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‘Voice of Kaipara’ steps down u by Joanna Manson
After a total of 35 years listening out for boaties on the Kaipara Harbour, a dedicated North Kaipara Coast Guard volunteer will be hanging up her radio microphone.
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Dorothy Quaife has spent decades manning the VHF radio from her home at Paparoa, diligently logging trip reports and listening out for boaties who are heading out for a day on the water. Over the years she has coordinated many emergency rescue operations. With her late husband Ansel Quaife and friends Fred and Noreen Mays, Dorothy helped set up the Kaipara Marine Radio Group in the early 1970s and together they self funded and set up the first marine CB base station on Pouto Point. Since then, she has spent eight hours a day seven days a week, 52 weeks of the year at the radio, watching over thousands of people out on the water. She originally started taking radio calls from her own living room in 1969 to 1980, and quickly become the voice of the North Kaipara Harbour. In 1993, when the local Coastguard North Kaipara unit was founded, Dorothy continued her role. “We gratefully acknowledge the long standing commitment of volunteers such as Dorothy who have given their time selflessly for many years to providing the radio service for boaties on the Kaipara Harbour, helping them to stay safe,” said Coastguard Northern Region Operations Manager, Ray Burge. Boaties in the region, which includes the notorious Kaipara Bar, will continue to be safe once Dorothy steps down, with Coastguard managing communications on the Kaipara Harbour (channels 61 and 66) through the dedicated
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Operations Centre at the Marine Rescue Centre in Mechanics Bay, Auckland. This has been driven by the North Kaipara unit as a more sustainable way to manage radio calls while allowing volunteers to focus on their own water projects. As Dorothy departs, Coastguard reminds local boaties to ensure they register a VHF call sign for their vessel, which helps them identify boats quickly in a search-and-rescue situation.
“We’re looking forward to continuing the relationship with boaties that Dorothy has so carefully nurtured over the airwaves in the Kaipara area by providing important safety information, and letting boaties know we have their back when they’re out on the water.” Last year 1,019 Coastguard Northern Region volunteers dedicated 141,762 hours to saving lives at sea, bringing 3,997 people home to safety. ¢
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