New Local Bream Bay Weather and Tide info
Great News for boaties
Northport’s weather and tide monitoring to be sharedWeather and wave data collected through Northport’s telemetry system is now available on Northport’s website - www.northport.co.nz Read more
Wanted – more writers and photographers
Do you like this website? Rosemary Neave has developed the website as a community resource. Alongside local print media such as the Bream Bay News and The Bream Bay Trader it seems to fill a niche as a way of connecting, celebrating and promoting Waipu and Bream Bay.
Would you or your group like to play more of a part in this online presence?
Opportunities
- Write for us: Rosemary is keen to train a few people to be able to post stories and photos, part of this could be a profile page about you, and a list of your articles on the site, and links to your own website if you have one. Interested contact rosemary
- Do you need a small website for yourself and/or your business. We can provide – one page(or more) of information about your website, your own domain which will point to that page on our site. eg www.waipuriverview.co.nz www.waipu-hostel.co.nz
Cost: $50/year for your own domain name $100 to set up and $100 annually (+gst) to have that page hosted at www.breambay.co.nz - We can do the above for your community group for just the cost of the domain name $50/year + gst
- We are considering adding a trades and services section to the website – do you think this is a good idea?
Email rosemary or write your comments below
Waipu Boutique Sunday Market – new owners
The new owners of the Waipu Boutique Sunday Market are local business women and stallholders, Ginny Hall-Cowley, from Tree Valley Farm Produce and Pav Stacey, from Kandiah Alpacas and Farm Stay, and their respective husbands Brian and Mark. They are taking over from Bill and Jo May who are off on an extended holiday, but will return later in the year once again as stall holders. Read more
War has never been so much fun!
Disguised behind the benign palms, elegant landscapes and authentic Devonshire teas on Waipu Cove Rd there is a real life war zone:
You’ve blasted your way through virtual battlefields from Halo to Gears of War to the gritty realism of Black Ops. You’ve been splattered with paintball pellets and crawled through the bush in full camo. But somewhere in between you know there must be a middle ground – a game which gives you the visceral thrills and the tactical rush of simulated combat without the expense and the big bruises…
This is it – Northland Airsoft
You strap into a full-face mask and helmet, load up your totally accurate replica AK-47 and flip off the safety. Out there among a third-world shantytown with gravel streets and camo-netted shacks your friends are waiting, armed to the teeth. In the next hour you’ll experience all the action of virtual reality games like Counterstike and Modern Warfare in real life, as you plant bombs, steal intel, snipe, outflank and duck into cover.
This is the hot new sport of Airsoft – essentially a game of soldiers amped up to adult levels and played out on a custom made indoor battlefield.
Will Browning is the tactical mastermind behind this new and exciting Waipu destination – right next to his parents’ brand new garden centre and cafe on Waipu Cove Road. He’s created a safe and controlled environment for friends to meet and shoot at each other, based on his experiences with Airsoft both here in New Zealand and in the United Kingdom.
And despite the menacing guns and military armor, this really is as safe as a game of tag. Kids as young as 10 can enjoy playing airsoft with parental supervision, and with the protection of a helmet, mask and goggles the ‘tag’ from a 6mm plastic pellet is far less painful than the solid whack of a paintball. Rules are strictly enforced to make sure that every game is fair and risk-free.
Players (as many as five per side right now) compete in multiple game types, with an emphasis on teamwork and tactics as they navigate alleys, shacks, oildrums and tyres in the battle zone. The fast-paced games last about an hour, with twists and special rules to keep the action fresh.
If you’ve played paintball, if you’re a keen gamer, or if you want to try an exciting new sport with your mates (one where you get to shoot them!), then Airsoft is for you. Gather your ‘special forces’ and get out of virtual reality and into real adrenaline-pumping action these holidays!
Rosemary adds her postsript: Pacifist that I am – I am on for a game – have had a lot of fun at the lazer strike with a group of friends in Whangarei.
Contact Details: Will northlandairsoft@aol.co.uk 09 4321 579 02102885616 533 Cove road, Waipu
Northland Airsoft
A sub-tropical tea garden
Marilyn Cox writes in the latest Bream Bay News (read it on line) :
Have you noticed the sign along Waipu Cove Rd. advertising a subtropical garden and Devonshire teas? Its called Rootsnshoots
This is a new venture by Sally and Steve Browning who came to New Zealand from England four years ago. Read more
Accommodation Options in Bream Bay
Are you wondering where to stay in Waipu and Bream Bay – for you or your friends? This Bream Bay Community website has a google map link off the home page to all the available optionsa to stay in the area.
From camping grounds to amazing luxury lodges and everything in between, Waipu and Bream Bay has some great options for people wanting to stay around here.
If you have a holiday let not on this map, please let me know and I will add it.
I have just opened my own place The Red Door on Riverview which is going great – have been full up for 3 weeks! I have a 2 bedroom self contained apartment and a room available for women travellers. I have met some great people – and so far on AA Been There have had 10/10 reviews which is so cool.
Waipu gets behind the RWC
The Judges
It might have been a nail biting final – but we got there, the All Blacks won!
What a relief…
On Saturday the shops in the main street who donned a teams colours and decorated their shops were judged by Huw Turner and Sue Matthews. The winner got a $100 Pizza Barn Voucher – it too was a close call! Scroll to the bottom to see all the photos Read more
Refinery visitors raise $18,000 for cancer unit
More than 4,500 people attended Refining NZ’s 50th anniversary open day at its Marsden Point refinery near Whangarei on Sunday 9 October, raising $18,000 for the Project Promise drive to fund a dedicated oncology facility at Whangarei Hospital. Read more
Refinery Celebrates 50 years with an Open Day
Marsden Point Oil Refinery turns 5o!
To help celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary this year, and to show its appreciation to its neighbours and the wider community for the support they’ve given over this time, the New Zealand Refining Company is opening its gates to the public on 9 October 2011. Read more
Business and Ratepayer Groups in Bream Bay
There are lots of ways to get involved in the communities of Bream Bay, one of them is to get involved in local business and community groups.
I belong to the Waipu Business and Promotions Group and the Waipu Residents and Ratepayers, and have just become a part of a new group – Bream Bay Business Network which meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the Month at 7am at Waterline Cafe in Marsden Cove. Great breakfast and networking. Come along some time!
We have a page with contact details for these groups on the Bream Bay website HERE
Please let me know details of other similar groups operating in Bream Bay to add to it contact Rosemary
