{"id":879,"date":"2014-04-06T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/?p=879"},"modified":"2014-05-16T22:50:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T22:50:09","slug":"good-news-bad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/2014\/04\/06\/good-news-bad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News \u2013 Bad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The good news&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paddy has been working hard towards his PADI Staff Instructor rating and should be recognised for his great achievement \u2013 Congratulations Paddy!<\/p>\n<p>He can now use his knowledge and experience to teach others how to teach others to dive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bad news&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paddy ihas left us and headed overseas on that great adventure known as the OE!<\/p>\n<p>We met Paddy back in 2011 when he joined our tertiary Diploma Program as a diver. He worked his way up through the PADI system meeting many of our divers along the way and helping to run club events such as the Petone Wharf Clean Up\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/302032_10150357132267172_1111075285_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/302032_10150357132267172_1111075285_n-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Diver Paddy\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/302032_10150357132267172_1111075285_n-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/302032_10150357132267172_1111075285_n.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/198400_10150102441412172_2150985_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-847\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/198400_10150102441412172_2150985_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Diver Paddy\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/198400_10150102441412172_2150985_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/198400_10150102441412172_2150985_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/198400_10150102441412172_2150985_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/319908_10150268600912172_1485065_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-856\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/319908_10150268600912172_1485065_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Petone Wharf Clean Up 2011\" width=\"270\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/319908_10150268600912172_1485065_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/319908_10150268600912172_1485065_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/319908_10150268600912172_1485065_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/248778_10150185394757172_1046567_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-850\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/248778_10150185394757172_1046567_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Rescue Diver Paddy\" width=\"270\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/248778_10150185394757172_1046567_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/248778_10150185394757172_1046567_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/248778_10150185394757172_1046567_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paddy passed his Instructor Examination in November 2011 and immediately started teaching his first Open Water Course alongside Brian. He then worked with us part time as he taught many of you how to dive and helped improve your skills along the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/303919_10150366475522172_1816293618_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-854 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/303919_10150366475522172_1816293618_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Paddy passes the IE!\" width=\"270\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/303919_10150366475522172_1816293618_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/303919_10150366475522172_1816293618_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/303919_10150366475522172_1816293618_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-858\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/383728_10150395160332172_1346064687_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Instructor Paddy\" width=\"270\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/383728_10150395160332172_1346064687_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/383728_10150395160332172_1346064687_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/383728_10150395160332172_1346064687_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/229585_10151075625022172_95321353_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/229585_10151075625022172_95321353_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Instructor Paddy\" width=\"270\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/229585_10151075625022172_95321353_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/229585_10151075625022172_95321353_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/229585_10151075625022172_95321353_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/292422_10150958504032172_1240265472_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-851\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/292422_10150958504032172_1240265472_n-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Instructor Paddy\" width=\"270\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/292422_10150958504032172_1240265472_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/292422_10150958504032172_1240265472_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A year later he joined the shop full time in November 2012 and he continued to teach our customers to become divers including running the tertiary dive course through to the Dive Master level, assisting in the shop, \u00a0helping both Brian and Tomo in the workshop and generally doing everything he could to lend a hand \u2013 bar doing the dishes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jane-Iain-139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-872\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jane-Iain-139-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"24 Hour Dive 2013\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jane-Iain-139-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jane-Iain-139.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1384234_10151688420977172_521292381_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-869\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1384234_10151688420977172_521292381_n-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1384234_10151688420977172_521292381_n-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1384234_10151688420977172_521292381_n-391x300.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1384234_10151688420977172_521292381_n.jpg 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/381881_10150393400522172_653718634_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-857 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/381881_10150393400522172_653718634_n-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"Co-teaching his first course\" width=\"270\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/381881_10150393400522172_653718634_n-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/381881_10150393400522172_653718634_n-387x300.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/381881_10150393400522172_653718634_n.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/59028_10151122680047172_1199092918_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-846 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/59028_10151122680047172_1199092918_n-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"Helping Rachel co-teach her first course\" width=\"270\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/59028_10151122680047172_1199092918_n-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/59028_10151122680047172_1199092918_n-404x300.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/59028_10151122680047172_1199092918_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paddy has continued to be a big part of our club as he both ran and attended many of the dives and other activities we hold each year. After getting his drysuit he became infamous for his Tiger Onesie which has been seen on 100\u2019s of dives and made its way onto cakes and stamps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/643975_10151039937252172_1994329729_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/643975_10151039937252172_1994329729_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Instructor Paddy\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/643975_10151039937252172_1994329729_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/643975_10151039937252172_1994329729_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/643975_10151039937252172_1994329729_n.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/561480_386756701406484_1070662262_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/561480_386756701406484_1070662262_n-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"24 Hour Dive 2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/561480_386756701406484_1070662262_n-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/561480_386756701406484_1070662262_n-458x300.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/561480_386756701406484_1070662262_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/993752_10151688421507172_1644067544_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-865\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/993752_10151688421507172_1644067544_n-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween 2013\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/993752_10151688421507172_1644067544_n-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/993752_10151688421507172_1644067544_n.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dive &amp; Ski HQ will not be the same without him and I am sure he will be missed by many us but we wish him all the best as he travels the world with Sam and has many more amazing adventures.<\/p>\n<p>He has promised to keep in touch and share (ie: gloat about) his future dive experiences with us \u2013 we will hold him to that and look forward to see him on his return in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/28002_386805648068256_624833980_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-845 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/28002_386805648068256_624833980_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Taking Sam for her first sea dive\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/28002_386805648068256_624833980_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/28002_386805648068256_624833980_n.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/24-Hour-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-843\" src=\"http:\/\/www.divestore.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/24-Hour-003-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"24 Hour 2013\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/24-Hour-003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/24-Hour-003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/24-Hour-003-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good news&#8230; Paddy has been working hard towards his PADI Staff Instructor rating and should be recognised for his great achievement \u2013 Congratulations Paddy! He can now use his knowledge and experience to teach others how to teach others to dive. The bad news&#8230; Paddy ihas left us and headed overseas on that great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-event","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diveski.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}