Daylight saving – Be seen on the water!

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If you’re training on the water or training from 5pm onwards in the evening you need to be taking out with you your white night light so you can be seen.    Already I’ve seen this is not happening on the harbour.

To promote and ensure others have the opportunity I’m keen to coordinate an order of these lights, I’ve mounted mine for W6 use on an old sun umbrella stalk and lash it to the kiato, works great.

Please feel free to circulate to clubs / club members – I strongly urge you to.   I’ll look to place an order in a week’s time but will be looking for payment prior.   If interested let me know and I’ll place provide you with the necessary info to deposit monies to secure an order.

Marinna Millanta-Lowrey email: marinna@paradise.net.nz

http://www.vikingkayaks.co.nz/shop/accessories/life+jackets%2C+lights%2C+flags%2C+safety?product=34

Volunteer of the month – Congratulations Roimata Tauroa

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Roimata has supported Tunui a Te Ika Outrigger Canoe Club based at Oriental Bay as a member, paddler, secretary, coach and is always first to put her hand up to coordinate and assist with all club activities.
Recently Roimata trained two NZ Post corporate teams, attended and volunteered at Waka Ama NZ National Sprint competition at Karapiro,  facilitated overseas Dragon Boat team experience and has coordinated open days for the club in collaboration with the Ocean Water Sports Programme at Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club.

Sport Wellington’s Sport Development Advisor Jamie Milne says “inspirational people like Roimata are why we have the Logan Brown Volunteer of the Month award to recognize them. Roimata does all this activity without reimbursement and takes annual leave to ensure Waka Ama is promoted and developed – what an inspirational volunteer and person for our region!”

Roimata will receive a voucher for Logan Brown Restaurant for a tasting options. Logan Brown Restaurant is synonymous with excellence and service; values which align closely with the positive aspects of volunteering and coaching.

Well done Roimata (pictured below at Waitangi Day celebrations)

RESULTS Regional Secondary Schools

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What a stunner! Hoe Tonga couldn’t have had a better day for the Wellington Secondary Schools Waka Ama Championships. Please find attached the results of the Championship Finals for all divisions W1 250m/W6 500m and W6 250m.

College Sport Wellington will be in touch with all those Schools whose teams won their respective divisions to arrange medal presentations.  As Race Director and on behalf of our organising committee I wish to thank you for your patience, contribution and participation and wish teams well at the Nationals Secondary School Championships in Rotorua 27-30 March 2012.

A special acknowledgement goes to those coaches, managers and clubs who continue to provide this opportunity for our rangatahi by contributing their time, energy and valuable resources and to our tauira that gave us some fantastic racing.

Thanks to our many volunteers including (apologies if I have missed anyone):
Marinna Millanta-Lowrey
Paula Dixon
Alaena Dixon
Roimata Tauroa – did I mention Recipient Sport Wellington Volunteer of the Month:)
Doug Omeri
Turi & John Hodges
Titahi Bay Boat Club
Laurence Hynes
Chris Parata
Willis Katene – Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Karena Efaraimo/Marama Butler and Kalani Butler-Hare
Daniel and Keith Paenga
Holden Hohaia

Nga mihi nui, Chris Fox

Tere’s story – Mates Paddle for Life Update

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Iri te rau kawakawa iri ki whare aitua. Tenei ia kua riro ki te kapunipunitanga o nga wairua, kua tua o te pae o maumahara. Haere e te tungane, haere ki tua atu i Te Reinga, ko taa mätou te hunga ora, he whai i nga tapuwae kua pikitia e koe. E Tere, moe atu, moe atu, moe atu raa.

Unfortuately Tere lost his battle with cancer and passed away on Monday 27 February early morning. Hoe Tonga sends regards and deepest sympathy to Numa and whanau at this time and acknowledge the enduring contribution that Tere and his family have made to our waka ama whanau.

The Mates Paddle for Life course has been altered and will be held at Oriental Bay on Friday but will still go ahead. Please check out the Mates for Life Website for further updates and background:  www.matespaddleforlife.com

Numa has a set group of paddlers from the old days that will do a 2km course from fountain to the light house on the point.  They will start at 6am, Friday and do this 48 times (the age of Tere). They will rotate the select group between the kukupa and the sister waka at Tunui. 
 
If any paddlers would like to participate on Friday please organise your own waka (w6 or w1 or w2) any form of vessel and support them by going around the course. If you just want to go down and watch and support on Friday thats all good too.

Opportunity: Hoe Tonga is seeking an administrator (paid), reply by 15 March

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Hoe Tonga is looking to fill a part-time position for an administrator, to support the Hoe Tonga executive in their work.

This may suit a person with office administration experience but looking for part-time contract work. It could also suit a person who is already providing office support to other sports codes, so the role could be shared.

HOURS OF WORK: initially 100 hours per year (about 2 hours per week, less in the off season, more in the peak season between October and April).

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: initially 1 year, with the option to extend to further outyears

RESPONSIBLE TO: President / Hoe Tonga Executive

RENUMERATION: $20 per hour, on a contract basis

TRAINING: full training will be provided where necessary

Click here to download the job description.

If you are interested, please contact Jörn Scherzer on 021-1250997, or send your application to hoetonga@gmail.com.

Deadline: 15 March