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Swimming Te Ara a Kiwa for Sharks

  • Shark Prints, Blog, Thank you!

      12 March 2025
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    March

    Thank you so much to everyone who donated towards Mountains to Sea Wellington as part of Swimming Te Ara a Kiwa for sharks :) We raised over $2500 - which is more than $1000 over the initial page aim! There’s a lot to say about this swim, I’ve put it into a blog for your interest (the most important part is at the end!) Read here: https://still-belowthesurface.blogspot.com/2025/02/full-circles-in-te-ara-kiwa.html?m=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2biv56QxhXILpiT6oWg72D3UhQZ7bP3RGb-hUG0DzNDrbfIUNf-8EHnYc_aem_PA3w7eolYmxeA9LJllk8pw&m=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2biv56QxhXILpiT6oWg72D3UhQZ7bP3RGb-hUG0DzNDrbfIUNf-8EHnYc_aem_PA3w7eolYmxeA9LJllk8pw&al_applink_data=%7B%22qpl_join_id%22:%220EAD2429-0B17-459B-8284-3CA1319DA90D%22%7D The support is really appreciated and know that your donation will go towards making a difference for our oceans and rivers ❤️Another huge thank you to Aleisha Neary for creating this beautiful shark art for the cause. Prints so far have raised $220 (plus an extra $120 of prints sold directly through MTSW, making a grand total of $340!) Prints are almost sold out, with only black and white left. If you’d like one let me know! Thank you again everyone, aroha mai aroha atu!

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  • Swim date approaching!

      22 January 2025

    Thank you so much everyone for the donations so far, your money is going towards helping communities connect to the moana and awa, helping to inspire and inform change. Weather has been settling down in the beautiful Te Ara a Kiwa…

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  • Ocean Safety Session

      29 September 2024
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    Kia ora!

    Huge thank you to everyone who came along to the ocean safety session yesterday. Together we raised over $380 for Mountains to Sea Wellington. It was awesome to have Roni come along and talk about ways that we can get involved in MTSW and volunteer. If you'd like to know more details check out this link: https://www.mountainstoseawellington.org/volunteers-2/become-a-volunteer

    Thank you also to the Worser Bay Surf Club for hosting us. Its such a special place and community and I highly recommend getting involved and taking your tamariki there.

    Lets keep the discussion and action around ocean safety going - that means both looking after ourselves and each other in the moana, and looking after the moana itself.

    Noho ora mai <3

    Bre

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  • April 2024 Update

      23 April 2024

    Thank you so much everyone for your donations so far! You are helping Mountains to Sea to connect more people to their oceans and waterways and find ways to protect them! It’s really appreciated. Bit of an update for April: The Dawn till Dusk Swimathon went great, everyone’s support was incredible! The weather took turns between being choppy northerly waters and raining southerly’s. I ended up swimming around 18.5km throughout the day, and Rebecca and Emma were swimming for the majority of the day too so would’ve done a similar distance! We’ve now raised over $400 thanks to your generous donations. I’m off to work on Spirit of Adventure soon, where I might be able to sneak a few ocean swims in, then straight to Australia to Outdoor Instruct. Kenilworth pool have very kindly let me access the outdoor pool over winter which I’m very excited about! I also have a few schools over in Aus lined up to do shark presentations to. Then in about two months I’ll be back and ready to do some more collaboration with Mountains to Sea, as well as some ice swimming so my body is ready for the cold waters of Te Ara a Kiwa.

    More updates later in the year to come from me. In the meantime, look after yourselves and keep advocating for the wellbeing of our oceans and each other ❤️🌊

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  • Swim Postponed until December

      21 March 2024
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    Unfortunately the weather window is over for Te Ara a Kiwa - a few days of good weather came, but too late as the temperature had already dropped into too-risky territory. I've written a bit more of an update on my swimming blog here: https://still-belowthesurface.blogspot.com/2024/03/bobo-is-no-go-lessons-from-20232024.html?fbclid=IwAR2rZx0D-ejS4bglS-MCNtZbVagPWJoEgaR2FBf7uVk7fpmzgxQUTGc_SaY

    Although I'm disappointed, I'm also excited to have the opportunity to keep training, and to keep fundraising for Mountains to Sea Wellington and raising awareness for shark protection. More updates to come throughout the year.

    Bring on December!

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