A whirlwind visit to newest and trendiest hotel in the Bay – The Crown – situated oceanside in the equally trendy newly revamped area of Ahuriri Port. Some of the country’s best bylines headed east for a luxurious sleepover and dining at the adjacent Milk and Honey restaurant.
Love a Duck! What an event…the inaugural Englefield Bathtub Derby event was held at Takapuna Beach and featured over 40 entrants from around the North Island. Everything surpassed every expectation, lest of all the incredible turnout.
Thousands of friends, families and supporters crowded the shores to see the great onwater tubbing action which comprised three categories; motor, sail, pedal/paddle.
Tubbing has a great history internationally and looks set as a crowd pleaser here in NZ. Kohler’s Peter Murphy kept the crowds abuzz in the Englefield made ‘crowd pleaser’ racer….
Tracey took ‘Breakfast’ in Malaysia and not for Breakfast but with Breakfast dipped the tootsies into a pool full a flesh eating fish!! TVNZ’s Matt McLean looks like he found it a tad more tickly than the rest of the crew.
Squeezed in between a crazy couple of weeks of client events, we managed to hold a little event of our own – the christening of Emilie-Anne. Speculation was rife that the train on the vintage family christening gown rivalled that of the King of Tonga.
New Caledonia Tourism used the opportunity of celebrity chef and author Gabriel Gate being in town for The Food Show to thank key partners for their fabulous efforts in the recent 2 4 1 campaign.
Guests learnt how to take their cooking ‘Somewhere New’ with an evening in the commercial kitchen at Austin’s Food Design Events. Gabriel proved just the inspiration some guests needed to get back in the kitchen and take a new look at the way they cooked…
PR IN PARADISE!
TVNZ’s Abbey Scott worked it hard for the cameras both on water, underwater and er…on the beach, and errr…at the bar. All in a day’s work though and surely one of the tougher gigs for the cameraman too. Tracey was at hand just to make sure no one kicked sand at the camera!
One of Louise’s shorter but most significant projects – joining the over 40′s baby boom.On the 3rd of May, Emilie-Anne Mason Brooks arrived – 2 weeks ahead of deadline – a first for Louise!
Tracey travelled with the TV3 Sunrise crew headed by news reporter Ali Ikram to New Caledonia for a TV3 Anzac Day feature. Hundreds of New Zealand servicemen lost their lives in the region and were laid to rest in the immaculate and peaceful surrounds of the beautiful Bourail cemetery. The long days of filming were rewarded with great French hospitality in the evenings making the visit memorable in many ways.
Kohler New Zealand’s Rob Watson and Coastguard Northern Region’s Don Scandrett gave Breakfast TV viewers a sneak preview of the Englefield Crowd Pleaser racer which wont compete in the upcoming bathtub derby but will hopefully rouse the crowds on Takapuna Beach this November…..
TVNZ breakfast reporter Jomine Neethling took a bath at Kohler New Zealand’s Glenfield factory…..It was all good fun though and for a very worthy cause – Coastguard Northern Region who are the charitable recipients of the upcoming Englefield Bathtub Derby to be held on Sunday 9th November 2008.
