Jane Gifford Society

Little Jane stripped and stranded

The gutting of heritage scow Jane Gifford’s support vessel Little Jane in Warkworth last week has shocked the riverside community and prompted the business association to revive plans for more security cameras.

Read the full story at localmatters.co.nz



Little Jane was spotted stripped and stranded on rocks in the Mahurangi River on Wednesday February 11, about 7.30am. It had been untied from its berth next to Jane Gifford at the Warkworth Wharf, and was found near Millstream, visible from the Elizabeth Street bridge.

As the tide came up and the boat floated around, Dave Parker received dozens of phone calls. Local boat owner Daniel Hicks secured it with an anchor in the morning, until he returned with Mr Parker to tow it back to the wharf.

CoronaLaunchingManpower.MP4

The NZ Traditional Boat Building School and Classic Yacht Association gather (12/03/2011) to launch the classic yacht Corona in Auckland New Zealand. Launch video - the unsuccessful hard way (man power). Filmed by Alan Houghton

Warkworth Trolley Derby 2014

*view from the drivers seat*
warkworthtrolleyclub.co.nz

Career Development at Sea and Ashore - Captain Martin Burley, Lecturer - New Zealand Maritime School

Captain. Martin Burley
Lecturer
New Zealand Maritime School

Truly inspiring words from Captain Martin Burley as he shares his experience from being a cadet under training and because of world economics had to take up employment as an able seaman on board a tug for a while which he considered was of great value toward his professional development towards becoming a master.

His passion for education and training got the better of him while he was in a management position within the office of a leading shipmanagement company and this prompted him to ship out and take up a lecturing position in New Zealand.



The New Zealand Maritime School has been developed over the past 70 years to become the premier provider of maritime training in New Zealand. The School overlooks the waterfront in downtown Auckland, an ideal location for students, being at the hub of commercial boating, shipping and other maritime activities, is easily accessible by public transport from any part of Auckland, and is very close to a large range of inexpensive accommodation.

The School is staffed by a team of dedicated lecturers who have extensive teaching and maritime industry experience. Each lecturer's specialised knowledge and experience is used to provide you with the highest standard of tuition. The School has always attracted students from throughout New Zealand and overseas. Its reputation as a centre of excellence in maritime training extends well beyond Auckland.

The School has existed under various names, which suited its activities and status at the time. In 1980, all foreign-going training became the responsibility of the School, then under Ministry of Transport control and known as the Auckland Nautical School. Since then, the School has developed to provide a total range of maritime training for all grades of nautical qualifications, from small pleasure launches and sailing craft to a master mariner, qualified to command any size of merchant ship anywhere in the world.

In 1989 the School came under the responsibility of the Education Department and was transferred from the Ministry of Transport to Manukau Institute of Technology. In 1992 the School took a major step forward in providing a wide range of shipping and freight courses for personnel working ashore as well as at sea. The location and mix of students provide everyone with an interesting and vibrant environment for technical study, and an appreciation of the employment opportunities in the maritime industry.

The New Zealand Maritime School is continually expanding its range of courses and resources to provide the highest quality of training. An electronics laboratory provides opportunity for computer training, hands-on and simulator training in radio communications equipment and navigational aids. In 1998 a full mission simulator was installed, providing the opportunity to learn and practise shiphandling techniques for vessels ranging in size from fishing boats to super-tankers.

Warkworth 160th anniversary

Warkworth celebrates its 160th anniversary on 09 November 2013

New Zealand Company ships | Wikipedia audio article

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The New Zealand Company was a 19th-century English company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand. The company was formed to carry out the principles of systematic colonisation devised by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who envisaged the creation of a new-model English society in the southern hemisphere. Under Wakefield's model, the colony would attract capitalists who would then have a ready supply of labour—migrant labourers who could not initially afford to be property owners, but who would have the expectation of one day buying land with their savings.
The New Zealand Company established settlements at Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui and Dunedin and also became involved in the settling of New Plymouth and Christchurch. It reached the peak of efficiency about 1841, encountered financial problems from 1843 from which it never recovered, and wound up in 1858.
This list details the various ships used by the Company in establishing its settlements in New Zealand at Wellington, Nelson, and New Plymouth up to 1843.