Helicopter Rushed to Waikanae Boy After Motorbike Accident

December 5th 2009

The Wellington Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to Waikanae on Friday evening after two boys fell off a small motorbike.

A 4yr old boy from Waikanae had been riding with his older brother on their 50cc motorbike when they crashed.

The bike fell on the four year old who was sitting in front of his older brother. The bike caused injuries to his lower leg and also his head and neck.

The Helicopter, with a Wellington Free Paramedic on board, flew to Waikanae Park to meet a Wellington Free Ambulance with the patient on board, as there was no landing site for the helicopter at the scene of the accident The boy — and his mother — were flown to the Wellington Hospital Emergency Department.

STORY OF THE WEEK

Kāpiti’s proposed Te Uruhi Gateway at Paraparaumu Beach has been voted through after a day-long debate which include a haka in the District Council chamber and angry protests.

The Kapiti council faced a government deadline for $4.45 million project, with half to come from the Covid Recovery fund.

Vote went 7-4

It wasn’t until after 5.30 pm when the councillors and mayor voted 7-4 to give the go-ahead. The four anti votes came from councillors Jocelyn Prvanov, Gwynn Compton , Martin Halliday and Bernie Randall.

100 Years Ago — and the Maori Long March begins

Māori politics was dominated by the influential MPs (and sometime Cabinet ministers) Māui Pōmare ( Waitara statue photo above) and Apirana Ngata.

The 1920's also saw the rise of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana’s religious movement, and the emergence of Te Puea Hērangi in Waikato.

Ngata worked hard to foster Māori scholarship and education and preserve traditional arts and culture.

He convinced the government to establish a Board of Maori Ethnological Research (1923), a Maori Purposes Fund Control Board (1924) and a School of Maori Arts and Crafts in Rotorua (1927).

The Reform government also took the first, tentative steps towards settling longstanding Māori grievances.

Agreements with Te Arawa in 1922 and Ngāti Tūwharetoa in 1926 recognised their respective rights over the Rotorua lakes and Lake Taupō, and led to the establishment of trust boards with some government funding.

Commissions of inquiry which examined Ngāi Tahu grievances (1920–21) and the Waikato and Taranaki confiscations (1926–27) recommended that modest compensation be paid.

Kāpiti and Coast Independent

Waikanae Copter Rescue

Helicopter Rushed to Waikanae Boy After Motorbike Accident