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2019 Mahurangi Regatta programme
Celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the regatta revival by Mahurangi Action, the 29th with the Mahurangi Cruising Club as race organiser, and the 4th with Teak Construction as principal sponsor. It will also celebrate the commencement of two…
Morning-after no-dogs breakfast
Incredibly, only two do it: Panmure Yacht and Boating Club, and Richmond. Even the race organiser, the Mahurangi Cruising Club, misses out on the best thing after the Mahurangi Regatta. It started small, with the organising clubs sharing…
Signs of great and sustainable regatta
The Mahurangi Regatta is the wondrous, joyous outcome of many, occasionally disparate, plans and agendas of volunteer, council, and commercial entities, of which the most prominent, after this year’s event, will probably be Boating New Zealand…
Commodore Penchev’s charming regatta newsletter
Dear secret admirers, friends and members of the Mahurangi Cruising Club, best wishes for a happy New Year on the water and elsewhere. Many of you provided positive and constructive, and also critical, feedback from the 2017 Mahurangi Regatta…
Tidal-river power and grid electricity
Most public transport in Aotearoa is fossil-fuel powered. But that would not excuse the key component of the Mahurangi Coastal Trail, the ferry, being fossil-fuelled. Fortuitously, as described in Minimum Impact 100% River-Powered, a fossil-fuel-free…
Mahurangi Action president’s report
The planned fivefold increase in population of its tidehead town is critical to the future of the Mahurangi watershed. If, within a couple of decades, a town of more than 20 000 has an attractive, swimmable river as the hero element of a broad linear…
Minimum impact 100% river-powered
In one respect, it could not be easier. Build a coastal trail linking three regional parks, all on publicly owned land. However, if it had in fact been easy, it would have happened soon after Mahurangi Action first suggested it, three decades ago. The first big hurdle—convincing senior…
Region survives serial secessionism
Serial attempts to turn the clock back six decades have failed, and deservedly. For without regional governance, Aucklanders would be much the poorer, for example, 27 sublime regional parks poorer. It would also lack a cohesive planning mechanism to cope with…