Kei te rite ngā māpu Pirihimana kurī
Kua rite ngā māpu Pirihimana kurī e rima mō ngā mahi whakahaere i muri i tā rātou whakapōtaetanga nō Te Puna Whakangungu Kurī o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa ki Māwaihākonai i te rā nei.
Ka mahi rātou ki Tāmaki Makaurau (2), Te Whanganui-a-Tara (2) me Te Tairāwhiti (Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa).
I whakapōtaehia ngā māpu hou ki mua i ngā mema o ngā Pou Whakarae Pirihimana, tae rā anō ki te Kōmihana Tuarua, a Tania Kura me te Minita o Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa, a Hōnore Meka Whaitiri.
Kaitirotiro Todd Southall, Kairuruku ā-motu: Ngā Kurī Pirihimana, i whakamihia ngā māpu hou, me te mōhio he tāpiritanga pai tēnei mō ngā pirihimana aroākapa, te pirihimana ārai me te tātai anō hoki.
I whakatāngia ngā mutunga wiki e toru o ngā akoranga whakangungu mō te 24 hāora i tērā wiki nō rātou ngā pirihimana kurī (hāunga ā rātou kurī) me ngā kaiako i tukuna ki ngā mahi pirihimana ki te porotēhi ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
He whakapōtaetanga motuhake tēnei mō ngā pirihimana e rua - ko te wā tuatahi kua whai whiringa a Pirihimana Alice Bennett (Tāmaki Makaurau) rāua ko Jordan Clark (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) hei pirihimana kurī.
I uru a Pirihimana Bennett ki Ngā Pirihimana e whitu tau ki muri, ā, e whai ana ki te whakamahi i āna pūkenga me tōna hoa kaimahi kurī, a Wren (22 marama te pakeke).
Hei tā Pirihimana Bennett, “kua waimaria ahau i te whāngai i a Wren nōna e kūao ana nō reira kua mahi tahi māua i ngā akoranga whakangungu kurī ki roto i tō māua rohe, ki Te Kura Whakangungu Kurī anō hoki.”
“E pākahukahu ana a Wren, he tino hihiko, engari, he tino piripono anō hoki. E mihia ana ērā i tautoko i a māua i tēnei haerenga me te whiwhinga kia whakamahi i ā māua pūkenga anō hoki.”
Ko Pirihimana Bennett tētahi o ngā pirihimana e ono e mahi ana ki te Kaupeka Kurī, e rima o rātou kei ngā tūranga pirihimana kurī ā-rohe.
E hīkaka ana a Pirihimana Jordan Clark o Te Rohe o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, tētahi ika tauhou pirihimana kurī, hoa mahi me Jago (17 marama te pakeke) ki te whai whiringa anō hoki.
“He akoranga nui tēnei, ā, kua tautokohia, kua whakaritea ahau e ngā kaimahi tautōhito o te rohe. He wero te akoranga whakamutunga mō mātou ngā pirihimana kurī me ā mātou kurī i ngā horopaki rerekē.
Nō mua atu, kua whāngai a Pirihimana Clark, he pirihimana mō ngā tau e whā, kia toru ngā kurī pirihimana tae rā anō ki a Blue e mahi ana ki Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Kua whāngai ia i a Jago, Jag rānei mō ngā marama e iwa, ā, e hīkaka ana ki te tīmata i ngā mahi.
I whai whiringa kia toru ngā pirihimana kurī tautōhito hoki i tēnei rā me ngā kurī hou.
Kei a Pirihimana Matua Owen Davies, o Tāmaki Makaurau, tētahi kurī pirihimana, a Worg, he tatao ki te kurī o Pirihimana Bennett, a Wren. He nui ngā mahi kei mua i te aroaro o Worg nā te mea he māpu whaihua a Pirihimana Matua me tāna kurī o mua, a Quid (e 8 tau te pakeke).
Kua puta tuaruatia a Pirihimana Matua Davies, he pirihimana kurī mai i te tau 2007, me Quid ki Te Whakataetae Kurī Pirihimana Ā-Motu, ā, ko taua āhua anō rā ki Te Whakataetae Ahitereiria ki Poipiripi i te tau 2016.
Nā te wheako ka āwhina kia mōhio ki tāu kurī, engari me maumahara ake, he pērā anō te kurī hou i te ika tauhou. Ka aro nui ki te wheako, engari, he wā ōna ka whakawarea, engari e hiahia ana kia tika te mahi. He māpu hou māua e ako ana ki te mahi tahi.”
He akoranga pai, he akoranga mokemoke mō Pirihimana Matua Comrie Keenan nō Te Tairāwhiti me tāna kurī tuangahuru mā tahi, a Tahi (e 2 tau te pakeke). I mate te kurī o mua o Pirihimana Keenan, a Harlo ( e 9 tau te pakeke), i tērā wiki, te rā tonu i pāohotia tētahi kāpeka o te raupapatanga Pouaka Whakaata Mapū Kurī.
I whawhai a Harlo i tētahi whawhai pai i ngā marama whakamutunga i ahau e whakangungu ana i a Tahi. He rerekē katoa rāua ngā kurī, engari, e tika ana ki te mihi ki a Harlo me āna mahi mōku i ngā tau e rua kua hipa, ā, mō tētahi pirihimana kurī ki Te Hiku-o-te-ika i mua hoki.
Hei tāna, “He pakeke rawa ia mō tētahi kuri pirihimana, he mamae, he kiriweti, heoi, i whawhai tonu ia, ā, kāore ia i whakaahuareka ki tōna pēperekōutanga.” “He kurī rerekē a Tahi, heoi, e whai ana ki te mahi tahi ki a ia.”
Ka whakapōtaehia a Pirihimana Cam Mullenger hoki, o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, me Fender (18 marama te pakeke), tōna kurī pirihimana tuatoru. Ko tōna kurī o mua, ko Manaia, tērā kua kitea ki ngā maramataka Tari Tiaki Kurī Pirihimana.
Te Whakaahua:
Tapanga: Te akoranga ka whakapōtaehia (mai i te taha mauī ki te taha katau): Pirihimana Cam Mullenger me Fender, Pirhimana Jordan Clark me Jago, Tāriana Blair Spalding rāua ko Matt Fage (ngā kaiako), Pirihimana Matua Comrie Keenan me Tahi, Pirihimana Alice Bennett me Wren, Pirihimana Matua Owen Davies me Worg.
He Pānui ki te hunga pāpāhō: Nā ngā herenga o te KOWHEORI, kāore te hunga pāpāhō e taea te tae ā-tinana ki te whakapōtaetanga i te rā nei.
New Police dog teams set for ‘pawtrol’
Five new Police dog teams are ready for operational duties after graduating from the New Zealand Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham today.
They’ll be working in Tāmaki Makaurau (2), Wellington (2) and Tairāwhiti (Gisborne).
The new teams graduated in front of members of the Police executive, including Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura and Minister of Customs Hon Meka Whaitiri.
Inspector Todd Southall, National Coordinator: Police Dogs, congratulated the new teams, saying they’ll be welcome additions to frontline response as well as prevention and tactical policing.
Three weeks of finals course training took a break for 24 hours last week when the handlers (minus their dogs) and instructors were deployed to Op Convoy protest policing requirements in Wellington.
Graduation is extra special for two of the officers – it’s the first time Constables Alice Bennett (Tāmaki Makaurau) and Jordan Clark (Wellington) have qualified as operational dog handlers.
Constable Bennett joined Police seven years ago and is looking forward to putting her new skills into practice with canine partner Wren (22 months).
“I’ve been lucky to foster Wren from a pup so we’ve gone through our dog section training together in our district and at the Dog Training Centre,” Constable Bennett said.
“Wren is full of beans, very energetic but also very loyal. I’m grateful to all those who have supported us along the way and for the opportunity to put our training into practice.”
Constable Bennett will be one of six women officers currently working on Dog Section, five of them in district operational dog handler roles.
Fellow rookie handler, Wellington District’s Constable Jordan Clark, partnered with Jago (17 months) is also pleased to qualify.
“It’s a steep learning curve and I’ve been helped out and well prepared by experienced colleagues in district. The finals course challenges us as handlers and our dogs with lots of different scenarios.”
Constable Clark, a police officer for four years, has previously fostered three police dogs including Blue who works in Wellington. He’s had Jago or Jag for short for nine months, and can’t wait to start work.
Three very experienced handlers also qualified today with new dogs.
Senior Constable Owen Davies, Tāmaki Makaurau, has patrol dog Worg who is a brother of Constable Bennett’s dog Wren. Worg has big paws to fill as Senior Constable’s previous dog is Quid (8) and they’ve been a very effective operational and championship team.
Senior Constable Davies, a handler since 2007, has twice with Quid been runner up in the National Police Dog Championships and the pair enjoyed similar success in the 2016 Australasian championships in Melbourne.
“Experience helps in knowing how to read your dog, but you have to remember that a new dog is like a new recruit. They soak up experience, sometimes get side-tracked but always want to do what’s right. We are in effect a new team learning to work together.”
It’s been a bitter-sweet course for Senior Constable Comrie Keenan from Tairāwhiti and his 11th dog Tahi (2). Constable Keenan’s previous dog Harlo (9) died last week, the same day as an episode of the TV series Dog Squad screened featuring them both.
“Harlo battled ill health in the last few months while I was training up Tahi. They’re totally different dogs but it’s important to acknowledge Harlo and the work he did for me in the last two years, and previously for a Northland handler.
“He was old for a police dog, sore, a bit grumpy but he kept soldiering on and didn’t really get to enjoy retirement,” he said. “Tahi is a different dog but I’m looking forward to working together.”
Constable Cam Mullenger, Wellington, is also graduating with Fender (18 months) his third operational patrol dog. His previous dog was Manaia who has featured in Police Dog Trust calendars.
Photo:
Caption: The graduating course (left to right): Const Cam Mullenger and Fender, Const Jordan Clark and Jago, Sgts Blair Spalding and Matt Fage (Instructors), Sen Const Comrie Keenan and Tahi, Const Alice Bennett and Wren, Sen Const Owen Davies and Worg.
NOTE TO MEDIA: Unfortunately Media will not be able to attend today’s ceremony due to COVID restrictions.
