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A group that already does an enormous amount for their local community have made a special donation last week. The Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade held its an-nual Poker Run on Saturday, and $2000 of the funds raised during the event were donated to local five-year-old Taine Meachen, who was diagnosed in December with Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia.

The Sandspit Road School stu-dent is currently undergoing in-tensive chemotherapy, and mum Theresa says following this treat-ment he then faces three years of maintenance treatments with daily chemotherapy tablets.

She says Taine is doing well at the moment, and is presently in remission, but has struggled with the toll that chemotherapy takes. The youngster gained 8kg through

It started over eight years ago, but a special target was reached on the weekend, as the Ka-rioitahi Konexions Relay for Life Team clocked up a fund raising milestone.

The group was hoping to reach a total of over $100,000 raised since their first event in 2007, and yesterday Team Captain Jennifer Thom-son said, with some funds still to come in, the group had reached $105,278.97.

Karioitahi Konexions entered its first Relay for Life event in 2007, and

then again in the next two years before it was held every two years.

Initial goals were changed, then changed again, and since the 2013 event the team has been working hard to reach the $100,000 total.

The team raised over $30,000 towards the cause in the past two years, and had 77 mem-bers at the Pukekohe Showgrounds at this year’s event. Jennifer Thomson says she is ‘tired but elated,’ add-ing she must give a great vote of thanks to the lo-

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initial steroid treatment, and then lost it again as he battled through the chemotherapy.

Theresa says local people have been incredibly generous, and she wanted to pass on her and husband Terry’s heartfelt thanks to the brigade members, who she says already give so much to the community.

Chief Fire Officer Colin Riddle says the Poker Run raises funds every year and brigade mem-bers make a decision about where some of the funds should go in the community. This year, they had heard about Taine, and as well as the $2000 donation, also donated $1000 to both the Starship Oncology Unit and the Child Cancer Foundation.

CFO Riddle said the brigade gets a great deal of support from the local community and they enjoy being able to give some-thing back.

Close to 200 people took part in this year’s Poker Run, with zany costumes and classic cars the order of the day, collecting playing cards from different sites around the district before making a ‘poker hand’ to be in for prizes at the Fire Station at the end of the event.

Right: Sheryl Vaughan, Audrey McBain, Noah Vaughan, Diane Barriball and Chantel Vaughan won the prize for the best-dressed team during the Poker Run, and entered the event with a 1971 Ford Fairmont XY and a Mercedes SL500.

Left: Chief Fire Officer Colin Riddle with Taine Meachen.

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A feasibility study, commissioned by Roam Holdings, is

currently in progress for a possible ferry service to start on

the Manukau Harbour. The service will utilise the harbour

to provide transport between various points and to offer an

alternative service to the Airport Oaks, Auckland Airport,

Onehunga, Mangere, Te Toro, Awhitu, Waiuku, Pukekohe,

Karaka, and Clarks Beach.

The study is a first step towards ensuring that an effec-

tive and sustainable service can be implemented. Depend-

ing on the response from the community and more research

into the possibilities will determine the next steps. The goal

would be to implement an operating service within the next

12 to 18 months. Mark Nicholls, Director of Roam Holdings, and also a resi-

dent of Pukekohe says: “One of the answers to Auckland’s

traffic issues is to utilise the water that surrounds us. The

piece of water between these areas could serve as a fantastic

alternative to sitting in the traffic on the southern motorway.

“I know there has been a lot of talk about a possible ser-

vice, but let’s see if people would actually use it. If we can

get feedback from the communities around the Manukau

Harbour, it will go a long way to helping the service take to

the water. Providing a service that connects these areas will

mean many people that work in these areas will be able to

have a more relaxed trip to and from work in the mornings

and evenings. Providing services once you arrive at these

destinations to connect to train and bus services will further

strengthen an offering to us as residents”.

Large investment will be required and at this early stage

the study will benefit from feedback provided by local resi-

dents and potential operators. An online survey has been

set up for community feedback. People can go to www.sur-

veymonkey.com/s/ferryservice to complete the two to three-

minute survey.

Above: Whaea Maaria Edwards and

Raewyn McQuinn were part of a work-

ing bee at Reretewhioi Marae on Ta-

hurangatira Road, Waiuku, in readi-

ness for the 70th annual poukai on the

weekend of December 12-14.

The poukai will see the arrival of

Maori King Tuheitia to meet members

of the Marae on the Sunday, and at 6pm

on the Friday will feature a screening of

a historic film which has strong links to

the local area.

Mana Waka is a feature-length docu-

mentary, directed by Merata Mita in

1990. It was made from footage shot by

RGH Manley between 1937 and 1940.

Princess Te Puea Herangi commis-

sioned the building of three large Waka

taua for the 1940 centenary of the sign-

ing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Black and

white footage follows the long, slow,

and unfolding of the construction of

the Waka. The Saturday evening fea-

tures ‘Music on the Marae’ from 6pm,

when the community is invited to bring

a rug and relax at this open air concert

on the Marae lawns listening to two of

Waikato’s famous voices of soul and

country music; Leon Wharekura and

Dennis Marsh. Sunday is the 70th Poukai celebra-

tion, opening with a Karakia at 7am

before the official programme com-

mences from 10am. For any enquiries

contact Marae Chairman Mikki-tae Ta-

para on 027 498 0716.

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and pulled the batteries from an alarm system. They also

broke their way in through locked window catches. She

says the homes were targeted on Monday, November 17,

between 8.30am and noon, and believes the burglars were

disturbed, as they left some jewellery scattered behind.

She says there have been reports that people were in the

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Concerns that Watercare has been

trucking water to Waiuku’s reservoir be-

cause the town is running out have been

lifted, with the company clarifying the

tankers are part of a testing programme.

“As part of our investigations into fu-

ture sources of supply for Waiuku we have

been carrying out some pumping tests

on the existing bores. To properly assess

the test bore, we have to briefly isolate

the other two. We carry out these tests

at night when demand is lowest and aim

to complete testing before the morning

peak demand period. In order to ensure

security of supply, water tankers are on

standby during this period,” a Watercare

spokesman said.

Tankers have been used to supplement

the water supply on eight occasions, typi-

cally for no more than 12 hours at a time

during bore testing or standard mainte-

nance work.

Over the past four years, Watercare

has invested more than $120 million

in improving water and wastewater

services in the Franklin area. As part

of this programme, they have closed

the bore in Pukekohe as well as treat-

ment plants at Patumahoe, Clarks

Beach, Glenbrook Beach and Waiau

Beach, as the water from these plants did

not meet the public health grading re-

quirements for an ‘Aa’ grade. These areas

are now supplied with ‘Aa’ grade water via

a new pipeline from the Waikato water

treatment plant.

The water supply for Waiuku remains

the three local groundwater sources and

associated treatment plants on Waiuku

Road, Cornwall Road and Victoria Av-

enue). Watercare says rumours that leaky

pipes are causing massive water losses

are untrue.

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tigating the amount of unaccounted for

water being taken from the Waiuku net-

work; however, it is highly unlikely (to

say the least), that these losses could be

caused by leaks.”

Watercare also noted rumours of a

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the area.

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brook Beach to the Clarks Beach Waste-

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tuary. A concrete slab protecting the pipe

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ter and we have consent.”

The New Zealand Medical Asso-

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our—the Chairman’s Award—to for-

mer Hunua MP Dr Paul Hutchison.

A graduate of Otago University, Dr

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sultant in obstetrics and gynaecology at

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Shore hospitals, and helped set up one

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pitals. He was an office holder with

the NZMA, and spearheaded an ac-

tion committee to achieve Caesar-

ean section facilities on Auckland’s

North Shore in the 1990s. In 1999

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Waikato and then Hunua. During his

time in Parliament he maintained his

strong interest in public health, chairing

the Health Select Committee over the last

six years. In this role, he initiated several

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Highest honour for Dr Paul

parliamentary inquiries—into disability is-

sues, prostate cancer, clinical trials and in-

novation, and immunisation. Most recent-

ly, he chaired the inquiry into child health

outcomes and preventing child abuse.

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That was an excellent editorial on spending by Auckland Council in last week’s edition of The Post. Ratepayers need solid journalism and editorial commentary of that stand-ard. Without it, there is little to stand in the way of many grandiose, poorly-costed and low-priority expenditures by Len Brown’s Auckland Council. You have done the com-munity a service, and my family (for one) is most grateful.

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I was at the Taste Franklin Fes-tival on Saturday, a great event and one which I am sure many people hope will become a reg-ular fixture on the local calen-dar, and while I was there I hap-pened upon a meeting featuring local politicans.

Mayor Len Brown was there, along with our councillor Bill Cashmore, Andy Baker from the local board plus a few other Auckland councillors, board represntatives and local busi-ness people.

There was plenty of talk about developing infrastructure and Mayor Brown waxed lyrical about the long term plan and the anticipated growth of the Franklin region. Comments were passed that the equiva-lent of the population of Tau-ranga was set to move into and around Franklin in the next few years. But for all the talk about growth, and about industry, horticulture, transport and our natural environment, all of which makes Franklin special, I couldn’t help but think that what really makes our district is

The Post’s story about the eight-year-old Asian Elephant named Anjalee beginning her journey to join the Auckland Zoo’s 32-year-old female elephant Burma was of special interest to me. In the accompanying photograph of An-jalee was also zookeeper Andrew Coers (but not named). Andrew was in my sixth form (Year 12) class at Waiuku Col-lege. He wanted to join Auckland Zoo as a cadet keeper but was way too young. Encouraged, he sent in his CV and was delighted to be rewarded with being the youngest person to be employed in the role. Over the years I have had many junior class trips to the Zoo and Andrew has always been on hand to allow us entry to the Elephant House so young-sters could have a close encounter with Burma.

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Waiuku Police are holding the following items, found in:January: Yellow water blaster, (Colombo Road), red and

silver mountain bike, (George St).February: Black cellphone, (Kitchener Road), laser

distance meter, (Brooksmith Reserve), black cellphone, (Skate Park Queen Street).

March: Purple scooter, (Kitchener Road), Red and black Sports Runner Pushchair, (Collie Road).

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God brings His people near Him by close, testing trials, by showing them their own weakness and inability, and by teaching them to lean upon Him as their only help and safeguard. Then His object is accomplished.

They are prepared to be used in every emergency, to fill important positions

of trust, and to accomplish the grand purposes for which their powers were given them. God takes men upon trial; He proves them on the right hand and on the left, and thus they are educated, trained, disciplined. Jesus, our Redeemer, man’s representative and head, endured this testing process. He suffered more than we can be called upon to suffer. He bore our infirmities and was in all points tempted as we are. {4T 86}

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the people. I went from the festi-val to the Relay for Life, and was again proud, as someone who hails from this region, of the in-credible generosity of spirit that Franklin enjoys.

Every week, in some way, hun-dreds of locals donate money, and, as importantly, time, to support others in need.

Relay for Life raises hundreds of thousands of dollars nation-wide, a fantastic effort, but each week thousands of dollars more are raised for a myriad of events in our region. Whether it is the Pukekohe East Kindergarten raising funds for a shade sail, the Glenbrook Kindy holding a bike-a-thon, Waiau Pa School doing Shave for a Cure, or the Waiuku Fire Brigade donating funds from its Poker Run to a young fellow going through a tough time - Franklin stands up and is counted every day.

As your local newspaper, we are honoured to bring you these stories. We are truly fortunate to live in an area which has not only the beauty of nature, but also the finest community spirit in the land. Let’s hope, as Frank-lin grows, that we can encourage our thousands of new neigh-bours to share that spirit.

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Close to 50 Tuakau residents including St John’s volunteers and local politicians discussed issues surrounding the town’s First Response Vehicle and also overwhelmingly voted the Bring Back Gary banners on display around town be taken down im-mediately.

The meeting arose after Mr McGuire was sacked as a volun-teer by St John, which led to a group supporting him demand-ing his reinstatement and ques-tioning St John’s procedures.

There was no formal St John presence at the meeting, al-though District Operations Man-ager Doug Gallagher sent a letter to those involved with the meet-ing, asking that it be read out, but the email did not arrive in time for the meeting.

Former Tuakau Emergency Services Trust member Mark Ball questioned whether a pub-lic meeting was the right forum for the issues surrounding Gary McGuire, who was fired as a St John volunteer after an internal disciplinary process. Ball sug-gested people who want to fight for Gary’s reinstatement and who are on the Trust board step down from these positions and new people take their place so the trust can deal with St John

St John District Operations Manager Doug Gal-lagher sent the following letter to the meeting, but it did not arrive in time. “A move or direction to stand down, suspend, limit, or degrade the first response ambulance service we provide in Tuakau down isn’t something St John has issued nor have ever contemplated. From our perspective our St John volunteers based at Tuakau are perform-ing well and are making a positive contribution

to people requiring our assistance. As the group is relatively new we expect the volunteer team to be small and continuing to grow and therefore their ability to meet the needs of the area. We are fortu-nate to have a small but dedicated and hardwork-ing team of volunteers at Tuakau and we are look-ing to expand the group. Local people interested in helping are encouraged to call us on 0800 ST JOHN (0800 785 646).”

Tuakau splits ambulance issues

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St John says no plan to change service

A public meeting held last Wednesday in Tuakau decided it is time to separate personal issues involving volunteer Gary McGuire and St John from the question of continuation

and growth of the locally based first response team, as Janine Baalbergen writes:

Gary McGuire speaks at Wednesday night’s Tuakau meeting.

and address volunteer, vehicle and building issues for the Tu-akau team.

Richard Gee, one of Mr McGuire’s most vocal supporters and who attended the discipli-nary meeting with him, said he has stood down from the trust board recently.

“Let us extract ourselves from the emotions and the garbage,” said Ball, who said he felt there had long been too much tension between Tuakau and Pukekohe within St John.

“I have tried to bridge the gap,” he said. “You have to crawl be-fore you can walk.”

He pointed out that the pro-

cess of getting any emergency vehicle up and running is a very long arduous process.

The meeting also asked for a letter to be drafted to St John, who have scheduled a meeting with the Tuakau Emergency Ser-vices Trust, asking for clarifica-tion regarding the times the first response vehicle is supposed to be operational as well as the status of the 30 volunteers who signed on last year and are yet to hear about training options.

Richard Gee claims the first response vehicle has been in its garage for the past three or four weeks, something that was con-firmed by Tuakau Hotel owner Neil Young.

“We want the vehicle back up and running and saving lives,” said Gee.

Gary McGuire briefly spoke of his commitment and enormous respect for St John.

“I have played by the rules. I did my duty and this has hap-pened. If you read between the lines you see there is more to this. I want my name and my family’s name cleared. I have done noth-ing to deserve this. It is way over the top.”

St John will be meeting with the Tuakau Emergency Services Trust on March 30.

Members of Waiuku Coastguard were among emergency services called at 9.30 on Friday morning to an incident on a boat around 16km from the Manukau Bar, with a passenger re-quiring immediate medical assistance. The Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter, along with Coastguard vessels including Waiuku, responded to the area. A female patient was uplifted by rescue hoist from the vessel and was flown to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition. Meanwhile, Waiuku Coast-guard volunteers then assisted in another long-distance boat tow, finally getting home after a marathon 11 hours on callout.

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A hovercraft mower, a New Zealand first, has been developed by Pukekohe company Fieldmaster to solve the issue of mowing mangrove seedlings that reappear after clearing of estuary and harbour areas.

Designed to meet the needs of the Bay of Plenty Regional Coun-cil, the machine will be able to be rented by other council regions, and its design means it exerts well under one pound per square inch of pressure on the mudflats, protecting aquatic life.

The machine has obvious benefits for the Auckland region as well, particularly in the Waiuku estuary, and lo-cal mangrove clearing group the ‘Mudlarks’ were among those in-vited to a presentation on the machine on Fri-day morning.

The presentation pointed out that in the Auckland region, the invasive spread of mangroves in the Ma-nukau harbour alone has gone from around 400ha in the 1970s to

Waiuku Voluntary Fire Brigade came to IMG’s help recently in loaning equipment which helped IMG in regards to one of their clients where a high level of water was re-quired. The Brigade were more than happy to come to provide help and IMG thanked Colin Riddle and his team for their support.

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over 1100ha in 2006 and far more today, and while clearing op-erations can be done, cutting the fresh crop of new seedlings is a difficult task with cur-rent equipment.

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Low surface pressure mowers are something Fieldmaster has long experience in. The Pukekohe company has been around for generations, and in the 1950s was associated mainly in grass cutting equipment. In more recent years, Fieldmas-ter has developed a full line up of attachments for both tractors and

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View Road Poet wins

A selection of Year Three and Four View Road School students entered an online poet-ry competition recent-ly. The theme of the po-ems was Summer.

The school was de-lighted and proud to discover that one of its students was chosen as the winner. Rewiti Parata received an au-tographed book titled The Letterbox Cat And Other Poems by Paula Green. Rewiti’s winning poem Summer read:

“I can see the wind blowing, The plants swaying across. We went to the beach. The sun danced off the water, I feel the wind rushing across me, I can feel my bag go up and down as I run home from school.”

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A military display, and a re-enactment of a famous moment in Waiuku’s history are two of the feature events coming up as Waiuku marks the 100th anniversary of the township’s involvement in World War One. In this, the second of a regular column, the organising committee updates events planned in the lead up to Anzac Day 2015.

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A Soldier’s Story is a tale told to the present day ancestors of a young man who served in WW1. It is a portrayal of life before the Great War and the life and loves of George King and his close friends, Alfred and Frank.

The show follows their journey into basic training and the hor-rors of war, while reflecting the impacts on the families left be-hind to carry on the life at home.

Information is online at both www.waiukutheatre.org under Upcoming Shows or www.waiu-kutown.co.nz under Events, or Phone Don on (09) 2359588 for information and tickets.

The Sun 19th April Matinee at 1.00pm is $8 per person while the Wed 22nd, Thurs 23rd and Fri 24th April Shows at 8pm are $12 per person.

Military display at Waiuku Museum

Waiuku will be in for a busy few days in the week leading up to Anzac Day and one of the places of interest will be the Wai-uku Museum.

The museum houses a special section dedicated to the many young men who left their homes and families to fight in overseas battles, and a wide variety of memorabilia, uniforms, medals and photographs is currently on display.

A special feature will be a slide show illustrating the Waiuku in-

volvement, both at home and overseas. This will be played on the new television which was bought from funds received from the Franklin Local Board late last year, part of which was to be dedicated to Anzac commemo-ration activities.

Three large folders contain the names and details of the men from the Waiuku district who served in WWI as well as a selec-tion of photographs published in the Weekly News at the time.

The museum will open for longer hours during the week depending on the number of vol-unteers available.

We Will Remember Them AN-ZAC Street Flags

Waiuku Business Association has obtained 12 street flags bear-ing the Anzac Poppy which will be flown during the week of April this year and again each Anzac month right through till 2018. A thank you to Brian Barrett of Os-borne’s Realty for funding these striking street flags.

Waiuku’s First WW1 Volun-teers – Re-enactment – Sun 26th April 2pm outside Kentish Hotel

See the re-enactment of the first five locals to volunteer;

Frank Knight, Bob Hammond, Alex Glass and Henry Eisenhut and Major John Herrold, assem-bled on horseback outside the Kentish Hotel in August 1914 to head off into camp with the Auckland Mounted Rifles.

The re-enactment begins by telling the history leading up to the outbreak of WW1, from the assassination of Archduke Fer-dinand on 28th June 1914, the spread of war across Europe, the British declaration of War on 4th August by PM Henry Asquith, the Commonwealth involvement in-cluding PM William Massey (MP for Frankin), NZ’s declaration.

Military Display Day – Mon 27th April from 10am-3pm at Cosmopolitan Club Grounds

Planning is progressing on a Military Display Day with con-firmed attendance from the Auckland and Hamilton branch-es of the Re-enactment Army, the Auckland Military Vehicle Restorer Club, several local col-lectors and vehicle restorers etc. The GVR will be operating and the trains will include flat top wagons loaded with vintage tracked vehicles etc.

Put this date in your diary now. Additional information over next couple weeks columns.

Did you know that Monday 27th April is the first ever Statu-tory Holiday for Anzac Day, so most working Mums and Dads will be home and here is a great outing for families.

There is a gold coin entry charge to the display.

Students undertaking hospitality and automo-tive industry training through provider Trade and Commerce were in Waiuku last week promoting their courses. The students ran a free sausage siz-zle in the town square on Wednesday and had in-formation on the courses available.

The programmes are based in Pukekohe and a bus collects students from Waiuku and returns them home at the end of the day. The courses last for 35 weeks, and are five days a week, with stu-dents gaining NCEA and NZQA certificates.

On the automotive course, students who com-plete the programme can have their learner licence application funded by the course providers. For further information on the courses, open to people aged 16-19 years, visit www.tradeandcommerce.co.nz or find them on facebook.

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A history of fine music mak-ing will be celebrated this Sunday when the Three Mez-zos trio returns to St Andrews Centre in Waiuku.

Formed in 1998, the trio of Lynne Anderson, Margo Knightbridge and Barbara Lynch are all soloists in their own right and are kept busy with concert performances outside their individual ca-reers. For 17 years they have been entertaining audiences in Auckland and throughout the North Island, with their programmes of music ar-

ranged for three female voices which highlight the richness and versatility of the mezzo-soprano voice. They are ac-companied by Warwick Gibbs on piano and the concerts include a wide variety of mu-sic with sacred pieces, show tunes and folk song arrange-ments. Vocal and piano solos are also included. Sunday @ St Andrews is being held a week early to avoid clashing with Easter weekend. The hour-long concert will be followed by afternoon tea, with an ad-mission price of $5.

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Ancient: This is the memorial of the actual time that opened the door in Egypt for the children of Israel to Exodus from Egypt after 400 years of bondage and slavery to go the Prom-ised Land, or from Sin/this World unto Salvation/Heavenly Promised Land and the New Jerusalem.

God declared Passover to be a permanent celebration for all eternity (Exodus 12:2,6,13-14). The Spiritual application is that God wants us to understand this: Egypt is a type of this world and this world’s system. Its ruler, Pharaoh, was a type of Satan. The bondage people are in is when they live according to this world’s system of sin (John 8:34).

During Passover, the head of each household was to take a lamb of the first year on the 10th day of the first month known as Nisan and set it aside until the fourteenth day (Ex 12:3-6). In the midst of the evening of the fourteenth day, at exactly 3:00pm, the Lamb was to be killed (Ex 12:6). The blood of the lamb was to be sprinkled on the lintel and two side posts of the household

door. The lamb was to be roasted whole with fire on a vertical pomegran-ate stake and crowned. The roasted lamb was eaten with bitter herbs, and with unleavened bread, and the entire household was to feast upon the body of the lamb (Ex 12:7-8). Whatever was not eaten or consumed was then to be added back into the fire and consumed away by the fire, that way there was to be absolutely nothing left over at the end of the meal. The bitter herbs were a reminder of the bitter oppression that they had been experiencing under Pharaoh/Satan/Sin.

The people were instructed by God to eat the lamb with haste and to be fully dressed and ready to leave Egypt at the midnight hour; this was no leisurely laid back feast or banquet. One was dressed and packed ready to go out the door at a moment’s notice, in modern times it is with tramping boots on feet and back pack hoisted on your shoul-ders and strapped on well with your walking staff in hand. This would be the fifteenth day of Nisan (Ex 12:10-11).

Unleavened bread was eaten, because

leavening/yeast is symbolic of sin, and sin is symbolic of Egypt and slavery, so the bread Israel was to be eating by faith was the sin free bread of the Promised Land. I guess that there is also a link-ing between unleavened bread and the manna that Israel was about to eat for the next forty years; forty is also linked to a delay in time, very interesting as their trip to the Promised Land was not by high speed express, straight on through, it was by the slower proces-sion of a community walking together, bonding as families and tribes.

I guess Pentecost in their future was a very similar experience being of, one heart, one mind, one people together moving forwards.In Rev 5:6 there is a Greek word found here and in only one other place in scripture, and that is John 21:15, which is a wee pet lamb. In Exodus, the children kept the wee Passover lamb on a cord for the whole four days and wherever the children went, the little lamb is sure to follow, so the children got very emotionally attached to that wee Lamb. At exactly 3:00pm, the Lamb was to be killed, and then the roasting and the very simple meal preparations immediately fol-lowed.

Then after the meal and at midnight on that fateful evening in Egypt, death passed through the land. Every house that did not have the token of the blood on the doorposts and lintel suffered the judgment of God (Ex 12:12-15) for their failure to be obedient and to comply with his word. The Hebrew word for Passover is Pesach, which means “to pass or hover over.”

This word speaks to us about two things. First, it shows the passing over in judgement from death and sin to real life in Yeshua/Jesus. Second, it tells us about allowing, by faith (emunah), the blood of Yeshua to hover over our lives and give us divine protection from the evil one (Ha Satan). Question; is the door of your heart covered by the Blood of the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the World? If not then please go to him right now and make your life right with him.

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20,000 pikelets from Margaret!A comment from a resident at Franklin

Memorial Hospital over a decade ago has led to Waiuku’s Margaret Williams produc-ing more than 20,000 pikelets for residents at staff at the facility.

Margaret has been volunteering at the hospital for more than 10 years, start-ing when her husband Ray was a patient. She would visit the hospital every day, and brought cake occasionally. One day she asked a patient if she had enjoyed the cake.

“She said she couldn’t eat cake, but she could eat pikelets,” Margaret recalls, “so I started making pikelets!”

When her husband passed away, Margaret continued baking for the hospital, and has also been tending the gardens and helping with some of the patients, many of whom

are her friends. Now she volunteers three days a week, with Wednesday designated as ‘pikelet day’ and she brings 40 of the tasty offerings each time. We do the maths, and she bursts out with laughter when the Post Newspa-per tells her that she’s made 20,000 pike-lets in that time!

A favourite with staff and residents alike, the cheery 85-year-old says she has no intention of slowing down, and enjoys her work for the com-munity.

“There’s only so much gar-dening and baking you can do at home,” she says with a smile, “but it’s different when you are doing it for someone else.”

Patumahoe Mauku Playcentre held a five day festival of 5-Plus A Day fruit and vegeta-bles across its sessions at the end of February.

Activities included a ‘juiceathon’, strawberry hunts, reading books about fruit, obstacle courses, a shared fruit and vegetable morning

Water restrictionslifted in Waikato

Open day at PlaycentreAll water restrictions in Waikato District were

lifted on Friday following recent rain and the sus-tained water use across the region.

Council says the lifting of the water alerts has been possible due to the recent rain, cooler tem-peratures and because of people following the water restrictions. Smartwater Coordinator, Sally Fraser, thanked residents for their water-saving be-haviours over this hot dry summer.

“A big thanks must go to residents for sticking to restrictions over this very hot summer. Even though there are no water restrictions in place we still want people to use water sustainably and re-sponsibly. Again it’s the simple things that make a difference. Showers usually get a bit longer in win-ter, so a slightly shorter shower will save your en-ergy bill and water.”

The water teams from around the sub-region will continue to meet to assess water levels and weather forecasts over the next few weeks to en-sure there is no need to reinstate water alert levels.

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The Waiuku Business and De-velopment Association’s down-stairs premises in Queen Street were flooded with raw sewage earlier this month which result-ed from a blocked pipe in River-lane. Due to the contamination and Health and Safety issues, the WB&DA’s insurance company have insisted that many of the contents be destroyed.

The organisation has lost its trestle tables, Christmas trees and lights, stakes, paperwork, signage and more. The WB&DA are now working through insurance to re-place the destroyed assets.

Mercer Cheese (lead by cheesemak-er Albert Alferink) has won the Puhoi Valley Champion Ar-tisan Cheese Award for its Mercer Mature Cumin at the 2015 New Zealand Cham-pions of Cheese Awards.

Master Judge Rus-sell Smith said he has always regarded Dutch-style cheese made in New Zea-land as world-class and this year’s result is no exception.

“One of the most striking things about specialty New Zea-land cheese is the ex-ceptional quality of Dutch-style cheese.

“The continuity of Dutch families mak-ing cheese in New Zealand has, without doubt, resulted in world-class cheese being produced year after year,” Smith said.

Mercer Cheese has a long history of award success with its gouda reaping ac-colades since its first Champion Dutch Style Cheese Award in 2008.

This is the sec-ond time that Mer-cer Cheese has won the coveted Cham-pion Artisan Cheese Award. The com-pany also won a Gold Medal for Mer-cer Cheese Mature Cumin, a Bronze Medal for Mercer Cheese Maasdam and a Bronze Medal for Mercer Cheese Gouda.

Franklin Market has farewelled long serv-ing stallholders Robert and Trish who ran the Tartan Meats/Green Valley stall. Locals may recognise Robert from the Campbell Live epi-sode covering the Lewis Road Whittakers choco-late milk.

After three years of early starts and hard work building up their business, Robert and Trish decided to pass

their weekend milk sales onto Robert’s son and his partner and move to greener pas-tures on an avocado orchard.

Callum and Sue have hit the ground running, and are looking forward to meeting lots of new people at both Pokeno and Pukekohe Markets, while continuing to sell the Green Valley prod-ucts - milk, cream and yoghurt.

Callum and Sue live in Tuakau and love the small town lifestyle, and

commute to the airport and city for work each day.

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In this column, Waiuku Po-lice Sergeant Graeme Wood says bad decisions on local roads can lead to disaster.

‘When Police go out and patrol our roads what they focus on are what we call the Fatal Five. These are offences relating to: Alcohol, Speed, Intersections, Restraints and Risk Drivers.

Last week Waiuku Police wit-nessed a very poor display of driving.

A vehicle was being driven with a person holding on to the outside of the vehicle whilst it was driven along the road.

Needless to say this is extreme-ly dangerous, but in this incident Police stopped the vehicle before any one suffered serious injury. A local 22 year man is now before

the Court on a Reckless Driving charge.

As we all know a lot of our driv-ing relates to decisions, that is we make decisions of when it is safe to turn or cross the road, how fast should I go or am I okay to drive.

Bad decisions can have dire re-sults so sometimes we just have to slow down, think and make a good decision i.e; it’s pouring with rain I think I will slow down, or I have been drinking I better not drive.

So the example I mentioned above is clearly a bad decision.

We should remember that with a driver’s licence come responsi-bilities, to not only yourself and the other persons in your vehicle but also other road users that we make good decisions so every-

one can have safe journeys. Making poor decisions can

result in anything from you be-ing given an Infringement Of-fence Notice (a ticket) or in the extreme case a bad decision can result in a crash where people are injured or worse.

People can be prosecuted which can mean a loss of your drivers licence or prison.

A drivers licence is a privilege, not a right and poor driving can result in it being taken away from you for a period of time.

So take time and consider what you are doing on the roads, your decisions not only affect you but other road users. We want all road users to be safe and have safe journeys.

Cheers, Woody.

Waiuku’s Hamilton Estate Hall will be a hive of activity this Saturday as a host of events combine. Lo-cal residents will cel-ebrate the opening of the new playground as they hold a Neigh-bours Day, cleaning up the community gardens, and also have a car boot sale on site. The event also sees registrations for junior rugby league.

Waiau Pa School was abuzz on Friday after-noon as the school held a fund raising event for the Shave for a Cure charity. Several students went under the clippers as part of the event, with a special guest being former Counties, Fiji and All Black rugby player Joeli Vidiri, who cut the hair of student Kane Pickstock, left. The event raised around $500 for the charity and was a popular event for the students. Below: Saman-tha and Troy Whittington-Slater, with Dad Neil who cut Troy’s hair during the event. See the Post’s facebook page for video and more images of the event.

Organisers of the Easter Art exhibi-tion at Pollok Craft Co-op were slightly out on their dates in last week’s article. Entries are actually due at the gallery by Tuesday, 31st March ready for opening night on Thursday 2nd April. The music event will be on Sat-urday April 4.

This Saturday, March 28, the Uni-versity of Waikato will host thousands of people on campus as part of the Zuru Nightglow.

The event is part of the annual Balloons over Waikato festival.

Last year the spec-tacle saw thousands flock to the univer-sity’s sports fields to watch hot air bal-loons inflate and light up in bursts of flames to a musical play-list. A fun-filled fam-ily night is expected, with live music, food stalls, carnival rides and a fireworks dis-play. The event will kick off at 4pm and finish at 9pm.

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Grant displays techniqueFranklin artist

Grant Sharman, who paints by hold-ing the brush in his mouth, will exhibit his paintings and demonstrate his amazing technique at the Auckland Show which will be held from 2 to 6 April.

He will be one of eight artists, who are all members of the Mouth and Foot Painting Art-ists, that will dem-onstrate during the four day show. The exhibition will display paintings from MFPA artists from around New Zealand.

Grant Sharman began painting with his mouth holding the brush af-ter an injury in a school rugby match at 15 left him a tetraplegic in 1977.

He became a full member of the MFPA in 1988.

Grant, who paints a wide range of sub-jects from cars and aircraft through to flowers and New Zealand scenery including scenes from Franklin, will be displaying one of his water colours honouring the An-zac Spirit as well as demonstrating his technique with this style of art.

Simon Jackson, MFPA’s Asia Pacific Manager says that the MFPA painters

have been exhibiting at the Auckland Show for several years and see it as a great opportunity of meet the public.

“We are proud of all of the work of our artists. It’s fantastic to enter com-petitions such as the Easter Show Art Awards and give our artists the op-portunity to exhibit their work to a wider audience,” says Simon.

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SubStantial Family livingAll you need for a happy family life here, generous family living with a lovely large open plan lounge, dining and kitchen with great indoor outdoor living. Four bedrooms, bathroom, separate toilet, and ensuite. Supersized rumpus set up for entertaining and double plus internal garaging. Alarm, DVS, central vac, wood fire and underfloor heating all situated on 2332m2 of attractively landscaped grounds complete the perfect picture for your family lifestyle. Call Julie to view now!

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SpaciouS anD StyliSh on RippleYou’d better be quick to purchase this outstanding four bedroom home on Ripple Grove, the open plan dining kitchen and family room open on to a sunny patio area , separate lounge has a fire place with a wood burner insert. All four bedrooms are doubles and the master with extra-large walk in wardrobe and ensuite also has ranch sliders onto a private patio. Separate bathroom plus guest toilet and hand basin, double internally access garage on a private 517m2 section. Call Julie now to view this quality home.

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a SheD FoR him Modern brick home a with colour steel roof and a 96m2 shed on 3496m2 site. The home has a large open plan living kitchen and dining with ranch sliders looking out at a lovely elevated rural view. Three bedrooms, the master has an ensuite and there is double internal garaging. The large shed which could be used to work from home has 3 phase power. There is a paddock to suit a couple of sheep or a pony. Call Julie to view.

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2123 awhitu Rd204 ponsford RoadOpen home: Sat 28th & Sun 29th: 1 - 2pm

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a Space to live, RelaX anD RevivePerfectly positioned with extensive harbour views this beautifully presented 3-4 bedroom villa is generously proportioned and has undergone extensive renovations. Fifty acres of mixed contour land is currently leased for grazing with good water supply. Park like grounds and a large deck are ideal for family gatherings. Come and enjoy quiet country living, only 12 min drive from the Waiuku Township. Call Daryl to view.Auction 12th April 10.30am (unless sold prior) sale is plus GST (if any) on land.

liFeStyle anD ReSoRt Style livingSubstantial five bedrooms and rumpus with two living spaces and a large modern kitchen, great for a larger family and/or for those who love to entertain. The property is fully alarmed, has an HRV system throughout and both bathrooms are fully tiled and feature heated flooring. Step outside to the partially covered, architecturally designed patio to relax and take in the views of the estuary and grounds or enjoy a swim in the solar heated pool. Seriously for sale. Price by negotiation. Call Daryl.

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SheDS galoRePerfect lifestyle starter property! Beautifully renovated 1950’s style three bedroom bungalow with modern kitchen, spacious living, wood-burner, home ventilation system, modern bathroom, gas hot water and a new roof. Fantastic shedding inc separate dble garage, three bay high stud shed …..Plus a decommissioned milking shed situated on a flat one hectare. Located conveniently between Waiuku and Pukekohe with two excellent primary schools nearby make this an excellent family purchase. Call Julie now for an appointment to view.

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abSolute iDyllic Elevated, beautiful presented family home offers 3 bedrooms, bathroom plus a 2 bedroom self contained studio for family and friends. Consists of 2 levels - all on 5935m2 (around 1.47 acres) of mixed contour with a lock up garage, carport, open bay shedding for your boat, tractor or car, numerous fruit trees and magnificent views over the harbour to the sky tower. Just a stroll to the beach. A hideaway where your family and friends can enjoy relaxed time away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Call Iris 021 243 3606.

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The national median weekly rent contin-ued to increase strongly last month, landing at $410 per week, up 6.5 per cent compared with a year ago. This is just below the previ-ous month’s all-time high of $420 per week.

However the Auckland region is seeing a steeper growth, particularly in larger homes and that push is extending into the Franklin region and further south.

The Trade Me Property Rental Price Index examines rental market price trends by type and size of property across New Zealand, looking at the data of properties rented in the month by property managers and pri-vate landlords.

Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said the rental market was tipped in fa-vour of landlords, adding the rental market was directly affected by the rise in property prices, especially in Auckland as landlords looked to align rents with property values and improve yields

Auckland was up 5.6 per cent at $475 per

week, Wellington up 5.0 per cent to $420 per week and Canterbury was up 7.1 per cent to $450 per week.

With a median asking rent of $475 per week Auckland remains the most expensive place to rent a property in New Zealand, ahead of Christchurch ($450 per week) and Wellington ($420 per week). Nationwide, medium-sized properties (3 and 4 bed-rooms) continue to perform strongly.

Mr Jeffries said this strength in this cor-ner of the market was most pronounced in Auckland and Wellington. “These proper-ties make up the majority of the rental mar-ket and rose to a new record high of $540 in Auckland – that’s up eight per cent on a year ago. Wellington wasn’t far behind either, up almost eight per cent to $480 a week.”

Median rents for large homes (5+ bed-rooms) in the two main cities also rose to new record highs. Auckland was up 7.1 per cent to $750 per week, and Wellington was up a massive 16.5 per cent to $925 per week.

This old building has served Waiuku and the re-gion well over the past 100 years or so, operating as a movie theatre, a venue for the Hunt Club, Lodge and Plunket Balls, Fire Brigade ‘smokos’, school and bas-ketball concerts as well as many private functions.

The building has seen many changes since it was built, and as can be seen in the pictures at left, there have been a number of ad-ditions to the original shape. The top picture was the Waiuku War Memorial Town Hall in 1917, and in the sec-ond image, taken around the mid-1950s, can be seen a covered ramp entrance to the Temperance Hall, (now the site of the Waiuku Thea-tre Group), the addition of a library, (centre left), and the second storey addition of an upstairs meeting room and foyer with downstairs reception. Almost 100 years on, the community still gathers here to mark impor-tant events. On April 25 this year a new set of changes to the building will be revealed during Anzac Day com-memorations.

Info supplied by the Wai-uku Museum Society, open 10am to noon, Wednesdays and 1.30pm-4pm Satur-days, or phone for an ap-pointment on 235 8698.

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Property MattersYour weekly guide to Real Estate in Franklin

Rentalsbill failsfirst step

Explosions shape Franklin’s features

A bill intended to bring in minimum standards for rent-al housing has not passed its first read-ing last week.

The Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill aimed to ensure every rental home in New Zealand meets minimum standards of heating and insu-lation. The bill would have given landlords five years to get rental houses up to a live-able standard.

National MPs spoke against the bill saying standards were improving and the bill would be counterproductive as it would mean land-lords taking houses off the market to meet what would be impossible standards in some homes with others beyond the control of the owner.

Those who did meet the standards would increase their rents to meet the costs of doing so, they argued.

The bill failed to advance on a vote of 60 to 60, as it needed a majority to pro-ceed, with National and ACT opposed.

Participants explored the Bar-riball / Whakaupoko Tuff Ring and surrounding area, part of the South Auckland volcanic field. Local geologist Wendy Goad explained that the Tuff ring was formed approximately 1 million years ago.

The South Auckland Field is older than the volcanos of Auck-land dating from the Drury Hills cone 2.24 million years ago to Pukekohe Hill, the most recent at 560,000 years old.

There are 98 volcanos in the field as against the 51 of Auck-land where Auckland is seeking World Heritage status in recog-nition of their significance.

The walk site is one of the larger and best preserved tuff rings in the South Auckland ba-salt field and has a diameter of around 1.8km, Bald Hill form-ing a high point on the south-ern rim. It is an explosion crater formed when hot magma (1000–1400C) rose through the rocks below ground and contacted a cold water aquifer. The water flashed to steam, as when cold

water is dropped into hot cook-ing oil. The explosion fragments the magma and rock, making a crater; the remnants that exist today. The smaller fragments are blown sideways out of the crater. As this dries out it hardens and forms ‘Tuff’ of varying degrees of hardness. There are several Tuff rings in the area.

The Tuff Ring between Bar-riball Rd and Bald Hill Rd, inter-estingly has a scoria cone, (Titi Hill), which would have formed sometime after the initial explo-sion while there was no water aquifer, with the magma free to erupt into the air, falling to the ground as scoria and building a cone. Many of the volcanic cones in the Field have eroded, making them hard to pick out in the landscape, such as the Patu-mahoe and Mauku Cones.

Explosion craters which may have had lakes form in them have filled with peat and other sediment which smooths out their shape – as has occurred with the Barriball Rd crater. The path travelled had once been

under water, more recently than the higher plateau of the One-whero area. There were com-manding views over the Wai-kato River just before its exit to the sea. In the past, the Waikato had many pathways to the sea including into the Manukau harbour and Hauraki Gulf via Hinuera.

Local, Andrew Sinclair says it was a great day enjoyed by all.

“Perhaps it can be the forerun-ner of similar events around the region. For instance residents in Pukekohe may be interested in organising a walk connect-ing Cape Hill, the Pukekohe East Tuff Ring and Pukekohe Hill. Whakaupoko Landcare thanked local landowners for providing the opportunity for the walk to take place on their property.

Below: ‘The Fort’ lookout. The bluff overlooks Aka Aka, Waikato River entrance and several sur-rounding Tuff rings. It is above the Waiuku Fault that runs west of Waller Rd and the Waiuku end of Bald Hill Rd all the way to Waiuku.

Local residents may not know it, but our region hosts 98 volcanos - almost twice the number in the better-known Auckland field. Recently around 100 people enjoyed an

informative morning exploring the local geology on a 6km walk.

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Recently relocated & completely renovated. Unpack the boxes & move into this lovely 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with BRAND NEW kitchen, carpet, bathrooms, polished floors, decks, roof and even the grass. Situated to capture the all day sun on a generous 1293m² section with an outlook over your own piece of native bush. Close to Kindy & Schools.

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districts Leonie Gillott0274 985 722

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Ray Lever021 951 082

Perfect place to call home $345,000Handy to Waiuku Town Centre is this delightful 2 bedroom home, open plan living with polished timber floors throughout. Bathroom is combined with shower over the bath, separate laundry. Fully fenced with single garage, easy care section. This could be the perfect home or investment property. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh837

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Look at this 4 bedroom, separate lounge, ensuite & sep toilet. This almost fully fenced 650m2 section has vehicle access to the rear for caravan, trailer boat etc. Priced for sale. Phone Ray to view. osbh830

Last section in this beautiful subdivision of elite homes on ¾ sections. Stop dreaming & phone Marleen for more information. Power & phone to site with water supply as part of the Millbrook water company. ID osbs559

Marleen: a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

Stop dreaming & start building $355,000

Modern brick & tile $595,000 Handy to Waiuku town centre & Waiuku college. This beautiful home has 4 dbl bedrooms + study. Master has ensuite and walk-in-robe. Open plan living with sep family room. Kitchen has Miele appliances. Fully fenced with vege patch. Double garage with internal entry. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh825

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Lifestyle starter $575,000Stunning water views, set on just under 3 acres. Loads of shedding, fruit trees. Spacious 3 bedroom home with sunroom which captures all day sun & decking for the kiwi bbq. Work from home or looking for that perfect lifestyle then give Marleen a call to arrange a viewing. ID osbf745

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3 bedroom home on an acre of land with a 9x12m shed needing new owner. Close to local school, shop & beautiful beaches. Call Julie Q to view. ID: osbf741

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Brand new $529,000Four bedrooms, master with ensuite.

Separate lounge, generous open

plan living that opens out to a deck.

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Close to town. ID osbh839

Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Country living $325,000Country living without the hassle of farming. Rural lot with unimpeded views to the west over the Waiuku River and Manukau harbour. On the Glenbrook side of Waiuku. Hurry to view, before your friends do. ID: osbf596 & osbs534Ray: 021 951 082 NEW LISTING

Larger lifestyle $625,000 + GST (if any)5Kms from town is a 8.0937 Ha bare land block with a great building site. The block has character and usefulness combined. The creek flows along the boundary and is all season. To view, please phone Ray. ID osbf749

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Absolute delight $439,000Start the morning with breakfast on a sunny deck. This well maintained 3 bedroom home in a nice area is an absolute delight. The fenced flat section has a great selection of fruit trees and a garden. Every room catches the sun. To view this desirable home please phone Ray. ID osbh836

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Priced at $389,000 & $399,000. 2 bareblocks 1.82Ha & 2.22ha approx. 4.5km from Waiuku. Come create your own oasis. Fantastic views which must be seen. Titles pending. Phone Ray. ID: osbf725 & osbf726

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Summertime & the living is easy $469,0003 bedrooms fully furnished bach at Matakawau on Awhitu Peninsula. 2 mins to beach. Shed for the boat. Lots of family fun. Call Julie Q to view. ID osbh543Julie Quilty: a/h 09 235 9324, 0272 292 243

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This lovely 2 bedroom home has modern kitchen and beautiful bathroom with walk in shower, carpet is lovely and only 2 years old. Handy to Waiuku town centre & college. Partially fenced with single garage with internal entry. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh8408Marleen: a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

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Osborne’sFor Sale

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This picturesque property borders the Waikato River creating opportunities for the keen outdoor person. This Dairy farm is currently running 140 cows and last year the owners reared 110 calves on this 114 Acre farm. This dairy farm is in a prime location with amazing views of the hills and the Awaroa Stream. The cowshed is 14 a side HB, current contract with Fonterra (excludes shares) currently producing in excess of 1000kg ms/Ha. Maybe it’s the lifestyle block you are after with easy access to pop your kayak in the river or do some duck shooting or white baiting (when in season). Farm house has 3 bedrooms, open plan kitchen/dining with a separate lounge. Phone Marleen or Ray to arrange a viewing. ID osbf747Marleen Ohms 0274 483 528 / Ray Lever 021 951 082

Dairy farm or lifestyle $PBN

Buy now or landbank for the futureJust on the outskirts of town is this 18.4037 Ha block with rolling contour. Featuring a stream and modern 4 Bedroom home with triple garage it also has an implement shed and dis-used cow shed. This property has 2 road accesses. ID: osbf746TENDER CLOSES 2.00pm 31st March 2015 (will NOT be sold prior)Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

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OPEN HOME: Sunday 2.00 – 3.00pm 40 Harvey Road

Generational gold mineFirst time on the market in three generations is this gently undulating 30 acres more or less of productive farmland. Featuring three titles and 2 road frontages lends this property towards plenty of options. Elevated building sites await those who may plan to build their dream home in this picturesque location. Situated in the friendly TeToro community and close to an all tide boat ramp this property is also handy to Waiuku township. ID osbf748 TENDER CLOSES 2.00pm Wed 25th March 2015Tenders to: Aurora Law, 92 Queen St, Waiuku

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Ray 021 951 082

Enjoy this family friendly home. 3 Brms, large master with ensuite. Sep lounge, spacious living with fantastic flow to outdoor entertainment area. Expansive decking on both sides of the living areas. Double internal garage plu 6 x 9 separate garage with office. Fully fenced section. This home is immaculate. A MUST to view. ID osbh832

Family friendly home $729,000

Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

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Super section – Super price$ 95,000This is a stunning level corner section with very basic covenants is a huge 952 m2. Meremere is now become a very sought after affordable village for first time buyers to purchase in with it being in such a covenant location commuting is a total dream. The village has so much to offer with Community hall, tennis courts, visiting doctor, library, church, primary school and preschool with a superette . Build your home NOW, dreams can come true. Osbp334Donna-Marie Jarden Ph 027 527 0090

3 block three brm house offers sep living, kitchen /dining, bathroom and sep toilet. Single garage with nice level section of 883m2. If you’re a handy man then this is a perfect project. Meremere has been featured in New Zealand’s Investors Magazine and the NZ Herald showing that this village is showing excellent growth rates and the place to be buying in. Be quick this will not sit around. Currently tenanted for $240 pw. ID osbp342Donna-Marie Jarden 027 527 0090

Do me up – watch me shine $200,000

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This hidden section at Orua Bay is accessible at low tide and would suit a 2 bedroom designer bach or home. Set on 921m2, includes a cliff face and native trees. Situated on the section is a shed and water tank. This property has amazing views. ID: osbs557

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Come home to this executive 4 bedroom home just 6kms from Waiuku on the school bus route. Have a seat and admire the 180 degree views over country side and harbour. The unique home has a macrocarpa ceiling in the large lounge room, a coal fire with wetback and an office. This home is wheelchair friendly and there are too many extras to list. Come and view before your friends do. ID: osbh743

Executive Oasis $779,000

WAIPIPI Ray: 021 951 082

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OPEN HOME: Sunday 1.00 – 1.30pm 12 Karioitahi Road

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View by appointment WKU20793Wendy Cowper 021 118 [email protected]

Affordable Bach or First Home A little cutie positioned atMatakawau Point beach community, 30 minutes from Waiuku.2 bedrooms plus a study, with polished timber floors, singleinternal access garage and a sunny deck. Stroll to the beach orlaunch the boat at the reserve down the road.

Matakawau Point Beach $240,000

View by appointment, 357 Big Bay RoadWKU20626Wendy Cowper 0211180118 09 [email protected]

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Manukau Harbour Waterfront Farm56.9 Ha Harbour frontage farm with approval for 23 lotsubdivision. A unique property that would suit a retiring farmer,investor or developer. This property will grow in value and is on adesirable location on the peninsula.

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For SaleView by appointment, 17A Dodd Roadwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20554Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 09 295 [email protected]

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Wattle Bay Beach Subdivision Coastal Subdivision 12 LotsCouncil approvals are in place, but the work still needs to bedone. Do the work and reap the profit. Call for more details.

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4 bedroom home, woolshed/barn and an aircraft hangaroverlooking 164 acres with up to 1000 su capacity.$2,290,000 (Plus GST if any).

Pollok 164 acres 15 Titles

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OPTIONS GALORE!!This home and business offers a 2 bdrm masonry home, extraliving, an attractive office plus showroom and warehouse - a totalof approx. 400m2 along with lots of parking, all set on a 1012m2 site just a minute’s stroll to main street.

Waiuku $599,000

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ELEVATED, SUNNY .. REVAMPED!!Enjoy easy, carefree living in this delightful 3 double bedroomhome featuring new kitchen, paint, carpet, drapes, light andbright living, sundrenched private deck, large garage workshopand a fully fenced level section. Offers wanted!!

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Lifestylish Timeless Appeal!Enjoy the charm and grace of this classic 1930’s characterbungalow refurbished with today’s lifestyle in mind. Set on a5450 m2 lifestylish site which includes your own olive grove,grazing for those family pets and ponies plus lots of shedding.

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Sun, Space .. Lifestyle!!A quality built six year old, four double bedroom home set on fourattractive well fenced acres plus a 9 x 4.8 barn workshop with 3phase power. An immaculately presented lifestyle opportunity forall the family to enjoy and live the good life.

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View by appointmentWKU20875Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839Ewen Turoa 0274 468 563

View by appointmentWKU20875Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839Ewen Turoa 0274 468 563

Or continue market gardening, this gentle contour 4.046 hectare(approx. 10 Acre) minutes from town. With a 3 bdrm brick and tilehome. Features implement shed, a shed for horse truck andstables, 4 plastic houses. Tenanted property with income.Phone for appointment Plus G.S.T. (if any)

Landbank For Future $830,000

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View Sunday 1:00 - 1:45pm. 31 Magnolia Drivewww.rwwaiuku.co.nz / WKU20874Wendy Parker 0297712667

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CANCEL THE DIY, IT’S DONE! $510,000Lovely light filled home that has been refurbished throughout.Four bedrooms, master with ensuite and huge wardrobe, newcarpet and paint throughout and a fully fenced section to keepthe little ones safe, it’s an ideal family home. Easy walk to townand local primary school.

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Dont delay, come and view this gorgeous character cottage.Two double bedrooms, modern kitchen and bathroom, woodenfloors and detailed ceilings, lovely outdoor areas for relaxing andplenty of outside storage. In a lovely street close to the localPrimary School!

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HOWOLDWILLYOU BEIN 10YEARSFROM NOW?

We’re working on budgets and planning for ourcommunity’s development over the next 10 years.

Visit www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/10years formore information on how to have your say.

The Waikato and our district are growing; there’s no two ways about that. The Waikato is New Zealand’s fourth largest eco-nomic contributor and home to close to 10% of the country’s workforce.

Set in the ‘golden triangle’ con-necting Hamilton, Auckland and Tauranga, our district is adjacent to major road and rail transport links and sits strategically be-tween two major sea ports and New Zealand’s busiest interna-tional airport.

We’re rich in natural resources and offer a fantastic lifestyle, with affordable land and hous-ing options. The Yashili dairy plant at Pokeno is a global food processing firm. Housing needs are seeing more people moving

to the northern parts of our dis-trict.

We are also seeing growth in other places, whether it’s at Ngaruawahia, where the first 40 lots in the River Terraces devel-opment have been consented, Waikato Milking Systems put-ting in Stage Two of their devel-opment at Northgate at Horotiu, or thinking about industrial land needs at Huntly.

Our district is unique and planning for and managing its growth is an important Council function.

From beaches to ranges, ex-pressways to rural roads – how we live, work and play varies across the district and there are different rules depending on where you live. Balancing the

An online survey is one way locals can have their say on the future of the Waikato and Waipa rivers. Since early last year, a Col-laborative Stakeholder Group (CSG) has been working on poli-cy to help restore and protect the health of the rivers.

The idea is to reduce sediment, bacteria and nutrients entering water bodies, including ground-water, in the Waikato and Waipa river catchments, an area of 1.1 million hectares.

The CSG has launched an on-line survey which runs from 30 March to 30 April at www.waika-toregion.govt.nz/healthyrivers

Information available online includes:

• current water quality and trends in different parts of the Waipa and Waikato River catch-ments

• insights into factors driving water quality

• how the project’s modelling and research programme will help develop options, along with project milestones and timelines.

People can also learn about how the CSG proposes to divide the catchment into areas to bet-ter manage water quality, as well as determine how healthy a wa-ter body is.

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needs and use of rich, fertile soils with urban growth is chal-lenging.

The Waikato District Plan is a key planning document that sets out the rules for how land is used, developed and divided. Whether you are dividing your section, building or renovat-ing, want to run a business from home or organise an event, the District Plan covers all these ac-tivities. That plan, which cur-rently covers all sections of the district, is going to be reviewed. This is so eventually we have one document and a consistent set of rules making it easier for residents, ratepayers and devel-opers to understand and get per-mission for their activities.

Like all good things it’s not go-ing to happen overnight so it’s a long-term project. It is also your district; your place and your home so we want to plan it to-gether. While we are currently consulting on our Long Term Plan (LTP), over the coming months we will also need your help planning for the longer term needs of this great place we live. Look out for your opportu-nity to contribute.

Waikato Mayor Allan Sanson says the region is ready to take advantage of its growth and unique natural assets.


Improvements to the intersection of McKenzie Road and Seagrove Road at Waiau Pa are among pro-posals put forward by Auck-land Transport to the Frank-lin Local Board’s meeting today (Tuesday).

Auckland Transport states there is a need to clarify the intersection layout and pri-ority control points at the intersection and the pro-posal pictured below has been identified as the pre-ferred option.

This option clarifies the intersection layout with conventional entry and exit points with road markings, signage and a splitter is-land. The traffic island also

provides protection for the power pole which is located in the middle of the inter-section.

Also presented to the lo-cal board was a proposal by Auckland Transport to in-stall road safety barriers on a notorious stretch of Whit-ford Road. AT says Whitford Road has been identified as a road with a high number of loss of control crashes, es-pecially around the corner outside property number 339 Whitford Road.

Roadside hazards in the area such as trees, power poles, and ditches increase the severity of injuries when crashes occur. Auckland Transport has already com-

Counties Manukau Police have resolved 35 cases relating to petrol drive-offs and number plate thefts around Counties Ma-nukau District following the apprehension of five people.

Around 20 number plates were stolen to be used in crimes and the group has been collectively charged with a number of petrol drive-offs totalling over $1000. This group used the stolen plates once or twice then disposed of them and replaced it with an-other stolen plate in an attempt to avoid de-tection and identification.

Inspector Bronwyn Marshall, Counties

Manukau Police District Prevention Manag-er, says the apprehension of this group is a positive step towards reducing crime in the District.

In 2014 there was a 21% increase in stolen vehicle registration plates in Counties Ma-nukau.

“While the majority of stolen or presumed stolen plates never come to Police attention in further offending, over the past twelve months we have seen a 27% increase in the number of stolen plates that have been recorded in subsequent offences,” says In-spector Marshall.

A group of criminals stealing cars, using them to commit other offences and driving the wrong way on motorways to elude cap-ture has appalled police.

Last week a woman was lucky to escape serious injury after a head-on collision with a stolen Subaru which had twice entered the southern motorway into oncoming traffic. Police abandoned the pursuit when it went onto the motorway but were able to track the vehicle via CCTV cameras, observing extremely dangerous driving across all lanes into oncoming traffic at speed. The car was one of four stolen vehicles travelling in con-voy, which scattered when police caught up with them shortly after 2am last Tuesday.

The driver of the stolen car ran from the accident scene but was caught shortly after-ward.

A 16-year-old male from South Auckland

appeared in the Manukau Youth Court last week charged with unlawful taking of a mo-torvehicle, reckless driving, failure to stop for police and failure to ascertain injuries.

Inspector Kerry Watson said: “The danger and contempt to other road users exhibited by these criminals is appalling. The manner of their driving is likely to cause death or se-rious injuries if not stopped.

“There is a minority of criminals who be-lieve they can steal multiple vehicles drive them recklessly around Auckland commit-ting multiple offences.

“They adopt dangerous practises such as driving the wrong way on motorway sys-tems in order to influence police to abandon attempts to apprehend them.

“On this occasion an innocent female driver was extremely fortunate to escape only with minor injury and shock.”

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Realigned lane Existing Seagrove Road exit lane removed to accomodate traffic island and realigned Seagrove Road entry lane

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pleted some improvements at the location, including upgrades of signage and road markings.

However, Auckland Trans-port says that due to the drop off slope and absence of available run off area due to trees and private property fencing around the corner, a loss of control incident that results in the vehicle leaving the road may cause severe injury to drivers and pas-sengers, so it plans to install the barriers.

Improvements proposed forWaiau Pa, Whitford roads

Contempt for other driversas car thieves risk death

Licence plate theft ring busted

Police are asking local drivers to make it more difficult for criminals to steal licence plates by us-ing tamper-proof num-berplate screws.

Counties Manukau Po-lice and Community Pa-trols NZ have conducted several ‘Safer Plates’ com-munity days around the District to encourage members of the public to upgrade the screws on their number plates to make them tamper-proof.

The Safer Plates initia-tive will be run in Counties Manukau with Communi-ty Patrols NZ on 28 March at Botany Town Centre be-tween 10am and 2pm. So far the group has changed the screws on around 1600 cars throughout the Dis-trict. The cost is $4 ($1 per screw) to change to tam-per-proof screws.

Plans for a Gull Service Station on the corner of Queen Street and Court Street, Waiuku has meant proposed changes to park-ing in the area, according to Auckland Transport.

As part of the new sta-tion, larger vehicle cross-ings are required, as well as the installation of No Stopping areas. AT says larger vehicle crossings are required to allow tanker trucks in and out of the site. One street carpark will also be removed.

Ten new-look Police motorcycles unveiled last week bear a message to remind all road-users that taking another look can save lives. The message ‘Look for bikes’ is embla-zoned in red on both pan-niers of the motorcycles.

Motorcycle riders are 19 times more likely to be killed or injured than car drivers over the same dis-tance travelled. Last year, 44 people died on motor-cycles on New Zealand roads.


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• Business stock (if over $10,000)• Livestock (don’t forget the run off down the road)• Farm Consumables on Hand (if total value of consumables over $58,000) Purchased stock feed at cost • Fencing equipment (stock piled for later use) • Fertiliser (stock piled for later use) • Dairy shed expenses • Petrol, diesel and oil • Items held for water system repairs Shearing shed supplies • Animal health products • Other farm stores

STOCKTAKES ON BALANCE DAY DEBTORS LIST• Make sure you have written off your uncollectable debts before balance date?• Make a detailed list of everyone that has not paid you at balance date

FIXED ASSETS• Look over last years list of assets to see if anything has changed during the year such as assets that are beyond repair or you no longer have• Don’t forget to add in any new assets as well

CREDITORS LIST• Make a detailed list of who you owe money to at balance date. This can be made easier if you make a list as your statements come in from your suppliers

Inland Revenue has again issued a warning over fraudsters attempting to gain personal information. This can be done in a number of ways, including phoning and claiming to be from Inland Revenue or ‘phishing’ - sending an email that appears to come from Inland Rev-enue or a tax refund agency.

Email scams will include a website link. The website link directs the user to a false webpage which is usually a very good rep-lica of the real page. You will be asked to enter personal Inland Revenue informa-tion such as your myIR Secure Online Ser-vices account userID and password.

Clicking on the link in the email may trigger a virus download onto the user’s computer. Both actions will allow the fraudsters access to the user’s Inland Rev-enue information.

IRD says it will never send you an email that asks you to provide personal Inland Revenue information such as your myIR account userID and password, or one which contains a direct link to a page to submit information such as the “myIR Se-cure Online Services” login page and ask you to login.

If you have received a suspicious email forward the email you received to [email protected].

If you have replied to those behind these scams, and given money or person-al details, contact your bank or credit card provider immediately.

Hoax phone calls may claim to offer a refund on the condition that people make an upfront direct payment to a bank ac-count via Western Union. They may also ask you to go to your computer to make the transfer through a website address they will give you, while they are still talk-ing to you.

Inland Revenue says it is important to remember they will never direct you to any website except www.ird.govt.nz.

The part of the tax system involving personal income tax is becoming increasingly complex and includes many special features, hence the attraction of working with a specialist in this area. When the time comes to consult a profes-sional, expect him or her to ask you pertinent questions regarding your financial situation so that they can get the best return possible for you.

Year-end tax planning for businesses needs to include some important information, including:• identifying accrued and/or prepaid expenditure that may not be deductible for tax purposes in the current year;• ensuring you are maximising the depreciation available on your fixed assets, and making sure your tax fixed asset register is accurate and, where relevant, writing off assets that have been disposed of;• consideration of whether debts have gone bad and writing these off prior to year-end;• consideration of intercompany loan balances and wheth-er appropriate interest has been charged;• monitoring shareholder accounts to ensure they are not overdrawn at year-end; and• considering whether losses can be carried forward from past years or offset between group entities.This is just a small amount of information you may need to check - as always - consult an expert!

Health insurance, car insurance, and life insurance are a part of every-day life. Your home is on fire; the firefighters manage to get it under control but you have to accept the fact that your possessions have gone up in smoke... What’s to become of you? Do you have insurance?

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The Earthquake Commission (EQC) provides natural disaster insurance for residential property, administers the Natural Disaster Fund, and funds research and education on natural disasters and ways of reducing their impact. Under EQCover, your contents are insured on the same basis as they are under your fire insurance policy

with your private insurer. So, if your contents are insured against fire on a replacement basis, EQCover will also be on a replacement basis. If they’re insured on a less favourable basis than replacement value, then EQCover will be on the same basis.EQCover for contents is the lesser of:• the amount for which your contents are insured against fire, or• $20,000 (+ GST).If your loss is greater than the amount that is paid by EQC, your private in-surer usually pays the rest (to the sum that you’re insured for).

Contact a Professional An insurance broker will be able to offer you the best quality-cost ratio in terms of protection, depending on your needs. Take an inventory of your possessions so that you have a realistic idea of their value. This process will not only prevent you from being over-insured but will also help with any claims. For your peace of mind, be sure you have good coverage in case a prob-lem occurs because being well insured is still the best way to save money! Contact any one of the companies on this page to assist you in insuring all your personal effects and getting peace of mind.


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Zachary Blundell achieving a medal at the Fulton Swim School triathlon

Joshua Douglas and Jacob Thorne in action at the ACS touch tournament

From left to right: Toni Cooper with dad Daniel, Junior students Paiton Taylor, Tapiwanashe Chanengeta, Kaitlin Cumming, Mia Rau, Dylan Taylor, prefects Darion Benjamin and Michaela Lambert and Sophie Rotteveel with granddad Brian Hannah and brother Harry Rotteveel

•Installation of air conditioners throughout all classrooms / •All students wearing the new school uniform for the first time•Students representing at the Fulton Swim School triathlon and Auckland Christian Schools touch tournament • New Playground being builtEden Christian Academy finishing

the term on a high note!

Out and About Have you been out and about or had an event you would like to share? We would welcome your photos and information. Send us an email to: [email protected]

It was a massive weekend for events in Franklin last weekend. Check out our facebook page for more images from the events, but here’s a few of our favourite images from around Franklin!

Above: John Tungane was one of a great crowd of youngsters who were at the Glenbrook Kindergarten’s Bike-a -Thon last week. The event raised around $1700 towards a playground upgrade which is in the design stage.

The family of the late Raymond Te Anau of Pukekohe were part of Relay for Life in Pukekohe on Saturday. Raymond, a former road worker with Fulton Hogan, was celebrated as family and friends dressed in the ‘Road Works’ theme for the event.

There was a myriad of costumes at Relay for Life, including 10 Pukekohe firemen in BA gear, like Alex Tawhara at left. Right and below; there was a terrific atmosphere as people enjoyed being part of fund raising community event.

Manning the gates at the Taste Franklin festival and raising funds for Karaka Junior Rugby were Lyn Penney and Tracey Williams.

Leah Fairgrieve and Steph Townsend at Taste Franklin, helping man a stall for the Pukekohe East kindergarten.

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Pukekohe’s Mark Price leaps across to score a try, bringing up 50 points in his team’s Premier match against Papakura.

Vintage Festival: left: Brien Golding of Pukekohe made scones on a 100-year-old stove; below; Ayden Miler tries a machine-gun for size, and right; Alan Smail seated on the 1/3 scale steam engine he built over four and a half years.


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Anglers are celebrating 100 years since the first mar-lin was caught on a rod and line in the Bay of Islands this month.

The 106kg (233lb) striped marlin was reeled in by Scotsman, Major A.D. Campbell, causing great ex-citement in Russell when it was brought in to be weighed in 1915. To cel-ebrate this historic event one of the world’s oldest game-fishing clubs, the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club, is hosting a series of fishing tournaments.

“The Bay of Islands is re-nowned worldwide for its game-fishing and it all start-ed with a few enthusiasts at the turn of the century. Now

our club, which was started in 1910, has more than 1300 members and membership is growing,” says BOIS Club President Bruce Smith.

“Our club is also proud of our involvement in promot-ing tag and release for game fish to preserve our resource and the classification of marlin as a non-commercial species.”

Smith says the BOIS Club is expecting a big turnout for the tournaments which are designed to appeal to a wide range of anglers with big cash prizes for the best catches. The club is holding a Small Boat Tournament until March 28, and is host-ing a Tagging Tournament on April 17 and 18.

A haul of 102 undersized paua from Maketu cost a couple of Paengaroa men $1250 each after they pleaded guilty recently.

Te Ngaue Richard Roberts, 32, and Wharehuia Toheriri Roberts, 34, were stopped by Ministry for Primary Indus-tries compliance officers who found 102 paua. 101 were undersized and the paua ranged in size from 73mm to 102mm.Recreational gatherers can take 10 paua per per-son per day. The minimum length is 125mm. MPI District Compliance Manager Waikato/Bay of Plenty Brendon Mikkelsen people who are caught taking too many or un-dersized paua can expect an instant fine, and in serious cases may lose any cars, boats and equipment.

Coastguard Boating Education’s most popular introduc-tory course that focuses on essential boating safety knowl-edge relevant to all boaties has been developed into an on-line version.

From last week, anyone can enrol for the course, which offers five units which cover the crucial aspects of boating safety: the boat, navigation, rules and regulations, emergen-cies and knots. One free module is now available to show-case the functionality of the course.

A typical Day Skipper classroom-based course takes 15 hours, but with the online version, boaties can complete the course anytime, anywhere, on tablet, laptop or desktop. The course costs $157, and Coastguard says some insurance providers offer discounts for holders of the certificate.

Over 250 students had already pre-registered for the course before it was launched last week

Go to boatingeducation.org.nz or contact Coastguard to register on 0800 40 80 90.

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Gamefishing still seems to be going at full flight, the biggest obstacle to being part of it is the weather, well that and aligning condi-tions with opportunities. We haven’t had our boat in the water for a couple of weeks but the reports I’m hearing suggest that there are still marlin around at 90 to 100m and tuna in much closer. Those targeting snapper are having mixed fortunes, good fish one day and sharks the next.

The harbour is still hold-ing some great kingfish and I expect they will remain for another month. Snapper fishing should be good for the next few months, with fewer of the small fish and more big fish around. My theory is that the more wary bigger snapper are there but the sheer numbers small snapper home in on any baits while they big ones sit way back and watch the fun.

While I generally prefer deeper water for snapper fishing, shallow water can be great too, but in the shal-lows, stealth and low light levels can make for some exciting fishing, especially if you have a good berley trail going.

Gurnard are still elusive but they certainly are in the harbour. As the weather cools off, gurnard should feature more in your catch. By the Grunter Hunter com-petition on March 31 they should be in great condi-tion. To target these fish, try fishing the channel edges using dropper rigs with size 5/0 recurve hooks loaded with small baits. Light line gives you a real advantage as do commercially made flasher rigs such as gurnard grabbers.

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The club congratulates Alan Spacey and Brian Palmer who came second and third respectively in the weekend’s Counties Manakau Men’s 1st Year Singles. They finished on equal wins/points with the winner and only lost out by the smallest of margins on the differential shots scored for the match. Above left: Braden Lowes and Peter Sinclair. Above right: Alan Spacey and Brian Palmer.

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Last Thursday the Wai-pipi Bowling Club held its fifth tournament of the sea-son, sponsored by Kevin’s Unichem Phramacy and New World Waiuku.

Play was late starting be-cause of a shower of rain, but this didn’t stop partici-pants enjoying a great day of bowls.

The winning team came

from Pukekohe and were Yvonne Urwin (skip), with Tom Bracken and Val Bowden.

Second place also went to a Pukekohe team, the com-bination of Trevor Bowden (skip), Gary Hillier and John Geary. A Waiuku team of An-drea Williams, (skip), Mara-ma Onehi and Dave Russell were third.

Waiuku Rugby carved out a new chapter in its il-lustrious history earlier this month when an injury-rav-aged side battled to the final of the Bangkok Internation-al Rugby Tens tournament. The club brought together a composite side of some highly experienced players, along with a few youngsters and an enthusiastic support crew, to attend a tourna-ment which is fast gaining a reputation throughout the world.

The side attracted some excellent attention in Bang-kok, becoming a crowd favourite and topping the scoring tables, and their success didn’t go unnoticed by tournament organisers and sponsors. The man be-hind the trip, club captain Richard Yuill, says the Wai-uku spirit, as well as their results, has seen interna-tional businesses approach the team to secure sponsor-ship to get the team back to Bangkok next year.

The pool games were seven minutes each way, and Waiuku opened their account by demolishing a Swiss team 66-0 before de-feating teams from Perth

University and a local side to make the knock-out stages.

In their quarter final they were 0-0 at full time, but scored in golden-point extra time to make the semi finals, where they met an invita-tional side which included former Sprinkbok star Bob-by Skinstad. Known as ‘The Jam Boys’, the international side was heavily favoured to win the encounter, but Wai-uku battled back from 7-7 at half time to snatch a late penalty and win the match. Richard Yuill said one of the highlights for the team was Skinstad approaching the players after the game and saying how impressed he was with Waiuku’s heart and attitude, given that they were far smaller than their opposition.

Waiuku had made the fi-nal, but they were losing players rapidly, with Aaron Yuill suffering a dislocated shoulder and Connell Bro-mwich a broken arm, while Nathan Miller dislocated an elbow.

Despite their size and in-jury toll, Waiuku were only just beaten 10-7, and were desperate to hold on to a draw at full time, as the red

Bombay retained the Counties Power Cup after another one point win, for the second week in a row after they beat Onewhero 22-21. It was another epic battle of the hills with both teams playing their hearts out until the final whistle.

It was a close match the whole way. Bombay’s Haamiora Clarke scored the first try and Onewhero replied with a try to lock Kieran Whyte. Reece Joyce kicked a penalty on half time to give Bombay an 8-5 lead. Onewhero drew the score with a penalty to Bryce Shearer. Onewhero centre Solofa Silipa scored a try from a back line move which they converted. Bombay fought back with another try to Kalolo Tuilo-ma which was converted to level the scores again.

Shearer slotted two pen-alties to give the visitors the lead but on full time Bom-bay winger Epeli Lotawa scored the try which Joyce converted in his 50th match for Bombay to win the game.

It was another tight bat-tle with Karaka holding onto the lead to take a 14-10 vic-tory over Ardmore Marist at Bruce Pulman Park.

It was a scrappy match with the Karaka pack domi-nating the forward play, especially in the scrum. It was a stop-star affair with no team really gaining any continuing. To their credit both teams defended well

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A slip of the keyboard last week saw Frank McGrath’s hole in one at the 7th hole during the Saturday Hag-gle at Waiuku Golf reported as occurring at the Waiuku Bowling Club! We’re pretty sure Frank would make a fine bowler, but it was his golf prowess we intended to celebrate!

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and greens had scored first, meaning they would have been declared winners if scores were tied.

Richard Yuill said the whole experience was amazing, and paid tribute to the outstanding coaching efforts of Michael Scott and Dan Hyatt. The final was played in front of a crowd of over 5000, the majority of whom had adopted the Wai-uku players as their own.

“They were chanting the names of our players as they were warming up, we just couldn’t get over it, but it was amazing,” Richard said.

There will be plenty of interest in returning to the tournament in 2016, and with support from a num-ber of sponsors to help re-duce the travel costs, Rich-ard says the opportunity of returning on an annual basis to the event is looking very good.

with only one try a piece a good indication of the solid defence on display.

Once again the Counties Power Game of the week proved to be another in-teresting encounter with Manurewa beating Waiuku 19-14 in the Pat Walsh Day fixture.

Waiuku started with a penalty by first five-eighth James Faiva. Manurewa replied with a penalty of their own to halfback Mark Talaese. They added to the score board with the first try of the match. Waiuku slot-ted another penalty to take the score to 8-6 in Manure-wa’s favour at half time.

In the second half, Talaese slotted two more penal-ties. Waiuku’s winger Dean White scored a try out wide. Manurewa scored their sec-ond try of the match with Teina Tiavare and Onete-lastao Mesake their two tries scorers for the match. James Faiva slotted another penalty for the hosts to put them within reach but Ma-nurewa hung on.

For Waiuku their hooker turn-No-8, Jamie Baker was solid as was lock Dan Fitzharris and captain Ar-myn Sanders.

Te Kauwhata notched up their first win of the season with a 22-10 victory over Drury. Four penalties gave Te Kauwhata the advantage with Thomas Parima kick-ing four to compliment the two tries to Tasimani Sateki and Simione Saravanua. Drury’s Sione Otuhouma dotted down for the hosts with Manaese Lelenoa kick-ing the conversion and also slotting a penalty.

The scoreboard ticked over for one side in Patu-mahoe’s 34-0 win over Wey-mouth. Three tries to Vaha Fili put him in the top spot for try scorers on the PGG Wrightson Leader board. Kaine Robertson picked up a double and one to Nicho-las Grayson added to the tally for Patumahoe.

Pukekohe put on an ap-propriate farewell for their clubrooms with a 53-3 romp over Papakura. Ezra Enesa got Papakura on the board with a penalty. The try-fest by Pukekohe saw George Mark cross the line for two and Sailosi Madrai, Niva Ta’auso, Mathew Berry, Mark Price, Jolame Gon-ewai and Connor Brooke-Cowden all pick up one each.

In the Premier Reserve grade there were some close matches with Manurewa fighting it out for a 25-24 vic-tory over Waiuku and Drury edging out Te Kauwhata 7-6. In other Ardmore Marist beat Karaka 25-18, Bombay defeated Onewhero 22-10, Pukekohe beat Papakura 37-6 and Patumahoe racked up 69 unanswered points against Puni.


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Kids After School are seeking Programme Supervisor’s (Senior staff) to assist the Programme Manager in implementing our daily OSCAR Programme. You will be involved in providing quality care for children after school and holiday’s to promote active participation, enhance self esteem and deliver positive experiences in a safe & secure environment. applicants must have:• Experienceinworkingwithchildrenincludingthose with special needs• AcleancurrentNZdriverslicence• Aclearpolicecheck• Avibrantpersonality• Excellentcommunicationskills&strongworkethic• Strongorganisationalskills• Apositiveapproachtoalltasks• BehaviourManagementskills• EligibilitytoworkinNZIf you have worked with children previously or believe you have the qualities for this position and would like to be part of a vibrant team, please email your CV to: [email protected] or postto:KidsAfterSchool,POBox966,Pukekoheapplications close tuesday 31st march 2015

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How old will you be in 10 years from now?Notification of the Waikato District Council Long Term Plan 2015-25 Consultation Document and proposed Fees and Charges for 2015/16 to 2017/18Waikato District Council is working on budgets and planning for our community’s development over the next 10 years.

We’ve identified a range of issues from roading to water management, library hours to parks and reserves management which could affect you, and your community. So we need your feedback.

We’re also asking you for feedback on the proposed Fees and Charges for 2015/16 to 2017/18.

Have Your Say by 5pm, 17 April 2015We aim to have a Consultation Document delivered to properties within the Waikato District by 20 March 2015.

If you have not received the Consultation Document by this date or you wish to view it earlier go to www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/10years, visit any of our Council offices or libraries, or call 0800 492 452.

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For further information please contactthe Principal, Mrs Cris Hull: 09 235 8266

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Due to roll growth we require a newentrant teacher to join our wonderfulteam at the beginning of term 2. Thisposition is partially board funded.Applications are welcomed frominnovative reflective teachers.

For further information please contactthe Principal, Mrs Cris Hull: 09 235 8266

As Head Teacher, this is your opportunity to use your leadership skills to grow and develop this preschool with the support of a friendly and dedicated teaching team. St James KidsWay of-fers a safe environment tucked away in peaceful surroundings. You will enjoy a family atmosphere where open, caring and respectful relationships with children, parents and whanau are promoted and valued. Admin is done for you so you can focus on professional leadership.Applicants must have a Bachelor of Education in ECE (level 7) and a minimum of 2 years manage-rial experience. St James KidsWay is a special Christian character centre located in Pukekohe. This role will be full-time, with the flexibility to be part-time if required. To apply for this exciting opportunity, please send your CV to [email protected], or call Adwina on +64 4 910-2211. Please do not contact the centre directly.

Here’s your chance to lead a close-knit preschool with a community outlook.

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FeatureThe Post Newspaper will be bringing out

a special feature commemorating the men and women of

our area who served during World War 1.

This is a unique opportunity for you to join us in paying tribute in a feature that will be record

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