Yeah? 17 next month. Hope (however unlikely) to get into Pol Col next year...

Ahhh, TBH dude you'd be better off to go and get some "life experiences" first, I'm certainly not dissing you but your chances of getting in at 17 are not overly high. (But by no means let that put you off from joining at all!)

Are you working at the moment? Flatting or living at home?

Living at home, working through college, have been working for NZ Post for the last 2 1/2 years. Done heaps of backstage work at concerts. In the process of getting my firearms license and working toward my glider pilots license. I know I dont have the greatest chance, but Im gonna try! They have let young people in before. I dont expect to get in straight away, but its worth a shot. Plus I have done two shifts already with Porirua Police, and can get the Snr Sgt for section 4 to drop me a good word. He did say in an email after the shift that he had good feedback from the cops I went with.

Ahhh, now a glowing recommendation from the higher up's will help in regards to the college!

Do you have family in the job?

No sir, I have friends but thats where my connections end, maybe except that my dad used to work for Customs in Wellington and Auckland (previosly)

i'll be training in welly. probably along the waterfront.

i'm going for a PAT rehearsal in a mo - which should be fun looking at the weather.

moved to welly last night from wanaka - what a journey that was over the strait! just getting life sorted re: house/flat and job etc...anyone know of any job centres?

got my actual PAT booked for june 10th, but thinking i'll have to postpone as fitness has taken its toll with the moving process etc....

hopefully gonna get some good advice from the pt guys!

let me know if you wanna train!

pete

pdear wrote:...anyone know of any job centres?

Comms!

Does anyone know the distance around the lagoon across the road from the college? I run around it regularly, but I haven't got a clue how far it is or how many times you actually run around this during college. Any help would be appreciated!! Yours in fitness etc.....

Hey The Cod.
You run the Lagoon three and a 1/3 times.
Each lap works out to be about 0.83 of a KM.
So the cheeky PT guys make you run a 2.8 km run in the same time.

Have you been given a start date yet?

I think you'll find there are small distance markers next to the footpath. I think, it's been a while since I've run around the lagoon.

Hi Guys! Thanks for that, much appreciated.

I will bear that in mind next time I run around it this weekend.

I don't have a start date yet, I am waiting for my reference checks to be started/completed (don't know where they are with it) and my medical date. My last correspondence from recruiting was that there were long delays, but to keep fit and keep swimming and that things would be completed in due course.

Here's hoping the new budget allocation helps in some small way. Got to keep motivated though, but it is very hard when you don't know what is going on.

Still, running around the lagoon will suffice for now!!

anyone doing the june 10th PAT in welly??

do we have CM or auckland running map?

I've done it few times and really don't like that route! usually I can complete it within 10min45sec, but I did 11.50 last month in a rainny and windy afternoon....

K.A.L wrote:do we have CM or auckland running map?

Not a map but the route is described in this thread.