http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Uroskin 2026-05-17T08:17:54Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.5 http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Countdown&diff=8862 2010-05-27T00:51:58Z

<p>Uroskin: update</p> <hr /> <div>The [http://www.woolworths.co.nz Woolworths] supermarket is located at 102 Ostend Road, [[Ostend]].<br /> <br /> Phone: (09) 372 1040<br /> <br /> Fax: (09) 372 1044<br /> <br /> Trading Hours: Mon - Sun, 7am - 9pm<br /> <br /> Woolworths (often shortened to 'Woolies') shares a building with Waiheke [[Placemakers]] and is by far the largest supermarket on the island. It belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Supermarkets_(New_Zealand) Woolworths New Zealand] chain.<br /> <br /> On Saturday 6 June 2009 part of the building caught fire and caused the closure of the supermarket due to fire and water damage. <br /> Woolworths NZ for the first time offered Waiheke Islanders access to its internet shopping service, something which has been available to all other New Zealanders for many years. The temporary Waiheke service however is available for pick-ups only.<br /> <br /> The supermarket re-opened on 19 June 2009 with a reduced floor area and slightly shorter opening times.<br /> The internet shopping option was withdrawn.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;googlemap version=&quot;0.9&quot; lat=&quot;-36.794887&quot; lon=&quot;175.050686&quot; zoom=&quot;17&quot;&gt;<br /> -36.795187, 175.05053, Woolworths<br /> Woolworths Waiheke<br /> &lt;/googlemap&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Commercial]]<br /> [[Category:Ostend]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Island&diff=8861 2010-05-27T00:42:43Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:island.jpg|frame|left|Waiheke Island]]Waiheke Island is situated in the [[Hauraki Gulf]] (Tiikapa Moana-o-Hauraki)<br /> <br /> Latitude (DMS): 36° 47' 60 S<br /> Longitude (DMS): 175° 5' 60 E<br /> <br /> The 175th meridian passes through the island in Church Bay and Matiatia, not far from Mud Brick Restaurant. The apogee of Waiheke Island is in Spain, not far from Gibraltar.<br /> <br /> Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealand's third most populated island, after the North and South Islands (and it is the most densely populated island in New Zealand).<br /> <br /> The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Isthmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.<br /> <br /> Waiheke Island has an area of 9,324 hectares (approximately 100 square kilometres, almost twice the size of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan Island]) and a permanent population of around 8,000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).<br /> <br /> For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.<br /> <br /> ===Tangata whenua===<br /> Tribal area: Ngati Paoa, Ngati Maru, Patukirikiri.<br /> Tangata whenua for the island is [[Ngati Paoa]], one of the tribes in the Hauraki Confederation. The island's marae, however, is [[Piritahi Marae]], a pan-cultural centre established on a city council reserve at the western end of Blackpool. Its long-term chairman and prominent kaumatua was [[Kato Kauwhata]] who died on 11 November 2007.<br /> <br /> ===History===<br /> See also [http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/getdoc/466fe4ed-cf2a-488e-a490-5f520b9e6e43/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history at Auckland City Library]<br /> Waiheke was probably among the first places to be settled by Polynesian travellers when they first came to Aotearoa/New Zealand some 800 years ago. A natural crossroads on the routes north and south, many of the smaller gulf islands hosted non-permanent communities. On Waiheke and Great Barrier, however, permanent populations developed. Some of the island was cleared by fire, particularly in western areas. At the eastern end tall forests, later to be mined for tall naval spars, stood.<br /> <br /> <br /> ::Soon after the arrival of humans and their companion species (rats and dogs), many indigenous<br /> ::species disappeared from Waiheke including the giant eagle, huia, fur seal and tuatara.<br /> ::Investigations of middens (old rubbish sites) on Motutapu show that bird remains virtually<br /> ::disappeared after the Rangitoto eruptions, and kai moana (fish and shellfish) were the main wildlife<br /> ::consumed. Following an initial wave of extinctions, for several centuries Maori successfully<br /> ::maintained a relatively stable co-existence with the remaining indigenous fauna based on<br /> ::horticulture and harvesting kai moana.<br /> :: - [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/hgi/docs/hgiAnn01a.pdf Auckland City District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Proposed 2006]<br /> <br /> <br /> As he left the Hauraki Gulf in 1769 Captain James Cook dropped anchor off the eastern end of Waiheke and noted its rich resource of tall trees and brought to the attention of Europe the riches of the area.<br /> <br /> In 1821 Hongi Hika raided the Auckland isthmus and nearby islands. Local Maori who were not killed or captured fled to the Waikato and the area remained depopulated. Not till the 1830s were the tribes again at peace. By the time traders and missionaries had arrived. From the late 1830s to the mid-1840s much land was sold to Europeans. In the 1850s the Crown bought more.<br /> <br /> <br /> ::Extensive crown land purchasing in the gulf in the 1850s left Maori with only two substantial<br /> ::blocks: Te Huruhi (2100 acres) on Waiheke and Katherine Bay (3510 acres) on Great Barrier. The<br /> ::sale of Te Huruhi before World War I left only Katherine Bay in Maori ownership until the return of<br /> ::the Waiheke Station (2050 acres) to Ngati Paoa in settlement of a Treaty claim in 1989.<br /> :: - [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/hgi/docs/hgiAnn01a.pdf Auckland City District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Proposed 2006]<br /> <br /> <br /> According to local historian Paul Monin, no evidence can be found as to what the name &quot;Waiheke&quot; means. Anecdotal stories circulated by tourism groups are urban legends. Monin explained that because of the Maori wars in the area, by the time Pakeha began recording local history, those Maori who would have known the original meaning were dead. The conventional explanation is that it means &quot;Cascading Waters&quot; with an attached story relating to a modest waterfall on the island. This explanation is doubtful in part because except in storms, most water on Waiheke drips - the island does not have cascading rivers. However, Wai also means a form of memory, explained by some Maori scholars as the memory of all that was and will be, and Heke means a migrant or party of migrants. Could this be the island of migrants remembering who they are? Seems to accurately describe many folk on the island.<br /> <br /> Note: Some Maori from Ngati Whatua suggest ''Waiheke'' may have been a family name. This needs to be investigated.<br /> <br /> In a scholarly and comprehensive book called ''Te Takoto o te Whenua o Hauraki - Hauraki Landmarks'' (Reed, 2000), however, Taimoana Tuuroa tells a very different story. He says the literal translation of Waiheke is indeed 'descending waters' but Maori history has it that during exploration of in the inner gulf, the waka ''Arawa'' made a call at the island and Kahumatamomoe, the son of Tamatekapua, came ashore. &quot;On landing upon the flat rocky shore, he needed to relieve himself and did so proclaiming that his micturating waters had descended upon the land,&quot; writes Tuuroa (P193). In this version, the waterfall is even more modest.<br /> <br /> Tuuroa spent many years researching the Hauraki lands and their people, having grown up among tribal leaders. His life was filled research encounters, helped by his job as a surveyor. Reed's [http://www.reed.co.nz/products.cfm?view=1171&amp;catID=46 page about the book] is currently down (Nov 07).<br /> <br /> &lt;youtube&gt;sV6b72hZ3fE&lt;/youtube&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> === Resources ===<br /> <br /> [http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/localhistory/suburbhistories/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Islands]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Island&diff=8860 2010-05-27T00:41:57Z

<p>Uroskin: minor additions</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:island.jpg|frame|left|Waiheke Island]]Waiheke Island is situated in the [[Hauraki Gulf]] (Tiikapa Moana-o-Hauraki)<br /> <br /> Latitude (DMS): 36° 47' 60 S<br /> Longitude (DMS): 175° 5' 60 E<br /> <br /> The 175th meridian passes through the island in Church Bay and Matiatia, not far from Mud Brick Restaurant. The apogee of Waiheke Island is in Spain, not far from Gibraltar.<br /> <br /> Only 17km from central [[Auckland]], Waiheke is an easy 35-40 minute ferry ride from the city's downtown piers. It is the second largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, after [[Great Barrier Island]]. Its proximity to Auckland means it has become New Zealand's third most populated island, after the North and South Islands (and it is the most densely populated island in New Zealand).<br /> <br /> The climate is often said to be generally warmer than Auckland with less humidity and rain, and more sunshine hours. The evidence for this claim has not been supplied, although in the summer locals note with frustration the dark rainclouds over the Isthmus whilst the island remains parched and smaller water tanks run dry.<br /> <br /> Waiheke Island has an area of 9,324 hectares (approximately 100 square kilometres, almost twice the size of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan Island) and a permanent population of around 8,000 residents. Visitors at the peak of summer are said to bring numbers on the island up to 25,000 to 30,000 but there is no real proof. According to former City Councillor, Faye Storer, an earlier community board made up that number when they were pressed to provide a number. The actual estimate could easily be calculated by the ferry counts (inbound minus outbound over a six week period).<br /> <br /> For many years considered something of a refuge for anyone in need of refuge, Waiheke has these days become an eclectic community, made of all social strata. Luxury homes pepper the hills and coastline, while the valleys are still full of modest houses and baches.<br /> <br /> ===Tangata whenua===<br /> Tribal area: Ngati Paoa, Ngati Maru, Patukirikiri.<br /> Tangata whenua for the island is [[Ngati Paoa]], one of the tribes in the Hauraki Confederation. The island's marae, however, is [[Piritahi Marae]], a pan-cultural centre established on a city council reserve at the western end of Blackpool. Its long-term chairman and prominent kaumatua was [[Kato Kauwhata]] who died on 11 November 2007.<br /> <br /> ===History===<br /> See also [http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/getdoc/466fe4ed-cf2a-488e-a490-5f520b9e6e43/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history at Auckland City Library]<br /> Waiheke was probably among the first places to be settled by Polynesian travellers when they first came to Aotearoa/New Zealand some 800 years ago. A natural crossroads on the routes north and south, many of the smaller gulf islands hosted non-permanent communities. On Waiheke and Great Barrier, however, permanent populations developed. Some of the island was cleared by fire, particularly in western areas. At the eastern end tall forests, later to be mined for tall naval spars, stood.<br /> <br /> <br /> ::Soon after the arrival of humans and their companion species (rats and dogs), many indigenous<br /> ::species disappeared from Waiheke including the giant eagle, huia, fur seal and tuatara.<br /> ::Investigations of middens (old rubbish sites) on Motutapu show that bird remains virtually<br /> ::disappeared after the Rangitoto eruptions, and kai moana (fish and shellfish) were the main wildlife<br /> ::consumed. Following an initial wave of extinctions, for several centuries Maori successfully<br /> ::maintained a relatively stable co-existence with the remaining indigenous fauna based on<br /> ::horticulture and harvesting kai moana.<br /> :: - [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/hgi/docs/hgiAnn01a.pdf Auckland City District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Proposed 2006]<br /> <br /> <br /> As he left the Hauraki Gulf in 1769 Captain James Cook dropped anchor off the eastern end of Waiheke and noted its rich resource of tall trees and brought to the attention of Europe the riches of the area.<br /> <br /> In 1821 Hongi Hika raided the Auckland isthmus and nearby islands. Local Maori who were not killed or captured fled to the Waikato and the area remained depopulated. Not till the 1830s were the tribes again at peace. By the time traders and missionaries had arrived. From the late 1830s to the mid-1840s much land was sold to Europeans. In the 1850s the Crown bought more.<br /> <br /> <br /> ::Extensive crown land purchasing in the gulf in the 1850s left Maori with only two substantial<br /> ::blocks: Te Huruhi (2100 acres) on Waiheke and Katherine Bay (3510 acres) on Great Barrier. The<br /> ::sale of Te Huruhi before World War I left only Katherine Bay in Maori ownership until the return of<br /> ::the Waiheke Station (2050 acres) to Ngati Paoa in settlement of a Treaty claim in 1989.<br /> :: - [http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/hgi/docs/hgiAnn01a.pdf Auckland City District Plan - Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Proposed 2006]<br /> <br /> <br /> According to local historian Paul Monin, no evidence can be found as to what the name &quot;Waiheke&quot; means. Anecdotal stories circulated by tourism groups are urban legends. Monin explained that because of the Maori wars in the area, by the time Pakeha began recording local history, those Maori who would have known the original meaning were dead. The conventional explanation is that it means &quot;Cascading Waters&quot; with an attached story relating to a modest waterfall on the island. This explanation is doubtful in part because except in storms, most water on Waiheke drips - the island does not have cascading rivers. However, Wai also means a form of memory, explained by some Maori scholars as the memory of all that was and will be, and Heke means a migrant or party of migrants. Could this be the island of migrants remembering who they are? Seems to accurately describe many folk on the island.<br /> <br /> Note: Some Maori from Ngati Whatua suggest ''Waiheke'' may have been a family name. This needs to be investigated.<br /> <br /> In a scholarly and comprehensive book called ''Te Takoto o te Whenua o Hauraki - Hauraki Landmarks'' (Reed, 2000), however, Taimoana Tuuroa tells a very different story. He says the literal translation of Waiheke is indeed 'descending waters' but Maori history has it that during exploration of in the inner gulf, the waka ''Arawa'' made a call at the island and Kahumatamomoe, the son of Tamatekapua, came ashore. &quot;On landing upon the flat rocky shore, he needed to relieve himself and did so proclaiming that his micturating waters had descended upon the land,&quot; writes Tuuroa (P193). In this version, the waterfall is even more modest.<br /> <br /> Tuuroa spent many years researching the Hauraki lands and their people, having grown up among tribal leaders. His life was filled research encounters, helped by his job as a surveyor. Reed's [http://www.reed.co.nz/products.cfm?view=1171&amp;catID=46 page about the book] is currently down (Nov 07).<br /> <br /> &lt;youtube&gt;sV6b72hZ3fE&lt;/youtube&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> === Resources ===<br /> <br /> [http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/populartopics/resourcepages/localhistory/suburbhistories/waiheke.aspx Waiheke local history]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Islands]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Campaign_4_Fair_Ferry_Fares&diff=8174 2009-07-22T23:10:27Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.<br /> <br /> A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares (C4FFF), was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases. <br /> <br /> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu0wmkwhYM/SX_D9S6GOuI/AAAAAAAAAeo/xpTKDUhsXCE/s400/pirate+protest+2.jpg<br /> <br /> [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0809/S00333.htm Actions] at the wharf terminals and on the boat, such as passengers dressing up as pirates (accusing Fullers of &quot;robbery on the high seas&quot;) and carrying a [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Fullers230.jpg coffin] on board to draw attention to the death of social diversity on the island when travel becomes too expensive for low and modest income families to live on Waiheke.<br /> <br /> The campaign has had mixed success with monthly fares dropping to $310 (but rising again in February to $315), but has drawn nationwide [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10535732&amp;pnum=0 press] and TV coverage to its colourful protest actions.<br /> <br /> The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.<br /> C4FFF is concentrating on a variety of other issues too, such as researching the correlation (or, more accurately, lack of) between diesel prices and ferry fares; the administration of the Public Transport Management Act and its submissions process; and the rise in profitability of Fullers due to the SuperGold card subsidies ([http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/04/22/c4fff-urges-further-ferry-fare-reductions/ press release]).<br /> <br /> To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from Waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]<br /> <br /> In July 2009 Shirin Brown, on behalf of C4FFF, made an oral submission to the Select Committee meeting on Waiheke Island looking at the Auckland Council Bill, and fragments of it made the main evening news on TV One:<br /> [http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ni3qH2hh2M&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1 YouTube video]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Politics]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=User:Uroskin&diff=7998 2009-06-18T03:50:50Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>I have lived on Waiheke Island since 1999. I am originally from Belgium and emigrated to New Zealand in 1990 and live with my partner, Ewen, and two cats, Oliver and Linus, in Surfdale.<br /> I work for [http://www.tritv.co.nz Triangle Television] and [http://www.stratostv.co.nz Stratos Television] as director of programming.<br /> <br /> I run a personal blog [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island], which is not suitable for younger viewers, or those with an intolerant nature and sub-par IQ (those usually go together anyway).<br /> <br /> I am also administrator for the [http://fullerswatch.blogspot Fullerswatch] blog keeping an eye on the island transport issues.</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Countdown&diff=7951 2009-06-11T02:58:37Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>The [http://www.woolworths.co.nz Woolworths] supermarket is located at 102 Ostend Road, [[Ostend]].<br /> <br /> Phone: (09) 372 1040<br /> <br /> Fax: (09) 372 1044<br /> <br /> Trading Hours: Mon - Sun, 7am - 9pm<br /> <br /> Woolworths shares a building with Waiheke [[Placemakers]] and is by far the largest supermarket on the island. It belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Supermarkets_(New_Zealand) Woolworths New Zealand] chain.<br /> <br /> On Saturday 13 June 2009 part of the building caught fire and caused the closure of the supermarket due to fire and water damage. <br /> Woolworths NZ for the first time offered Waiheke Islanders access to its internet shopping and delivery service, something which has been available to all other New Zealanders for many years.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;googlemap version=&quot;0.9&quot; lat=&quot;-36.794887&quot; lon=&quot;175.050686&quot; zoom=&quot;17&quot;&gt;<br /> -36.795187, 175.05053, Woolworths<br /> Woolworths Waiheke<br /> &lt;/googlemap&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Commercial]]<br /> [[Category:Ostend]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Countdown&diff=7950 2009-06-11T02:58:08Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>The [http://www.woolworths.co.nz Woolworths] supermarket is located at 102 Ostend Road, [[Ostend]].<br /> <br /> Phone: (09) 372 1040<br /> <br /> Fax: (09) 372 1044<br /> <br /> Trading Hours: Mon - Sun, 7am - 9pm<br /> <br /> Woolworths shares a building with Waiheke [[Placemakers]] and is by far the largest supermarket on the island. It belongs to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Supermarkets_(New_Zealand) Woolworths New Zealand] chain.<br /> <br /> On Saturday 13 June 2009 part of the building caught fire and caused the closure of the supermarket due to fire and water damage. <br /> Woolworths NZ for the first time offered Waiheke Islanders access to its internet shopping and delivery service, something what has been available to all other New Zealanders for many years.<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;googlemap version=&quot;0.9&quot; lat=&quot;-36.794887&quot; lon=&quot;175.050686&quot; zoom=&quot;17&quot;&gt;<br /> -36.795187, 175.05053, Woolworths<br /> Woolworths Waiheke<br /> &lt;/googlemap&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Commercial]]<br /> [[Category:Ostend]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Campaign_4_Fair_Ferry_Fares&diff=7777 2009-04-22T21:01:23Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.<br /> <br /> A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares (C4FFF), was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases. <br /> <br /> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu0wmkwhYM/SX_D9S6GOuI/AAAAAAAAAeo/xpTKDUhsXCE/s400/pirate+protest+2.jpg<br /> <br /> [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0809/S00333.htm Actions] at the wharf terminals and on the boat, such as passengers dressing up as pirates (accusing Fullers of &quot;robbery on the high seas&quot;) and carrying a [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Fullers230.jpg coffin] on board to draw attention to the death of social diversity on the island when travel becomes too expensive for low and modest income families to live on Waiheke.<br /> <br /> The campaign has had mixed success with monthly fares dropping to $310 (but rising again in February to $315), but has drawn nationwide [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10535732&amp;pnum=0 press] and TV coverage to its colourful protest actions.<br /> <br /> The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.<br /> C4FFF is concentrating on a variety of other issues too, such as researching the correlation (or, more accurately, lack of) between diesel prices and ferry fares; the administration of the Public Transport Management Act and its submissions process; and the rise in profitability of Fullers due to the SuperGold card subsidies ([http://business.scoop.co.nz/2009/04/22/c4fff-urges-further-ferry-fare-reductions/ press release]).<br /> <br /> To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from Waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Politics]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7722 2009-04-07T01:46:28Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> == Company history and ownership ==<br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. The company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests (buses and ferries) have been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]] in 2005 for $253 million. Fullers Ferries have been [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10565582 sold] by Infratil to Souter Holdings in April 2009 for $40 million.<br /> <br /> == Vessels ==<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach]], costs (from February 2009) $315 and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forgo fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] (C4FFF), was set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke. The campaign used to focus on ferry fares with colourful and media-friendly protests. C4FFF has claimed some of the credit to shame Fullers into lowering its fares over the Summer 2008-2009. But it will now also concentrate in the future on regulatory issues in regional transport policy.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Alan_Knight&diff=7721 2009-04-07T01:20:28Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Alan Knight is known on the island for his acting, directing, writing and beer. A brewer by day, he was for some time also manager of the [[Artworks Theatre]]. He is a member of the comic group [[Rogues and Vagabonds]].<br /> <br /> [[Waiheke Radio]] has an [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz/node/149 interview] with Alan Knight and Alex Stone who take a lighthearted but insightful look at the 2008 campaign highlights and lowlights.<br /> <br /> He also maintains a [http://bonfireoftheinsanities.blogspot.com/ blog], mainly aimed against Community Board Member [[Nobilangelo Ceramalus]]'s campaign to redraw the local council boundaries.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Arts]][[Category:People]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Surfdale_Sally&diff=7720 2009-04-07T01:16:36Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Surfdale Sally is the socialite who maintains a weekly column in the (now defunct) [[Waiheke Week]] newspaper.<br /> <br /> She concentrates her musings on her fellow island property tycoons and their middlemen; local, national and international celebrities who she has spotted around the island traps, cafes, vineyards and nude beaches; parties, ladies-who-lunch get togethers and an assortment of classy shindigs the rest of the mere island mortals are too unfortunate or too in-bred to be allowed to attend.<br /> Her specialty is chronicling which of the island real estate agents suffers from a condition called &quot;PAFO&quot; (pissed and falling over) which usually results from attending aforementioned schmoozing-and-boozing events.<br /> <br /> She writes in a &quot;Kath &amp; Kim&quot;-style Australese language, with the frequent use of the word &quot;moi&quot; (as in &quot;moi good friend and quaffing partner&quot;), which has to be phonetically pronounced to be understood. Surfdale Sally's rival at the [[Waiheke Marketplace]] newspaper, Ostend Observer, always gets confused by this as she thinks it is the French word. Needless to say Sally makes sure the Observer never gets invited to classy events.<br /> <br /> Now that the Waiheke Week has been sold to the plebs at [[Gulf News]], she has lost her main platform. And what is a girl without a platform when the main pillar (dancing pole?) of her life's outlook, real estate, has gone down the gurgler, taking many a friendly land agent with it? Rumours have it she has left the island and has stowed away on a visiting cruise ship (or Alinghi).<br /> <br /> Surfdale Sally's outlook on island life and style can be summed up in this apocryphal story:<br /> Surfdale Sally goes to the doctors and asks him: &quot;Doctor, can you get pregnant from anal sex?&quot; And the doctor replies: &quot;Of course you can, Sally, where do you think real estate agents come from?&quot;<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7719 2009-04-07T01:13:38Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> == Company history and ownership ==<br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. The company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]]. Fullers Ferries have been [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10565582 sold] by Infratil to Souter Holdings in April 2009.<br /> <br /> == Vessels ==<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach]], costs (from February 2009) $315 and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forgo fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] (C4FFF), was set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke. The campaign used to focus on ferry fares with colourful and media-friendly protests. C4FFF has claimed some of the credit to shame Fullers into lowering its fares over the Summer 2008-2009. But it will now also concentrate in the future on regulatory issues in regional transport policy.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7718 2009-04-07T01:12:26Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. The company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]]. Fullers Ferries have been [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10565582 sold] by Infratil to Souter Holdings in April 2009.<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach]], costs (from February 2009) $315 and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forgo fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] (C4FFF), was set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke. The campaign used to focus on ferry fares with colourful and media-friendly protests. C4FFF has claimed some of the credit to shame Fullers into lowering its fares over the Summer 2008-2009. But it will now also concentrate in the future on regulatory issues in regional transport policy.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Campaign_4_Fair_Ferry_Fares&diff=7717 2009-04-07T01:07:32Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.<br /> <br /> A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares, was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases. <br /> <br /> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu0wmkwhYM/SX_D9S6GOuI/AAAAAAAAAeo/xpTKDUhsXCE/s400/pirate+protest+2.jpg<br /> <br /> [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0809/S00333.htm Actions] at the wharf terminals and on the boat, such as passengers dressing up as pirates (accusing Fullers of &quot;robbery on the high seas&quot;) and carrying a [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Fullers230.jpg coffin] on board to draw attention to the death of social diversity on the island when travel becomes too expensive for low and modest income families to live on Waiheke.<br /> <br /> The campaign has had mixed success with monthly fares dropping to $310 (but rising again in February to $315), but has drawn nationwide [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10535732&amp;pnum=0 press] and TV coverage to its colourful protest actions.<br /> <br /> The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.<br /> <br /> To gauge needs and opinions about public transport to and from waiheke and on the island itself, C4FFF has designed an online public transport survey. It would appreciate if you could fill it in via [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/2009/04/waiheke-island-public-transport-survey.html this link]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Talk:The_2005_Foot_and_Mouth_disease_hoax&diff=7628 2009-03-27T05:30:30Z

<p>Uroskin: /* name change */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>I propose to rename this page as &quot;The 2005 Foot &amp; Mouth Disease hoax&quot; but I don't know how to edit the page name<br /> :Assuming you haven't changed to a non-default skin, click the &quot;move&quot; tab at the top of the page. The second field in the dialog is the new name, but it defaults to the same as the original name, because usually you just want to change a character or two. Add an explanation to the &quot;reason&quot; field, and press the &quot;move&quot; button on the form.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 17:40, 27 March 2009 (NZDT)<br /> <br /> == name change ==<br /> <br /> I have renamed the page to adequately reflect the fact that foot and mouth disease never actually occurred on Waiheke in 2005</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Talk:Foot_and_Mouth_disease&diff=7627 2009-03-27T05:26:20Z

<p>Uroskin: Talk:Foot and Mouth disease moved to Talk:The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Talk:The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Talk:The_2005_Foot_and_Mouth_disease_hoax&diff=7626 2009-03-27T05:26:20Z

<p>Uroskin: Talk:Foot and Mouth disease moved to Talk:The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax</p> <hr /> <div>I propose to rename this page as &quot;The 2005 Foot &amp; Mouth Disease hoax&quot; but I don't know how to edit the page name<br /> :Assuming you haven't changed to a non-default skin, click the &quot;move&quot; tab at the top of the page. The second field in the dialog is the new name, but it defaults to the same as the original name, because usually you just want to change a character or two. Add an explanation to the &quot;reason&quot; field, and press the &quot;move&quot; button on the form.-[[User:Gadfium|Gadfium]] 17:40, 27 March 2009 (NZDT)</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Foot_and_Mouth_disease&diff=7625 2009-03-27T05:26:20Z

<p>Uroskin: Foot and Mouth disease moved to The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=The_2005_Foot_and_Mouth_disease_hoax&diff=7624 2009-03-27T05:26:20Z

<p>Uroskin: Foot and Mouth disease moved to The 2005 Foot and Mouth disease hoax</p> <hr /> <div>In May 2005, in a [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/546221%3fformat=html suspected capping stunt], a letter was sent to the New Zealand Prime Minister claiming that foot and mouth disease had been released on Waiheke Island and would be released elsewhere unless money was paid and tax reforms made. A full agricultural exotic disease [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0505/S00104.htm response] was initiated. Movement controls were imposed on island livestock and animals were tested every 48 hours for symptoms of the virus. A positive return would devastate New Zealand's agricultural exports. The economic cost of the alert has been [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/547580%3fformat=html extensive] regardless of the outcome. After three weeks of testing, no infected animals were detected and the response staff were stood down and was announced as a hoax.<br /> <br /> [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/545241%3fformat=html TVNZ report]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Royal_Commission_on_Auckland_Governance&diff=7623 2009-03-27T05:23:08Z

<p>Uroskin: New page: The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was set up by the Labour Government in 2008. It has released its report with recommendations on the future political structures in the Auckland...</p> <hr /> <div>The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was set up by the Labour Government in 2008.<br /> <br /> It has released its report with recommendations on the future political structures in the Auckland region, which includes Waiheke Island, at the end of March 2009.<br /> <br /> An executive summary is [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/document/pdf/Auckland%20governance%20report%20-%20excecutive%20summary.pd here]<br /> <br /> Waiheke Island gets mentioned once:<br /> <br /> ''33. Generally, community boards will no longer be required in the model the Commission proposes. The Commission recommends that an exception be made for the Great Barrier and Waiheke Island Community Boards, which should be retained, with wider delegated powers.''</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Royal_Commission_Submission&diff=7622 2009-03-27T05:18:07Z

<p>Uroskin: /* WAIHEKE SUBMISSIONS to the ROYAL COMMISSION on AUCKLAND GOVERNANCE */</p> <hr /> <div>== '''Waiheke submissions to the [[Royal Commission on Auckland Governance]]''' ==<br /> <br /> Hello all,<br /> <br /> This page is intended to be used as a community information reference forum.<br /> <br /> It will run in-parallel with a similar item on our blog at http://waihekercs.wordpress.com which will contain more topical opinion, &amp; which you may also contribute to.<br /> <br /> This waihekepedia page has also been set up so that you / others may login and contribute reference information. <br /> <br /> <br /> === IMPORTANT REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ===<br /> <br /> Royal Commission &quot;Outline of Issues&quot; paper...here[http://www.royalcommission.govt.nz/rccms.nsf/0/2FE2E96AC0CD8B79CC257402001E46DD?open]<br /> <br /> ACC PricewaterhouseCoopers Report Jan 2008...here[http://haurakigalleries.org.nz/docstore/doc.php?action=attachment&amp;cat_id=&amp;doc_id=214]<br /> <br /> ARC Regional Report on the Visitor Economy Nov 2007...p7 of this report highlights the REGIONAL key strengths of LANDSCAPE &amp; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT...here [http://haurakigalleries.org.nz/docstore/doc.php?action=attachment&amp;cat_id=&amp;doc_id=215]<br /> <br /> Rates Inquiry Full Report...here[http://www.ratesinquiry.govt.nz/Pubforms.nsf/URL/RatesInquiryFullReport.pdf/$file/RatesInquiryFullReport.pdf]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Campaign_4_Fair_Ferry_Fares&diff=7617 2009-03-26T23:56:01Z

<p>Uroskin: New page: In the Winter of 2008, Fullers Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over t...</p> <hr /> <div>In the Winter of 2008, [[Fullers]] Ferries increased its ferry fares for commuters from $300 to $344 a month, in response to rising operating costs and record diesel price increases over the preceding months.<br /> <br /> A grass-roots campaign, called Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares, was set up, led by [[Cathy Urquhart]], in a lighthearted spirit to highlight the unaffordable increases. <br /> <br /> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Gu0wmkwhYM/SX_D9S6GOuI/AAAAAAAAAeo/xpTKDUhsXCE/s400/pirate+protest+2.jpg<br /> <br /> [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0809/S00333.htm Actions] at the wharf terminals and on the boat, such as passengers dressing up as pirates (accusing Fullers of &quot;robbery on the high seas&quot;) and carrying a [http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/Fullers230.jpg coffin] on board to draw attention to the death of social diversity on the island when travel becomes too expensive for low and modest income families to live on Waiheke.<br /> <br /> The campaign has had mixed success with monthly fares dropping to $310 (but rising again in February to $315), but has drawn nationwide [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&amp;objectid=10535732&amp;pnum=0 press] and TV coverage to its colourful protest actions.<br /> <br /> The campaign has set up a blog, [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com Fullerswatch], to relate public transport experiences and issues on the Hauraki Gulf.</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Talk:The_2005_Foot_and_Mouth_disease_hoax&diff=7615 2009-03-26T23:29:00Z

<p>Uroskin: New page: I propose to rename this page as &quot;The 2005 Foot &amp; Mouth Disease hoax&quot; but I don't know how to edit the page name</p> <hr /> <div>I propose to rename this page as &quot;The 2005 Foot &amp; Mouth Disease hoax&quot; but I don't know how to edit the page name</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=The_2005_Foot_and_Mouth_disease_hoax&diff=7613 2009-03-26T23:23:06Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>In May 2005, in a [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/546221%3fformat=html suspected capping stunt], a letter was sent to the New Zealand Prime Minister claiming that foot and mouth disease had been released on Waiheke Island and would be released elsewhere unless money was paid and tax reforms made. A full agricultural exotic disease [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0505/S00104.htm response] was initiated. Movement controls were imposed on island livestock and animals were tested every 48 hours for symptoms of the virus. A positive return would devastate New Zealand's agricultural exports. The economic cost of the alert has been [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/547580%3fformat=html extensive] regardless of the outcome. After three weeks of testing, no infected animals were detected and the response staff were stood down and was announced as a hoax.<br /> <br /> [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/545241%3fformat=html TVNZ report]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Peta_Stavelli&diff=7611 2009-03-26T23:11:39Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Peta Stavelli is a writer and journalist, formerly working for [[Gulf News]] and then ''New Zealand Lifestyle Block''. After a period writing for ACP Media's magazine ''Lucky Break'', in 2009 she took up editorship of the lifestyle magazine [http://www.alfresco.co.nz/ ''Al Fresco''].<br /> <br /> She worked in real estate on the island for some years in the 1990s.<br /> <br /> A Hauraki Gulf identity, Peta lived for many years with water access only on [[Great Barrier Island]].<br /> <br /> [[Category: People]]<br /> [[Category: Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=7518 2009-03-13T01:38:59Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> * [http://www.yourcall.org.nz/wordpress Your Call Blog] Wheelie bins on Waiheke? Wheelie, wheelie stupid! Visit the yourcall blog and have your say.<br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com/search/label/Waiheke%20Island Put 'em all on an Island] - linked to Waiheke blog items only<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] Lots of Transition Towns stuff + News - James Samuel <br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://digitalsynapse.co.nz Digital Synapse] - blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> * [http://planetwaiheke.org/ WWWaiheke in one place]<br /> * [http://waiheke-island.net/ who let the dogs out]<br /> * [http://watermiles.org/ Water Miles] Information about the Water Miles concept and other water and energy related posts.<br /> * [http://cbconsult.co.nz/treatment-unit-options/ Craig Brown Consulting] Info about wastewater systems. People can share information about their own system's performance and research that of others.<br /> * [http://islandinthegulf.wordpress.com/current-astrological-signatures/ Island in The Gulf] Blog on meaning of current astrological events.<br /> * [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch] - Waiheke Islanders keeping a critical eye on transport monopolies affecting island life<br /> * [http://bonfireoftheinsanities.blogspot.com/ Oh No! Nobble-Angelo!] - Opposition to the Thames-Coromandel local government proposal<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Surfdale_Sally&diff=7447 2009-02-11T00:25:53Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Surfdale Sally is the socialite who maintains a weekly column in the [[Waiheke Week]] newspaper.<br /> <br /> She concentrates her musings on her fellow island property tycoons and their middlemen; local, national and international celebrities who she has spotted around the island traps, cafes, vineyards and nude beaches; parties, ladies-who-lunch get togethers and an assortment of classy shindigs the rest of the mere island mortals are too unfortunate or too in-bred to be allowed to attend.<br /> Her specialty is chronicling which of the island real estate agents suffers from a condition called &quot;PAFO&quot; (pissed and falling over) which usually results from attending aforementioned schmoozing-and-boozing events.<br /> <br /> She writes in a &quot;Kath &amp; Kim&quot;-style Australese language, with the frequent use of the word &quot;moi&quot; (as in &quot;moi good friend and quaffing partner&quot;), which has to be phonetically pronounced to be understood. Surfdale Sally's rival at the [[Waiheke Marketplace]] newspaper, Ostend Observer, always gets confused by this as she thinks it is the French word. Needless to say Sally makes sure the Observer never gets invited to classy events.<br /> <br /> Now that the Waiheke Week has been sold to the plebs at [[Gulf News]], she has lost her main platform. And what is a girl without a platform when the main pillar (dancing pole?) of her life's outlook, real estate, has gone down the gurgler, taking many a friendly land agent with it? Rumours have it she has left the island and has stowed away on a visiting cruise ship (or Alinghi).<br /> <br /> Surfdale Sally's outlook on island life and style can be summed up in this apocryphal story:<br /> Surfdale Sally goes to the doctors and asks him: &quot;Doctor, can you get pregnant from anal sex?&quot; And the doctor replies: &quot;Of course you can, Sally, where do you think real estate agents come from?&quot;<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Gulf_News&diff=7446 2009-02-11T00:19:49Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>[http://www.waihekegulfnews.co.nz Gulf News] is Waiheke's iconic newspaper, published on the island since 1973. An audited member of the New Zealand Community Newspapers Association, the award-winning weekly has been through the highs and lows of community publishing, including a spell of printing on a barge at sea when local government rules temporarily forced it off-shore. Gulf News is owned and published by Pendragon Press Ltd which also publishes [[Waiheke Weekender]]. Longstanding Waiheke journalist [[Liz Waters]] is its current editor, succeeding [[Simon Johnston]] in 2008. Gulf News was previously edited by [[Greg Treadwell]].<br /> <br /> Well known New Zealand journalists to have worked at Gulf News include Tom Frewen, Vicki Jayne and Jim Eagles, who owned the paper for a period.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Oneroa]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Week&diff=7445 2009-02-11T00:19:02Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>A weekly newspaper published on Waiheke Island.<br /> <br /> '''Format:''' Full colour tabloid<br /> <br /> '''Price:''' Free<br /> <br /> '''Frequency:''' Weekly on Thursday<br /> <br /> Available at stands across Waiheke and on Fullers and Sealink sailings.<br /> <br /> The paper was sold to [[Liz Waters]], publisher of [[Gulf News]] at the end of January 2009 for an undisclosed sum. The paper's future will be as &quot;The [[Waiheke Weekender]]&quot;, a weekly publication aimed at the tourist market maily focusing on event listings and feature articles on island life and sightseeing spots.<br /> <br /> ''The Waiheke Week's'' former shareholders included former National Party president [[Michelle Boag]], her husband and the paper publisher [[Mervyn Bennett]] and managing director of Mainfreight NZ and owner of the [[Pie Melon Bay]] property [[Bruce Plested]].<br /> <br /> The paper's editor is long-term resident [[Heather Wright]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Media]]<br /> [[Category:Surfdale]]<br /> [[Category:Stubs]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7407 2009-02-05T03:00:01Z

<p>Uroskin: /* Passenger fares and controversies */</p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from February 2009) $315 and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forgo fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] (C4FFF), was set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, Fullerswatch [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke. The campaign used to focus on ferry fares with colourful and media-friendly protests. C4FFF has claimed some of the credit to shame Fullers into lowering its fares over the Summer 2008-2009. But it will now also concentrate in the future on regulatory issues in regional transport policy.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7406 2009-02-05T02:59:36Z

<p>Uroskin: /* Passenger fares and controversies */</p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from February 2009) $315 and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forgo fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] C4FFF, was set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, Fullerswatch [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke. The campaign used to focus on ferry fares with colourful and media-friendly protests. C4FFF has claimed some of the credit to shame Fullers into lowering its fares over the Summer 2008-2009. But it will now also concentrate in the future on regulatory issues in regional transport policy.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Week&diff=7405 2009-02-05T02:49:19Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>A weekly newspaper published on Waiheke Island.<br /> <br /> '''Format:''' Full colour tabloid<br /> <br /> '''Price:''' Free<br /> <br /> '''Frequency:''' Weekly on Thursday<br /> <br /> Available at stands across Waiheke and on Fullers and Sealink sailings.<br /> <br /> The paper was sold to [[Liz Waters]], publisher of [[Gulf News]] at the end of January 2009 for an undisclosed sum. The paper's future has not yet been publicised.<br /> <br /> ''The Waiheke Week's'' former shareholders include former National Party president [[Michelle Boag]], her husband and the paper publisher [[Mervyn Bennett]] and managing director of Mainfreight NZ and owner of the [[Pie Melon Bay]] property [[Bruce Plesteid]].<br /> <br /> The paper's editor is long-term resident [[Heather Wright]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Media]]<br /> [[Category:Surfdale]]<br /> [[Category:Stubs]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Waiheke_Week&diff=7404 2009-02-05T02:45:56Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>A weekly newspaper published on Waiheke Island.<br /> <br /> '''Format:''' Full colour tabloid<br /> <br /> '''Price:''' Free<br /> <br /> '''Frequency:''' Weekly on Thursday<br /> <br /> Available at stands across Waiheke and on Fullers and Sealink sailings.<br /> <br /> The paper was sold to [[Liz Waters]], publisher of [[Waiheke Gulf News]] at the end of January 2009 for an undisclosed sum. The paper's future has not yet been publicised.<br /> <br /> ''The Waiheke Week's'' former shareholders include former National Party president [[Michelle Boag]], her husband and the paper publisher [[Mervyn Bennett]] and managing director of Mainfreight NZ and owner of the [[Pie Melon Bay]] property [[Bruce Plesteid]].<br /> <br /> The paper's editor is long-term resident [[Heather Wright]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Media]]<br /> [[Category:Surfdale]]<br /> [[Category:Stubs]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=7273 2009-01-14T02:50:22Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from September 2008) $344 (temporarily reduced to $319 for December 2008 and January 2009) and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forego fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] has been set up to counter relentless price rises. A community blog, Fullerswatch [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/], chronicles monopoly transport issues affecting life on Waiheke.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=7272 2009-01-14T02:44:01Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> * [http://www.yourcall.org.nz/wordpress Your Call Blog] Wheelie bins on Waiheke? Wheelie, wheelie stupid! Visit the yourcall blog and have your say.<br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com/search/label/Waiheke%20Island Put 'em all on an Island] - linked to Waiheke blog items only<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] Lots of Transition Towns stuff + News - James Samuel <br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://digitalsynapse.co.nz Digital Synapse] - blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> * [http://planetwaiheke.org/ WWWaiheke in one place]<br /> * [http://waiheke-island.net/ who let the dogs out]<br /> * [http://watermiles.org/ Water Miles] Information about the Water Miles concept and other water and energy related posts.<br /> * [http://cbconsult.co.nz/treatment-unit-options/ Craig Brown Consulting] Info about wastewater systems. People can share information about their own system's performance and research that of others.<br /> * [http://islandinthegulf.wordpress.com/current-astrological-signatures/ Island in The Gulf] Blog on meaning of current astrological events.<br /> * [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch] - Waiheke Islanders keeping a critical eye on transport monopolies affecting island life<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=7271 2009-01-14T02:43:13Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> * [http://www.yourcall.org.nz/wordpress Your Call Blog] Wheelie bins on Waiheke? Wheelie, wheelie stupid! Visit the yourcall blog and have your say.<br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com/search/label/Waiheke%20Island Put 'em all on an Island] - linked to the Waiheke blog items covering transport and governance issues<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] Lots of Transition Towns stuff + News - James Samuel <br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://digitalsynapse.co.nz Digital Synapse] - blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> * [http://planetwaiheke.org/ WWWaiheke in one place]<br /> * [http://waiheke-island.net/ who let the dogs out]<br /> * [http://watermiles.org/ Water Miles] Information about the Water Miles concept and other water and energy related posts.<br /> * [http://cbconsult.co.nz/treatment-unit-options/ Craig Brown Consulting] Info about wastewater systems. People can share information about their own system's performance and research that of others.<br /> * [http://islandinthegulf.wordpress.com/current-astrological-signatures/ Island in The Gulf] Blog on meaning of current astrological events.<br /> * [http://fullerswatch.blogspot.com/ Fullerswatch] - Waiheke Islanders keeping a critical eye on transport monopolies affecting island life<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=7117 2008-12-30T02:15:57Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> * [http://www.yourcall.org.nz/wordpress Your Call Blog] Wheelie bins on Waiheke? Wheelie, wheelie stupid! Visit the yourcall blog and have your say.<br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com/search/label/Waiheke%20Island Put 'em all on an Island] - linked to the Waiheke blog items covering transport and governance issues<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] Lots of Transition Towns stuff + News - James Samuel <br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://digitalsynapse.co.nz Digital Synapse] - blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> * [http://planetwaiheke.org/ WWWaiheke in one place]<br /> * [http://waiheke-island.net/ who let the dogs out]<br /> * [http://watermiles.org/ Water Miles] Information about the Water Miles concept and other water and energy related posts.<br /> * [http://cbconsult.co.nz/treatment-unit-options/ Craig Brown Consulting] Info about wastewater systems. People can share information about their own system's performance and research that of others.<br /> * [http://islandinthegulf.wordpress.com/current-astrological-signatures/ Island in The Gulf] Blog on meaning of current astrological events.<br /> <br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=6842 2008-12-15T04:19:04Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> == Passenger fares and controversies ==<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from September 2008) $344 (temporarily reduced to $319 for December 2008 and January 2009) and a standard return $32. <br /> <br /> Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am. This is paid for by a Government scheme offering free off peak public transport to the elderly. Fullers (and its sister companies) has dropped its previous discount fares for superannuitants and now charges the full single ticket fare to the Government.<br /> <br /> Fares are only destined to increase since the company has refused to drop fares even if oil prices decrease (in contrast, it is less willing to forego fare increases when diesel prices go up).<br /> <br /> It is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going as Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport. Any new competitor cannot offer a competitive service. <br /> <br /> The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] has been set up to counter relentless price rises, which are unrelated to economic conditions.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=6841 2008-12-15T04:11:17Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and [[Hauraki Gulf]]. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner [[George Hudson]], whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/210 here].<br /> <br /> The [[Matiatia]] to [[Auckland]] ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local or Government subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from September 2008) $344 (temporarily reduced to $319 for December 2008 and January 2009) and a standard return $32. Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am.<br /> Those prices are only destined to increase since it is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going. Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport so any other service cannot offer a competitive service. The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> A grassroots campaign, called the [[Campaign 4 Fair Ferry Fares]] has been set up to counter relentless price rises, which are unrelated to economic conditions.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at [[Stonyridge Vineyard]] arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=6183 2008-10-02T01:35:21Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner George Hudson, whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/38 here].<br /> <br /> The Matiatia to Auckland ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local or Government subsidies. <br /> A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from September 2008) $344 and a standard return $32. Gold Card holders travel free from 1 October 2008 on services after 9am.<br /> Those prices are only destined to increase since it is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going. Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport so any other service cannot offer a competitive service. The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at Stonyridge Vineyard arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Palm_Beach&diff=6080 2008-08-28T02:54:24Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Palm Beach, also known as Mawhitipana Bay, is on the northern side of Waiheke Island and is a popular destination for locals and holiday makers. The beach, which offers safe swimming, takes its name from the mature phoenix palms at its eastern end. Facilities include toilets, free gas barbecues and a children's playground.<br /> [[Image:Palm Beach 1940s.JPG|frame|right|Palm Beach 1940s]]<br /> Little Palm Beach, a secluded bay at its western end, is famed among nudists. The dress code is optional. Halfway down the beach is affectionately known as &quot;The Seal Colony&quot;, where a group of long time naturists of a certain age hold court daily, except in inclement weather.<br /> [[Image:Palm Beach and Nani Island.JPG|frame|right|Palm Beach 1990]]<br /> <br /> &lt;gmap lat=&quot;-36.777908&quot; long=&quot;175.043085&quot; zoom=&quot;2&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;300&quot;&gt;Map Title&lt;/gmap&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Beaches]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=John_Stansfield&diff=6035 2008-08-15T04:43:33Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>John Stansfield is a colourful, iconic islander and part of the left-wing collective known as [[Orapiu Grove Farm]]. He is an organic farmer, solar water heating salesman, political activist and wag. Once a union organiser and chief executive of the [http://www.pgfnz.co.nz/ Problem Gambling Foundation], admits he took a delight in making life miserable for the gambling industry. He calls pokie machines the &quot;crack cocaine&quot; of the gambling industry and has been known to have one-armed bandits dropped from helicopters to make a point.<br /> <br /> John's many exploits on Waiheke include, on a Sunday morning in the 1980s, leading a small gang of indignant islanders to cut down an illegal wharf at the bottom end. He was also deeply involved in the battle for [[the loop road]] and was the person who unlocked the gate at Cactus Bay when the Privy Council confirmed public ownership of the road and John Spencer's legal options ran out.<br /> <br /> Another community role is his directorship on the successful [[Waste Resource Trust]].<br /> <br /> John's partner is [[Denise Roche]], successful 2007 candidate for the [[Hauraki Gulf Ward]] of Auckland City.<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Fullers_Group_Limited&diff=6034 2008-08-15T04:39:39Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Fullers Group Limited is a group of companies emerged from the progressive amalgamation of a number of maritime transport and marine engineering companies based on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf. Its present configuration of 9 vessels now transport over 3.9 million passengers a total of 46.6 million passenger kilometres each year on scheduled services.<br /> <br /> Buying Leo Dromgoole's fleet of boats was the start for Fullers. It was developed under the guidance of former owner George Hudson, whose son Doug Hudson is still at the helm administratively. But the company was bought out in the mid-2000s by Scottish-based Stagecoach, whose New Zealand interests have since been bought by infrastructure company [[Infratil]].<br /> <br /> '''Vessels'''<br /> <br /> * [[Adventurer]]<br /> * [[Harbour Cat]]<br /> * [[Jet Raider]]<br /> * [[Kea]]<br /> * [[Quickcat]]<br /> * [[Quickcat II]]<br /> * [[Seaflyte]]<br /> * [[Starflyte]]<br /> * [[Superflyte]]<br /> * [[Tiger Cat]]<br /> * [[Wanderer II]]<br /> <br /> The company's timetable and fare structure for its Waiheke run can be found [http://www.fullers.co.nz/index.php/pi_pageid/38 here].<br /> <br /> The Matiatia to Auckland ferry service is the biggest volume commuter and tourist service in New Zealand and operates on a private monopoly basis without local or Government subsidies. A current monthly ferry pass, which includes transport on [[Waiheke Bus Company]] and [[Stagecoach Auckland]], costs (from September 2008) $344 and a standard return $32. Those prices are only destined to increase since it is virtually impossible for a competitor service to start up or keep going. Auckland does not have integrated ticketing on its public transport so any other service cannot offer a competitive service. The [[Auckland Regional Transport Authority]] (ARTA), the public transport regulator and subsidy source, has never been inclined to enforce competition or has never intervened to prevent a private monopoly: earlier this century it even allowed Fullers to buy out its competitor [[Pacific Ferries]]. The brief period this alternative service ran was the only time in Fullers' history that fares went down in actual terms, reflecting market forces at work. After the buy-out monopoly pricing returned.<br /> <br /> == Ferry Refusal Strands Dozens ==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tihare_YeahRight.JPG|left|Yeah Right]] In February 2007 dozens of Aucklanders spent the night stranded on the wharf at Matiatia after a Fuller's ferry refused to go back to Waiheke Island to pick them up. About 50 people who had been at Stonyridge Vineyard arrived at the wharf in time for the last boat home, but were told it was full and another would come and pick them up in half an hour. They spent all night on the wharf waiting for it.[[Image:strandedpassenger_graffiti1.jpg|right|Stranded Passenger]] During the night the ferry terminal was broken into and tagged, as well as some desperate drunk people lighting bonfires, stealing dirty linen from resturants to use as blankets, and the odd boat to attempt to paddle home to Auckland where there is ample public transport to get people home.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Transport]]<br /> [[Category:Commercial]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=User:Uroskin&diff=5998 2008-07-31T03:40:57Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>I have lived on Waiheke Island since 1999. I am originally from Belgium and emigrated to New Zealand in 1990 and live with my partner, Ewen, and two cats, Oliver and Linus, in Surfdale.<br /> I work for [http://www.tritv.co.nz Triangle Television] and [http://www.stratostv.co.nz Stratos Television] as director of programming.<br /> <br /> I run a personal blog [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island], which is not suitable for younger viewers, or those with an intolerant nature and sub-par IQ (those usually go together anyway).</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=User:Uroskin&diff=5997 2008-07-31T03:40:38Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>I have lived on Waiheke Island since 1999. I am originally from Belgium and emigrated to New Zealand in 1990 and live with my partner and two cats, Oliver and Linus, in Surfdale.<br /> I work for [http://www.tritv.co.nz Triangle Television] and [http://www.stratostv.co.nz Stratos Television] as director of programming.<br /> <br /> I run a personal blog [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island], which is not suitable for younger viewers, or those with an intolerant nature and sub-par IQ (those usually go together anyway).</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Surfdale_Sally&diff=5966 2008-07-15T00:42:02Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Surfdale Sally is the socialite who maintains a weekly column in the [[Waiheke Week]] newspaper.<br /> <br /> <br /> She concentrates her musings on her fellow island property tycoons and their middlemen; local, national and international celebrities who she has spotted around the island traps, cafes, vineyards and nude beaches; parties, ladies-who-lunch get togethers and an assortment of classy shindigs the rest of the mere island mortals are too unfortunate or too in-bred to be allowed to attend.<br /> Her specialty is chronicling which of the island real estate agents suffers from a condition called &quot;PAFO&quot; (pissed and falling over) which usually results from attending aforementioned schmoozing-and-boozing events.<br /> <br /> <br /> She writes in a &quot;Kath &amp; Kim&quot;-style Australese language, with the frequent use of the word &quot;moi&quot; (as in &quot;moi good friend and quaffing partner&quot;), which has to be phonetically pronounced to be understood. Surfdale Sally's rival at the [[Marketplace]] newspaper, Ostend Observer, always gets confused by this as she thinks it is the French word. Needless to say Sally makes sure the Observer never gets invited to classy events.<br /> <br /> <br /> Surfdale Sally's outlook on island life and style can be summed up in this apocryphal story:<br /> Surfdale Sally goes to the doctors and asks him: &quot;Doctor, can you get pregnant from anal sex?&quot; And the doctor replies: &quot;Of course you can, Sally, where do you think real estate agents come from?&quot;<br /> <br /> [[Category:People]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=5965 2008-07-15T00:39:13Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> <br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - James Samuel's articles which have been published in the Gulf News, and can be read here with embedded links.<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV. <br /> * [http://imaginewaiheke.blogspot.com/ Imagine Waiheke]<br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com Pedagogy of the Compressed] - Educational Technology blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=5964 2008-07-15T00:38:46Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> <br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - James Samuel's articles which have been published in the Gulf News, and can be read here with embedded links.<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV. <br /> * [http://imaginewaiheke.blogspot.com/ Imagine Waiheke]<br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com Pedagogy of the Compressed] - Educational Technology blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com/ Enclosure Bay]<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Blogs&diff=5963 2008-07-15T00:37:04Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>===Welcome to Waiheke Blogs===<br /> <br /> Below is a list of all the wonderful Waiheke islanders that run their own blogs:<br /> <br /> <br /> * [http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz Waikehe Community Radio Blog]<br /> * [http://waihekepics.blogspot.com Waiheke Pics Blog] - personal blog, pictures old, new, old movie clips<br /> * [http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com Enclosure Bay] - Blog about Enclosure Bay, historic pictures, old movies etc<br /> * [http://uroskin.blogspot.com Put 'em all on an Island] - Connecting the electrodes of queer wisdom to the nipples of bigotry and ignorance. (R16 blog)<br /> * [http://ewensgarden.blogspot.com Ewen's Garden] - [[Gulf News]] gardening column compilation by Ewen Sutherland<br /> * [http://gnarticles.blogspot.com/ Gulf News articles] - James Samuel's articles which have been published in the Gulf News, and can be read here with embedded links.<br /> * [http://yesterdaysfuture.net Yesterday's Future] James Samuel's blog bringing the news you won't get on TV. <br /> * [http://imaginewaiheke.blogspot.com/ Imagine Waiheke]<br /> * [http://waihekenotes.blogspot.com/ Waiheke Notes] by Nobilangelo Ceramalus<br /> * [http://waihekeindymedia.blogspot.com/ waiheke.indymedia]<br /> * [http://pedagogyofthecompressed.blogspot.com Pedagogy of the Compressed] - Educational Technology blog by [[User:Countrymike]].<br /> * [http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/index.php/Waiheke/Waiheke Waiheke - Transition (Town) Island]<br /> * http://enclosurebay.blogspot.com/<br /> * [http://countingthebeat.blogspot.com Counting The Beat] - NZ music blog and podcast by [[User:Counting The Beat]].<br /> * [http://waihekemb.blogspot.com/ Ramblings From The Rock]<br /> <br /> There are a number of &quot;Waiheke&quot; blogs listed on [http://technorati.com/blogs/tag/waiheke Technorati]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Blogs]]<br /> [[Category:Media]]</div>

Uroskin http://waihekepedia.bitplan.com/index.php?title=Surfdale_Sally&diff=5858 2008-06-12T03:27:57Z

<p>Uroskin: </p> <hr /> <div>Surfdale Sally is the socialite who maintains a weekly column in the [[Waiheke Week]] newspaper.<br /> <br /> She concentrates her musings on her fellow island property tycoons and their middlemen; local, national and international celebrities who she has spotted around the island traps, cafes, vineyards and nude beaches; parties, ladies-who-lunch get togethers and an assortment of classy shindigs the rest of the mere island mortals are too unfortunate or too in-bred to be allowed to attend.<br /> Her specialty is chronicling which of the island real estate agents suffers from a condition called &quot;PAFO&quot; (pissed and falling over) which usually results from attending aforementioned schmoozing-and-boozing events.<br /> <br /> She writes in a &quot;Kath &amp; Kim&quot;-style Australese language, with the frequent use of the word &quot;moi&quot; (as in &quot;moi good friend and quaffing partner&quot;), which has to be phonetically pronounced to be understood. Surfdale Sally's rival at the [[Marketplace]] newspaper, Ostend Observer, always gets confused by this as she thinks it is the French word. Needless to say sally makes sure the Observer never gets invited to classy events.<br /> <br /> Surfdale Sally's outlook on island life and style can be summed up in this apocryphal story:<br /> Surfdale Sally goes to the doctors and asks him: &quot;Doctor, can you get pregnant from anal sex?&quot; And the doctor replies: &quot;Of course you can, Sally, where do you think real estate agents come from?&quot;</div>

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