2. Project
Background
ON THE 13TH
FEBRUARY 2018
CYCLONE GITA
MADE A DIRECT
HIT ONTO THE
ISLAND OF EUA,
SOME 450 HOUSES
WERE IDENTIFIED
AS IN NEED OF
SPOUTING TO
HARVEST FRESH
WATER USED FOR
DRINKING AND
COOKING
THE GREATEST
REQUIREMENT’S
AFTER A CYCLONE
HAS HIT ARE FOOD
AND DRINKING
WATER, PAPAKURA
ROTARY HAD THE
ABILITY TO
PROVIDE WATER
HARVESTING OF
RAIN WATER
DIRECT INTO THE
EXISTING WATER
TANKS
APPROACHES
WERE MADE
FROM HEILALA
VANILLA AND
ROTARY OF
TAURANGA WITH
SUPPORT BOTH
FINANCIALLY AND
THE ABILITY TO
SEND EXTRA
PEOPLE TO HELP
WITH THE
REQUIRED MAN
POWER
A PLAN WAS PUT
INTO PLACE TO
PREPARE A
BUDGET, RAISE
THE REQUIRED
FUNDING AND
SUPPLY THE
NECESSARY TOOLS
AND EQUIPMENT
TO INSTALL ROOF
GUTTERING TO
THE HOUSES MOST
IN NEED
3. Funding
We were lucky to secure the following
funding for this project to Eua
• Rotary Club of Papakura Inc $15000
• Rotary Club of Tauranga $5000
• Harold Thomas Rotary Trust $9000
• Heilala Vanilla $3635
• Rotary Foundation $6203
• Total $38838
4. It all starts with loading a
container and shipping it to the
Island of Eua
• Careful planning
• The logistics were immense for this project, we
had to take everything except the kitchen sink
• Tools
• Food, Kitchen supplies, Microwave, Fridge, Pots
and Pans, cutlery, Plates, cups etc
• Equipment and Materials
5. Tongatapu and Eua
• Eua is a small Island located 40Km
Southeast of Tongatapu
• Know as the forgotten Island,
Geologically the oldest island in Tonga
about 40 million years
• Is only accessible by a 3 hour ferry ride
• Population approx. 5000
6. Our itinerary Auckland to Eua
Monday 28th May
Fly from Auckland to
Tongatapu (7am an
early start)
Monday Night
We overnighted in
Tongatapu due to bad
weather
Tuesday
The ferry was
hopefully going to go,
but we had to be up
by 6am and down to
the ferry to wait
The ferry was
going to sail, at
10am the ferry left
Tongatapu and we
were on our way
7. Our Ferry
3 Hours each way, be sure the weather is good
160 Passengers, cars and an assortment of Freight (some live)
8. Travelling to Eua
• Bernie enjoying the Ferry ride, this was a full boat as
it had not sailed for 3 days due to bad weather
10. Meet the Team
• Bernie
• Brian
• Morris
• Steve
• Nick
• Garth
• Tim
• Geoff
11. Some of the sights we were faced with,
the destruction Cyclone Gita had
inflicted was beyond comprehension
12. We Created 3 Teams to work the Project
Fabrication
Team
Instalation
Team
Finishing
Team
13. The Fabrication Shop
We split into separate teams, this is our measure and fabrication team
We were very lucky to have the use of a warehouse and were able to spread out
26. In Summary
49 Houses had guttering fitted complete with
down pipe into working water tanks
3 School buildings fitted with guttering
In all we installed 414 m of spouting and 129 m of down pipe on 3 classroom
blocks, 49 houses, 2 small roofs and a vanilla shed. We also replaced 60
metres of facia board and numerous truss extensions for the facia.
We worked with Mounga and Fa from MORDI and trained them in how to
accurately fabricate the steel spouting with end caps and droppers to the
correct length. They were trained in the use of tape measures, cutting with tin
snips, drilling with battery drills, use of pop rivet guns and silicon sealants.
