The culmination of 5 years work to repurpose the Kate is about to be realised! The stepping of the mast is perhaps the most significant development of this project to date; Once fully rigged, the perception of how the public view her will change dramatically. We are at the point of realising Bernard Rhodes’ ambition to get…
Your chance to own a painting by David Barker
Recently I re-connected with an old friend, marine artist David Barker, as he visited Waiheke on his launch “Feather”. I talked of the vision of “Kate” as she will be, outward bound under full sail with a bunch of trainees aboard, and he agreed to do a painting encapsulating the…
Raffle October 5- Great prizes
This where you can make a significant contribution to the Kate restoration project by buying tickets for yourself and selling more to friends and family. Please ring Bill (3728724) or Bernard (3725621) for tickets. Please do so – every ticket sold helps the project advance. We are currently printing 1000…
Fund-raiser: Moruroa ’73 and the Fri Peace Odyssey
Friday 25th September 2015, 7pm at Artworks Theatre A slide show and fund-raiser for Waiheke Working Sail, restoring the “Kate”. Radioactive isotopes were being detected in New Zealand cow’s milk and sheep’s thyroids, and the French government had declared a 120-mile radius Forbidden Zone around Moruroa while they tested their…
Newsletter March 2015
The re-launch party was an enjoyable celebration on the beach. Old friends met and new friendships were made in the shade of the gazebos, with the Royal Fortune band singing sea shanties, a sausage sizzle, cakes and ginger beer. As the tide rose around the old ship Tom and Joe…