Louie Fannin placed in an annual competition held by the RNZN which resulted in a visit from the Seasprite chopper. Photo / Michael Cunningham By: Jodi Bryant Reporter for the Northern Advocate jodi.bryant@nzme.co.nz Whangārei pupils from several schools flocked toward a Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) aircraft this week when it landed in their midst.Continue reading “NORTHERN ADVOCATE – Navy chopper drops in to visit Whangārei school pupils 13 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM 2 minutes to read”
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Ready for an epic adventure
HMNZS Canterbury By Farida Master – February 9, 2021 Former head boy and head girl of Howick College Ethan McCormick and Inka Pleiss will be a part of a small team on the Blake Expedition to the remote Kermadec Islands. Times photo Wayne Martin She is terrified of sharks but can’t wait to swimContinue reading “Ready for an epic adventure”
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Māori woman first Royal NZ Navy representative to have moko kauae 6 Feb, 2021 05:10 AM 3 minutes
Melanie Huata-Lucas, 32, becomes the first Māori woman in the Royal New Zealand Navy to have a moko kauae, an ancestral marking on a woman’s chin. NZ Herald By: Te Rina Triponel, Māori Affairs Reporter Melanie Huata-Lucas – who last year became the first representative of the Royal New Zealand Navy to have a moko kauaeContinue reading “Māori woman first Royal NZ Navy representative to have moko kauae 6 Feb, 2021 05:10 AM 3 minutes”
Motorcyclist defies odds to wake from four-week coma after ‘horrific’ crash – Michael “Hooky” Walker’. Walker is an engineer at the Trustpower Lake Coleridge power station and served in the Royal New Zealand Navy. He was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.
Jonathan Guildford 05:00, Feb 05 2021 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Play Unmute Current Time 2:14 / Duration 2:53 Loaded: 100.00% Fullscreen STACY SQUIRES Michael “Hooky” Walker was left with 50 fractures after crashing his motorbike. After a month in coma, he is now on the slow road to recovery at his home in Lake Coleridge. A quickContinue reading “Motorcyclist defies odds to wake from four-week coma after ‘horrific’ crash – Michael “Hooky” Walker’. Walker is an engineer at the Trustpower Lake Coleridge power station and served in the Royal New Zealand Navy. He was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996.”
