1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: From Ashburton Air Cadets. Luke and Rachel. Morning to you. 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: Luke might start with yourself and I think I always 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: start with this too. We had Sazanni from our Army 4 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: Cadets in about a week back. How do you guys 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: differ from what they do? 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: We're part of the same parent organization. So the New 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: Zealand Cadet Forces covers the ear Cadets, the Army Cadets 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 2: and the Navy Cadets. We don't have any Navy Cadets 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: and Ashburton. There's one in Timuru and one in christ Church. 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: I wonder why not? 11 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 3: What can we beaches right there? Exactly perfect for launching 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 3: good surf beach. But yeah, so very similar activities. We 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 3: still do the tramping, camping, et cetera. First aid activities 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 3: that they do, but we just have a bit more 15 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 3: of an aviation slant on what we do. 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: Do you get to fly? We do get you do 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: get to fly? 18 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 3: We do get to fly all right. 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: I feel the need the need for speed. And you're 20 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: based out at the Aviation Museum. 21 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: Aation museum out and the new hangar and the new 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 2: hangar we will be using that area as well, so 23 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 2: you have excited about that belt. 24 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: That'd be cool. So how does it work? Is it 25 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: like weekly catchups? 26 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, so every Thursday night during the school terms. We 27 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: don't pray in the school holidays because our cadets go 28 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 2: away and do other national activities during that period of time. 29 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: But yeah, every Thursday night cadets meet down there about 30 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: quarter to seven and they're finishing around about quarter past 31 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: twenty past nine. 32 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: Keep it tight, your talking tight. The age range for cadets, 33 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: it's recruitment months at the moment, it's only between the 34 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: age of thirteen and fifteen. Why is the window so narrow. 35 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: It's so narrow so that they get the full experience 36 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: of the organization. So if they were to join later, 37 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 2: there's a lot of things that they would miss out 38 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: on because in order to become a corporal or a sergeant, 39 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: they have to do a period of time beforehand. So 40 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: they need to start at that early age to get 41 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: their initial training done so that they can then go 42 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: on and promote and get the full experience of the organization. 43 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: If they waited until later, they wouldn't get that. 44 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're both looking very good for fifteen. I must 45 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: have made exactly yourself the Rachel. Congratulations you've recently received 46 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,560 Speaker 1: a promotion, I understand, Yeah, thank you very much. So 47 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: what's this? 48 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 4: So I was promoted to warren officer last Thursday night, 49 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:11,679 Speaker 4: which was very very special. 50 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: That's quite rare, as I understand too. 51 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you have one warren officer in each unit 52 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 4: and in charge of the cadets. 53 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: You're the boss, yes sort of. All right, how long 54 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: have you been involved with the cadets. 55 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 4: I'm in my sixth year now. 56 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: So what do you love about it? 57 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 4: Oh? Absolutely everything, But the biggest thing would probably be 58 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 4: the different opportunities that I've had. So I've got to 59 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 4: go on national courses and meet cadets from all around 60 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: the country. I have friends just about every single place 61 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 4: in New Zealand. Yeah, and also how many other people 62 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 4: get to say they've learned how to fly a plane 63 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 4: on a military base. 64 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: Put in a military base? What am I not known? No? 65 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 4: So we head up to I would burn up and Blenheim. 66 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Ah right, not a hockey now, because that's a commercial airport. 67 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: I used to live near it, so I had, yeah, 68 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: many sergeants and officers and whatnot living around my street, 69 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: which was very good volume security. It was very reassuring 70 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: to be fair, Yeah, nat, how much of it is flying? 71 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 4: So we have a flying camp each year and that's 72 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 4: something that all the kidnets get to experience in terms 73 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 4: of flying. And then if you want to further you're flying, 74 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 4: you can go on national courses. So the National Aviation 75 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: Course which I was just talking about up and wood Burn, 76 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 4: that's a ten day long course in January each year. 77 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: How BIG's the squadron. 78 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: At the moment, we've got title and room for plenty more, 79 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: room for plenty more exactly. 80 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: So how do we get in touch? So it just 81 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: tickling the fence. 82 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: So the easiest thing to do is just come along 83 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: on one of the Thursday nights and have a bit 84 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: of a lock. Because we do different activities each week 85 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: and different subjects that covered each week. You normally come 86 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: along for a couple of nights and get a bit 87 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: of a feel of it and see if you've got 88 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: any questions or if your parents have got any questions, 89 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: and then when you're happy week you enrolled, get your 90 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: uniform or kid out. Thankfully nowadays the uniforms which we 91 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 2: have too, we have the one we're wearing at the moment, 92 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: plus our dress uniform. We're all supplied by Defense Force, 93 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: so unlike some other organizations where you have to the 94 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 2: parents have to cut out the kid in the uniform. 95 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: For us, that's supplied. 96 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: So yeah, nice, very do you get your name printed? 97 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I have a name tag on your other 98 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 2: dress uniform as well. Yeah, and you get a few 99 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 2: extribits and pieces when you join up as well. 100 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: So yeah, everybody loves a sharp dressed man and woman 101 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: going along can be scary, so that mum and dad 102 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: can come along with us, hold the hand. 103 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 2: If with here tonight, they can come along and stay 104 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 2: for the night. If they want to have a lock 105 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 2: or if they're happy to leave your bee, then that's 106 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 2: perfectly fine as well. 107 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: Brilliant. So another opportunity this evening then at the Aviation 108 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: Museum for our Ashburton Air Cadets. Wonderful to have Rachel 109 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: and Luke drop by to let us know about it.