tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21534810799770007282012-03-01T13:36:34.983+13:00Picton Seaport NewsPicton and the Marlborough Sounds' community newspaper, established 1998.
Picton's only print services centre. Offering graphic design, photography, digital print, print management.Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-14860842688266296522012-02-27T15:02:00.000+13:002012-02-27T15:02:30.460+13:00Welcome to the Seaport News
Cruise ship The Silver Shadow berthed at Waitohi Wharf, Picton.
The Interislander ferry, Aratere, in the background.
The Seaport News is a non-profit community newspaper, founded to give the communities in Picton and the Marlborough Sounds their own voice. It aims to provide local organisations and groups with an outlet for news and information and to promote local causes.
Subscribe to the Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-89127135691926539362012-02-27T15:00:00.000+13:002012-02-27T15:00:58.330+13:00Kids Turning Tide For Kiwi
Above: Two rowi chicks are introduced to the audience at a seminar
on the work of BNZ Operation Nest Egg.
Two rare rowi chicks made a special appearance at a fundraising seminar to promote the work of BNZ Operation Nest Egg. It was held on February 20 at the Dolphin Watch Ecotours office on the waterfront.
Organised by Kate Fillenham, this was the third seminar of this year’s Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-77744051097487362782012-02-27T14:58:00.000+13:002012-02-27T14:58:28.807+13:00Corey’s Sound 2 Sound Adventure
Above: Raising funds for St John Ambulance is sea kayaker,
Corey Rawlings, pictured at the slipway at West Shore.
When Corey Rawling’s partner, Stella Stewart, suffered a serious head injury this year while swimming in the Pelorus River, the quick response and care of staff from St John Ambulance made all the difference. Now making a good recovery, the couple wanted to give something back toPicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-72685273805192626362012-02-10T14:57:00.000+13:002012-02-10T14:57:46.495+13:00Whaler To Mark Diamond Jubilee
Above: London bound Ron Perano at the tiller of Swiftsure 1
with a rowing six at the Picton Maritime Festival last month.
Sixty years ago on February 6 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen. February 6 is also a significant day in New Zealand history because it was the day in 1840 when Lieutenant Governor William Hobson co-signed the Treaty of Waitangi with 40 Maori rangatira, in the name ofPicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-80533306958569907862012-01-30T14:36:00.002+13:002012-01-30T14:38:58.869+13:00Sun And Fun At Maritime Festival
Above: Crowds on the Foreshore, ready to watch the mussel
float race at the Maritime Festival on January 21.
Picton was walking on sunshine on Saturday January 21 when the eagerly anticipated annual Maritime Festival got underway. It was a perfect summer’s day and people from the town, region and beyond came to the coolest little port in New Zealand for a carefree, relaxing day of Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-73733598967582291712012-01-30T14:21:00.000+13:002012-01-30T14:21:55.686+13:00Masterchef Showcases Sounds Salmon
Above: Nadia Lim, Masterchef winner, demonstrating how to make
smoked salmon with orange and avocado dressing in the
New Zealand King Salmon marquee.
The enticing smell of freshly cooked salmon, orange, sweet chilli and sesame wafted from the New Zealand King Salmon marquee at the Maritime Festival. With her engaging personality, Masterchef winner, Nadia Lim, treated the crowd to a deliciousPicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-77831018142882502432012-01-16T15:41:00.001+13:002012-01-16T15:48:25.728+13:00Dawn of a New Year
Above: As the sun rises over Picton, we can only wish that the new year
will see all our wishes and dreams come true.
We don’t all make New Year resolutions and those of us who do, rarely manage to keep them. Most of us though, have hopes and dreams of what we would like to see happen in a new year. So we invited some Picton residents to tell us what was on their wish list for Picton in 2012.Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-65975050428316083842012-01-16T14:58:00.000+13:002012-01-16T14:58:55.792+13:00Debut Exhibition by Young Artist
Local artist Rebekah Codlin at Le Café with two of her paintings, Storytime and Charlotte.
Self taught artist, Rebekah Codlin from Ngakuta Bay, is destined to become one of New Zealand’s best new artists of 2012.
At 17 years old, her first exhibition of entrancingly beautiful paintings is being held at LeCafe in Picton. Peter Schoni, the owner, encouraged Rebekah to exhibit her work and thePicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-69000645800966407202011-12-22T15:21:00.000+13:002011-12-22T15:21:37.307+13:00Cod For Christmas
Above: Six year old twins Johannes & Juliane Schmidt from Denmark hold one of the big cod
that they returned to the sea. The children had been staying with their family at Bay of Many Coves Resort
and were on a fishing trip with Sounds Connection on the day the blue cod fishery season opened.
The opening of the Sounds blue cod fishery over Christmas, for the first time in four years, has Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-60336213313126032252011-12-22T15:19:00.000+13:002011-12-22T15:19:12.079+13:00The House On Christmas Street
Above: The house in Huia Street which Val Scott has lovingly decorated
with Christmas lights and provided an inspiring attraction for children
and grown-up children alike.
- Photo: C.J.
The Christmas lights were turned on at 12 Huia Street on Saturday December 17 and the night sky has twinkled with colour and sparkle ever since.
With almost every kind of inside and outside light display Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-66415050500040791712011-12-12T13:31:00.002+13:002011-12-12T13:33:31.279+13:00Picton’s Big Day Out
Above: Rod Hill, Noelene Lake, Sally Overton, Cath McManaway and
Wendy Fowler in the St John health shuttle, waiting to participate in the
Picton Christmas Parade.
– Photo: H. Smith
It was summer carnival time in Picton on Saturday. The morning began with the arrival of the cruise ship, Pacific Pearl with 1600 passengers on board. On the Foreshore, along with the usual craft market, the Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-50244488724935219082011-12-12T13:22:00.001+13:002011-12-12T13:36:43.707+13:00Family Affair At Graduation
Above: Picton students enjoy their graduation day, Lisa Bhandal,
Cathy McDonald, Jodi O’Donnell, Sharon Ross, Mary Johnsen, Annie Bishell,
David Jones, Francis Brooking, Linda Brooking, Malcolm Barclay, Rodney Knowles.
Front: Hannah Bhandal and Monica O’Donnell supporting their whanau.
– Photo: Hilary Smith
A large group of Picton students graduated in Level 4, Te Ara Reo Maori at Omaka Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-743797109816068692011-11-28T10:46:00.001+13:002011-11-28T10:46:49.746+13:00The Sporting Pride Of Picton
Above: Taylor Burn, Susan O’Rourke and Joseph Sullivan with their awards.
– Photo: C. Burn
Sports aces Joseph Sullivan and Taylor Burn and sports administrator Susan O’Rourke did Picton proud on Monday night at the 45th annual Marlborough Express Round Table Sportsperson of the Year Awards dinner.
World-class rower Joseph Sullivan picked up the Sportsman of the Year award for the second timePicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-66229330195243354362011-11-28T10:39:00.000+13:002011-11-28T10:39:19.962+13:00The Treasure Of Kaipupu
Above: Members and supporters of the Kaipupu Point Mainland Society,
with chairman Alan Izard, centre, holding the Supreme Winners trophy
they received from the 2011 TrustPower Marlborough Community Awards.
A day of celebration on November 17 for the Kaipupu Point Mainland Society began with the ceremonial planting of a native rimu tree by Mark Preece, general manager of The New Zealand Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-71671443746735359842011-11-14T11:12:00.000+13:002011-11-14T11:12:40.303+13:00“What A Trip It Was”
Above: QCC students on their cultural trip, seen here visiting Pompeii.
Queen Charlotte College head girl Alora Johnson is a member of the college’s group of classical studies students who have recently returned from a month visiting the cultural wonders of the ancient world. Here she tells the story of their “voyage of discovery”.
What a trip! Although we only spent 28 days in Europe, our Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-31652899782546539212011-11-14T11:07:00.002+13:002011-11-14T11:08:35.001+13:00Big Day Out Aboard Carovita
Above: Martin Cuthbert, left, and Susie Caley, fifth from left,
took friends and family cruising in the Sounds after a successful
auction bid for the day aboard Carovita.
An auction dinner held recently at the Waikawa Boating Club saw Susie Caley and Martin Cuthbert of Anakiwa successfully bid for a special day cruising in the Sounds.
The prize was for ten people to spend the day aboard thePicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-33244543477145729892011-11-01T11:30:00.000+13:002011-11-01T11:30:54.526+13:00Narrow Escape For Local Yachtie
Above: The remains of John Gardiner’s classic yacht, Atua,
entangled over the bow of the Department of Conservation catamaran, Waitohi.
John Gardiner is an exceptionally calm and collected person.
But he says that surfacing after his classic Herreshoff 28 yacht Atua and the Department of Conservation catamaran Waitohi collided on Wednesday was “an interesting moment”.
“The propellers were Picton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153481079977000728.post-11904799053507448412011-11-01T11:28:00.000+13:002011-11-01T11:28:23.890+13:00Earlier World Cup Memories
Above: The 1991 group prior to departure outside the Terminus Hotel.
As we all celebrated the All Blacks’ nail-biting victory in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday October 23, a group of Picton residents had very nostalgic memories of an earlier (and sadly unsuccessful) cup bid.
At 9am on Friday September 21 1991, a group of 20 very excited and slightly nervous Picton locals, all enthusiastic rugbyPicton Seaport Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00545610622191558709noreply@blogger.com