April 2022 - Issue 199 - The Fishing Paper and Hunting News

Hugh’s last chance Mackenzie monster

I was on a road trip with Mum in early March— Dad was back in Nelson at work—and Invercargill was nice but I was mad keen to get back to the canals. We’d stopped while heading south and I’d caught eight small salmon in the one day, so was desperate for another crack.

Fishing Ohau A close to the outlet, I chopped and

Mum and I had watched a

I’d pegged this day to be my

It was early evening on

was to come my way, it had

Mum the spinning set; best

She was busy casting and retrieving the Shimano rod Okuma reel combo with a

Suddenly she started screaming, “Help, help, help!”

Mum’s happy casting but because she always loses them, so I raced down and

to start with—just bouncing

control but it would power think I was going to run out

had it close to shore but it

only had a short handled

Mum was nervous because it was slippery near the ramp

lent her a long handled net we managed to get the beast

We cut it into portions and took it home to eat,

delicious and we still

Meanwhile, I am dreaming

Proposed regulations threaten the survival of shooting clubs and ranges

Stuart Graham

announced

hunting sector or shooting

regulations

the volunteer committees that oversee their operation

These restrictions will see

Amongst the proposed suite

a particularly alarming proposal is a ban on on ranges and banning or shooting clubs activities including helping out on

The consequence will be that range shooting will be

controlled environments where there is an ethos and into the backcountry

consultation at the

over the Roar period, Easter holidays and duck shooting to make submissions and let have overlooked the critical role that shooting clubs and

More information on the proposal, and details on how to submit can be found here:

It is no coincidence that

Wedding ‘rod’ has bend in it!

There has always been a running joke in our family, that from time to time, gifts from Dad to Mum (usually on Mother’s Day) would be for the boat. These are given tongue in cheek, with Dad knowing full well he

which normally works in his favour.

On my recent wedding day, my uncle Malcolm tried to

over with a wink, thinking it would most likely end up in

A month or so later, with

settled Wellington weather to take the boat out, it was

evenings where Wellington’s south coast turned it on and it didn’t take us long to start

couple around the 5kg mark, the new rod, which stood up to it despite the ‘arguing’ on the other end on the

Georgie with her Capital catch, a brace of PBs.

will be keeping that one,

Cou a’s

Well, better late than never. The protesters, or more like anti-authority moved from the Parliament grounds. The hard core of in the end the police gave them one.

Commissioner Chambers and the troops on the ground have to admit, I got some complaining bitterly and was clip around the ear with a that bothered him so much,

Cut:

Coutta Anti authority ducks… er, dicks

Another one was reported some anti-authority dick children to the illegal protest have been really serious

a hotel and visited the site was really hard core, wasn’t he?

I suppose some are thinking, what’s Coutta on about two issues running? What it is, and I’m sure I’m not alone, I am sick to lawlessness being allowed to happen in a country, which

to imagine a weak-kneed

thing I would have done

read about a motorist on

vehicle and having the shit

nothing wrong but ended up in hospital in a critical

recently put an article in the members on motor cycles

he’s been smoking but I hope he can convince the

Then I see that putting observers on commercial to some, not all, crews

Observers were meant to be a tool to stop unscrupulous skippers and boat owners and destroying a resource

smoking meth, which I’ll remind you is a Class A drug,

This and so much other shit is continually allowed to happen, while we sit and listen to the news and read the papers about the murders, rapes, robberies and drug dealing we only used to see going on in other

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I’m not even going to start on Rotorua, my home that has been turned into

the hopeless, homeless and criminals, who the

Shit, I hope I can get back

Westport Deep Sea Fishing School — training people to succeed

The Westport Deep Sea Fishing School has been operating since 1988. It was established by Mickey and Doreen Ryan and for the past 21 years by the current owner Peter Maich, a former a passion for the seafood industry.

The school gives students comprehensive training based around working on deep sea and inshore

are based on industry

processing and vessel operations to create the

with students doing both practical and theory training ashore and experience on

school has been involved with the Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) programme, which is a six-week motivational training course

young people entering employment or training

The school recently won the Outstanding Employer Contribution to the LSV programme, presented at

The award recognises outstanding contribution LSV programme by an employer or company who support through their time,

attend all LSV employment days promoting their

They regularly spend extra time with the trainees to ensure they understand

Once the trainees course, Westport Deep Sea Fishing School work

Social Development’s case managers to support them with the transition to starting the course and entering into They link trainees to major

course placement support to help new graduates transition to employment

many the school has been involved with over the years, complete the courses since

MSD, Tertiary Education Commission and Te Ohu Kai

Saying the school runs like a military training camp is

have strict rules around appearance, attendance, cleaning duties and a strict mirror those required at the hostel accommodation meals provided in the

onboard to work and live

The school is an integral community and participates in many local events, with students assisting those in

For more information on the school and its programmes, go to their webpage at www.deepsea. co.nz or phone Peter Maich on (03) 7888 060 for a chat on your options to attend. Watch the LSV video on the schools Facebook page. Information for this article taken from LSV media release and the schools website.

Keeping your temperature constant COLDSTORE CONSTRUCTION

Al Nisbet cartoonist—fishing for an angle

There’s a sense of the nomadic in him— wanderlust—a desire to explore or perhaps an inability to sit still. The foundation may have been laid at age six when his family emigrated from Scotland to the warmer climes of Australia; a month on a ship and endless hours at the stern watching the wake change the colour of

the sea like a magic wand had a profound impact. Al Nisbet loosely attributes that experience to his enduring love of boats, the sea and

However, Australia proved uprooted again and, at Christchurch with its cold drizzly days and austere

architecture drew him into and promoted his desire to

work and, ultimately, a time permitted, he rambled about the country, drawn to scenery and always with a

This restless spirit was also a cartoonist, an innate ability and creating comic strips as

cartoonist and commercial him under his wing and into newspaper’s advertising

meticulous cut and paste— pre-computer graphics—and illustrating by hand, but couldn’t put the ‘doodling’ completely to bed; Al cartooned in his spare time publication and, in doing so, developed broad shoulders and the ability to weather

where he lived in a van

the Art Department but a convinced him the South Island contained better

in Education played to his creative talent and he was kept busy designing pages to lure kids into reading was some educational merit to the concept, he says it was more about increasing circulation and selling more provided the connectivity between the kids and current

‘outside the media and tackling what people think

“I like pushing the envelope!”

“They just pop into your head and then you have to wrestle them and tie them

Other cartoons have to be outrage or annoyance that

Ironically it’s his edginess

out there in my little boat

Interestingly it’s not the big catches that create indelible

When his kids were young, he had two in the boat and they spotted a

one behind us and another the ocean exploded with breeching orca, including a mother with a pup the size

cartoon in print, it was such a buzz—addictive— something that never really goes away!”

wanderlust and growing

As a cartoonist he was driven; he always wanted to improve, to create a cartoon

He says his best cartoons are the contentious ones; the ones that should never have been published but

‘because his cartoons upset too many people’—welcome took redundancy, cashed in to Kaikoura where he built a

“The kids were excited and scared witless at the same time!”

It’s what you see’ while

he does a weekly cartoon clients through his website: www.cartoonyoo.com

Al with a solid Kaikoura rig feed

A piscatorial pale e

Whether it’s a gurnard’s blazing lumo green wings or the blue mackerel’s mesmerizing stripes, the colours from the underwater world continue to stagger me.

hobbies these days is just

A ‘grunter’s’ wings are individual, with no two the brightest blue spots whereas others possess white are like a random paint

the striking red colouration

absolute best colouration don’t think anything comes the body are these brilliant, mottled stripes which then red spots rounded with blue

is the most spectacular

lights up red like a Christmas

blue could look this

The yellow and green to complement the widely varied greens across the golden stripe cuts through

Ever since I was young, their colouration and unique

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Who me? Too feminine!

Top of the hill and top of the morning, midway through a big loop with hopes of encountering the beaut 12-pointer I saw two years back. It’s been a non-event thus far. I’ve been hunting back to front instead of front to back as the predicted sou’-east is actually blowing gusty nor’west.

blew up my back passage,

a nanosecond I realised the splashing was a stag wallowing in the near-empty

embrace and bolted towards

head and antlers as nasally-

Sunday – no church, no the breeze is minimal and

like a pro, when suddenly my eye is drawn to a brown hump in the long grass head behind a porcupine bush but every now and then

Thanks to the porcupine unaware I’m approaching tail, dropping digested and pelletised greenery almost as cover and stares at the washes get smashed right jeans and old grey top have been thrashed around in am invisible to his questing

He is young, has a crown that does not interest me and his back is turned I sling my

This morning I’m stalking

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Several times the young

He is not alarmed, just

Stag is still oblivious to my presence and I’ve gotta say boi – I’ll mature into a real

With an explosive leap he startles then gallops into the wild blue yonder without

Up at the stag wallow-cum-

a shiny mud trail enters the into the breeze, hoping to

I enter the big trees there are stags roaring every

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Sliding and stumbling Clambering and crabbing between stag song and rut

they shout at each other, their insults echoing back

mine do not attract rutting stags, and nor does my girly their testosterone-charged calls without letting the cat tits’n’bum type human in our and they’re all streaking around seeing who has the deepest voice, the largest

despite doing my best to streak around and intercept

second, when we’re both playing ‘I Spy’ – he sees the stag and spook another – he

Eventually, when I cannot pell-mell about in the nearexhausted, I have had my

Sha ered but bloody happy

Malcolm Halstead

At 4.30am my alarm shattered the silence. My initial thoughts were, what the hell is that going off for? I quickly realised I had agreed to chase albacore tuna in Tasman Bay and, considering I was in Kaikoura, an early start was called for.

and at my brother’s place

arrived at the same instant, which meant we were on the

Always a good thing in my

his Hardtop McLay in the and the water was crystal

birds were about and we

Malcolm delighted to get

a daisy chain to help attract

cleared to give him the best

was able to grab the trace, while I did the honours with

years, so it was great to get

we headed in their direction, where we had seen them,

tangled in the daisy chain got it to the boat and I had bleeding it, we added it to turned the boat and went back over the spot and this

action and landed another

With more than enough tuna on board, we headed a nice snapper joined the

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Every year more than a hundred new trainees complete NZDA’s Hunter National Training Scheme (HUNTS) course through NZDA branches spanning the country. Stephan Kappelsberger outlines a dual experience gained through a recent Wellington-Porirua branch HUNTS course.

Stefan and Stephan’s most excellent HUNTS adventure

Yep that’s us—now how did we get into this position?

Let’s take you back to the not so distant past.

The scenario: Sunday

experience, we realised we

best way to start our journey

we enrolled and were sitting in the classroom on our

personalities, experience and even some very unexpected great and wise mentors were

I AM talking about Rob Howey and Les Ryan—and

The evening sessions

good conversations about practical experiences, good theoretical principles and the

a yarn about anything, even topics like the morals and

At this point we were

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All jokes aside, the balance by practical bush experience really helped to cement

More classroom and which culminated in

Deerstalkers Wellington

early on the Friday and

mention here that this was into the park, so we were a bit worried about what this would do to our chances

Foot and the most optimal stalking techniques that we intended unleashing on our unsuspecting victims at the

was a long weekend, so

As might be expected, being the well trained

we overslept an hour the driving past our campsite! We quickly gathered ourselves and with our single

Rob and Les, we headed out locked and loaded

Due to Intellectual property agreements and to make

exposed, I will merely say

We then packed up camp

meat on our backs!

course is much more

breaking stereotypical views, together, getting back to a good work ethic and being

exposed to similar minded connects us back to an ancient and authentic way and experienced people (yes, I am talking about Rob and Les again) sit around share principles, techniques, and wisdom to ensure that something that is culturally and socially important, is carried over to the next

outdoor skills

Kaikoura New

Sam Boothroyd

Thoughts of a week in Kaikoura with a boat loaded with dive gear and rods was more than enough to get the excitement levels up as we made our way along the east coast. With the p once again opened, these black sea slugs were high on the target list and with the huge abundance that resides along the coastline, it didn’t even call for the use of a wetsuit, as we quickly had gathered enough for dinner without even getting wet.

The next day dawned crisp and albatross that kept us entertained, we may well

Reaching our chosen

we all dropped our lines, elusive Kaikoura h

Whilst the h puku never graced us with its presence, was nothing less than

cod we had ever seen, along

good size tarakihi into the chilly bin as well as a rather angry school shark, which was hastily unhooked by

bin, including an absolute

spot, I quickly got onto

catch bag with practical ease whilst Dan and Dad set about shooting some excessively well-conditioned day couldn’t get any better that Kaikoura possesses there was still an itch I had quite some time—the Lyell creek trout! The creek that runs through Kaikoura that nonchalantly go about their day whilst completely ignoring almost every lure I

here, Dan took no time at all

MPI Fishery o cers patrolling around the Kaipara harbour area, caught two men with 138 snapper.

The daily bag limit per person is 10 with a minimum length of 27cm in the West Coast area – where the men were fishing. If fishing on the East Coast the daily bag limit is 7 per person with a minimum length of 30cm.

A Senior Fishery O cer, and an Honorary Fishery O cer were patrolling in the harbour on Saturday (26/3/22). Part of this work includes inspecting the catch of recreational fishers at the boat ramp when they’re coming out of the water.

The men, who were from Auckland had been fishing all day aboard their boat and were stopped at the Ruawai boat ramp which is about 30 kilometres south of Dargaville.

“They’d spent the day fishing and between them had nearly 7 times the legal limit. Just one snapper of their catch was undersize but again – the rules are there for a reason – to

protect the resource and ensure sustainability,” says MPI Regional Compliance Manager, Phil Tasker.

All the fish was seized by Ministry for Primary Industries along with the boat the men were fishing from.

And, it’s likely they will be charged under the Fisheries Act, given the large number of fish in their possession.

“The Kaipara harbour is a popular fishing spot. Everyone is entitled to catch a feed – but  we would encourage all fishers to understand the rules. Don’t take a gamble as you risk infringement tickets or potentially appearing before the courts.

We can all do our part in looking after our local fishery or fisheries by downloading the NZ Fishing Rules App wherever you get your apps from and protect our kaimoana for future generations,” says Phil Tasker.

If you become aware of any suspicious fishing activity, call MPI on 0800 4 POACHER (0800 47 62 24) or email ncc@mpi.govt.nz.

Unlike the canned variety at the supermarket with its convenient labels, it’s hard to tell the di erence between some of the varying tuna species when you get one on your line. To make it a little trickier the pacific bluefin and the southern bluefin tuna are very similar at a glance. Southern bluefin tuna have been making a strong appearance o the west coast of both the North and South Islands, including Fiordland.

Unlike the pacific bluefin, the southern bluefin tuna has a recreational daily limit of one fish per angler.

We recommend that when fishers catch tuna and aren’t sure which kind they’ve caught, they adopt the ‘one fish’ limit for southern bluefin. It’s better to be cautious rather than taking more fish and risking a fine.

Fisheries New Zealand monitors recreational harvest through reported catch (mostly from fishing club records), focussing on the areas where most fishing occurs. Recording or weighing your catch at a fishing club would ensure that it is accounted for in recreational catch estimates, which are vital to managing the fishery. If you haven’t reported your catch through a fishing club you can also report it online at fishcatch.co.nz.

Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

Pectoral fins (1) short, less than head length; top front of the body cavity has a prominent bulge (when gills and gut removed).

Coloration: dark blue back transitioning into lighter blue with dark fins; lower sides and belly mainly silver, faint vertical lines or dots fading on death; caudal keel (2) pale or yellow but may be darker in large fish. Attains 220 cm length and 165 kg in weight.

Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Pectoral fins (1) short, less than head length; top front of the body cavity has a small narrow bulge (when gills and gut removed). New Zealand’s largest growing tuna attaining over 300 cm fork length and 400 kg weight.

Coloration: dark blue back transitioning into lighter blue with dark fins; may have spots on the head (2); 2nd dorsal fin (3) reddish-brown; caudal keel (4) at base of the tail dark; lower sides (5) and belly silver with consistent spots and faint vertical lines; anal fin (6) silver edged with black.

Keeping up-to-date with the recreational fishing rules for your area is easy with the NZ Fishing Rules app. Once downloaded the app can also be used o ine. You can find out more about the rules and download the free NZ Fishing Rules app from www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-rules

Photo credit: BlueWater

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Coutta’s garbage, rot!

Dear Ed,

Re Coutta’s Cut, in issue

I have to say I’m very disappointed that you would

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Kiwi ingenuity inspires revolutionary RodASSISTA

Daryl Crimp

The iconic and ubiquitous Kiwi shed has often been the spawning ground of many great inventions and innovations: think eggbeater, Hamilton jet boat, bungy jump A J Hackett, the jet pack, referees whistle and built by Richard Pearse—to name a few. It’s indicative of the Kiwi Can Do attitude and the ‘ol’ Number 8 wire’ philosophy that we are recognised by globally.

Anyone can come up with ‘the best idea since

very long and expensive

Fishing Equipment Ltd, a Kiwi company based in Invercargill and with its roots

waist belt to assist playing

new but business partners (Rocky) Rickard have applied Kiwi ingenuity to invent a revolutionary new product that is… well the name says it all… a RodASSISTA !

idea almost two decades and recreational charter operator, he watched people

there had to be a better way and came up with a rod holder strapped to the thigh, that ergonomically loads the rod without stressing the lower back

pose while mechanically stainless prototype proved the concept was not only workable but exceeded

Enter Rocky Rickard, a

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“I instantly recognised this to be a genuine gamechanger and immediately introducing Innovative Fishing Equipment Ltd and

Developing the initial plastic was not as easy as it might sound, with around

The rod holder component is high loads, whereas the acetal to provide the good wearing properties needed to backing plate and ring are strength and wear, and is loaded with a stainless 316

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Sinker to Smoker

Ron Prestage

involve travel to the river, lake or sea shore. Getting there and back safely is paramount, so recent developments in New Zealand to help with this should be welcomed.

What a bold initiative Waka

Ge ing there and back safely

with its vision where no one is killed or seriously injured

speed limit reductions on State Highway 6 between strategy was widely opposed joined the mob against this

PISTOL SHOOTING

Brian Bishop

Over the last few months New Zealand has had to deal with segregation—the vaxxed and un-vaxxed. I don’t care what different people have done as far as having it or not, that’s their personal choice, not my business. But we have had to live with some restrictions.

The good news is this looks to have come to an end but, while we have this government, nothing is

While we have been having a hard time with the limits on numbers at events,

Speed limits had been Whangamoa Saddle and to

What an enjoyable drive there and back it turned no nitwits roaring past and everyone heeding the well

And Waka Kotahi proudly reduced speed limits, zero deaths have been reported and the serious crash rate

On the West Coast at

Christmas time it was pleasing to see the new signage on the notorious trouble spot at Mokihinui,

others, I have complained to about this narrow accident-

narrow road nearly every I saw only one incident where someone had put

Having a jab

event isn’t really that big a deal and just something that

While events were one thing, bitching between each other at home clubs was something I couldn’t clubs and its members have looked at restricting other

anyone would think they were more important than another member is just more and more people shooting, and while I have

truth is I don’t care, be it

Otherwise, you are helping the other side, because

and that’s easy to see in their

The new Shooting Range Manual has been released and it is going to have more

you don’t think so, have a thought about where you shoot because anything more than a little sighting the target you sight in on is permanent, then it may soon be considered a range

relatively straight section

This marked change to mishap numbers can be attributed to the signage now

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Fish Mainland’s policy for South Island marine

goals that form the basis for prioritising efforts in the coming years:

To support recreational

South Island culture at

To establish recreational

the South Island marine

SeveralMainland Catch – phone app for South Island recreational fisher self-reporting

Randall Bess—Fish Mainland

to improve management

sustainable recreational very limited quantitative recreational catch and disadvantages the when decisions are made on

Fund, Fish Mainland, in

South Island recreational fishers, fishing clubs and other groups, including the Guardians of Fiordland and Kaikoura, have highlighted the value they place on collecting more information and with greater frequency to gain a better understanding of localised trends in abundance, size distribution and availability of fish stocks that are important to recreational fishers.

action related to this goal has been to explore with methodologies, including

The data is collected via a mobile app used appropriately named

Mainland Catch collects recreational catch and bycatch to better manage light system implemented

captures data that indicate trends in an area, which will help substantiate when a light colours, such as an area

Mainland Catch is an

provides a handy personal

will be aggregated to indicate what blue cod area

personal data will not be Fishers will be able to access

Data generated by Mainland Catch will allow

blue cod area, the average catch rates, the average are also able to record bycatch and marine mammal

the opportunity to provide simple and enjoyable way trips, while also providing valuable data to better which is so important to

two videos on Mainland Catch that provide a simple ‘how to use’ explanation

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So now we have the trilogy, the ongoing amazing stories of the Long family that began when ‘my father’ wilds of South Westland and made himself a home in an abandoned hut and began a life of “living off the land”. book, then ‘my mother’ came along and she wrote the second book, and now, after 17years of growing up in this remote environment, the eldest child, Chris (born 1991), left home for a spell at outdoor pursuits Mt

Aspiring College in Wanaka It is this year that naturally divides the book into two halves as Chris relates the many outstanding aspects opens the door on his phase starting with the chapter

you hold you spellbound

to the bottom and many countries around the middle, the book takes us on many adventures, relationships, near death experiences and challenges that The book is one that most readers will not be able to put down as each page seems to have so much challenge and excitement in yet engaging and passively in two sessions was the passed quickly as I sought

Poppa Mike

will need to read the book

Along the way Chris whom he shared many adventures and experiences including her coming to stay at his home with ‘mum

her way in the world and write her own book to

beaut coloured photograph on the back cover is any clue I am sure it will also be a

Experience your dream

HUNT AFRICA 2023

Seared venison salad with plum mayo

Bowl of torn hydroponic lettuce leaves

1 cup cherry tomatoes halved

1 ripe avocado diced roughly

1/2 red pepper sliced

1/2 telegraph cucumber peeled and sliced

1/2 medium red onion sliced thinly

1 hard boiled egg per person halved (8 minutes)

2 tbsp sunflower seeds

125g Feta cheese

Plum Mayo

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1-2 tbsp plum sauce

2 tbsp cream

1/8 tsp white pepper

Pinch flaked chilli

Combine all ingredients and whisk until smooth

150—200g venison fillet per person

2 tbsp oil

Bring venison to room temperature.

Season liberally with salt and cracked pepper.

Pan sear over moderate heat till browned on all sides but still spongy to the touch. Remove to chopping board and rest for 10 minutes.

Slice venison into medallions and plate.

Combine salad ingredients and drizzle over plum mayo. Serve with venison and enjoy.

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COOKING with CRIMPY

Council to ‘burgle’ public access with bylaw?

David Miller

The Marlborough Anglers and Surfcasters Club oppose the proposed Marlborough District Council (MDC)

Bylaw prohibiting vehicle access between the Awatere and Waima River mouths on the east coast.

Council has already voted on and has a universal

but there are national issues at stake and the matter needs

a wider audience than a council hearing can provide:

1) Public access:

as an egalitarian society, countries in having a mountains, rivers, lakes and attempts to remove that

According to the Land Transport Act, beaches are public roads and subject to existing laws relating to

regulations already available

Council maintains a bylaw is the best solution, common law that already council states vehicles will Ure River with a speed restriction, implying they can selectively use common law

2) POOR legislation: Council will be unable to suspect, will rely on people ‘dobbing’ others in, requiring or expecting council to

motorbikes took place!

public complaint are likely

already cost council multiple dollars—throwing more

3) Do councils OR Kiwis own the coastline? Kiwis should be concerned

it sets a precedent and councils can then impose conditions on any stretch are being eroded in all

in an area widely used and

4) In the interests of Public Safety? Really? Rubbish statement; without any accident history,

how on earth can council

5 Restore Unique Habitat: Really? Councillors should We would like a councillor Awatere River mouth OR mouth and demonstrate the and environment—the gravel proposed area!

people daily walk over the encouraged by DoC and

in this location?

6) Maybe the ‘crux’ of the reasons for the proposal: Lighthouses hold a special

and this lighthouse was recently used as the setting

including Cape Reinga, Cape Kidnappers, Wellington Coast, Farewell Spit and many other, lighthouses are visited each year by

Since the earthquake, access to the Cape Campbell lighthouse has been easier

It would be a mighty long

Everyone should have Cape Campbell lighthouse so they can continue to enjoy

Why would a council want

TrackMe NZ facilitates double rescue

Two rescues on inReach 66i in one trip unlikely? Not likely—it happened.

never need to use the rescue

it, you’ll be so pleased you

Victoria and her sevenyear-old daughter Emilie are walking Te Araroa and carrying an inReach as a being able to message were reassured by the SOS button and the ability to call

Coming to the completion couple they’d met the night

“However,” Victoria said, “they staggered in early the next morning having camped on the way as the husband

had been extreme and he

The gentleman was unable to continue walking and the couple had no way to

“I used my InReach 66i

liaised with emergency services and asked some decision was made to send a helicopter to transport the patient to Christchurch

Unbelievably a very similar

This time it was a young walkers who needed medical

“They had passed us on the trail,” Victoria says, “but the next morning the husband came back to tell us his

They knew I had my device because they’d met us earlier

So, using the inReach’s and organized a medical Victoria says, “It was easy, have been able to help these being unwell can become bags and other gear and but don’t want to spend money on a device they hope they

just ridiculous, especially when they are so easily

Victoria was really impressed with the speed emergency services as well

“They were there when we needed them and helped

Hocus pocus over the hill

My brother-in-law and his wife had been catching large snapper in Golden Bay during early spring and summer, and had been sending us photos urging us to make the trip ‘over the

Christchurch to Collingwood when the weather was more settled, with nice cool mornings and sunny days, so that we could enjoy the

First to arrive at the Collingwood boat ramp,

vehicles and trailers, cleared

incoming tide so that we channel and bar—two hours

Excitement was building as we launched the boats

brother-in-law out to Spot

given the unusually large swell, we moved to calmer

members and continued to “Time to have one quick

with calm weather, and we headed back out to the

All set for Spot X

Blooming lovely

There were two long weekends coming up but when the weather for the weekend prior was looking mint and the long range still too uncertain, we quickly rallied to get things sorted for a trip to the Sounds.

Our lovely house/dog sitter was available (no I’m not sharing who she is haha!) so we invited a friend of our daughters to join us for her and set off.

The trip to Havelock was quick; we launched easily

dinner time so we parked gurnard on sabikis! At least we knew dinner was sorted

The wind changed as predicted so we moved into

kahawai milling around the

a ball! It was particularly lovely hearing our daughter knowledge, acquired over Next morning was a cruisey start with poached eggs for breakfast, spots around the mussel farms.

stretch the legs and enjoy a cold beer and iceblocks (something that had only been mentioned eleven or so times over the morning) watching the boats come and go whilst enjoying the

The line went in and then very small nibble through the rod and then it was

shakes nodded and the reel

nervousness crept in as the head-shakes and runs and watching the rod bending at an alarming rate, the I gasped… I had hooked hooks—now known as the

have got the big one!”

so good!

Another relaxing evening,

with the ‘oh yeah—heard a surprise when she looked over the side and saw the two large snapper on the

Then came the sudden determination to get then turned out to be personal and then dropped into the ice slurry, as we wanted top

in a neighbouring bay and debate about sharks and temperature (me!), we were

waves slapping against the

The next day we tried a and it must’ve been meant the calm bay we could see the water looked cloudy, Moving closer, we could see in number and density until we realised that the cloud

Something we’d read

there is an increased chance warm waters combine with along the outside, watching

The girls were intrigued and quite glad not to be swimming right then—a very special end to a lovely time

Ultimately, we headed back ‘over the hill’ with

couldn’t help wondering where the next adventure

Some may remember the Tauranga Taupo River before

In those days you could drive to the ‘Crescent’, join the always present group

operative. And mostly they were!

I’ve always loved the TT season, usually with little enough to have a good run right over the winter but small enough to be able to get around without risking

I reconnected with the TT

conditions, I’m not supposed admit I need a little help know where the action is and can save time by taking

We crossed the TT and

As I worked the line out to cast, a small rainbow slashed weapon, Chubby Chernobyl, with extra wings, cicada back down-stream in classic disappeared in a huge boil

The trout raced up and down the pool determinedly but,

(I don’t do run anymore so there was no way I could

cicadas dropping on the

Tupand down the pool put every thing down, but about forty

disappeared again as it drifted near the opposite bank. Fish number two. Two

to the net before we got to the fast water at the head of the pool.

brown trout were hanging in

them produced nothing—

were not going to provide any action, we crossed the river, while the browns moved aside and then went

We moved to where we

the pool: the sweep where the river pushes close up to

Waiting until they were where the next trip around

who was still on patrol, was taken similarly—I dropped

Having totally stirred up moved up to where we

casts to get the distance right and—bang—down went the

tricky cast across the current with an upstream mend to

vicious take and this proved brown trout that took us around the pool several “Sometimes it just all

the same water the next

a Hare and Copper hanging

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II SUPPLIER OF BINOCULARS