Our World Tuesday: outdoor wed: Omaha beach.

On patrolled beaches, there are two flags that mark where swimmers can swim. These are the areas where the surf guards can see you. On TV, we watch a lot of Bondi beach in Australia and Piha beach in New Zealand. Often, foreignors are not aware how important this is. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Auckland man swept to his death
10:50 AM Wednesday Jan 11, 2012


A man has reportedly drowned on Waihi Beach. Photo / Thinkstock
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A man has reportedly drowned on Waihi Beach. Photo / Thinkstock

An Auckland man was swept off a rock while fishing with friends north of Waihi Beach last night.

The four men were fishing at Homunga Bay when the 30-year-old man was swept away by a wave.

He did not resurface for some time and although lifeguards were at the spot within minutes , ambulance staff were unable to revive him, Sergeant Dave Litton said.

The spot was a popular fishing spot and not known to be dangerous, Mr Litton said.

But yesterday there were 2-3m swells and the man was probably standing too close to the edge.

"He was not dressed for being in the water.''

Police said the death highlighted the need for personal flotation devices and life jackets while fishing.

The man's name would not be released until next of kin had been notified.



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Our World Tuesday: Buggy

This buggy belongs to the surf guards. They are good and can go into ravines. I was in one when I couldn't finish my 3 hour horse back riding to the beach. The co-owner came to the beach with our afternoon tea in the buggy, and I asked if I could go back with him. The family teased that it was my iron horse.

This was taken at Omaha beach.






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our world tuesday: Going digital.

New Zealand is going digital television. It begins in September 2012, and by the end of 2013 the old analogue television signal will be shutting down, meaning that every TV will need a digital receiver to work.

We bought a Samsung 40" Full HD LED-LCD Television in October. We bought this sleek flat panel TV that can be hung on the wall, but we chose to sit it on our old TV Cabinet.

For the best possible Full HD picture quality this Samsung 40" LED TV features HyperRealEngine, Ultra Clear Panel Technology, ConnectShare USB2.0 Movie, and 4 x HDMI inputs. There are so many features that the water engineer is having a ball operating it. There are many channels that we couldn't watch on our analogue TV.

A digital signal can carry more information than the old analogue network, which means it delivers better picture and sound quality. It also lets broadcasters offer more channels and a range of new services like on-screen TV guides.

If you’re not doing one of these things, you may need some new equipment to be able to watch TV after your area has gone digital.



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A summer Christmas in Auckland New Zealand.

Christmas at Rocket Park, organised by Mt Albert Baptist Church.

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We raised money for Plunket. I was glad to see my favourite Plunket nurse, Jane.
I was busy giving out Goodie bags, so I spoke to Jane briefly.
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We sold coffee to build a well in Thailand.


Summer means sand and beach. This bouncy castle depicts one at the beach. Free bouncing is a hit with little children.

Face painting, I had to get Gloria to stand where the sun was good for the photo. She was very patient until her friends went away.

Here is Albert, the team leader of the ESOL students and Chinese Fellowship volunteers. He is standing with Eric and Mary Regondi, our newest ESOL students from Argentina. Behind them is our personalised Christmas tree. I want to thank Tom Lovatt and Kuda from Zimbawi who took a lot of time to make the tree behind my personalised tree. Sorry you couldn't see a green band with Pasifika theme and red bow. This was to tell the 30 or so volunteers where we would assemble. We had a picnic. Asian picnics are done in style and a big way. We had sushi, fried noodles, friend rice, dumplings. Pity I did not think of taking photos.


The lovely Jessica Lovatt, Tom's sister.




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Surf Boards

This photo is taken at Pt Chevalier Sailing Club. This is taken for J Barr. He posted his photo of a flag staff the same day I saw mine. I went back yesterday to take a better photo. The sailing club was closed and there was no flags.
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A Kiwi student's in with a shout of grabbing what's known as an Oscar of design in New York.

New Zealand AUT Student Mike Grobelny is a finalist in the post-grad section of the international design excellence awards, with an eco-friendly surfboard hewn from locally-sourced sustainable wood. Paulownia is a fast growing, locally available wood.

Mike Grobelny's twin passions for surfing and sustainability pushed him to design his eco-conscious board from paulonia wood and bamboo. It eliminates the use of polyurethane foam, fibre glass and polyester resin.

“Surfers are conscious of the fact that what we ride or the materials we use to make products do affect the environment that we are in, and you know surfers are in touch with the environment a whole lot more obviously, being in the water a lot,” he says.

Veering away from the traditional materials of foam and fibreglass is all very well, but it still has to carve through waves.

So 3 News handed Mike's board to one of New Zealand's hottest surfers, winner of the Raglan super 16, Luke Hughes.

“You've got to fine tune your equipment before it gets out there, but I think no, definitely there's a place in the marketplace for this type of product, good mate,” he says.

Luke's dad Craig has seen it all before - he's been making boards for more than 40 years - but even he sees potential.

“I'm intrigued by the weight, but certainly the durability you know, we make a lot of very light high-performance surfboards but they wouldn't have the longevity that this board obviously has,” he says.

In recent years thousands of cheap Chinese plastic boards have flooded the market, but there could be potential for beautiful wooden boards that are both durable and ecologically sustainable.

The design innovation is the honeycombed interior. And it's easily copied because it's cut by computer, pointing the way for New Zealand to rule the waves in sustainable surfboards.

Win or lose at the design Oscars, Grobelny wants to develop his board and make one for Hughes too.

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Warmer weather is coming up, it will be great if more surfers will use surf boards that are not made in a toxic environment.

Save the world/my world Tuesday/outdoor wed: wrapping your fruit

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In many parts of Malaysia and Singapore, fruit growers use paper bags, plastic bags, sacks to wrap fruits to protect the fruits. Hence reduce the need to spray insecticide. These fruits are healthier to eat.

When I was living in Singapore, I was told wrapping the fruit aka saronging the fruits, it reduces another kind of pest, the two legged type. I was living in the staff residence of the Nanyang Technological University. I grew beautiful papayas and bananas and they went walking before I was fast enough to harvest them. A Malay cleaner told me to sarong them. The logic behind this was traditionally, in the kampong, fruit trees were communal. Anyone was free to harvest the fruits. But saronging/wrapping it, this signals to others that this tree is private. I worked. You need only to sarong one fruit.