Clik here to view.
Coastguard needs $180,000 to buy new boat
PRESIDENT Terry Sampson on Spirit of Wellington, the Coastguard's newest rescue boat. WELLINGTON Coastguard needs $180,000 for a new boat and is looking for donations. The Coastguard’s rigid hull...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sea burial a first for Wellington Coastguard
BURIED AT SEA: Coastguard mates lower Alan Hartfield's body into the sea. (Photo supplied by Wellington Coastguard) After the sound of eight bells, retired Royal New Zealand Navy Petty Officer Alan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
End of line for city’s coastguard launch
AFTER 21 years Wellington Coastguard is to replace its rigid-hull inflatable boat Phoenix. Coastguard New Zealand will lend an eight-year-old, 6.8m Naiad craft formerly used by Whitianga Coastguard,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Patrollers needed to help curb suburban crime
WORKING TOGETHER: Sergeant Helen Dickson, and Dave Merrall. Kilbirnie police are searching for volunteers in the community to patrol the streets in the Wellington’s eastern suburbs, on the lookout for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evans Bay group will fight runway extension
EVANS Bay people are gearing up to oppose the extension of Wellington Airport to take long-haul international flights. Some 100 Wellingtonians who turned out to a meeting in Hataitai agreed to form...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joyce dismissal of runway not end of battle for Evans Bay
THE BATTLE against a runway extension into Evans Bay is not over for locals, despite suggestions the government will not help pay for it. Guardians of Evans Bay chairman Richard Randerson, above, is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Traffic cones prove popular targets for pranksters
THE Wellington Blown Away sign is the latest source of inspiration for traffic cone pranksters. The sign above Evans Bay attracted three cones last week. Creative cone placement was in the news last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Nurdle’ pollution hits beaches, wildlife
TINY plastic balls are fouling Wellington beaches, and could be harming marine life and poisoning the food chain. Wellington Sea Shepherd volunteers say they are struggling to clean up the plastic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Revealed. The artist behind Wellington’s coastal sculptures.
HAVE you ever wondered who’s behind the free-form sculptures appearing around Wellington’s rugged south coast? The sculptor is Island Bay resident, Stavros Kyriakides who has been steadily constructing...
View ArticlePHOTO ESSAY: Wild southerly winter slams capital
WELLINGTON AND its southern coastline was battered by wild weather during August 2014 as a series of southerly blasts hit the capital. In one of the most dramatic moments a hail storm struck on 14...
View Article
