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Pirongia I
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Hamilton Boys High School students camped on Pirongia's flank, then rose early on March 1, awaiting the helicopter. Left to right: Luke Taylor, Rab Heath, Thomas de Malmanche, Courtney Bertram, Luke McKey, and Te Araroa construction manager Noel Sandford. |
The Jet Ranger arrives. | |
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Two of DoC's expert helicopter loadsmen at work. Bruce Postill secures a load, while Dave Matthews keeps Helicorp pilot Brent Glover informed. |
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Brent heads for the mountain with a 350 kg load. |
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| The chopper also drops team members, and departs. | The team has stacked the timber. | |
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The job awaits. Noel Sandford deep in thought - has he forgotten anything ? |
View from the summit. That's the Waikato plains below. |
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The team had finished 26 metres of boardwalk, headed south-westfrom Pahautea Hut to Hihikiwi summit - great work. |
March 7-11, a Te Awamutu College team under Noel Sandford - here wielding a chainsaw - kept the project rolling. |
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Te Araroa Trust and Te Araroa Waikato Trust thanks also the Hamilton Boy's College duo of Matthew McAdams and Nicholas Maule who helped prepare timber for helicopter lifting in the period February 21-25. Thanks also to John Arthur for use of his farm as a staging post. And thanks to project funders the Perry Foundation, Trust Waikato, WEL Energy, Sky City Hamilton, Gallaghers Group, and Waikato DoC. Photographs by Amos Chapple, Geoff Chapple, Miriam Beatson and Te Awamutu College students. |
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