Whiritoa Tidings

07/11/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA!

It’s Hātarei, Saturday, November 8
Low tide is at 3:50 pm

🌦 WEATHER OUTLOOK 🌦
🌡 Temp: 14 - 20°C
🌦 Morning sun/clouds, showers arrive in PM.
🌬 Light Southerlies shift to Northerlies in pm, 5 to 8 km/h.
😰 Humidity 85%. Pollen forecast is HIGH.
☔️ Rain possible all day tomorrow and again on Mon
🌤 Tuesday is the next fine day


🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA GEN STORE: Mon - Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6
Kitchen closes 30 mins before shop closes
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881
Great Coffee, Burgers, Fish & Chips,
Ice Cream, Groceries, Bait and Ice!

📚 LIBRARY: 10:30 - 11:30 am

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 6:03 am - 7:57 pm
🌝 Moon: Set 6:39 am, Rise 10:17 pm
🌔 Waning Gibbous Moon

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 9:46 am & 10:04 pm
• Low Tide: 3:21 am & 3:50 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 2:57 am & 3:30 pm
• Activity: NOT SO HOT
NOT SO HOT until Wednesday

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 5
• Set face: .7m
• Period: 8 secs
• Water Temp: 17°C
• 5's tomorrow. Light breezes all week. Offshores Thursday.

🔥 FIRE DANGER
🟢 Low

“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”

— Barack Obama

ENJOY!

06/11/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA!

It’s Paraire, Friday, November 7
Low tide is at 2:56 pm

☀️ WEATHER OUTLOOK ☀️
🌡 Temp: 12 - 22°C
☀️ A fine day ahead
🌬 Light Easterlies shift to Northerlies in pm, 3 to 11 km/h.
😰 Humidity 80 - 64% , Pollen forecast is HIGH.
☔️ Rain develops in the afternoon tomorrow (we need it)
🌦 Showers also on Sun and Mon.


🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA GEN STORE: Mon - Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6
Kitchen closes 30 mins before shop closes
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881
Great Coffee, Burgers and Fish & Chips,
Ice Cream, Groceries, Bait and Ice!

🎾 PICKLE BALL: 9am

🏓 TABLE TENNIS: 1pm

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 6:04 am - 7:55 pm
🌝 Moon: Set 6:39 am, Rise 10:17 pm
🌕 One day past Full Moon

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 8:53 am & 9:11 pm
• Low Tide: 2:30 am & 2:56 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 1:52 am & 2:24 pm
• Activity: NOT SO HOT
NOT SO HOT until Wednesday

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 1
• Set face: .6m
• Period: 8 secs
• Water Temp: 18°C
• 5's tomorrow and next 3 days. Light breezes, none offshore

🔥 FIRE DANGER
🟢 Low

“Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.”

— Bahá'u'lláh

ENJOY!

20/10/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA!

It’s Tūrei, Tuesday, October 21
Low tide is at 1:44 pm

⛅️ WEATHER OUTLOOK ⛅️
🌡 Temp: 16 - 22°C.
⛅️ Clouds and sun with a 10% chance of passing showers.
🌬 Westerlies, 16-26 km/h.
😰 Humidity 80% early, 59% in mid afternoon.
☔️ Showers forecast for Wed and then on Thursday evening
🌤 Westerlies for the next week.


🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA STORE: Mon - Sun 8-6
Kitchen closes at 5:30
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881
Great Coffee, Burgers and Fish & Chips,
Ice Cream, Groceries, Bait and Ice!

🎾 TENNIS: 9am

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 7:46 am & 7:57 pm
• Low Tide: 1:27 am & 1:44 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 12:14 am, 12:34 pm
• Activity: GOOD
GOOD for the next week.

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 1
• Set face: .6m
• Period: 14 secs, in AM, 6 secs in PM
• Water Temp: 16°C
•Friday holds the best promise, but only a 4.

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 6:24 am - 7:38 pm
🌝 Moon: Rise 5:53 am, Set 7:24 pm
🌒 Waning Crescent Moon (NEW MOON tomorrow)

🔥 FIRE DANGER
🟢 Low

“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.”

— Will Rogers

ENJOY!

21/09/2025

EMERGENCY SERVICES MEETING REPORT

After the recent power, phone and internet outages, it became apparent that many in the village didn’t know about the emergency services which were available at the Community Hall. A meeting was called to discuss the issues and about 15 villagers showed up Thursday afternoon to make a plan. Here is the outcome:

During emergencies and unplanned power outages of more than 2 hours, or during long planned power outages, the Community Hall will be a place to shelter, to get power for charging phones and the like, to get access to water, toilets, showers, a warm cup of tea, etc. The doors to the hall will be unlocked and the lights turned on during these times. Shelley Broad, who manages the hall, or Errol Smith, Fire Chief, will check in every hour or so while the doors are open. In general, these openings will be limited to between 7am and 9pm, unless a civil defence emergency exists.

If you need emergency services and the Hall is not open, Shelley lives next to the hall, just through the gate in the back fence. If she is not available any member of the Fire Brigade can also open the hall. Please, if you use the Hall, leave it in the condition you found it.

Errol pointed out that our biggest need is for better communications. Not everyone is on Facebook, and when the internet is out that’s not an option. There is definitely a need for physical signs to be placed around the village to inform locals and Airbnb guests when and where they can go in an emergency. Four locations were chosen. First is the Hall itself, to let everyone know that it's open. The other three locations are the shop, the surf club and the tennis court bus shelter.

Errol and I will work on the wording and production of the signs and perhaps also a frig magnet with phone numbers and information. We will always post updates in the Morning Report and in the Tidings.

Thanks to Shelley and Errol for being so diligent and always ready to help.

17/09/2025

MEETING: 5pm at Hall regarding emergency services.

After the recent power outage it became clear that many villagers were unaware that Shelley had opened the Hall for those who needed power, warmth, water, showers and toilets. This started a conversation about how to better let everyone know what help is available in an emergency and that led to the calling of a meeting today at the Hall at 5pm.

Our HDC rep Austin will try to be there also.

Join us, then stay for MOVIE NIGHT...Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN, 6:30 .

12/09/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA! GO ALL BLACKS! 7pm

It’s Hātarei, Saturday, Sept 13
Low tide is at 5:10 pm

The heavy westerlies have swept the beach free of footprints and it's as smooth and tidy as I have ever seen. Lots of sand on the move.

🌤WEATHER OUTLOOK 🌤
🌡 Temp: 11 - 15°C.
🌦 Sunny with passing clouds, 30% chance of rain
late afternoon.
🌬 Strong Westerlies 34-40 km/h, until Sunday night.
😰 Humidity 62% early dropping to 57% midafternoon.
🌤 Sun - Tues sun & clouds, mostly dry.
Next significant rain is forecast for Thursday.

🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA STORE: Tues CLOSED
Wed - Mon 8 - 6
(kitchen closes at 5:30)
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881
Great Coffee, Burgers and Fish & Chips, Ice Cream, Groceries, Bait and Ice!

📚 LIBRARY: 10:30 - 11:30 am

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 11:06 am & 11:27 pm
• Low Tide: 4:45 am & 5:10 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 4:21 am & 4:51 pm
• Activity: NOT SO HOT
GOOD tomorrow and for most of the rest of the month.

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 2-3
• Set face: .7m
• Period: 10 secs
• Water Temp: 15°C
• All the big numbers have vanished, next week is all 1s & 2s.

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 6:20 am - 6:05 pm
🌝 Moon: Rise 11:27 pm last night, Set 9:09 am
🌖 Waning Gibbous Moon

🔥 FIRE DANGER
🟢 LOW

“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”

— Hunter S. Thompson


ENJOY!

05/09/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA! FIREMAN'S BALL TONIGHT!

It’s Hātarei, Saturday, Sept 6
Low tide is at 11:21 am

Ball at 6pm at the SurfClub. The game may be shown silently while the live band plays. Put on your best Hawaiian gear and come on down! Tickets $10, live band and a light meal. Aloha!

🌦WEATHER OUTLOOK 🌦
🌡 Temp: 13°C, dropping through the day.
🌦 75% chance of rain this am, dropping to 10% by 5pm.
🌬 Westerlies, 18 km/h.
😰 Humidity 88% all day.
☀️ Sun tomorrow with strong off shore breezes.


🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA STORE: Mon-Tues CLOSED
Wed - Sun 8 - 6
(kitchen closes at 5:30)
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881
Great Coffee, Burgers and Fish & Chips, Ice Cream, Groceries, Bait and Ice!

📚 LIBRARY: 10:30 - 11:30 am

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 5:14 am & 5:50 pm
• Low Tide: 11:21 am & 11:54 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 10:48 am & 11:13 pm
• Activity: FAIR.
GOOD tomorrow.

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 1 in AM, 4 in PM.
• Set face: .7m
• Period: 6-7 secs
• Water Temp: 15°C
• Tomorrow will be better with 6's.
Wed/Thursday are forecast to be excellent.

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 6:30 am - 5:59 pm (2 weeks to equinox)
🌝 Moon: Rise 4:10 am - Set 6:05 am
🌖 Waxing gibbous moon (Full moon Monday)

🔥 FIRE DANGER
🟢 LOW

“In Hawaii they say, “aloha.” That’s a nice one, It means both “hello” and “good-bye” Which just goes to show, if you spend enough time in the sun you don’t know whether you’re coming or going.”
— George Carlin

HOPE YOU ARE COMING TO THE FIREMAN'S BALL!

ENJOY!

27/08/2025

GOODEY, Barry. Passed away peacefully on Monday 25th August 2025, aged 72 surrounded by family. Dearly loved husband of Christine, loved father of Gemma and Stephen, Matthew and Lauren, funny Poppa to Daisy, Lennox, Max, Blake and Jack, loved brother- in-law and uncle to Linda, Geneva and Phoebe. A celebration of Barry's life will be held at All Saints Chapel, Purewa Crematorium, 100-102 St Johns Rd, Meadowbank, on Monday 1st September at 12.00pm. Barry's service will be live streamed, please click on this link

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26/08/2025

I'm very sad to announce that Barry Goodey passed peacefully yesterday morning in Auckland. He lived at 89 Kon Tiki road with his wife Christine for more than a decade. He was very instrumental in the Tidings and he will be missed.

We will post more details when we have them.

24/08/2025

Sat, Sept 6. LIVE BAND!!! Get your tickets now!
See Julian's post below for details.
Sound up!

23/07/2025

GOOD MORNING WHIRITOA!

It’s Tāite, Thursday, July 24
Low tide is at 12:05 pm

☀️WEATHER OUTLOOK ☀️
🌡 Temp: 8 - 13°C
☀️ A fine day with no chance of rain.
🌬 Calm day with variable light breezes 3-6 km/h
😰 Humidity 78% early, 59% by early afternoon
☀️ 3 mostly sunny days ahead with rain on Sunday

🌈COMMUNITY NOTICES
🏪 WHIRITOA STORE: Mon & Tues CLOSED
Wed - Sun 8 - 6
(kitchen closes at 5:30)
☎️ PHONE # 021 0851 0881

🎾 TENNIS: 8:30 am
☕ COFFEE CLUB 10 am at the Shop

🌊 TIDES
• High Tide: 5:56 am & 6:35 pm
• Low Tide: 12:05 pm & 11:43 pm

🎣 FISHING OUTLOOK:
• Best Bite: 11:41 am & 12:10 am
• Activity: FAIR

🏄‍♂️ SURF REPORT
• Conditions: 1
• Set face: .4m
• Period: 5
• Water Temp: 16°C
• Swell starts to build on Sunday

☀️ SUN/MOON 🌙
🌞 Sun: 7:21 am - 5:24 pm
🌝 Moon: Rise 7:00 am - Set 4:26 pm
🌒 Waning crescent (NEW MOON tomorrow)

“Good things happen when you meet strangers.”
— Yo-Yo Ma

ENJOY!

22/07/2025