Final five names revealed in fire truck naming competition

The campaign to name Hawke’s Bay Airport’s new fire truck has ignited the imagination of locals with more than 1500 entries received.
We have been thrilled by the community response, says Judi Godbold, Business Development Manager, Hawke’s Bay Airport.
“Locals have really got in behind naming the new fire truck; there’s been some really clever and inspirational entries.”
Some of the more popular entries included: Flick x 66 (including Big Flick, Little Flick, Flik & Flick), 53 Rosies, and despite the  fact that the airport was clear that Trucky McTruck Face wasn’t going to cut the mustard, there were 17 Squirty McSquirt Faces, 8 Trucky McTrucky Faces and 3 Firetruck McTruck Faces, as well as 7 Arnies or Arnolds, and 4 Hosés.
Judi Godbold says with entries closed, the mayors of Napier and Hastings Kirsten Wise and Sandra Hazlehurst, local MP Katie Nimon, Airport Chair Wendie Harvey, Greg Smith Hawke’s Bay Manager Air New Zealand, and the airport’s Airside Safety and Security Manager Damian Corbett have chosen their favourite name, creating a shortlist of five that the public can now vote on.
The final five are (in alphabetical order):
  1. Fred (Fire Rescue Emergency Deployment)
  2. Judy Drench
  3. Spraying Mantis
  4. Te Wai Wai (water in abundance)
  5. Toa Ahi (Fire Warrior)
“The public can now vote for their favourite via the Airport’s website, which will display a real time scoreboard tallying the votes,” she says.
Voting closes on Friday 13 September, and the winning name will be announced shortly after, along with the winner of the naming competition who will receive a $500 travel voucher.

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Terms & conditions of competition

  • For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “The Promoter” refers to Hawke’s Bay Airport.
  • By entering the competition, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
  • The Promoter’s competition with entry via Facebook is open only to residents of New Zealand, over 18 years old.
  • No purchase necessary. Winners will not be required to pay to enter the competition.
  • Employees of the Promoter are not eligible to enter.
  • Facebook/Meta are not in any way affiliated or involved in the competition.
  • Each entrant shall enter the competition the Hawke’s Bay Airport Facebook page by adding a photo to the competition post. Private messages will not be accepted as an entry.
  • The Prize will be awarded to a randomly selected winner, using a random number generator. The Promoter will not be held liable if the named prize becomes unavailable or cannot be fulfilled. The winner will be posted to our Facebook page within 3 days of the competition closing date.
  • If the prize winner cannot be contacted within 3 days of the closing date, at promoter’s option the winner may be taken to have forfeited the prize and a substitute winner may be selected.
  • The Promoter will not be held liable for any failure of receipt of entries. The Promoter takes no responsibility for any entries that are lost, delayed, illegible, corrupted, damaged, incomplete or otherwise invalid.
  • To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Promoter shall not be liable under or in connection with these terms and conditions, the competition or any Prize for any indirect, special or consequential cost, expense, loss or damage suffered by a participant even if such cost, expense, loss or damage was reasonably foreseeable or might reasonably have been contemplated by the participant and the promoter and whether arising from breach of contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise.
  • Prizes are non-negotiable, non-transferable and non-refundable. No cash alternative is available. Where a Prize becomes unavailable for any reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute that prize for a different prize which may not be of equal value.
  • The name, address and phone number of the winner must be provided to the Promoter if requested and will be shared with the donator of the prize to enable fulfilment of the Prize.
  • In the event of unforeseen circumstances beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control, the Promoter reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition or these terms and conditions, either in whole or in part, with or without notice.
  • The Promoter’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
  • The winner’s name and social media username may be posted on the social media profiles of the Promotor after the winner has been selected.