Notice is hereby given that the Hoe Tonga AGM be held on 6 September.

• Where: Porirua Police College (go to reception)
• When: 6.30pm

Note that any member of an affiliated  member club can attend the AGM but each club only has one vote via their club representative.

At the meeting, Hoe Tonga is intending to adopt a revised constitution, following a two phase public consultation process over the last three months. Click here to download the draft final revised constitution.

The AGM agenda will be as follows:

• Motions affecting the rules of the Association (revised constitution)
• the receiving of the president’s report
• the receiving of the treasurer’s report for the previous financial year
• election of Executive Officers
• Membership fees
• Membership

If you know of someone who would like to stand for office, or if you would like to nominate someone for any of the executive officer positions, please send this information to htpwaa@gmail.com.

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…get free, practical advice on funding opportunities

Learn how to make the most of funding opportunities for your organisation at a free event offering practical advice on how to seek and make the most of funding opportunities. Whether you are trying to raise $500 or $500,000, whether it be for sport, arts, health, youth development, education or social services, the Fit for Funding half-day forum will be useful for your organisation.

The forum starts with guest speakers, funding specialists who will speak about the fund application process, sharing their knowledge and experiences. After morning tea, discussion time is available for those attending to meet face to face with funding agencies, network with the local NGO sector and opt into other workshops.

Fit for Funding

Time: 9am – 12.30pm (morning tea included)

Date: Wednesday 4 August

Place: Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Representatives from major funding organisations will also be available for advice –- including Lotteries, the New Zealand Community Trust,Pub Charity, NZCT,  the Lion Foundation, Creative New Zealand, the Charities Commission and the Department of Internal Affairs.

Register to book a place

• email your contact details to Shirley Travis (shirley.travis@wcc.govt.nz)

• call Shirley direct on 499 4444, Monday to Wednesday.

Registrations will be confirmed by email. Please book early as places are limited.

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Well, so do we…

But hey, while you are looking at this, please take a moment to complete our paddler questionnaire by following the below survey link.

As part of our commitment to our paddlers in the region, Hoe Tonga wishes to survey paddlers, volunteers and members on a regular basis.

What you think is important and the information you provide will help us improve the services we offer to you.

The survey will remain open until 11 July.

Click here to take the survey (now closed).

Thank you for your participation.

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Tunui a te Ika and Hikoikoi are jointly hosting a waka ama technique clinic as part of a strategy to support our members and paddlers within the Wellington region to excel in the sport of Waka Ama. Depending on interest further clinics may be held.

These workshops are free to Tunui and Hikoikoi members; a small fee applies to non-members ($10 includes sausage sizzle). All welcome.

The clinic will be held on Sunday 27 June at Hikoikoi, Petone from 9.30am ending at 3pm. Cancellation will be by text, please provide your contact number on the attached registration form.

The day will include land and water training including:

• Video analysis of paddling technique
• Mechanics of stroke
• Dynamics of Team
• OC1 and OC6 paddling
• Boat run
• Training percentages 50/70/80/100
• Question time

No reira e te whānau waka ama, register your interest now by completing the registration form and sending to Niks Grace (Tunui Secretary) nicola.grace@vuw.ac.nz or 0276946362. All enquires can be directed to Niks also.

The coaches that will be running the workshops are Graham Finch and Lyall Reedy.

This is a great opportunity for coaching and networking with paddlers in the Wellington region, not to mention a fun day out on the water!

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go to www.wakaama.co.nz to check out the consolidated document, a major clean up was done and there have been quite a few changes…

Please click here for the revised draft constitution.

The document contains ‘tracked changes’, please enable those in your MS Word version when reading the document:  deletions are indicated by crossed-out text, proposed additions/changes are indicated by underlined text.  Comments within the document explain relevant changes.

Please provide any feedback by 15 June either directly to the sub-committee: Joern and Averalle at joern.scherzer@gmail.com or ave.paenga@gmail.com; or to your Hoe Tonga club representative.

Note that while you will find quite a number of changes to the text, they do not actually affect the governance/management structure of Hoe Tonga – as agreed by the Hoe Tonga committee the focus of this review is to look at improving the effectiveness of the committee (e.g. changes to the financial year). The changes are mainly intended to improve the structure of the document itself and to improve the usability of the document.

Background: Our strategic plan was adopted in late 2009 and a key initiative is a review of the constitution.  As a result, the Hoe Tonga constitution is currently being reviewed.

Intended time frame for the review (tentative):

by mid June: consultation ends

By mid-to-end-of-June: revised draft made to be made available, invitation for further feedback to club representatives

early July: Hoe Tonga Committee to sign off on final proposals, extraordinary meeting to be scheduled to formally adopt the revised constitution

August: extraordinary general meeting, new constitution adopted

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We wish  paddlers going to the World Sprint Champs in Noumea from Hoe Tonga all the best for their racing.

Also again a big thank you to those that have supported the paddlers within our region:

• J19 HTPWAA girls  – Coach Mareikura Brightwell, Manager Joanne Gibbons
• J16 HTPWAA girls – Coach Charmaine Matiaha, Manager Tai Elkington
• Open Men – Coach Robert Taggart, Manager Marinna Millanta-Lowrey
• Hoe Tonga Worlds Regional Coordinator – Christine Fox NZ

The teams depart on Thursday 20 May. Regular updates will be available on http://www.wakaama.co.nz.

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Pls contact Chester on 022 6455 820 if its yours…

Note that our strategic plan was adopted in late 2009 and a key initiative is a review of the constitution.  As a result, the Hoe Tonga constitution is currently being reviewed.

This is to advise all regional clubs and paddlers of the intended time frame for the review:

by mid-May: revised draft to be made available to clubs and paddlers for feedback

by early June: consultation ends

By early-to-mid-June: revised draft made to be made available, invitation for further feedback from club representatives

mid-June: Hoe Tonga Committee to sign off on final proposals, extraordinary meeting to be scheduled to formally adopt the revised constitution

July/August: extraordinary general meeting, new constitution adopted

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If you can help or if you know somebody who builds such trailers, please contact Janeen from Wairarapa Nui Tonu: Janeen.Cross@wairarapa.dhb.org.nz

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