Motutara Waimauku Keas, Cubs and Scouts

2011-12-07T22:47:00.008+13:00

News from the Keas...

Next week is the last week for Kakapo (Sharyn) who is onwards and upwards to Cubs. She will be missed by all the Keas. Kelley (Takapu) and Gendie (Takahe) are taking on the role of the new leaders for these keen little possees.

Our biggest event this term was the...

Keas sleepout night at Takapu's December 2nd, 2011

We had fun walking up to camp, staying in the barn, making damper, roasting marshmallows, playing games, identifying the local trees, and generally having fun...

Here we are...making damper

2010-05-31T17:47:00.002+12:00

What a cracking day!

Thanks to everyone who made it yesterday, hope you're all not too sore.

We had amazing weather and achieved so much more than expected. The spare building now has a sound roof, a metaled drive, a great fire pit and a new fence to keep the cattle of our shiny new area.

So thanks to everyone for your hard work, lending your tools, vehicles and skills. We look forward to some great nights at the new building.

2010-05-31T17:44:00.000+12:00

2010-05-20T16:41:00.005+12:00

This week we went up to Bloomfield park where we taught the Cubs how to lay a fire and cook pancakes.The weather held up for us and a lot of fun was had by all.

2010-05-20T16:39:00.002+12:00

2008-05-04T10:09:00.001+12:00

Term 2 is upon us, and we start it with a second Cub group which will run on Wednesday nights starting at 5:30pm and finishing at 7pm.

2008-04-11T11:37:00.002+12:00

On Tuesday night this week the cubs and keas all walked up to the top of Bloomfield park. Previously the scouts had dug out some fire pits so these were put to good use.
All the children collected firewood, and made one huge pile - I think they thought we were going to have a great bonfire. Then the Sixers with the help of a few scouts started the fires. Pretty soon we had lots of happy cubs and keas cooking damper bread and roasting marshmallows.
Lots of parents came along too and I think they all had a great time.
Hopefully we will get some pictures up soon of the event.

2008-04-06T19:13:00.006+12:00

wow, we had a great day today at the Helensville Show grounds for Kea day.
Everybody was dressed as pirates and the kids had fun making swords, pirate ships, flags and treasure maps.

2008-02-13T18:46:00.002+13:00

Well it is now 2008 and we have a new theme for Term 1 - Moving Mountains.
Some of the mountains that need to be moved are personal ones - which means that each Cub will have some personal challenges to overcome.

The challenges we are setting are
- complete one interest badge in Term 1 - see your Cub book for ideas
- improve your memory with Kim's game - cubs view 15 objects for 1.5 minutes, then have
to write down as many as they can remember

Also, we will have challenges for each Six
The first challenge is to improve on a relay race result.
This week all the Sixes had a go and recorded the following times

Blue - 3.35
Green - 3.21
Black - 3.00
Yellow - 4.05
Red - 3.45

Over term 1 we will repeat the relay race and see if the sixes can improve their times.

The last set of challenges are pack challenges.
These will be
- cycle up Mt. Cook
- Climb a mountain

More will be revealed on this as the term progresses.....

So the challenge is on!

2006-06-07T20:37:00.000+12:00

On Wednesday 31st of May we all went to Kerry's farm for a wonderfull night cooking Damper bread and toasting marshmallows over open fires.

2006-06-07T20:13:00.000+12:00

Building Da Vinci's simple bridge, which was designed as a light bridge that troops could use to cross small rivers and streams.

2006-03-18T19:13:00.000+13:00

Cub Day 2006 - 90 Years of Cubs.

2006-03-18T19:12:00.000+13:00

Sam was the first Cub of the day to get a Bulls Eye!!! of all the cubs from all over Auckland!

2006-03-18T19:11:00.001+13:00

Waiting for the archery

2006-03-18T19:11:00.000+13:00

2006-03-18T19:10:00.001+13:00

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2006-03-18T19:09:00.001+13:00

Waimauku vs Titirangi

2006-03-18T19:09:00.000+13:00

Dont loose your hat

2006-03-18T19:08:00.000+13:00

2006-03-18T19:07:00.000+13:00

woooarrrgghhh!

2006-03-18T19:05:00.001+13:00

both off together!

2006-03-18T19:05:00.000+13:00

over you go!

2006-03-18T19:04:00.001+13:00

take a tumble

2006-03-18T19:04:00.000+13:00

throw that boot!

2006-03-18T19:03:00.001+13:00

Its going to be cold!

2006-03-18T19:03:00.000+13:00

2006-03-18T19:02:00.001+13:00

Sam escapes..... Again!

2006-03-18T19:02:00.000+13:00

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2006-03-18T19:00:00.000+13:00

yehaaw!

2006-03-18T18:59:00.000+13:00

Pile Up!

2006-03-18T18:58:00.000+13:00

Pile Up!

2006-03-18T18:55:00.001+13:00

Crash!

2006-03-18T18:55:00.000+13:00

Off on a Tiger Hunt

2006-03-18T18:54:00.000+13:00

Watch out for the Cobra!

2006-03-18T18:53:00.000+13:00

Burmha trail

2006-03-18T18:52:00.000+13:00

Ice break

2006-03-18T18:51:00.000+13:00

Cool as...

2006-03-18T18:50:00.000+13:00

Mind the crocodiles

2006-03-18T18:49:00.000+13:00

Elephant Walking

2006-03-18T18:47:00.000+13:00

Sam really wants that lolly

2006-03-18T18:45:00.001+13:00

Yay Cooper!

2006-03-18T18:45:00.000+13:00

Go Dylan!

2006-03-18T18:44:00.000+13:00

booooinnggg!

2006-03-18T18:43:00.000+13:00

Olivia tried so hard...

2006-03-18T18:42:00.000+13:00

Who is tired?

2006-03-18T18:41:00.000+13:00

From Waiuku to Kaukapakapa - lots of Cubs!

2006-03-18T18:39:00.000+13:00

Lets go home

2006-03-18T17:11:00.000+13:00

yahoo

2005-11-23T22:27:00.000+13:00

At Auckland Observatory waiting for the lights to go down, the starts to come out and the warp drive be engaged so we can see how incredibly large the universe is as we watch BIG! in the platetarium.
What a cool night we all had

2005-11-23T22:19:00.000+13:00

Okay, 20 poiints for the best caption regarding Rob.

2005-11-23T22:16:00.001+13:00

The big suprise of the night, the Eagle 2 Helicopter arrives in Waimauku

2005-11-23T22:16:00.000+13:00

We've got you guys in our sights

2005-11-23T22:15:00.000+13:00

Eagle 2 coming in to land, it kicked up all the cut hay and grass in the paddock which swirled around our heads. With the noise of the rotors, the wind and the grass it was just an amazing experience.

2005-11-23T22:14:00.001+13:00

who cut the grass?

2005-11-23T22:14:00.000+13:00

wow

2005-11-23T22:13:00.002+13:00

The Eagle has Landed

2005-11-23T22:13:00.001+13:00

this is just too awesome!

2005-11-23T22:13:00.000+13:00

and I've got this cool utility belt...

2005-11-23T22:12:00.000+13:00

The longest period the cubs and scouts have stood still and been quiet, will it last?

2005-11-23T22:11:00.000+13:00

Our binoculars cost $20,000 , how much were yours?

2005-11-23T22:10:00.001+13:00

We track villains with our infrared camera mounted under the helicopter. They cannot hide from us, not even in water - we always catch them

2005-11-23T22:10:00.000+13:00

We can do heli-sniping but we need to land first to get the guns out of the locked hatch on the side of the helicopter

2005-11-23T22:08:00.000+13:00

We've got GPS, Guns, Laptops, Guns, InfraRed , Guns, Sirens...

2005-11-23T22:06:00.000+13:00

Lets see those guns again...

2005-11-23T22:01:00.000+13:00

Right, lets all watch Pete run to get out of the way

2005-11-23T21:57:00.000+13:00

Bye guys, thanks very much for your visit!

2005-11-23T21:56:00.000+13:00

Waimauku Scouts and Cubs had a great suprise when the Eagle 2 Police Air Support Team landed in Glasgow Park. Some of the parents were just as suprised.

2005-11-23T21:54:00.000+13:00

Watching the Skys