'Wayne Middleton receiving the Captain Mike Little Award for the Tutor of the Year 2011 from Trans Pacific’s John Laidlaw' Coastguard Boating Education (CBES) hosted its national conference on Saturday October 29th at the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron in Auckland providing an opportunity for their large contingent of tutors and examiners to engage on new developments, and to share ideas. The theme was ‘Staying Relevant in Changing Times’.