Chairman’s ChatWhat a busy month for callouts! Just as we’re all relaxing and unwinding – but a change is as good as a rest I say. Details on all the callouts are below – thanks Wayne. Operation Smithies was the longest and although the lost subject has now been charged with wasting Police time I agree with Mana Coastguard president Trevor Farmer who said that it was “a valuable experience for his team to be involved in”. You learn something from every callout, we had the new Tait radios to get familiar with (and they work really well) and worked in closely with the Police SAR squad. Our IMT also seems to get slicker every time.
As for me, I’ve been working away quietly in the background with the Charities Commission to find a strategic partner we can work with that will help with our funding, we have a business potentially interested but we’ll need to do a fair bit of work to bring it to fruition.
Ka kite,
Paul
