by Cimino | 17 Jan 2012 | Regatta 2012
Perennial call for regatta crew It is still a big ask. Even without the prize-giving dance, there is need to round up 48 volunteers for the shoreside events at Sullivans Bay and Scotts Landing. To man the bar and burger production at Scotts Landing would optimally...
by Cimino | 13 Jan 2012 | Regatta 2012
The Mahurangi Regatta is the perfect showcase for any number of enterprises. Consolidation of the revival of the regatta prize-giving dance was due to the Mahurangi Action Plan, on which the former Auckland Regional Council spent $4 million on as a five-year...
by Cimino | 5 Nov 2011 | Regatta 2007
And the gulls circle near where Fairburn walked Achingly beautiful. Caitlin Smith’s recording is so striking, it is incomprehensible that Where Fairburn Walked didn’t become a New Zealand standard. Be that as it may, the tribute to poet Rex...
by Cimino | 2 Nov 2011 | Regatta 2012
A good old-fashioned leave-your-wallet-at-home picnic regatta. That was the adamant view of the Friends of the Mahurangi when it revived the Mahurangi Regatta, in 1977. Many of the committee members had experienced the Great Depression, and believed parents of young...
by Cimino | 23 Sep 2011 | About the Regatta
A little about the Mahurangi Regatta It’s a good old-fashioned leave-your-wallet-at-home picnic regatta. Held on the Saturday of Auckland Anniversary weekend, the Mahurangi Regatta nicely bookends the region’s weekend of festivities that culminate in the world’s...
by Cimino | 12 Sep 2011 | Regatta 2011, Regatta 2012
Connectivity exemplar saved by Wilma It may not have proved to be the best advertisement for it. The 2011 Mahurangi Regatta would have been the first under the auspices of the new Auckland Council. And as such, it would have been the perfect opportunity for city hall...
