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Shop windows shattered in central Wellington in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's a parking machine on Dixon Street where someone has busted the solar panel, I wonder if it was the same person?

Kāpiti rescue: Divers swim over an hour to deserted island in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is an area that's quite familiar to me, as I've done a few circumnavigations of Kapiti, I've also landed on Fisherman's/motungarara before, as well as Brown's island next to it.

The tides through that area are vicious, to the point where a trip in the area has to be planned around them, you can't overcome the flow for any length of time, especially for a circumnavigation.

They were definitely lucky to make the island. I wonder where they landed? There are actually houses out there, on the northern end.

Five rescued from capsized boat in Manukau Harbour in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Neat. The area around Auckland Airport is perfectly suited for a hovercraft, come to think of it.

Five rescued from capsized boat in Manukau Harbour in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Auckland Airport has a hovercraft?

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I've heard that one a few times before actually, it's not entirely unfair either.

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The line is out of action while deicing is taking place, but only for the shortest amount of time necessary.

That's what I'm thinking, yes. Although you could pump a lot of heat into the pantograph, and pair it up with a scraper at the same time.

It wouldn't be able to run line speed, but it would be reasonably fast, I'd think.

Watch: Greens respond to MP Darleen Tana investigation findings | RNZ News in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If she refuses to resign, it will be interesting to see if greens use the "waka jumping" rules against her.

They were against them at the time, as they felt they could be used to silence dissent in the party ranks, so to use them would be an embarassing change of direction for them.

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is how power line deicing works on systems overseas. You need two legs to the circuit, so it would involve either isolating lines from each other on double track, or earthing out the end of the lines, and using the tracks as a return path.

The option I was actually thinking about was having a heated pantograph of some type.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levis_De-Icer

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's been done with power lines overseas, where they somehow increase the current in the lines to heat them up to shed ice.

No idea how it actually works though, I'll have to look into it.

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, it's connected directly to the ONT with nothing in between.

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

At the moment it's just running as a router and PoE switch, with two wireless access points on it. We plan to add cameras, but other expenses have taken priority.

Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 8/7/2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I'll have a look at it tomorrow, I think it does have VPN functionality. I've never really needed it though.

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New Auckland wavepark a 'massive project for NZ' (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

A wave park heated with free (to them) heat from a data centre. This is seriously cool.

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Residents of Auckland's City Gardens Apartments ordered to evacuate over fire safety (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it's fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade.

No BWOF since 2017 is just incredible though.

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2028 total solar eclipse in New Zealand likely big tourism drawcard, astronomer says (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

I'd love to see this from on the water, what do you all think? I'm amazed someone bought a house especially to see it though, that's just amazing.

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A long weekend's paddling (www.relive.cc)
 

This was my weekend on the water, Makara to Titahi Bay Sunday, and a Kapiti island circumnavigation Monday.

These are both very tide dependent trips, so required a reasonably early start to catch the tide.

Both were great trips, and we were very lucky with the weather.

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I also do river stuff! This was a weekend away with my whitewater club, both new rivers to me. (www.relive.cc)
 

Saturday, the Rangitikei river.

I forgot to start the recording until we stopped for a break, but this was a great section of the river.

Sunday, the Blue Pools section of the Tongariro

A big step up from what I'm used to paddling, this stretch is at the upper end of grade 2, and I feel I learned a lot paddling it.

Any questions you have, feel free to ask.

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Makara to Owhiro Bay (www.relive.cc)
 

This is a trip I did a few months ago now, from Makara to Owhiro Bay on the Wellington coastline. I've only done the trip once before, and the trip is tide dependent and requires meticulous planning, tides can run in excess of five knots along this coastline, so it's important to have them working in your favour. The tidal flow gave us a big push, I'd guess taking at least an hour off the trip.

I've also got a Cook strait crossing one I will dig up.

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Argentine ant sniffer dog averts potential disaster on Matiu / Somes Island (www.rnz.co.nz)
 

I didn't actually know they were building a new wharf on Somes, it's great that the island is getting more infrastructure. And great they caught the ants, obviously.

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Winter kayaking, south island. (postimg.cc)
 

The topic came up on my last post about winter paddling, so I thought I would share these, some photos from a road trip around the south island of New Zealand. The photos are lake Ruataniwha and lake Tekapo, boat is a Mission Eco Bezhig. The air temp was just above zero, water temp about the same, no wind, and I had the lake to myself both times. Awesome trip.

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My trip to the Cavalli islands, upper north island, NZ (www.relive.cc)
 

I recently did a trip to the Cavalli islands, at the far north of New Zealand, staying at Matauri Bay Campsite and doing day trips either from the site, or a short drive away. This is a summary of that trip, the links take you to a short video showing the path we took and a few photos from each trip.

In total, 122.8 km paddled and walked, about 1900KM driven, at 8.2l/100km, a bit over 24 hours on the road spread over two days. The Cavallis are a beautiful place, and I want to come back at a time when we have half a metre or so of swell to get into all the caves and passageways I couldn’t see this time. I did, however, see all the areas I was hoping to see, and overall the trip was great fun, and well worth the travel. Day 1, Rock gardening from Matauri bay west, 17.9 km https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq Day 2, Outer Cavalli islands, 28.1 KM https://www.relive.cc/view/v36AGRY9KZv Day 3, Southern Cavalli islands, 22.4km https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2nLm5GO Day 4, Pekapeka bay and the duke’s nose, 21.6km walked and paddled https://www.relive.cc/view/vevY37V5KJ6 Day 5, Motukawanui walk and snorkel, 14.2 km, not including swimming. https://www.relive.cc/view/vRO7eZ8eVKq Day 6, northern cavalli islands, including a swim and snorkel, 18.6km https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpDKPVwRO

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My Matauri bay trip. (lemmy.nz)
 

I wanted to do a brief summary of my trip to Matauri bay and the Cavalli islands, as well as have all the Relive videos in one place. In total, 122.8 km paddled and walked, about 1900KM driven, at 8.2l/100km, a bit over 24 hours on the road spread over two days. The Cavallis are a beautiful place, and I want to come back at a time when we have half a metre or so of swell to get into all the caves and passageways I couldn’t see this time.

I did, however, see all the areas I was hoping to see, and overall the trip was great fun, and well worth the travel.

Day 1, Rock gardening from Matauri bay west, 17.9 km https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq

Day 2, Outer Cavalli islands, 28.1 KM https://www.relive.cc/view/v36AGRY9KZv

Day 3, Southern Cavalli islands, 22.4km https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2nLm5GO

Day 4, Pekapeka bay and the duke’s nose, 21.6km walked and paddled https://www.relive.cc/view/vevY37V5KJ6

Day 5, Motukawanui walk and snorkel, 14.2 km, not including swimming. https://www.relive.cc/view/vRO7eZ8eVKq

Day 6, northern cavalli islands, including a swim and snorkel, 18.6km https://www.relive.cc/view/vPOpDKPVwRO

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Aotearoa daily korero 11/2/2024 (lemmy.nz)
 

Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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Deep Cove to Gut hut, Secretary island. Kayaking Doubtful sound day 2 (youtu.be)
 

This is day two of Doubtful sound, paddling from Deep cove to Gut hut. One big goal we had with this trip was to circumnavigate Secretary island, and getting here put us in a good place to start exploring the outer reaches of Doubtful. It was a great start to the trip, with excellent weather as well.

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