Hail and Farewell

It is my privilage to say welcome aboard to Kodee Rona. Kodee will be working with Devlin in supply and looking at better utilization for supply spaces in the future. Kodee has over 11 years of procurement expericence and is a welcome addition to HNZ NP. Welcome!


Sadly we had to say goodbye to Emma Souness who worked temporarily in dispatch during school break. Emma is working on her commerce degree at Victoria University in Wellington. Thanks for the great work effort - you will be missed. Fair winds!!

Welcome to Jo & Dee

We would like to welcome our two new Staff members, Jo & Dee. Jo and Dee have been employed under Helicopters NZ and are looking forward to enhancing our security posture. Welcome aboard.

All the best Jo & Dee for new adventures at HNZ!!

MOVEMBER!!

Well, as you all know, it's Movember time again! Time for the guys to grow your Mo's. Let's see who can get the best by the end of Movember.

Men's health is a major issue. Did you know:

• Depression affects 1 in 10 men....Most people who experience depression make a full recovery. The first step is seeking help.
• Last year in New Zealand 2,700 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 600 died of prostate cancer - (that's nearly two each day).

The money raised by Movember is used to raise awareness of men's health issues and donated to the Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. These two charities will use the money raised to fund research and increase support networks for those affected with prostate cancer and experiencing depression.

Team HNZ NP has registered on the nationwide website. If you want to collect a donation register form, please see Trudy.

For further details please go to the link below

http://www.movember.com/

So grow your Mo's boys!!!!

Ferry Flight

Russell Pirihi & Brian Dravitzki from Helicopters NZ New Plymouth, Roger Shugrue & Lance Gibson from Helicopters Australia are making there way back from Italy to Australia in a new Agusta AW139.

They departed from Italy on the 30th Oct and are expected to arrive in Australia around the 13th November, after having a numbers of stop overs in different places.

Please click on the link and check out there progress and where they are at!!!!
http://www.ferryflight.ksphotography.net.au/

Hope you enjoy...

G'day to Roger Shugrue! We will miss you!

When considering a working trip to New Zealand where do you start? The task of qualifying on the AW139; the fantastic staff that make up the New Plymouth team or the spectacular scenery surrounding Mt. Taranaki? All the above.

Recently we had the pleasure of having one of our pilots here from HNZ Australia - Roger Shugrue. "Perhaps the weather is the place to start as it played a significant role in my introduction to New Plymouth…. it rained continuously for the first 15 day!!", indicates Roger. "I was becoming fairly certain that this Pozzy (Pome / Ozzy) was the centre of a running joke as I was told daily that there was in fact a large mountain buried in the cloud. It was not until day 16 that I finally saw the snow covered peak of the mountain and realized I was not the butt of some light hearted Kiwi Ozzy ribbing." Roger was here to qualify on the Aw139. "As to the task of qualifying on the 139 that in itself became an interesting challenge as the bureaucracy of licensing kicked in followed by a technical problem that grounded the 139 just in time for my flight test with the CAA. I was left with the option of completing a full recognition flight test on the Bell 412….an aircraft I had not flown for 14 years!! Fortunately all turned out well despite another dose of New Zealand weather."

Roger was in and out of the New Plymouth installation, we were hoping he would stay here in New Plymouth! Roger further goes on to talk about the personalities that make up the team in New Plymouth . "Firstly, let me thank all of the staff in New Plymouth for their hospitality and for making me feel really welcome. It was a real pleasure meeting you all and I sincerely hope I get other opportunities to come back to New Plymouth to work with you all again. It would however, be remiss of me not to mention a few individuals for their particular help. Trudy for her assistance in all things daily, Harry for his ever present credit card, Brendan for guiding me safely through my check ride and a special thank you to Russell who has suffered the endless headache of sorting out my licensing difficulties ….a big thank you to you all!" "My best wishes to every one in New Plymouth."

Thanks for the kind words Roger Dodger!! You will be sorely missed.

Ensco 56 is back!!

Ensco 56 had been held up at Port Taranaki due to inconvenient weather. It had been towed from Tasman Bay/Nelson to a new drilling site off Awakino but the forecast held the rig in at Port. Ensco 56 was moved on the 26th August and has headed to Awakino to start drilling again.

Originally, Ensco 56 is the same rig that drilled the Pohokura production wells off Motunui and has been contracted to drill the Awakino South Exploration well for a Singapore based company STP Energy. Following this the rig will then move to another location in the Exploration licence area to drill another well (Kahu 1). Welcome back Ensco 56!

Scale Model Helicopter Competition

Engineer Craig Anderson has built a scale model helicopter 1:7.6 (1.5 meters long) scale of HNI Bell 412, powered by a methanol .67 cubic inch motor. The 4 - blade head makes it harder to fly but look very realistic. It has taken Craig almost three years to build and invested quite a bit of time and money into his hobby.

Craig's hard slog has paid off by enabling him to place first in a Scale Model Helicopter Competition in Rotorua on the 23rd & 24th August 2008. Congratulations Craig!! We are proud of you!!