/2019 - 16:00 - 17:45 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  0 Total Volunteer Hours:  8 Police were called from a boatie (around 1430), not able to start engine, location not known but could see a road and cars, somewhere in the Mana approaches CGM activated at 1600 and responded to establish an area of probility  to search. IMT Trevor B had made contact with some other vessels in the area but no potential sightings Resources Attendees:  Chris Darch Jimmythekiwi Katestewart Neil Cornwell Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 80 months ago
    • Tagged as:
    • porirua

    -41.079493, 174.794712
  
  

• • Weekly Wrap Up (T2, W9)

    • 30 Jun 2016
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates 4 July : Parent Teacher interviews (Year 11,12 & 13 only) 6 July : Music Evening 8 July : Last day of Term 2 25 July : First day of Term 3 27 – 29 July : Blank Canvas Exhibition 1 August : Parent Teacher interviews (Year 9 & 10 only) 19 – 25 August : School Exams for Seniors 26 Auguts : Mid-Term Break (SCHOOL CLOSED) 29 August : Future Focus for Senior Students and families 14 September : Learning Conversations 2 Board of Trustees Election Results The results of the Board of Trustees election, which was held recently, resulted in the following people being elected. Parent representatives are Chris Roberts, Deanne Daysh, Ariana Tikao, Crane Amaru, and Kasey McDonnell.  Charlene Aramoana continues in her role as staff representative.  Mrinali Kumar and Devin Pike are our student representatives for 2016. At the first meeting, Ganesh Nana was co-opted back onto the board and re-elected as Chairperson for the duration of 2016.  This is in order to ensure a smooth transition for the new board. Meeting Dates 27 July, 22 August, 19 September, 17 October, 21 November 2016 at 6.15pm in the Staffroom at WHS. You are welcome to attend any of these meetings
    • Accepted from WHS news 113 months ago
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • secondary

    Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Broken down runabout

    • 18 Feb 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 18/02/2021 - 11:00 - Fri, 19/02/2021 - 02:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  90 4.7m runabout with 2POB broken down whilst doing a late night fishing session. MR1 was dispatched to tow them home from just past Te Rewarewa Point to Mana Marina. As they were not a member they were billed for 1hr at $280/hr. Vessel Details Length:  4.70m Resources Attendees:  Devine CMFF dfranks Mark Presling Neil Cornwell zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 58 months ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • boating
    • emergency-services
    • kapiti

    -41.05535, 174.83215
  
  

• • Move H28 from F pier to travelift

    • 25 May 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 25/05/2021 - 18:30 - 21:45 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  16 Move Summer Winds (H28) from berth F Pier to travelift Bay.  Wind 10knots gusting 15 SE.  Cloud and king tides. Went up channel and identified lead lights.  Tested new spot light found to be very good.  Went into small beach other side of launching ramp and identified landing and mooring points as an alternative to gettinhg into marina Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie MikeyC Polarbear Stevensea Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 55 months ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • boating
    • emergency-services
    • kapiti

    -41.10042, 174.866813
  
  
• • 

    Take 5!! #18

    • 22 Oct 2021
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Howdy, cobbers - a special treat today, ahead of the long weekend - a selection of faves, old and new from Slow Boat founder and kaumātua, The Coach, Mr Dennis O'Brien!!DOB still does the odd day here in the shop with us, and we are thrilled to offer up his selections in our latest Take 5!! 1- Bruce Hornsby "Fortunate Son/ Comfortably Numb" 2- Mark Valentino "Walking Alone"3- Villagers "Hot Scary Summer"4- Michael Chapman "Postcards Of Scarborough"5- Fountains Of Wayne "She's Got A Problem" Cheers, DOB!
    • Accepted from Slow Boat Records feed 2022 46 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • cuba-street
    • music
    • retail

    Slow Boat Records, Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Kapiti Handover

    • 5 Apr 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 19/03/2022 - 11:45 - 13:45 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  6 A runabout broke down off Kapiti Island and K2 Rescue went out to pick them up. It turned out that they were from Mana. K2 requested that we do a handover to free them up for other likely jobs in their area. MR1 went out and rendezvoused with them, then towed the vessel into Mana Marina. Resources Attendees:  Carl Nixon Mark Presling Neil Cornwell CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
    • Accepted from Coastguard Mana news 44 months ago by feedreader
    • Tagged as:
    • kapiti

    -41.060092, 174.825096
  
  

• • Statement on Cardiac Surgery Review Report

    • 8 Oct 2008
    • Capital & Coast District Health Board
    • The attached statement contains commentary from Ken Whelan (Chief Executive Officer), Dr Geoff Robinson (Chief Medical Officer) and Mr Barry Mahon (Clinical Leader, Cardiothoracic Surgery). A comment which will be of particular interest to staff comes from Ken Whelan, who on page 2 of the attached statement affirms: "I stand behind our clinicians, who rightly earned praise in The Elliot Report for doing their very best during 2006 and 2007 in what were, for all of us, deeply challenging times. They have my full support, respect and admiration."
    • Tagged as:
    • health