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Advanced Search Showing results 1-20 of 48 for findNZarticles, Jet boats

Mini jet-boats are 'built for fun'

Date: 2015 Henry Wadworth-Watts, 28, builds tiny boats at WattsCraft in Dunedin with his brother George. He is pictured at the Waimakariri River. From: Christchurch City Libraries

Flipping heck : Hart wins after late drama

Date: 2015 Canterbury powerboat driver Raymond Hart comments on Warwick Lupton flipping his boat at the national championships at Lake Dunstan. From: Christchurch City Libraries

Jet-boat access to rivers likely to be restricted

Date: 2016 Under the Draft Navigation Safety Bylaw, ECan proposes that only members of Jet Boating NZ can boat freely in 29 open speed areas throughout Canterbury. Non-... From: Christchurch City Libraries

The quick and the wet

Date: 2014 By: Sargent, Ewan. Waimak Alpiine Jet, Otamara Road, Springield. Owner Paul Vernel takes the author through the Waimakariri Gorge. From: Christchurch City Libraries

Big boats to make waves on Waimak

Date: 2014 The Stuart Blanchard Memorial race on the Waimakariri River will double as the final round in the New Zealand Jet Boat River Racing Association interprovinci... From: Christchurch City Libraries

A happy investment / by Matt Philp

Date: Spr 2015 From: Karaka (Christchurch, N.Z.), By: Philp, Matt, 1968-, INNZNA Witnesses the 50th anniversary of the Queenstown jetboat attraction. Notes its sole ownership by Ngāi Tahu Tourism for the past decade. Chronicles a timeline of highlights over the 50 years. Talks to former Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation chair Tā Tipene O'Regan and to former Shotover majori...

Quality central to firm's success

Date: 2013 KwikKraft jet boats built in Rangiora are exported all over the world. Co-founder and director Kevin Jenkins comments. He is pictured with factory manager An... From: Christchurch City Libraries

A licence to thrill

Date: Sep 2012 From: Safe seas, clean seas, Backgrounds the development of the new Maritime Rule Part 82 : Commercial Jet Boat Operations - River. Indicates its main provisions. Talks to industry experts about how the new rule will improve jet boat operational safety.

Water wings / by Jacqui Madelin

Date: Apr 2013 From: North and south, By: Madelin, Jacqui, INNZNA Profiles clinical nurse specialist Karen Marshall who has a passion for superboat jetsprint racing and navigates for her team mate Peter Caughey. Describes how she keeps herself fit at home.

Recent cases / James Gardner-Hopkins and Daniel Sadlier

Date: Aug 2010 From: Resource Management Journal (Online), By: Gardner-Hopkins, James, INNZNASadlier, Daniel, INNZNA Reviews three cases: Southern Alps Air Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [2010] (NZEnvC 132), regarding resource allocation and trade competition; Auckland Regional Council v Holmes Logging Ltd (HC Auckland CRI-2009-404-35), regarding criminal acts arising under the Resource Management Act;...

Cow and horsepower / by Peter Jessup

Date: Feb 2014 From: New Zealand dairy exporter (1988),, Dairy exporter By: Jessup, Peter, 1958-, INNZNA Talks to Stratford dairy farmer Robert Thompson about his farm and his views of farming. Discusses his interest in jet boat racing and the world championship campaigns he has been involved in.

Caughey sprints to seventh world champs

Date: Oct 2014 From: Boating New Zealand, Reports on Kiwi Jet Sprint driver Peter Caughey winning the Jet Sprint world championships, in Oregon USA, 1 Sep 2014.

Wet on Wakatipu / by Pam Wade

Date: 8 Oct 2011 From: Dominion post (Wellington, N.Z.), By: Wade, Pam, INNZNA Relates how the author enjoyed jet boating on the Dart River with Dart River Jet Safaris. Describes the scenery as it goes by.

White fear

Date: Dec 2015 From: Boating New Zealand, Profiles Shotover Jet, celebrating its 50th year in adventure tourism. Describes how it was started in 1965 by Harold Melhop and Alan Melhop, running tourists up the Shotover River in jetboats. Looks at how it was passed to Herm Palmer and then Trevor Gamble and Heather Gamble in 1970, who remode...

Racing / by Ben Gladwell

Date: Feb 2013 From: Boating New Zealand, By: Gladwell, Ben, INNZNA Focuses on racing. Talks to Jason Ker of Ker Yacht Design about the new Class40 designed for Team Concise Racing. Updates on recent and upcoming P-class events. Anticipates the two opening rounds of the 2013 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship on Lake Taupo and at Tauranga, 27 Jan and ...

Meet the jetset / by Jacqui Madelin

Date: Jul 2015 From: Boating New Zealand, By: Madelin, Jacqui, INNZNA Examines jetsprint SuperBoat racing, which hits speeds of up to 140kph, noting the role of NZ professional jetsprint racer and boat builder Peter Caughey. Descrines the hull design and jet propulsion of a SuperBoat, giving details on water flow and control. Describes the powerplants, using methan...

The stoat run

Date: Nov 2008 From: Wilderness (Auckland, N.Z.), By: Moore, Colin, INNZNA Backgrounds the private and voluntary conservation initiatives run as part of their Wairaurahiri River Jet tourist adventure trips by Johan Groters and Joyce Kolk of Waitutu Lodge, Fiordland.

Shotover Jet hits half century / by Warren Head

Date: Nov 2015 From: MG (Christchurch, N.Z.), By: Head, Warren, INNZNA Highlights the Queenstown-based jet-boating operation founded in 1965. Describes the specially designed boats, portrays the thrilling river experience, and names celebrities who have 'hurtled downstream'. Chronicles the firm's business history, and reveals the new boat captains' uniforms.

Up the creek (without a paddle) / by Derek Grzelewski

Date: Jul/Aug 2009 From: New Zealand geographic, By: Grzelewski, Derek, INNZNA Charts the life of the famous engineer and inventor. Covers his childhood, living in the Mackenzie Country and his engineering feats, including the invention of the jet engine.

Former farmer reunited with historic river craft / by Mary Bryan

Date: 2008 From: Whanganui River annual, By: Bryan, Mary, INNZNA Recounts the comments of Dorothy (Bunty) O'Neill about the historic early jetboat Wairere, featured on Country Calendar, which she and her husband Jim O'Neill used on the river during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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