About Ben Waimata

Basic Information


Date of Birth
July 9
About Ben Waimata
Biography:
Married to an Australian and with 4 half-Aussie kids.
Location:
Hawkes Bay
Interests:
banyan trees, all kinds of stuff better not discussed.
Occupation:
Farm forester

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Total Posts
Total Posts
1,764
Posts Per Day
0.71
General Information
Last Activity
Yesterday 10:44 PM
Join Date
29-07-2018
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808 Likes

  1. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    That would have been quite a sight, I'm envious. If you'd been lucky enough to catch it on film you'd be famous. I've seen dead great whites washed up on HB beaches twice in my life, one of the...
    Liked On: 09-02-2020, 04:22 AM
  2. Beaker
    Beaker liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    That would have been quite a sight, I'm envious. If you'd been lucky enough to catch it on film you'd be famous. I've seen dead great whites washed up on HB beaches twice in my life, one of the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 10:38 PM
  3. jakewire
    jakewire liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    I was at a party a couple weeks back with a bunch of us being born a few years either side of 1970, discussing this very issue. We all had the same problem, Jaws was part of our upbringing and the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 09:51 PM
  4. xtightg
    xtightg liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    I was at a party a couple weeks back with a bunch of us being born a few years either side of 1970, discussing this very issue. We all had the same problem, Jaws was part of our upbringing and the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 09:36 PM
  5. xtightg
    xtightg liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    That would have been quite a sight, I'm envious. If you'd been lucky enough to catch it on film you'd be famous. I've seen dead great whites washed up on HB beaches twice in my life, one of the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 09:35 PM
  6. kidmac42
    kidmac42 liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    That would have been quite a sight, I'm envious. If you'd been lucky enough to catch it on film you'd be famous. I've seen dead great whites washed up on HB beaches twice in my life, one of the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 08:55 PM
  7. dannyb
    dannyb liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Great White Shark at the Rakaia River mouth?
    That would have been quite a sight, I'm envious. If you'd been lucky enough to catch it on film you'd be famous. I've seen dead great whites washed up on HB beaches twice in my life, one of the...
    Liked On: 08-02-2020, 07:52 PM
  8. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Firearms in NZ in the 1850s
    A little bit after the 1850's date, but my great-grandmother (born around 1870) was given a revolver by her husband when they got married, probably late 1880's. They were farming at Tutira and life...
    Liked On: 07-02-2020, 09:21 AM
  9. Russian 22.
    Russian 22. liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Ideal shotgun barrel length
    I've got a cheap turkish 18" barrel semi, love the thing. Cheap and nasty so throw it on the back of the ute and don't worry about it, it's got front and rear irons and 5 round mag, never had a...
    Liked On: 20-01-2020, 11:18 PM
  10. gadgetman
    gadgetman liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Ideal shotgun barrel length
    I've got a cheap turkish 18" barrel semi, love the thing. Cheap and nasty so throw it on the back of the ute and don't worry about it, it's got front and rear irons and 5 round mag, never had a...
    Liked On: 20-01-2020, 02:13 PM
  11. Russian 22.
    Russian 22. liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Deer numbers
    The Chinese are getting a lot of red meat out of Australia, it's great for the Aussie farmers needing to destock due to catastrophic drought. My wifes grandfather lost his farm in 1974 due to...
    Liked On: 12-01-2020, 09:26 AM
  12. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Deer numbers
    The Chinese are getting a lot of red meat out of Australia, it's great for the Aussie farmers needing to destock due to catastrophic drought. My wifes grandfather lost his farm in 1974 due to...
    Liked On: 12-01-2020, 08:45 AM
  13. Max Headroom
    Max Headroom liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Deer numbers
    Is he applying for a P? If ever a man needed a SLR....
    Liked On: 09-01-2020, 02:48 PM
  14. Moa Hunter
    Moa Hunter liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Deer numbers
    Is he applying for a P? If ever a man needed a SLR....
    Liked On: 31-12-2019, 06:31 PM
  15. Russian 22.
    Russian 22. liked post by Ben Waimata On thread : Deer numbers
    Deer numbers are up in Hawkes Bay too, one of the HBRC biosecurity guys told me numbers are likely to exceed the previous highs of the 50's/60's soon. 5 years ago I never saw a deer here, now I have...
    Liked On: 30-12-2019, 12:40 AM

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