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Landlocked scouts celebrate

The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition.   Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and Taupo, received naval recognition after meeting the highest standards of scouting and seamanship.   The navy recognition standards reflect […]

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Scout and about on the water

Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group’s new Scout Standard Cutters participated in the 48th Alistair Kerr Spring Regatta at Lake Nga Roto in early September. Scouts rowed and sailed the new cutters, purchased with support from Frontier Estates and Pragma Homes, at the regatta on September 8. The Scout group is the only one on

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Ice breaker at Ngā Roto

Scouts Aotearoa national commissioner Raani Kelderman called it a fantastic ice breaker.   More than 200 scouts and kaiārahi (leaders) from 14 scout groups in the upper North Island region started the boating season with the 48th Alistair Kerr Waikato Zone Spring Regatta at Lake Ngā Roto on Saturday.   Boating, paddling (kayaking) and water

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Young scouts learn to lead

Cambridge scouts Jasper Cook, Jessica Hill, and Zac Ward know how to lead small teams in adventurous experiences.   The trio of 11-year-olds completed the annual Scouts Aotearoa Sandford Leadership Skills Training Course at Epworth Retreat and Recreation Centre at Horahora this month.   All three are team (or patrol) leaders tasked with leading small

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Emergency bush skills taught

Scout leaders learned how to build emergency shelters in Pirongia Forest Park recently.   The leaders, kaiarahi or mentors, were challenged to build emergency shelters from material found lying on the bush floor.  While trampers should always carry some form of shelter in case of an emergency, even on day trips, no pack liners or

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Waikato land and sea Scouts sail to Northland Regatta success in a borrowed boat

Scouts and Venturers from Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group won the Senior Scout Standard Cutter Trophy at the Scouts Aotearoa Northland Zone Regatta after crossing the finish line at Kai Iwi Lakes first with Venturer Alice Field, 17, at the helm.   “We nearly missed out on entering the cutter classes at all after

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Land and sea Scouts join to empower youth through adventurous experiences

Kirikiriroa and Saint Peter’s Scout groups are joining forces to offer land and sea scouting opportunities to their members.   Together, the groups have offered scouting to Kirikiriroa Hamilton for a combined 164 years.   Saint Peter’s Sea Scout Group, with a hall at Saint Peter’s Park in Lorne St and a boatshed at Lake

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