Bay Information: Crusing collection for girls; comedy heavyweights carry out in Kerikeri

Crusing collection for girls

A Women’ Crusing Sequence is being performed below the auspices of the Kerikeri Cruising Membership from Doves Bay in February and March.

The organiser is Vonnie France, who has been crusing yachts for over 50 years and has developed abilities and confidence by means of crewing for others and with women racing out of Auckland. She has additionally sailed in coastal and offshore occasions and has chartered boats in Vanuatu and the Bay of Islands.

“Since 2018 the Kerikeri Cruising Membership Women Sequence has shrunk from the unique eight boats and 5 races, with full women’ crews, till the final three years when just one boat confirmed up.

“Final 12 months the one race was known as off due to the climate.”

The collection has now been revived. A lot of the boats getting used are owned by males, some have wives or companions as crew and Vonnie has spent a while selling and serving to to spice up crews for the yachts. She has secured sponsorship from Errol Rogers 100%.

This 12 months there’s a dedication for eight boats with 4 extra “in my sights”, she mentioned. There may be one race every Wednesday and the race might be a most of two hours.

The races might be adopted by a light-weight supper with spot prizes for every race for crew and a spot prize for the lads supplying their yachts. The general winner will obtain the Carmen Woods Trophy Defend.

Racing dates: February 8 and 22, and March 8. Begin time 6pm. For additional data contact Vonnie France, dougvon@farmside.co.nz

Comedy heavyweights carry out in Kerikeri

Three of the biggest names in comedy in New Zealand are showing collectively on the Turner Centre on Saturday, February 4.

Known as Saturday Laughs, the two-hour present has Justine Smith as Grasp of Ceremonies, or ought to that be Mistress of Ceremonies? And it options Tom Sainsbury and Nick Rado.

Smith has beforehand received the Billy T Award in 2003 and the NZ Comedy Guild’s Finest Feminine Comic in 2008. She lives in West Auckland and is a daily visitor on The Venture on TV3.

Tom Sainsbury has been energetic within the business for a few years however he exploded onto the mainstream media stage in 2017 after utilizing Snapchat and short-form video content material to satirise New Zealand politicians throughout that 12 months’s elections.

Nick Rado is a visitor panellist and head author of over 250 episodes for TV3′s topical information comedy present 7 Days. He’s the one comic to win the NZ Comedy Guild Award for Finest Comedy MC 5 instances and he received the Finest Male Comic in the identical awards in 2019.

He grew up in Titahi Bay, simply north of Wellington, and is a former lifeguard. He tried to arrange a swim faculty when he was 19 however it was shut down by the native council as a result of it was deemed “inappropriate”.

These three comedians are joined by a rising star on the comedy circuit, Kura Turuwhenua, who was the 2022 Uncooked Comedy Quest winner and was topped one of the best new humorist within the nation. She has given her followers her hilarious scorching takes on TikTok and she or he has written for 7 Days.

Finishing the line-up is Orain Ruaine-Prattley, who received the Wellington Uncooked Comedy Quest in 2021. He lives in Palmerston North and has made a reputation for himself by getting the loudest laughs from his refined punchlines.

Italian Competition returns to Russell

The second Italian Competition is on once more in Russell. The primary, which was a sell-out, was held in April 2021.

Why Italy and Italian tradition? Why not, says one of many organisers, who’s Swiss. Chris Albrecht mentioned the Italian affect in New Zealand is critical.

“Quite a lot of the mission helpers of Bishop Pompallier had been Italian and a few of the sailors navigating with Captain Prepare dinner had been Italian.

“There wasn’t maybe the big affect of Italian tradition in New Zealand like there was in Australia, the USA or South America, however there are a lot of episodes that remind of us the Italian presence right here.

“The fisher households settling in Wellington, the Garibaldi gumdiggers in Otago and the Māori Battalion in World Conflict II had encounters with the Italian inhabitants and found a similarity in family-oriented tradition and life-style.”

Albrecht mentioned as of late the selection for an Italian to go to or settle in New Zealand is extra related to leisure, examine or profession.

The Italian Competition is being held at Hone’s Restaurant in Russell on Saturday, February 18. There’s a dress-up competitors known as “Wanna Be Italian” (suppose actors or trend icons and even the Venetian carnival) and organisers are encouraging the dramatic.

There might be Italian music, lunch with an Italian twist, a quiz and Italian trend equipment on the market. The concept for the pageant got here out of nostalgia for Italian tradition and meals.

Little Italian Competition, Hone’s Restaurant, York St, Russell, February 18 from 10am.

Venture Island Track receives a donated car

Till not too long ago, the Division of Conservation (DoC) principally funded Venture Island Track, the ecology group that has made the islands of Ipipiri (japanese Bay of Islands) pest free for 13 years.

That funding, nonetheless, has been diminished at a nationwide degree which has impacted different initiatives across the nation which have now both had their funding diminished or stopped altogether. Nevertheless, DoC will nonetheless be chargeable for the walkways and surveillance on the islands.

Though Venture Island Track receives different funding from numerous group teams and companies, the withdrawal of the DoC funding pressured the group to look elsewhere.

They turned to the local people, making an strategy to the Freemasons Lodge Kororāreka No 304, by means of the Kororāreka Charitable Belief. The proposal submitted to the belief was for a car of alternative.

It was agreed to and the belief supported the acquisition of a Mazda BT50. Pacific Motor Group provided a reduction, Fleetline offered the rear cover and Visible ID created the graphic design wrapped across the car.

The Mazda might be used to tow a ship presently being constructed and which is predicted to be prepared for the water in mid-February. Funding for the boat was raised by public donations.

The Freemason Lodge has been concerned in the neighborhood for 92 years however beforehand none of its charitable deeds has been made public. The car handover to Venture Island Track was the primary public acknowledgment of their charity largesse.

Alastair Mitchell, spokesman for the lodge, mentioned 20 years in the past the Masonic organisation had 25,000 members nationwide. Now that’s right down to 5000 and he mentioned they need to encourage younger males to hitch. They’d additionally made vital contributions to the group through the years.

“However for much too lengthy we now have hidden our gentle below a bushel and any longer we might be overtly speaking about what we’re doing as a result of with none promotion we are going to wither on the vine,” he mentioned.

The Mazda BT50 was handed over to Venture Island Track at a ceremony at Russell College sports activities grounds final Monday.