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    Simpkins relishing New Zealand Sevens Opportunity

    • 26 Aug 2014
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Above: Wellington Pride fullback and now fulltime New Zealand Sevens player Kat Simpkins recently presenting medals at the Wellington Secondary Schools Division 2 Finals at Te Whaea The Women's NPC kicked off last weekend, but a first choice player who will be missing from the Wellington Pride's line-up when they host the Otago Spirit in their first home game this Saturday at the Petone Recreation Ground is the side's regular fullback from recent seasons, Kat Simpkins. Instead, Wellington's only New Zealand Sevens contracted player, Simpkins, has her sights set on the upcoming second Women's World Cup Sevens series and possibly a berth in the 2016 Olympic Games squad...
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• • Public transport in Wellington. Are we on track?

    • 24 Nov 2015
    • Aro Valley Community Centre
    • Come and hear a discussion of the merits of Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail for Wellington Greater Wellington: Cr Paul Swain Wellington City Council: Cr Andy Foster FIT Wellington: John Rankin Trams-Action Wellington: Demetrius Christoforou Moderator: Dave Armstrong Date: Wednesday 2 December 2015 Time: 6 to 8pm Venue: Aro Valley Community Hall, 48 Aro Street, Wellington Koha:$15 ($5 students and unwaged) in support of our cause FIT Wellington is for Fair, Intelligent Transport Spending more on public transport, walking and cycling, and less on roads. is better for the city, the environment and the economy Wellington’s main bus route is overloaded and an obvious solution is light rail
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• • Recovery of Kite Surfer

    • 15 Oct 2016
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Thu, 13/10/2016 - 18:50 - 19:20 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  2 Thursdays training session for operational crew started with a report from the wharf of a person who looked to be in trouble outside the entrance to the Mana Marina. MR1 with 4 crew responded and identifed a person trying to get to shore across the tide and towing a kite. MR1 was positioned for the Stop Assess Plan process that we use for our training and operational responses. Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie Gerry ONeill Neil Cornwell Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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    Orchestra wellington’s sixth subscription concert...

    • 25 Nov 2015
    • Orchestra Wellington
    • ORCHESTRA WELLINGTON’S SIXTH SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT  “PATHETIQUE” Saturday 5 December, 7:30pm Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Scherzo a la Russe Igor Stravinsky Piano Concerto Karlo Margetic Symphony no 6 in B Minor “Pathétique” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Orchestra Wellington Marc Taddei, Musical Director Michael Houstoun, Piano Emma Sayers, Quarter-tone Piano Orchestra Wellington’s Tchaikovsky cycle reaches its conclusion with his final, monumental Sixth Symphony, the “Pathetique”. This is music that distils Tchaikovsky’s craft and his experience of a life lived at maximum intensity. It unfolds like a living thing, full of passion, sweetness, nostalgia and pain. The first and last movements bear the weight of sorrow and beauty in equal measure, while the central movements are filled with gossamer textures that move with balletic ease and grace. Karlo Margetic’s original commission for a piano concerto has bloomed into an exciting new double concerto featuring two soloists. Orchestra Wellington’s featured pianist this year, Michael Houstoun, is joined by Emma Sayers on a second piano. Two highly acclaimed pianists will unite in a work that highlights their distinctive voices. The concert begins with what must surely be one of Stravinsky’s lightest and liveliest pieces, Scherzo a la Russe. It was adapted from a film score that never eventuated, via a commission from jazz band-leader Paul Whiteman. The result owes a little to jazz, a little to Hollywood, and quite a lot to the kind of earthy Russian folk music he used in works like Petrouchka. Tickets from Ticketek online, box office or by calling 0800 842 538 Ticket Prices Wellington: Adult Full Price $60 Under 35, (with ID), $25 Concession (Gold Card Holder), $48 Community Services Card $12 Student (with ID) $12 Child (still at school) $10
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• • Craig and Murray Smith Rose Bowl Races 19 Sept 2015

    • 7 Dec 2015
    • Hutt Valley Harriers
    • Craig and Murray Smith Rose Bowl Races Saturday 19 September 2015 Under 14’s 2km race Nathaniel Graham 9:02 Alexander Prichard 9:04 Joshua Allan 9:30 Henry Mellor 10:00 Oscar Strickland 10:29 Jonathan Roberts 10:31 Rylee watt 10:55 Ashton Tietjens 11:14 Una Strickland 11:22 Gemma Gordon 11:28 Emalise Alding 11:40 David Gordon 12:52 Lily Trompetter 12:56 Katherine Jameson 13:34 Tyler Rollo 13:59 Craig Rose Bowl (Mens Race) – 5km Murray Smith Rose Bowl (Womens Race) – 5km Mat Rogers 16:52 Tim Johnson 17:47 Grant Pritchard 18:21 Phoebe  McKnight 19:08 Jayden McKnight 19:08 Jayme Maxwell 19:50 Matthew Roberts 20:00 Julie Johnson 20:28 Bill Trompetter 20:37 Neil Sargisson 20:49 Graeme Burr 20:57 Donald Coley 21:54 Stu Mckenzie 22:16 Paul Strickland 22:54 Mel McKnight 23:10 Keryn Morgan 23:48 Keith Holmes 23:57 Gary Maxwell 24:34 Martyn Cherry 25:08 Vanessa Trompetter 25:17 Alex  Noonan 27:26 Albert Van Veen 27:49 Craig Rose Bowl Teams race Team A Tim Johnson 17:47 Matthew Roberts 20:00 Neil Sargisson 20:49 Stu McKenzie 22:16 Martyn Cherry 25:08 Total: 1:46:00 Team B Grant Pritchard 18:21 Bill Trompetter 20:37 Graeme Burr 20:57 Gary Maxwell 24:34 Keith Holmes 23:57 Total: 1:48:26 Team C Mat Rogers 16:52 Jayden McKnight 19:08 Donald Coley 21:54 Paul Strickland 22:54 Albert van Veen 27:49 Total: 1:48:37 Murray Smith Rose Bowl Teams race Team A Jayme Maxwell 19:50 Julie Johnson 20:28 Vanessa Trompetter 25:17 Total: 1:05:35 Team B Phoebe McKnight 19:08 Mel McKnight 23:10 Keryn Morgan 23:48 Total: 1:06:06 Alex Noonan 27:26
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    Weekly News 10 February 2020

    • 10 Feb 2020
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • Five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB: (a) wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club, (b) join us at the yellow tent afterwards, (c) say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent, (d) tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us, and (e) make sure you sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Options for the week  Tuesday 5.30pm, Waterfront 5km, Outside Mac’s Brewbar on Taranaki Wharf. Come and run, volunteer or support.Wednesday 6.15pm, Newtown Park Track workout. Meet 6.15pm for 6.30pm start, lead by Andy and Rowan, shorter distance track reps.Saturday, 8.00am, Newtown Track workout – contact Chandima for info, or check Facebook for details. Longer track reps with a focus on building towards major events.Saturday, 8.00am, Lower Hutt 5km Parkrun, Porirua 5km Parkrun, Kapiti Coast 5km Parkrun.Saturday, 1:58pm, Porritt Classic, Hamilton (Hiro Tanimoto 1500m)Sunday, Round the Bays, half marathon at 7.45am, 10km at 8.30am and 6.5km at 9.15am. Frank Kitts Park.  Results The Tarawera Ultramarathon is such an amazing atmosphere even in the years when the Trail Queens do not turn up in dominating numbers. 102km: Fiona Hayvice 11:54:08, Emma Bessett 13:35:25, Chris Howard 22:33:31. Mel Aitken DNF at 75km. 52km: Nicholas Vessiot 5:53:48, Jaime Vessiot 6:01:25, Emily Solsberg 6:15:10, Jo Badham 6:44:36, Marketa Langova 6:50:01, Ben Cornelius 7:54:28. 21km: Melanie Hart 2:02:41, Kate Slater 2:04:19, Abigail Pitman 2:19:03, Michelle Knight 2:27:32, Isobel Deeley 2:30:08,  Lindsay Young 2:31:14, Kath Littler 2:34:21 – Results So it turns out a lot of you have more than one string to your bow. Capital City Triathlon: Danielle Trewoon won the Medium Distance (750m/15km/5km) in 01:02:30, Anna Breen 01:18:19, and Claire Jennings 01:24:50. Valentino Luna Hernandez was second in the Enduro Distance (2km/60km/15km) in 3:14:58, James Turner 3:40:12, Helen Bradford 4:16:35, Paul Rodway 4:20:58, Richard Sweetman 4:28:41, Greg Williams 4:31:37. Rachael Cunningham did 03:11:48 for a revised distance Triathlon of 2km/60km/10km and Tricia Sloan did 45:05 for the enduro swim. – ResultsMalcolm Hodge ran a big PB 01:09:54.0 for 13th place in the First Half Half Marathon in Vancouver.Hamish Carson ran 1:51.66 for 800m at the Meeting National des Sacres (YouTube) in Reims (France) and 3:42.40 for 1500m at the Orlen Copernicus Cup (YouTube) in Torun (Poland).At the Combined Junior/Senior Track and Field meet at Newtown Park on Sunday 800m: Hiro Tanimoto 2:07.22. 3000m Run: Hiro Tanimoto 9:42.79, Ayesha Shafi 11:08.57. 3000m Walk: Sean Lake 17:54.99, Daphne Jones 22:42.86 – Results. Upcoming events Round the Bays, 16  February, Frank Kitts Park  Round the Bays is the biggest running festival in Wellington. It’s one of our best opportunities to invite new people to join the club. So, repeating from above, here are five big favours to ask this week for everyone doing RTB:  Wear your singlet – be visible and promote the club; Join us at the yellow tent afterwards; Say hello to the people near you during the run/walk and invite them to visit us at the yellow tent; Tell friends and colleagues who had fun to come and talk to us; and Sign up for our membership special for 2020-2021. Michelle Knight will be coordinating that recruitment drive. If you think you can help either beforehand with promotion, publicity and administration support or on the day handing out flyers, staffing our tent and talking to people about Scottish contact her.  Todd Stevens, todd.stevens@pwc.com is looking for a 40min pacer for the 10km. Please let him know if you want to help.  Matairangi Fun Run, 23 February Hataitai Velodrome,  Open to the public, the Matairangi Fun Run, based on Mount Victoria, runs over the iconic Vosseler Shield course. There are two race options: the One Loop Race (5 km); or the Two Loop Race (two 5 km loops, adding up to 10 km). Each loop has approximately 190 metres of elevation. McVilly Shield Relay, 7 March, Karori Park The McVilly Shield is the first club event for the season and a great way to get to know other people in the club. This relay has teams of three people each. Everyone can participate, runners, walkers, J Team, seniors, masters and friends of the club. Just turn up and we will find you a team. You can either race it or use it as an opportunity to do some training.  Each team must do ten laps of Karori Park. No individual team member can do more than four laps. But you can do the laps in any order you like. The race is randomly handicapped after the teams start. Notices Join this week and save $20 or more Join or re-join Wellington Scottish at Round the Bays this year and you get $20 off your new season of Scottish full adult membership (down from $185 to $165). You can sign up at our bright yellow tent at Kilbirnie Park or you email us at membership@scottishathletics.org.nz and pay Wellington Scottish Athletics 38-9005-0501833-00. Put your name and “RTB JOIN” in the reference. If you want a singlet too, add $39. This will be the biggest discount we offer this year so don’t miss out by waiting. Also: if you, as an existing member, sign up an adult friend who is new to the club or has not been a member for the last five years, we will give both you and your friend $15 off your membership fees. If you sign up two friends who are new to the club you get two lots of $15 off your membership fee. And so on. So, talk to your friends and colleagues who are running or walking Round the Bays this year. Tell them they could enjoy the same fun all year round at Scottish. If you get a friend to join make sure you email membership@scottishathletics.org.nz to let us know. Discounts Join a new friend -$15 per new friendRound the Bays discount for adult members -$20 Switch to new email system I have switched from TinyLetter to MailChimp to send out these weekly emails. Hopefully, those of you who want them still receive them and those who don’t won’t. You can unsubscribe at the link below if you choose. Or you can subscribe here: <form aria-describedby="wp-block-jetpack-mailchimp_consent-text" > <input aria-label="Enter your email" placeholder="Enter your email" required title="Enter your email" type="email" name="email" /> Subscribe Processing… Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Events calendar Our full events calendar is available on our website. It is also available as a Google Calendar that you can add to your own electronic diary. Keep in touch with the club:  If you want to contact anyone about anything then your first ports of call are our club captains Ben Twyman and Danielle Trewoon, our coaching coordinator Jamie White and our club president Michael Wray.Public Facebook page. And join the Scottish member Facebook group hereInstagramWebsite
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• • Yacht with mechanical issues assisted back into Mana Marina

    • 11 Mar 2020
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 01/03/2020 - 11:45 - Wed, 11/03/2020 - 13:45 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  726 A 10m yacht had mechanical issues (blown oil seal I believe) and was unable to return to Mana Marina as there was no wind and they couldn't get into the marina. MR1 was dispatched to tow them back in as a non-member tow after confirming they understood that there would be an charge of $280/hr. They were towed back to the breastworks outside Mana Marina. Vessel Details Length:  10.00m Resources Attendees:  Mark Presling Neil Cornwell zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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• • Yacht with rope around prop shaft

    • 3 Sep 2019
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 02/09/2019 - 22:15 - Tue, 03/09/2019 - 04:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  1 Total Volunteer Hours:  50 Yacht departed Mana at 1100 to go down around the bottom of the north island and up east coast. Got slammed by "washing machine" at Ohau Point and then ended up with rope in the water, which wrapped around the prop shaft. He anchored up in the bay near Ohau Point. We travelled down in MR1 and towed him home to Mana Marina. 1 POB + 2 DOG Vessel Details Length:  7.50m Resources Attendees:  Portersnz Weedoogie Mark Presling Polarbear Torrey Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 Attachments Image: 
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• • Mayday call from broken down vessel

    • 20 May 2020
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 20/05/2020 - 13:15 - 15:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  9 A vessel broke down up towards Pukerua Bay. It was towed back towards Mana but then dropped out in the bay off Plimmerton and told to get someone else to take them in, or they'd pick them up again on the way back from fishing. The vessel appeared to be taking on water so the skipper placed a Mayday call, which Maritime Radio responded to. Police then tasked us to respond to tow them in. Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie Mark Presling Neil Cornwell zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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• • Earl Le Duke

    • 6 Apr 2021
    • Newtown Festival
    • Newtown Ave Block Party Stage // 2:30 – 4:30pm Born from the deep jungle and rolling with some monster bootleg swagger, a dollop of quirky horns and a dash of lurching swing, Earl Le Duke weaves together a drooling mixture of styles, genres and tempos, bringing you the bass from the Bayou…Conjuring modern DJ voodoo with vintage midi trickery Earl broadcasts Bass-line, Swamp-bass ‘n’ Breaks with a tropical flavour, some Eastern charm and a sub bass rattle. Responsible for underground phenomenon The Swamp Shack Sound System and running all things musical in the now infamous Wellington Juke Joint known as Laundry, Earl Le Duke has one foot in the mangroves and the other in the dancehall…
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    Take 5!! #8

    • 13 Sep 2021
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Happy Monday, everybody! Today's musical pick'n'mix comes from one of our favourite local musicians, Tamaki Makaurau bass player extraordinaire Mr Chip Matthews! Currently holding down the bottom end in Friday's Take Five-r Tami Neilson's band, and with an enviable musical CV including Opensouls, Che Fu's The Krates, Anika Moa, and Eru Dangerspiel, along with teaching and DJing, we are thankful to Chip for taking time out of his busy schedule to share some joy with y'all - hoorah!! 1- Etana "Malaika"2- The Staves "Let Me Down" 3- Hariprasad Chaurasia "Raga Bageshwari" (from Down Melody Lane)4- Chris Stapleton "More Of You"5- Terence Trent D'Arby "If You Let Me Stay"A fascinatingly diverse selection - many thanks, Chip!!
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• • Inverlochy Art School’s Annual Exhibition for 2021

    • 28 May 2021
    • Inverlochy Art School
    • We are very pleased to announce that we have secured an exhibition with Thistle Hall again this year, and would like you to contribute! If you are a former or current student of Inverlochy Art School, we would like you to submit an artwork created at the school so that we may exhibit it at our annual exhibition for 2021 We have secured an exhibition at Thistle Hall between the 26th of July and the 1st of August, and ask that anyone wishing to be involved contact Melina Payne at inverlochyartschool@gmail.com, where we can arrange a time for you to drop of your artwork Each student is limited to 1-2 pieces!
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• • Food Day Appeal - DCM Bulletin 17 Nov

    • 16 Nov 2011
    • Downtown Community Ministry
    • The cost of food has gone up 8.4% in the last three years[1] ̶ a bigger rise than the general Consumers Price Index. The high cost of food is reflected in the figures for child poverty that are being widely discussed as part of the election campaigns[2]. “How do people manage?” asks Stephanie McIntyre, Director of Downtown Community Ministry. “We know that it’s a real struggle for some because of those who come to the DCM foodbank – and it’s the same for other foodbanks in Wellington.” “That’s why we’re asking DCM supporters and all Wellingtonians to contribute to the Food Appeal this coming Saturday, 19 November, organised by Wellington Foodbank Coalition members to replenish their stocks of food.”
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• • Yacht with fishing net around propeller

    • 28 Jan 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Mon, 28/01/2013 - 22:15 - Tue, 29/01/2013 - 01:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  22 A yacht picked up a fishing net in it's propeller at Mana Island on a very calm, still night. Drifting onto nearby rocks on Mana Island, Coastguard Mana were called to assist. They had managed to quickly deploy their anchor to stop them from hitting shore and CRV Trust Porirua Rescue approached and took the yacht under tow. Vessel Details Length:  8.50m Resources Attendees:  AlanFisher james bass Mark Presling Paul Craven Peter Feely Peter Tse Trevor Burgess Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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• • 30ft launch with battery problems

    • 16 Feb 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 16/02/2013 - 11:30 - 13:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  22 A launch with 7 people on board that was participating in the Mana Cruising Club fishing competition alerted CRV Pelorus, who were out training at the time, that they were having issues getting the engine started. Pelorus delivered a battery jump pack to them to attempt to start the engine but it was not powerful enough. Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Chris Darch ChristopherPye james bass Jann Askew Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Peter Feely Peter Tse Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue Attachments Image:  read more
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• • Vessel aground at Ngatitoa

    • 24 Apr 2016
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 24/04/2016 - 22:50 - Mon, 25/04/2016 - 01:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  13 33 foot keeler went aground at entrance to the channel at Ngatitoa. Vessel stuck fast with tide incoming. Vessel still stuck at high tide and would not budge. Mana Rescue 1 was able to secure a line to the vessel and eventually pull her off the sandbar. She was towed to deeper water then made her way to Mana under her own steam. Vessel Details Length:  11.00m Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie Jimmythekiwi Lorna Rolston Mark Presling Neil Cornwell Steve_Rolston CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
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• • Wellington Blaze squad announced for Round Two of the Women’s Domestic Competition

    • 25 Dec 2015
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wellington Blaze squad to play in the second round of the Women’s Domestic Competition against the Canterbury Magicians at Lincoln, from December 27 to 29 is: Sophie Devine (captain) Rachel Priest (vice-captain) Erin Burns Deanna Doughty Allex Evans Emma Fulbrook Amelia Kerr Gemma Krebs Suzie McDonald Jess McFadyen Elizabeth Perry Eimear Richardson Co-Coaches: Mark Borthwick and Ivan Tissera Notables: The matches can be followed on live scoring; cricketwellington.co.nz The Blaze head to Lincoln leading the Domestic Women’s One day competition after 2 emphatic bonus point wins over Northern Districts in the first round. The team is joined by Erin Burns from Australia for this round after having a successful debut season for the Blaze last year.
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• • 02062017

    • 2 Jun 2017
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 02/06/2017 - 14:15 - 16:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  13 17 fy runabout off Mana Island, engine/fuel/tangled lines problems. located from intel gathered by IMT who directed the location to head to. Vessel located, they had sorted their initial problems, escorted vessel back to the bridge launch point. vessel had fuel/engine problems several times on the way in. 3 POB, only 2 wearing lifejacketc, cell phone carried, rang during the initial search but went to voice mail. Boat needed to have a working cell and VHF radio Vessel Details Length:  4.50m Resources Attendees:  Darren.Drewery Jake Jimmythekiwi Neil Cornwell Peter Feely Trevor Farmer
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    Merch, baby - MERCH!!!

    • 18 Mar 2025
    • Slow Boat Records
    • Well, lordy, lordy me - what have we here, then?! After running an (entirely unscientific) Insta poll, we here at Slow Boat have listened to the voice of the people, and have bowed to popular consensus, and had manufactured a limited quantity of marvellous looking Slow Boat hoodies, alongside the regular tee shirts, a new style of (very robust!) tote bags (shall we refer to them as Boat Totes? Yes, I think we shall!) and, for the first time ever - two (count 'em!) varieties of SB trucker caps!! These are available for purchase instore now (my advice - get in quick while we still have a good range of sizes and colours!) so you can be fashion forward, and the envy of your pals. Tees are now $39.50, caps $30, totes $25 and the deluxe hoodies are a still perfectly reasonable $75 - I mean, what price happiness? What price... fashion... Feel free to drop us a line or call (04 385 1330) if you'd like to secure yours, and we'll be seein' ya soon - will have some Record Store Day 2025 related news to share in the upcoming weeks... Peace and love, THE SLOW BOAT CREW XX
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• • Broken down runabout discovered while searching for another

    • 7 Nov 2021
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 07/11/2021 - 18:30 - 21:30 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  6 Total Volunteer Hours:  12 Whilst searching for a vessel that had broken down with 4 pob and requested a tow home as a non-member we discovered another one that had broken down on "the  bridge" near Mana Island. We marked their location and told them we would be back for them once we had located the first vessel.  We found the first vessel under tow by someone else coming back into the channel. After confirming that it was them and that they no longer required our assistance (a non-member tow that would have cost them money) we returned to the second vessel.  Vessel Details Length:  5.50m Resources Attendees:  Carl Nixon Jake_Presling Mark Presling espi CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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• • Report of drifting boat in heavy seas

    • 8 Feb 2011
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 08/02/2011 - 21:00 - Wed, 09/02/2011 - 12:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  0 Police received a report of a boat seen drifting north from the Plimmerton area around Te Rewarewa Point (known locally as Tea Gardens) towards Pukerua Bay in heavy seas. The witness spotted the vessel from the top of the hill at Whiteraia Park and believed that it was drifting, possibly broken down. Coastguard Mana crew members were already in the area for their regular training night and responded in the rescue vessel Trust Porirua Rescue to search for the boat. By this stage night had set in, light was minimal and seas were very rough.  Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Mark Presling Paul Craven Peter Tse Rachel Russell Rod Hall tfarmer Trevor Burgess CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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• • Divers stranded in broken down vessel

    • 6 Sep 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 03/09/2013 - 17:55 - 20:30 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  12 A small vessel broke down near Mana Island with 3 people on board.The men had been diving about 1km off Mana Island, north of Porirua, and had been due back at 6pm. At 5pm they realised they had a fuel problem and were unable to start the motor so called emergency services who called out Coastguard Mana. They were able to alert rescuers to their location by text message and flashed a torch to Trust Porirua Rescue when near to show their location. The vessel and it's occupants were safely towed back to land by Coastguard Mana at 8:15pm. Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Ben Ryan Chris Darch Lorna_Rolston Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Trust Porirua Rescue
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• • Newsletter- NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships

    • 30 Jul 2019
    • College Sport Wellington
    • Please find the following information and newsletter relating to the NZ Secondary School Track, Field and Road Race Championships, being held in Newtown Stadium in 6-8 December 2019 Newsletter One Guideline Programme The following changes (in red) have been made to the programme: In order to avoid a clash of High and Triple Jumps for the Junior Boys the Junior/PA Boys and Junior/PA Girls High Jumps have been swapped. The boys will now compete on Sunday at 9.00am and the girls on Saturday at 3.30pm. This also improves the spread of jumps for the girls. As a result of interest in having mixed girls and boys 4×400m relays the NZSSAA Executive has decided to trial this as a pilot event for both grades for 2019/20. Conditions of entry: Teams are to made up of 2 boys and 2 girls Any individual school team or a combined team from two single gender schools within the same region (as defined for the Cross Country Relay Championships) may enter Only 1 team per grade from each school or combined schools may enter An athlete may only compete in one 4×400m relay Schools entering teams in the 4×400m relays are asked to please consider carefully the number of events their athletes are involved in and the possibility that they may be overloaded by doing relays in addition to their individual events The post Newsletter- NZSSAA Track, Field and Road Race Championships appeared first on College Sport Wellington.
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• • Kayak reported adrift at Pukerua Bay

    • 14 Jun 2019
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Fri, 14/06/2019 - 08:10 - 11:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  0 Total Volunteer Hours:  2 Mana Rescue 1 with 3 x crew responded to a report from police of a red kayak drifting in Pukerua Bay, no sighting of any persons on board. Contact made with Police SAR doing area observations and a parallel track and directed trackline search assisted in locating a "fishng kayak" look-a-like log. The job shows the importance of  reports from the public and that usingt 111 to report when concerned for someone's safety is always a good thing to do. Vessel Details Length:  4.00m Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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• • 

    Senior End of Season shindig!

    • 27 Sep 2020
    • Island Bay United AFC
    • <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Come to the Island Bay Football End of Year Party on Friday 2 October!For 2020 it's full of fun music, spot prizes and maybe a dance off or two!We will have delicious platters on the night and an opportunity to win a free drink on the night :)Teams please let your team managers know if you will be coming by this Sunday 5pm! Team managers please reach out to Louise Newman (from the Island Bay Committee) to let her know your team's approximate numbers by Sunday 20 September & your team's players player & top scorer – louisejanenewman@gmail.comSee the poster below for details on costs, venue, time. If you pay beforehand it is an absolute bargain!
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• • Wellington Firebirds squad announced to play the Mondiale Auckland Aces on Sunday

    • 15 Jan 2016
    • Cricket Wellington
    • The Wellington Firebirds squad to play in their seventh game of the Ford Trophy against the Mondiale Auckland Aces at the Basin Reserve, Wellington on January 17, 2016 is: Michael Papps (Captain) Brent Arnel Matt Bacon Tom Blundell Craig Cachopa Alecz Day Dane Hutchinson Stephen Murdoch Jeetan Patel Michael Pollard Anurag Verma Luke Woodcock   Notables: Matt Bacon comes in to replace Matt McEwan and will make his Firebirds debut if selected in the starting XI The Firebirds are currently fifth on the table, with one win, one tie, three losses and one ‘no result’ record from six games. Ticket prices are $10 Adult, $5 Children and $30 for families (2 adults and 3 children) Match can be followed via live scoring at www.cricketwellington.co.nz  
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• • Broken down yacht assisted into marina

    • 13 Feb 2013
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Tue, 12/02/2013 - 20:50 - 23:50 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  33 A 35ft yacht with 3 people on board ran into difficulty when their engine broke down at Cape Jackson, at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound. They then had to make the decision whether to attempt to sail into Marlborough Sounds, sail across Cook Strait and moor up in the lee of Mana Island or attempt to get back into Mana Marina where their berth is. They decided to request assistance from Coastguard Mana to get back into Mana Marina as there was strong wind forecast for later that evening, followed by a southerly the following day. Vessel Details Length:  10.50m Resources Attendees:  AngelicaT Ben Ryan ChristopherPye Jann Askew Lorna_Rolston Mark Presling Matt Annear Paul Craven Peter Feely Steve_Rolston Trevor Farmer CRV's Used:  CRV Pelorus CRV Trust Porirua Rescue read more
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• • Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 6)

    • 29 Aug 2019
    • Wellington High School
    • Important Dates 30 August: Mid-term break — School closed 2 September: Future Focus Event & Careers Expo (see below) 5 September: WHS Brand designs forum (see below) 9 September: Sexual Abuse Prevention Network presentation (see below) 9 September: Preliminary course choices due for 2020 (Y10—12) 20 September: Learning Conversations day — students attend for their interview only 23 September: Board of Trustees meeting 27 September: Final Senior course choices due for 2020 (Y10—Y12); End of Term 3 Important Information Senior Course Choices for 2020 The Senior Course Choice Booklet for 2020 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/.  Students in Years 10—12 are invited to explore the options available. We will share the selection planner and process with students shortly. The timeline for making course decisions for 2020 is below. There are opportunities to discuss course choices at Future Focus Evening next week and also at your Learning Conversation: Monday 2 September 2019 Future Focus Evening, 3.45pm—5.45pm Monday 9 September 2019 Preliminary course decisions made Friday 20 September 2019 Learning Conversations Day Friday 27 September 2019 Final course decisions made for 2020 Future Focus event and Careers Expo  You and your student are invited to Wellington High School’s Future Focus event on Monday 2 September 3.45pm to 5.45pm in the Main Block and Foyer. The evening will help your student make smart course choices for 2020 and beyond. Please note that there will be no rōpū that day, and school will finish at the earlier time of 3pm to allow for setting up.   Visit the Careers Expo — Riley Centre 11am — 4.30pm  This year’s Expo features over 20 exhibitors (see the list of exhibitors here), including trades, universities and tertiary providers. All Year 10—13 students will  be attending the Expo during the day, and we encourage students to show their families any stalls of interest before Future Focus Evening starts between 3.00 – 3.45pm.  Visit the Learning Areas — M Block Levels 3 and 4 The event will include information about each Learning Area and a number of additional information sessions, all offered on a 15 minute rotation basis.  Most Learning Area presentations have the following format: Each 15-minute rotation will begin with a short presentation by the Head of  Faculty about the Learning Area and the course selections available. This will be followed by some time for questions and answers. At the end of the 15 minutes, you and your student move to the next presentation.  Faculty presentations are in Main Block and your student should be able to guide you. Student guides will also be available to provide assistance.  Level 3 M305 – Mathematics M306 – Arts M307 – Physical Education and Health M308 – English M309 – Languages Level 4 M406 – Social Sciences M407 – Science M408 – Technology M410 – Learning Support  available – no session M409 – How NCEA works  Come and view the draft Wellington High brand designs Over the past two terms, a large group of students, staff and whānau has participated in workshops to share and develop ideas about the directino of a refreshed brand identity for the school. You are warmly invited to pop into the school foyer on Thursday 5 September (anytime between 11.30—4pm) to view the draft identity designs that are in development with the designers at Chrometoaster (https://www.chrometoaster.com/).  On Thursday, Chrometoaster will have a stand in the foyer to share our draft direction so far, and take feedback from our school community. Note that the design of a central element to represent Te Kura Tuarua o Taraika ki Pukeahu is in separate development with the school. The design team can talk about this. Achievements Say ‘Yes ‘to YES! Last Saturday three WHS Young Enterprise Groups ran stalls at the YES @ The Wellington Underground Market. Congratulations to Remixxed Bags (Sienna Williamson and Sierra Williamson), Toucher Soap (Poppy Vine and Leanne Fandialan) and Poneke Ahi (Jacob Baddeley and Eliseo Biondini). Follow them on Instagram remixxedbags, PonekeAhi and ToucherSoap.   Poetry success Congratulations to Seb MacCaulay (Year 12), for being shortlisted as a finalist in the National Secondary Schools Poetry Competition. He received prizes from the New Zealand Book Council and Sport, as well as $100 and the opportunity to attend a masterclass at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University last weekend. Seb’s poem is included below: Old man I’m sitting and I watch the old man from the street rest and unfurl from his linen a pack of Dunhills. He twists off the cellophane and eyes his catch with that vintage gleam of noon-stripped old lowlifes, naked, howling at their cigarette moons. Cars and their drivers blur on by, each turning their heads as if to say yes man, light that cigarette for all you’re worth.  Yes, man lights it. Draws each drag out long like a bones player shifting keys. He exhales each time only a whisper of thin smoke-suns that twist, convulse mid-air. I have a moment when I think of my father and I driving along an afternoon’s length of country road; we could’ve been both fifteen naive and I feel as if right here and now I’ll weep watching this old new nomad smoke, pulling our car breakneck along the asphalt, filling the valleys and valleys and valleys, hauling us through them, here to someplace to every place, maybe, most likely, somewhere unideal, where infants are born dead but still live. My father and I, our cities become flame, the skyscrapers strip the blue skies, haul from the seas an urgent thunderstorm now upon us all and still. The old man smokes. Almost at the filter now. Watching our cars roll on by. Looking with those eyes at each and every person as if to say yes man, go on your way, go on your way. IYNT Winners, Minsk, 2019 WHS students Ryan Bright and Lydia Acton were part of the winning NZ team at the 2019 International Young Naturalists’ Tournament. Lydia was the team captain, having also competed in the 2018 tournament in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ryan reported his solution to problem 7, “Burning Glass” in the final against Croatia and Switzerland. He scored the highest score in the final, which was won by NZ with 47.9 points, to Croatia’s 45.9 and Switzerland’s 45.6.          The team’s achievements have been widely recognised, including this tweet from the National Science advisor! Sports Underwater Hockey HUGE congratulations go out to all our Underwater Hockey teams for their fantastic season this year.  Our Junior Open A team won bronze medals in Friday night’s CSW Premier finals, defeating Hutt Valley High School 6-2 in their playoff game. The boys were hoping for better after entering the playoffs in second place, however they suffered a shock 3-0 loss to Scots College in their semi final. The bronze medal is still a massive achievement, and the first medal won by a WHS team for as long as Murray Chisholm can remember. This team and our Senior Girls team will contest the national championships in Wellington at WRAC from September 6th-8th. If you are interested in Underwater Hockey or intrigued by this mysterious sport, please watch the video made by Year 9 student Sky Gobbi here: https://youtu.be/978v3IPhqV8  1st XI Boys Hockey vs Tararua College Last Sunday our 1st XI Boys Hockey team played Tararua College. Tararua are doing a Lower North Island tour, mainly playing schools in the Wellington region. WHS may have lost the game 3 – 0 but it was an evenly matched contest and our team benefited from the opportunity to take on Tararua College.  
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• • Removal of bird scarer on moored vessel

    • 19 Jun 2019
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Wed, 19/06/2019 - 20:00 - 22:00 Operation Type:  Other People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  10 Received a call from the Wellington Harbour Master asking if we could assist them to remove/disable a bird scarer on a moored boat in Onepoto Harbour. The electronic scarer was making a lot of noise on a still night and the local residents asked noise control to get it turned off.  We took the Harbour Master and a Noise Control officer out to the vessel to disable it, with the owner's permission. No birds were harmed in the operation, but several were found roosting on the vessel while the device was active :) Vessel Details Length:  8.00m Resources Attendees:  Devine dfranks Katestewart Mark Presling zanebublitz CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1
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• • Sunday 31 May Late afternoon tow job

    • 1 Jun 2020
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sun, 31/05/2020 - 15:00 - 17:00 Operation Type:  SAROP Cat 1 People Assisted:  3 Total Volunteer Hours:  2 A vessel had been calling for a tow from South of Rock Point, Maritime radio picked up the request and rebroadcast but no other vessels offered to assist and Police called Coastguard. As our crew were arriving at the base another vessel coming in from the North heard the radio call and offered to assist. Police requested that Coastguard confirm that all was ok with the tow so we went out and checked. Tow was safe and underway and we carried out some helm and navighation practise as we monitored the tow from a distance Vessel Details Length:  5.00m Resources Attendees:  Weedoogie CRV's Used:  Mana Rescue 1 read more
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