#ōpōtiki

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Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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2024 olympics New Zealand roster

Athletics

James Preston (Wellington)

Sam Tanner (Papamoa)

Georgie Beamish (Hastings)

Hamish Kerr (Dunedin)

Ethan Olivier (Vereeniging, South Africa)

Jack Gill (Auckland)

Tom Walsh (Timaru)

Connor Bell (Auckland)

Zoe Hobbs (New Plymouth)

Maia Ramsden (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Camille French (Hamilton)

Imogen Ayris (Auckland)

Eliza McCartney (Auckland)

Olivia McTaggart (Auckland)

Maddison-Lee Wesche (Auckland)

Tori Peeters (Cambridge)

Laura Bruce (Christchurch)

Canoeing

Finn Butcher (Auckland)

Hamish Legarth (Hastings)

Max Brown (Cambridge)

Grant Clancy (Auckland)

Kurtis Imrie (Wellington)

Luuka Jones (Tauranga)

Lucy Matehaere (Dunedin)

Lisa Buck (Ōhope)

Aimee Fisher (Rotorua)

Alicia Hoskin (Gisborne)

Olivia Brett (Auckland)

Tara Vaughan (Auckland)

Climbing

Julian David (Tauranga)

Sarah Tetzlaff (Tauranga)

Cycling

Laurence Pithie (Christchurch)

Corbin Strong (Invercargill)

Sam Dakin (Auckland)

Aaron Gate (Auckland)

Keegan Hornblow (Nelson)

Tom Sexton (Invercargill)

Campbell Stewart (Palmerston North)

Sam Gaze (Tokoroa)

Rico Bearman (North Harbour)

Niamh Fisher-Black (Nelson)

Kim Cadzow (Tauranga)

Ellesse Andrews (Christchurch)

Shaane Fulton (Hamilton)

Rebecca Petch (Te Awamutu)

Ally Wollaston (Waikato)

Bryony Botha (Auckland)

Emily Shearman (Palmerston North)

Nicole Shields (Clyde)

Samara Maxwell (Taupō)

Leila Walker (Cambridge)

Diving

Elizabeth Roussel (Auckland)

Equestrian

Clarke Johnstone (Matangi)

Tim Price (Rangiora)

Melissa Galloway (Tuamarina)

Jonelle Price (Rangiora)

Field hockey

Dom Dixon (Hawke's Bay)

Brad Read (Auckland)

Malachi Buschl (Dunedin)

Scott Boyde (Brisbane, Australia)

Dane Lett (Carterton)

Simon Child (Auckland)

Charlie Morrison (Christchurch)

Joe Morrison (Christchurch)

Jacob Smith (Wellington)

Sam Lane (Temuka)

Simon Yorston (Christchurch)

Nic Woods (Hamilton)

Kane Russell (Dunedin)

Blair Tarrant (Timaru)

Sean Findlay (Taradale)

Hugo Inglis (Dunedin)

Hayden Phillips (Levin)

Isaac Houlbrooke (Auckland)

Leon Hayward (Darwin, Australia)

Golf

Ryan Fox (Auckland)

Daniel Hillier (Wellington)

Ko Bo-Gyung (Orlando, Florida)

Gymnastics

Dylan Schmidt (Auckland)

Georgia-Rose Brown (Melbourne, Australia)

Maddie Davidson (Christchurch)

Judo

Moira Koster (Christchurch)

Sydnee Andrews (Camberley, U.K.)

Rowing

Tom Mackintosh (Hastings)

Dan Williamson (Beachlands)

Phillip Wilson (Wellington)

Robbie Manson (Hamilton)

Jordan Parry (Tauranga)

Matt Macdonald (Auckland)

Ollie Maclean (Auckland)

Tom Murray (Blenheim)

Logan Ullrich (Brisbane, Australia)

Emma Twigg (Napier)

Kate Haines (Hamilton)

Alana Sherman (Auckland)

Brooke Francis (Te Kauwhata)

Lucy Spoors (Christchurch)

Phoebe Spoors (Christchurch)

Jackie Kiddle (Wellington)

Shannon Cox (Whangārei)

Jackie Gowler (Raetihi)

Kerri Williams (Raetihi)

Davina Waddy (Christchurch)

Rugby

Scott Curry (Rotorua)

Brady Rush (Kerikeri)

Tone Shiu (Napier)

Akuila Rokolisoa (Lautoka, Fiji)

Dylan Collier (Ōpōtiki)

Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (Rotorua)

Fehi Fineanganofo (Auckland)

Andrew Knewstubb (Wellington)

Regan Ware (Tokoroa)

Tepaea Cook-Savage (Kaitaia)

Moses Leo (Auckland)

Leroy Carter (Tauranga)

Tevarn Webber (Hamilton)

Sione Molia (Pukekohe)

Michaela Blyde (New Plymouth)

Jazmin Hotham (Hamilton)

Sarah Hirini (Feilding)

Tyla King (Auckland)

Jorja Miller (Timaru)

Manaia Nuku (Hamilton)

Mahina Paul (Whakatāne)

Risealeaana Pouri-Lane (Auburn, Australia)

Alena Saili (Porirua)

Theresa Stefano (Auckland)

Stacey Fluhler (Papakura)

Portia Woodman (Kawakawa)

Sailing

Josh Armit (Auckland)

Lukas Walton-Keim (Auckland)

Tom Saunders (Auckland)

Isaac McHardie (Hamilton)

William McKenzie (Auckland)

Micah Williamson (Hamilton)

Greta Pilkington (Auckland)

Justina Kitchen (Auckland)

Joanna Aleh (Auckland)

Molly Meech (Auckland)

Erica Dawson (Auckland)

Shooting

Owen Robinson (Morrinsville)

Chloe Tipple (Christchurch)

Soccer

Alex Paulsen (Auckland)

Michael Boxall (Auckland)

Sam Sutton (Auckland)

Tyler Bindon (Los Angeles, California)

Finn Surman (Christchurch)

Joe Bell (Christchurch)

Matthew Garbett (Porirua)

Ben Old (Wellington)

Ben Waine (Wellington)

Sarpreet Singh (Auckland)

Jesse Randall (Wellington)

Kees Sims (Bracknell, U.K.)

Lukas Kelly-Heald (Wellington)

Jay Herdman (Invercargill)

Matthew Sheridan (Wellington)

Fin Conchie (Hamilton)

Lachlan Bayliss (Darwin, Australia)

Oskar Van Hattum (New Plymouth)

William Gillion (Auckland)

Isaac Hughes (Wellington)

Anna Leat (Auckland)

Kate Taylor (Christchurch)

Mackenzie Barry (New Plymouth)

Catherine Bott (Wellington)

Meikayla Moore (Christchurch)

Malia Steinmetz (Auckland)

Michaela Foster (Hamilton)

Macey Fraser (Rangiora)

Gabi Rennie (Rangiora)

Indiah-Paige Riley (Albany Creek, Australia)

Katie Kitching (Well, U.K.)

Victoria Esson (Christchurch)

Rebekah Stott (Papamoa)

Katie Bowen (Auckland)

Ally Green (Sydney, Australia)

Jacqueline Hand (Auckland)

Milly Clegg (Auckland)

Grace Jale (Auckland)

Annalie Longo (Auckland)

Surfing

Billy Stairmand (Raglan)

Saffi Vette (Gisborne)

Swimming

Kane Follows (Auckland)

Taiko Torepe-Ormsby (Christchurch)

Cameron Gray (Auckland)

Lewis Clareburt (Wellington)

Nina Brown (Auckland)

Eva Morris (Tauranga)

Laticia-Leigh Transom (Brisbane, Australia)

Erika Fairweather (Dunedin)

Eve Thomas (Auckland)

Vanessa Ouwehand (Auckland)

Caitlin Deans (Dunedin)

Tennis

Lulu Sun (Geneva, Switzerland)

Erin Routliffe (Caledon, Ontario)

Triathlon

Dylan McCullough (Auckland)

Hayden Wilde (Whakatāne)

Ainsley Thorpe (Auckland)

Nicole Van Der Kaay (Rotorua)

Weightlifting

David Liti (Auckland)

Wrestling

Tayla Ford (Christchurch)

[nzconservationjobs]

Team Administrator, Nga Whenua Rahui - Department of Conservation - Gisborne or Ōpōtiki

Bring your administrative and coordination expertise to this new role. Support our kaupapa of protecting the natural integrity of Māori land and preserving mātauranga Māori. Full time, permanent role based in Gisborne or Ōpōtiki with flexible ways of working. Te toto o te tangata, he kai; te oranga o te tangata, he whenua While food provides the blood in our veins, our health is drawn from the…

[nebt-adventures]

Same shit weather situation

There is still no work since the day I posted about it D:

Last night: We used the rest of our flour to bake a small loaf of bread. We are clearing whatever we can to lighten our loads with meal plans using fresh foods and cold food first while trying not to have consecutively repetitive meals.

We had fried mushrooms and fried chicken with lemon mayo for dinner. Yum. We finished our lemonade and shared some with Julie and Oskar. The 4 of us played Trash Pandas and The Voting Game before turning in. Late afternoon: We went to the river for a “swim”. It’s technically a dip LOL because we were slowly submerging our bodies into the water sitting on the steps. It took us 15 mins slowly adapt to the cold water but when we think that we’d gotten used to it, it got colder!?

Left: Red arrow pointing at Singapore. Right: We’re currently in Ōpōtiki, near the sea.

Left: We’re living right by a river.  Right: See those 2 little rectangular which look like 2 platforms? It’s a slide on the left and a platform with a rope swing in front of it. We were right in the middle sitting on the steps. It was freezing cold! Evening: I watched The Daily Ketchup podcast and Pewdiepie trying Japanese snacks videos on YouTube. Now resuming the Marina Abramovic movie. I’m gonna finish this by today!

Oh! We’re going to make lemon cream pasta tonight!  https://simple-veganista.com/simple-lemon-pasta/ Update - it's too sour, do not try this recipe. haha

[cathnews]

Home of Ōpōtiki principal burgled during tsunami alert

Home of Ōpōtiki principal burgled during tsunami alert

An Ōpōtiki teacher said their principal had her home burgled while they were out helping their students evacuate during the tsunami alerts. About 150 children at St Joseph’s Catholic School had to be relocated yesterday morning. The school is less than a kilometre away from the shoreline, and also surrounded on three sides by rivers. Read more

[gregor-samsung]

Boy (Taika Waititi - 2010)

[ask-the-usa-manor]

Hey Hawai *paints a small red dot on a plane*

“…Okay, first of all; f**k you. Second of all; it’s spelt Hawaii. Or Hawaiʻi. If you’re going to try to make me have a PTSD flashback sequence, at least check your spelling. Otherwise—”

Hawai— A town in Tottori Prefecture, Japan— stuck her head in.

“…Was I called?” She asked, frowning at the dot on the plane.

“No, no. You see, Anon here just—”

“So you were calling me?” A new Hawai— The administrative headquarters of Anjaw District, in Arunachal Pradesh, India— asked, strolling in.

“Also no! You see—”

“You’re not talking about me, right?” Hāwai— A coastal settlement in the Ōpōtiki District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island— questioned, “I know a lot of people tend to forget the little line over the ‘a’.”

Hawaii sighed and motioned to the three newcomers.

“…You see what I mean, Anon?”

[jordanas-diary]

my grandparents be stressing me out atm like 😤😤😤 we had some fairly big f*ck-off earthquakes today and they LIVE (in a wop-wop town called Ōpōtiki) on the coast that is deemed to be most affected by unusual tidal surges etc and they fully have a tsunami warning ⚠️ and what do they decide to do? go to the beach for a fkn fish istg i’ma-

[teachersruineverything]

Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen was born in Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa in 1975. 

His parents are Robin Cohen, a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer.

[nzconservationjobs]

Pūtaiao Ranger (Biodiversity Monitoring) - Department of Conservation - Opotiki

Support our kaupapa of protecting the natural integrity of Māori land and preserving mātauranga Māori. Support the delivery of mahi on whenua Māori, freshwater, and native bush environments. Permanent, full-time role based in Ōpōtiki. Te toto o te tangata, he kai; te oranga o te tangata, he whenua Ngā Whenua Rāhui | Te Papa Atawhai serves to protect and sustain nature across Aotearoa. We put…

[nebt-adventures]

The timeline so far

3 months in...

SG 16 November 2019 - WHV approved but couldn’t make it to NZ in July 2020 due to Covid

14 March 2022 - Received an updated visa via email from NZ Immigration which expires in 6 months' time

4 June 2022 - Bought NZ Air air tickets to Auckland one way for SGD 995 per pax

28 July 2022 - Resigned from my job and served 1 month’s notice

23 August 2022 - Last day of work

24 August 2022 - Flight day to Auckland, New Zealand

NZ 24 August 2022 - Took SuperShuttle to Haka Lodge and stayed there for a week

30 August 2022 - 12 days at Mangawhai, Damien and Sue's farm (WWOOF) with Ben, Aliif, and Sarah and we met Anna, Elisa, Lilian and Amy there. The first two are Germans, French and British respectively.

10 September 2022 - 2 nights at Whagarei, Airbnb Boathouse

12 September 2022 - Moved into Dargaville Walden Farms' (Trevor and Stuart) accommodation and stayed for 1 month 1 week

19 September 2022 - Kumara work starts and we worked for about 1 month at Walden Farms

16 October 2022 - Leave Walden Farms and move into Phil Greig Strawberry Gardens' (Lianne and Phil) powerless cabin accommodation

17 October 2022 - Strawberry work starts and worked for 1 week with 1 rest day

23 October 2022 - Shing's place in Auckland for 3 nights (thank you again!)

26 October 2022 - 1 week at Hamilton, Joy’s place (WWOOF)

2 November 2022 - 2 weeks at Waoto, Sam and Pauline's Dairy Farm (WWOOF)

16 November 2022 - 2 nights at Waihi, Airbnb Kristen

18 November 2022 - 2 nights at Whagamata Motor Camp

We wanted to travel up to Coromandel but due to the bad weather we will do it next summer

20 November 2022 - 2 nights at Papamoa, Airbnb Brooke

22 November 2022 - 2 nights at Rotorua, Airbnb (Manita and Edwin)

24 November 2022 (current) - Ōpōtiki Kiwi Farm (Lloyd’s accommodation with G&S contracting)

Extra info Prior to flying, we've created Wise NZ Bank Account to apply and succesfully gotten our IRD numbers. We also applied for ANZ Bank GO Account online and MyIR account.

In NZ We verified and opened our ANZ Bank GO Account successfully at the physical bank which you have to have an appointment booked prior. We added an additional account at the counter which is the "Serious Saver" account. It has a higher interest rate if you don't use/withdraw the money. We also verified MyIR via an automated phone call.

Money

Converted cash on https://fx.changirecommends.com and collected at the airport , 1528.62SGD to 1750NZD, rates 1SGD - 1.144820NZD 

Ben changed his money with a Singaporean guy residing in Auckland using the Google rates which were still shit but better than anywhere else. I think it was 1.15nzd to 1sgd.

We also converted SGD to NZD using the WISE app and one shot transferred to our ANZ bank account. Note that there is a one-time transfer fee at a fixed rate.

You can use Youtrip because it has the best rate out of all but the only downside is that you can’t withdraw it from your Youtrip account.  Health Insurance I got my health Insurance at 851.76 NZD from http://www.healthandtravel.co.nz/ which you should consider if Orbit rejects your application.

Ben got his insurance from Orbit - Working Holiday Visa Insurance at 393.3 NZD.

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Boy (Taika Waititi - 2010)

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Whakaari/White Island. A time lapse over 1 hour at sunset on Christmas Eve, photographed from Bryan’s beach, near Ōpōtiki. - A large eruption occurred at 14:11 on 9 December 2019, which resulted in nineteen fatalities, including two people who are missing and presumed dead. Twenty-five survivors were seriously injured, many critically and suffering severe burns. Three survivors suffered minor injuries. Forty-seven people were reportedly on the island when it erupted. A second eruption closely followed the first. Whakaari is an active andesite stratovolcano situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty. The island covers an area of approximately 325 ha (800 acres),[1] which is only the peak of a much larger submarine volcano – Wikipedia Video & photos © Adrian Malloch, all rights reserved. #whakaari #volcano #eruption #adventuretourism #fujifilm #fujifilmnz #gfx50r fujifilmgfx50r #gf250 #timelapse #progearfeature #bayofplenty #newzealand #newzealandnatural #summer #pacificocean (at Bryans Beach, Opotiki) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6g_EuIJ6_V/?igshid=tqxlgobzhqeo