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The Peninsula Post  9 June 2011 Page 1
9 June 2011 Number 167
Peninsula Post
ISSN 1176-564X
covering the top half of the Coromandel Peninsula
independently published
Plan to improve youth A new tamarillo tree planted at playcentre
employment & keep will help keep the kids supplied with fruit
young people in town
by Shenagh Gleeson
An ambitious plan to improve
youth employment and keep
young people in Whitianga is
being launched.
Whitianga Community Social
Services Trust is leading
an initiative to introduce
a programme similar to a
highly successful programme
pioneered in Otorohonga
about six years ago.
The multi-faceted programme
has led to zero unemployment
for people under 25 and
helped keep young people and
businesses in the area. Other
benefits have included less
youth crime and graffiti.
In BERL’s latest regional
performance
indicators,
Otorohonga District has
improved dramatically from
64th place in 2009 to 17th last
year. Thames-Coromandel is
ranked 70th, third to last out
of 72 districts.
The Youth in Development
Forum has been set up in
Whitianga to try to achieve the
same results as Otorohonga.
About 20 different agencies
and groups are involved and
the forum has already had
several meetings.
Last week about 30 people
attended a meeting in
Whitianga to hear Otorohonga
Mayor Dale Williams talk
about his town’s experience. It
followed a trip to Otorohonga
by forum foundation members
in February.
Social Services Trust secretary
Peter Van Der Putten says the
talk was inspiring.
The Otorohonga programme
arose out of concerns about
a shortage of skilled workers
for the town’s engineering and
service companies. A small
task force found that school
leavers weren’t taking up local
trade jobs and apprenticeships
because they had to go out of
town to get qualifications.
The
Otorohanga
Trade
Training
Centre
was
established in partnership
with the Waikato Institute
of Technology and specific
courses developed to train
school leavers in skills that
local employers needed.
Other
initiatives
have
followed and there are
now 11 components in the
programme, such as a school
leavers’ connection service,
business-funded scholarships,
an annual careers expo, trade
brochures and an annual
mayoral graduation ceremony.
Mr Williams says the key to
the programme’s success
was getting employer buy-in.
“What will keep young people
local, out of mischief, happy
and focused is employment.
There’s no point in training if
no employment opportunities
are available.”
Many of the benefits of the
programme were unexpected,
he says. More businesses
are planning to move to the
town because they know their
staffing needs will be looked
after. More young couples
are buying houses and adult
sports teams are flourishing.
“In less than six years, with
very little money spent but
with serious cross-community
support, it’s amazing how
much progress has been made.
It’s part of the culture now.”
Mr Williams chairs the Mayors
Taskforce for Jobs and says
65 per cent of councils have
some form of school leaver
job programmes.
One of the first tasks of
the Whitianga forum is to
conduct a survey with Wintec
to establish the number
of early school leavers
and the opportunities for
employment.
Courses in literacy and
numeracy are already underway
and driver licence training is
starting. Further courses will
be developed to meet the
needs of local employers.
A school leavers’ connection
service will be set up to
ensure all school leavers are
contacted and made aware
of training and employment
opportunities and are then
monitored.
Whitianga Social Services
director Brenda Duncan
says development of the
programme will continue
at the same time as further
meetings and discussions with
the business sector and all the
other agencies.
Participants
include
the
Whitianga
Business
Association, Mercury Bay
Area School, Child Youth and
Family, Corrections, Police,
Work and Income, health
services, social services,
Mercury Bay Community
Board, Thames-Coromandel
District Council, service clubs
and churches.
Four-year-old Leah Farrell holds the tamarillo seedling steady as Charlotte Larson, 4, and Cameron Lee, 4, help
Amber Boyd plant it at Whitianga Playcentre on Tuesday. The playcentre is keen to grow more fruit trees, with
children enjoying plums, pears and apples from the centre’s existing trees during summer. The tamarillo planting was
also part of Arbour Day.
Parliamentary Commissioner strongly supports 1080 P4
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Letters to the editor
...one way? No way!
Albert Street one way? No
way!
If the upgrade of Soldiers
Park is anything to go by, no.
NO.
Leave our nice little town
alone.
B. Ross
Whitianga
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Brenda Duncan
... every reason to believe we have done our best to
meet up with a possible tsunami event.
I found the Whitianga Town
Hall tsunami display (Queens
Birthday
weekend)
well
presented and informative
to the credit of all those
individuals and organisations
involved in the preparation
and presentation.
Hopefully, despite the lousy
weather, large numbers of
locals and visitors took the
opportunity to become better
informed and prepared. The
success of any such escape
plan is dependent on each
responsible member of the
community knowing their
plan and being mentally
prepared. Those with young
families have a bigger task of
coordinating their family plan
and exit.
As Whitianga is a commercial
and business centre for a
number of East Coromandel
towns it is equally important
that people shopping and
working in town become
familiar with the plan. Those
crossing from Ferry Landing
need to know how to proceed
on foot when the ferry ceases
to operate.
It is good to know that the
Mercury Bay Area School now
has a viable escape plan so that
parents can be assured their
children will be well cared for.
That must be a priority for
every coastal community.
With a well-prepared public
and escape mechanisms in
place there is every reason to
believe we have done our best
to meet up with a possible
tsunami event.
John Whittles
Cooks Beach
Services for elderly get boost
Services at Waikato Hospital
for older people and people
needing rehabilitation have
received a $40 million boost
from the Government.
The money will go towards
consolidating and streamlining
services in preparation for
their relocation to a new
building in late 2013.
Clinical service leader Dr Phil
Wood says staff have increased
bed space from 28 to 72 by
pushing for aligned services
where there is a clear evidence
of benefit. Examples are the
Organised Stroke Services
and the Orthogeriatric Unit.
Psychiatry
clinicians
at
Waikato are already offering
the best memory service in
New Zealand, he says.
“Backing these and more are
our plans to have Waikato
seen as the place to train in
rehabilitation and services to
our older folks.”
The appointment of Matthew
Parson to the Professor of
Gerontology (nursing), a joint
appointment with Auckland
University, is good progress,
he says.
CD coordinator impressed with
tsunami awareness & engagement
Whitianga Social Services
The Real Deal - what
should you expect?
With retailers desperate to win
your spending money, you may
be seeing some terrific deals
out there. But don’t you hate
it when the deal you were after
is not in the store? So what
can you expect from a sale?
The Fair Trading Act prohibits
stores
from
misleading
customers
about
their
products through advertising
on TV, radio, flyers, signs in
the store and anything you
are told when you are in the
store.
The store can’t advertise a
cheap price on a product if
they don’t have enough of
them. So they shouldn’t have
run out of a product when you
arrive early on the first day of
a sale. If the store has run out
of the advertised product, ask
if you can get a “Rain-check”
– this means you can get the
same item for the sale price
when they get more stock in.
You’ve probably seen a lot of
stores advertising “up to 50%
off.” The store should have a
reasonable number of items
at half price, not just one
or two. A sale advertised as
“50% off everything” should
mean everything in the store
is half price. A store shouldn’t
use ‘fine print’ to try to qualify
this.
The advertised price and
quality can’t be different from
what you find in the store.
Any other information they
tell you about the product has
to be true too, including how
big it is, what functions the
product can do and where you
can use it. If you’ve got a flier
or catalogue, you can take it to
the store with you so you can
compare what was advertised
with what is available.
If you think a trader has
breached the Fair Trading Act
then talk to them about it first.
Point out the difference in
quality or price to them; you
may be able to get the item for
a cheaper price.
You can report a breach of
the Fair Trading Act to the
Commerce Commission which
enforces the Fair Trading Act.
The Commerce Commission
can investigate and prosecute
a trader who has breached the
Act. Visit www.comcom.govt.
nz for more information.
You can also take a case to the
Disputes Tribunal if you think
a trader has breached the Fair
Trading Act.
“Everyone has a photographic
memory, but some people just don’t
have film!”
Have a great weekend
Brenda & the team
New upper North Island alliance
Waikato Regional Council
is joining six other local
authorities in a new Upper
North
Island
Strategic
Alliance to try to make
the most of sustainable
development and economic
growth opportunities.
Chairperson Peter Buckley
says the alliance will focus
on specific development
opportunities like fish farming
in the Hauraki Gulf, improved
liveability in the four regions,
access to aggregate resources
for roading and building,
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09.16
10.14
11.12
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19.42
20.41
21.42
22.43
23.42
12.08
13.01
Whitianga daily weather information - June
Day & Date
Temp °C High
Temp °C Low
Rain mm
Wind Kph
Wednesday 1
19 – 3.10 pm
6 – 3.20 am
0.4 mm
25 - 11.30 am
Thursday 2
14 – 3.10 pm
6 – 3.20 am
nil
22 – 1.10 pm
Friday 3
15 – 3.16 pm
13 – 6.33 am
4.6 mm
16 – 1.10 pm
Saturday 4
16 – 10.10 am
14 – 6.00 am
28.2 mm
17 – 5.10 am
Sunday 5
23 – 12.36 pm
11 – 11.55 pm
1.6 mm
13 - 12.30 pm
Monday 6
20 – 3.16 pm
11 – 12.30 am
1.4 mm
11 – 1.55 pm
Tuesday 7
19 – 3.33 pm
9 – 5.10 am
0.2 mm
11 – 1.28 pm
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Would you like a fun
day out in the bush?
Kauri 2000 Trust is looking for volunteer
planters to help with planting kauri
seedlings.
We will be planting Saturdays 11 & 18
June at the Matarangi reserve.
Sausage sizzle to follow planting.
Please contact the office or e-mail
us for details.
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management issues.
The council initiated the
alliance with Northland and
Bay of Plenty regional councils,
Auckland Council, Hamilton
and Tauranga City Councils and
Whangarei District Council.
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a hugely comforting exercise
for everyone.”
Mr Munro says it was great
to see people engaged in
discussing response strategies.
“For this to be successful,
everyone has to be involved.”
One of the dominant issues
raised at the meetings was
the need for a better warning
system.
At
present
individual
communities decide what
sort of system they want
and warnings vary on the
peninsula. Mr Munro says the
Government leaves it up to
districts to decide and there
are currently no plans for a
national warning system.
Whitianga resident June
Bael says a national system
is needed. “The regional
councils and the Government
need to look at something.”
There also needs to be more
sirens in Whitianga, she says.
Another resident, Bill Ellis,
says there need to be more
sirens and a different sound
from the normal fire service
siren. Whitianga should look
at Waitakere, where there’s
a system of small solarpowered sirens mounted on
power poles and emitting an
electronic sound.
Treveene Goldsbury, from
Whitianga, says a siren that
reaches the whole community
is important. The Christchurch
earthquakes have really woken
people up to the need to be
prepared for emergencies, she
says. “The main thing is not
to be fearful but to be alert to
things.”
Mercury Bay Area School’s
new evacuation plan also
drew a lot of attention.
Principal John Wright says
he was inundated with
people on Saturday. “Many
parents were looking for
some kind of assurance and
they’re very pleased with the
plan, particularly when they
understand that the sports
ground is the first assembly
point.”
The evacuation route down
Kupe Dr and along Joan
Gaskell Dr contains several
other high points, including
Vanita Dr, which can be used
if necessary, but the sports
ground is the assembly point.
He’s working towards a wholeschool trial of the new plan
on September 1.
Other issues raised at the
meetings
included
the
potential for traffic congestion
and “pinch points” as people
evacuate the town; the welfare
of people during and after
they have evacuated; the need
to take a sensible approach
to future development in the
town to make evacuations
easier or at least to not make
things worse.
Mr Wishart says there were
many innovative and practical
suggestions on these issues.
“We now need to sort through
these responses in detail and
compile all the feedback. We
will then report back to the
local community board on the
feedback and on the next steps
for developing a new tsunami
management proposal for
Whitianga.”
It’s
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formal
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the town will be held around
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Hundreds of people turned
out to meetings last week to
catch up with Whitianga’s
latest tsunami response plans.
Organisers of the two-day
event, held in the Whitianga
Town Hall, were delighted
with attendance of both
residents and holiday-home
owners at the Friday and
Saturday meetings.
Thames-Coromandel strategic
relationships manager Peter
Wishart says he’d like to
thank Whitianga people for
the fantastic turnout at the
meetings held to discuss
plans for a new Eastern
Coromandel tsunami strategy
being developed by TCDC and
Waikato Regional Council.
“People came well informed
about the issues and eager to
share their ideas for improving
the town's preparedness for
and response to tsunami,” Mr
Wishart says.
Coromandel Peninsula Civil
Defence coordinator Ron
White was very impressed by
the level of awareness and
engagement. “There were
lots of ideas around and
there seemed to be a very
reasonable approach. People
were prepared to listen.”
Mercury Bay Community
Board chairperson Alison
Henry
and
Waikato
Regional Council emergency
management manager Adam
Munro were also full of praise
for the event.
Mrs Henry says she was really
impressed by the displays
and the positive attitudes
of those attending. “I think
everyone really appreciated
the fact that all the agencies
are working together. It was
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Orlando Singers & Mercury Bay Choir
join together for concert at Hahei
Fresh from another sell-out
performance in Whitianga,
the Mercury Bay Choir is
joining forces with Auckland’s
renowned Orlando Singers
(right) for a concert in Hahei
on Sunday.
It’s the first time Mercury
Bay Choir has sung with
The Orlando Singers and the
first time either group has
performed in Hahei.
Established more than 30
years ago, The Orlando
Singers perform regularly in
Auckland and further afield
and are often heard on Radio
NZ.
Their repertoire covers at least
four centuries, and is usually
sung a capella. They have
toured New Zealand for the
Chamber Music Federation
and in 2007 they were the only
group from outside Australia
to sing at the Hobart Festival
of Voices.
Last year they made a
successful visit to New
Caledonia as guests of the
French Ministry of Culture
for the Southern Region,
during which they were the
headline choir for Les Voix du
Sud choral festival.
Event coordinator Jan Wright
says the concert came about
when the choir was contacted
by a Hahei resident early this
year, asking if they would be
interested in performing with
The Orlando Singers, as they
were keen to visit the area.
“This
was
a
perfect
opportunity for the choir to
perform at Hahei – our first
overseas tour - so we seized
the invitation, and are looking
forward to working with the
Orlandos.
“This
is
a
fabulous
opportunity … to sing with a
chamber choir of such calibre.
We feel honoured by their
invitation, and are working
hard polishing up our songs
for the concert.”
Orlando’s director, Anita
Banbury, and Mercury Bay
choral
director,
Katrina
Wickham, have put together
an eclectic programme for
the concert which includes
sacred pieces and spirituals,
songs from New Zealand and
England and folksongs.
There are several pieces by
New Zealand composer David
Hamilton and the choirs will
sing some of his compositions
and other pieces together.
Proceeds from the concert,
which will be held in the Hahei
Community Hall at 2pm,
will go to the Christchurch
Earthquake Relief Fund.
The best arts coverage
Damage will be done to native
forests and animals if there
is a 1080 moratorium says
Parliamentary Commissioner
Parliamentary Commissioner
for the Environment Jan
Wright has come out strongly
in support on 1080.
In a report released this week,
Dr Wright recommends
against a moratorium on 1080
citing the damage that would
be done to native forests and
animals if such a ban went
ahead.
“Possums, rats and stoats are
chewing up our forests to
the point that we are only a
generation away from seeing
regional extinctions of kiwis
and other native species where
no pest control is carried
out.”
There are other pest control
methods that are more
suitable than 1080 in certain
circumstances but on most
conservation land there is
currently nothing else that will
effectively kill possums, rats
and stoats, she says.
“While there may be an
alternative to 1080 one day, if
we want to keep our forests
for future generations we
simply cannot afford to stop
using 1080. Time is not a
luxury we have.
“So many of our native forests,
birds, reptiles and insects are
unlike those found anywhere
else in the world and form a
distinct part of our identity. It
would be a travesty to allow
these to disappear.”
Her report recommends that:
1.Parliament does not support
a moratorium on 1080.
2.The Minister for the
Environment
investigate
ways to simplify and
standardise the way 1080
and other poisons for
pest mammal control are
managed under the Resource
Management Act and other
relevant legislation.
3.The
Minister
of
Conservation establishes
the Game Animal Council
as an advisory body that
works
collaboratively
with the Department of
Conservation, but ensures
that responsibility for all
pest control remains with
the department.
4.The Minister of Justice
introduces an amendment
to the Ombudsmen Act
1975 to add the Animal
Health Board to Part 2 of
Schedule 1 of the Act, and
thereby make the Animal
Health Board also subject
to the Official Information
Act 1982.
5.The
Minister
of
Conservation
asks
the
Department
of
Conservation to prioritise
the development of national
policy and operational
procedures on possum fur
harvesting.
6.The
Minister
of
Conservation
improve
information about pest
control on the conservation
estate by providing consistent
and accessible information
on the Department of
Conservation
website,
including the purposes and
results of different pest
control operations.
Hahei Tai Chi
Mercury Bay Bridge Club
Aikido
Aikido - weekdays 7.15-8am & 6.15-7pm,
except public holidays. Ph: 866 2248
Arthritis Support Group
Karate Classes
MB Cancer Support Group
Every Mon, 7pm, Whenuakite School.
Wed-Fri 7.45-8.45am, Hahei Community
Centre.
3rd Wed month, 1.30pm. Quona 866 4320.
Cross-training for Rugby, League, Triathlons,
Athletics etc. Develop speed strength &
co-ordination. Adult classes Mon and Wed 6pm,
Town Hall, Whitianga. Ph Mark 027 418 2817.
Artists in the Making
A support group for people with disability.
Meeting every Wed and Fri. Ph Anne 866
0032.
Belly Dance Classes
Mon 9am, Town Hall. Ph 867 1995.
Buddhist meeting
Tue 7-8.30pm. Ph Neera 866 4925.
Choir
All welcome. Tue 6pm MBAS music room
Performing Arts Centre. Ph Jan 867 1309.
Cooks Beach Indoor Bowls
Every Wed night at the Cooks Beach Hall.
Names in by 7.15, start 7.30pm. Enquiries to
Judy 866 3599 or Carolyn 866 2394.
Coro Clowns
Clowning. Ph 866 0075.
Coroglen Hall
For hire, community projects and gettogethers. Table and chair hire. Ph Heather
866 3804.
Coroglen Playgroup
Fri 10am-12.30pm. All ages welcome.
Gumtown Building behind Coroglen School.
Ph Jessie 866 3983.
Coromandel Social Services
Te Ahi Kaa, Tiki House, 45 Tiki Rd. Assistance,
support, counselling, parenting, problem
solving & information. Confidential & free.
All agencies & self referrals welcome. Ph 866
8558.
Creative Craft
Tue 10-11.30am, Baptist Church, 112 Cook Dr.
Ph Colleen 866 5554.
Kuaotunu Community Hall
For hire: weddings, family get-togethers,
community projects & parties. Also chair &
table rental. Rebecca 869 5334 or 021 0243
1476.
Kuaotunu Craft & Social Club
Every Mon 1-4pm, Kuaotunu Hall. All
welcome. Library open. Ph Lia Kregting 866
2054.
Kuaotunu Flea Market
Last Sun month. $5 stalls, limited tables. All
proceeds to Kuaotunu Fire Brigade. Ph Tania
866 4734 or Treen 866 4865 to book stall.
Kuaotunu Kindergarten
Irishtown Road Kuaotunu Ph 866 0094 Fax
866 0095 Email: kuaotunu.kindergarten@
xtra.co.nz.
Hahei Community Library
Every day except Sun: 10am - noon.
Community Centre. Jenny 866 5168.
MB Golf Club
Men’s day Wed 11.30am, Sat 10.30am. Ladies
day Wed 9am, non members welcome. Ladies
9-hole golf Thur 9am. Ph 866 5479.
MB Gym & Fitness Centre
All enquiries to Bess 866 5277.
MB Genealogy Society
10am-12noon & 2-4pm, 3rd Tue month
(except Dec) Masonic Lodge, 68 Cook Drive.
Ph Joanne 866 3787.
MB Gymnastics Club
Ph Shelley 866 2411.
MB Health Support Group
Open every day, 10am to 4pm. Ph 866 0730.
Mon, 9.30-12.30, Kuaotunu Hall. All ages,
all welcome. Bring extra clothes, piece of
fruit, $1. Natelle 866 5332.
Literacy Aotearoa Hauraki
Free confidential service with tutors trained to
help with adult reading/spelling/maths. Gaye
868 6908.
Mainly Music
Fun for pre-schoolers & their carers at St
Andrews by the Sea every Thur from 10am,
during school terms.
Mercury Bay Aero Club
Behind the Moewai Park playground, South
Highway. Ph 07 911 2006 or 021 843 860.
Tue 12noon, Hahei Community Centre. Tuition
available. Annette 866 3110.
Caring for people with memory loss. 3rd Wed
month, Whitianga Social Services, 2 Cook Dr,
1pm. Linda 866 4514.
Kuaotunu Playgroup
Open Mon 1-4pm, Kuaotunu Hall.
Freemasons
Hahei Bridge Club
MB Forget Me Not Support Group
Kuaotunu Library
Forest & Bird Protection Society
Lodge Whitianga No 443 regular meeting,
4th Tue, 7.30pm. Refectory available for hire.
Visitors welcome. John 866 5473.
Books wanted. Please phone Terri 866 2667 or
Pam 866 5524.
A group of people with heart, diabetes, kidney
& other medical conditions. We meet 1st Thur
each month, 1.30pm. Ph Wendy 867 1333.
Trial flights, flying training, aircraft models &
speedway. Contact office Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri.
2-5pm, Tue 9am-4pm. Ph 866 5128.
Mercury Bay branch. Ph Eve 866 2638 or Gay
866 2986.
Every Mon, 7.15pm. Masonic Lodge, Cook
Drive. All welcome. Giorgio 866 2293.
Mercury Bay Archery
Mercury Bay Badminton Club
Each Wed 9.30-11am, Town Hall, beginners &
new members welcome. Enq 866 4588.
Mercury Bay Boating Club
Hall hire, Ph Michelle Sigerist 866 0059.
Sailing enquiries, Ph Russell Chaney 866
4588.
MB Historical Society Museum
MB Indoor Bowling Club
Club nights, Thurs 7.30pm, the Town Hall
Whitianga. Ph Pat 866 4311 or Alan 866 4024.
MB Junior Rugby Club
Ph Katarina 866 3904 / 027 265 5004
MB Kindergarten
A resource-based interactive environment
which develops children’s skills to provide a
foundation for future learning. Ph 866 5303.
MB Table Tennis Club
Tues 9.30am, Town Hall. New members most
welcome. All levels of skill. Ph Laurie 866
2141.
Mercury Bay Tennis Club
Club Tennis Thur 6pm. New members
welcome. Ph Trish 866 4186.
MB Women’s Institute
2nd Thur each month, all welcome. Contact
Sylvia 866 5699.
MB Woolcraft Group
1st & 3rd Wed each month, 9.30am - 1pm,
Town Hall Supper Room. Betty 867 1233.
Monkey House Community Theatre
Movie nights at Monkey House Theatre, 18
Coghill St. Email monkeyhousetheatre@
gmail.com for more info.
Ostomates Group
up from ferry 9.30pm. Contact Liz 0275 869
400.
Scrapbags Patchwork & Quilting
Every Wed, 9am - 3pm. St Peters Church
lounge, Dundas St. Contact Vicki Tomalin
867 1952.
Scrapbooking - Coroglen Hall
1st Wed each month, 2-10pm onwards.
Contact J Lilley 866 3787.
MB Scrabble Club
Tue, 7.30pm, St Peters Church, Dundas Street.
All levels welcome. Ph Joan 866 0255.
MB Shooting Federation
2nd Sun each month, the Range behind 309
Road quarry. Ph 869 5111.
MB Squash Club
Contact Trish Graves 866 4003.
Transition Town Whitianga
Ph 211 9131, email: whitiangafutures@
gmail.com or visit www.whitiangafutures.
blogspot.com
Victim Support
0800 842 846 (free phone 24hr), 0274 527
305 (24hr), 07 867 9614 Thames office
9am - 3pm daily.
Well Child Checks
Whenuakite Country Kids
Whitianga Art Group
Art Centre, School Rd. Every Thur 1.30-4pm,
Fri 10am-4pm. Do your own work or follow
tuition, classes, courses. Drawing, water colour,
acrylics, oils. Ph Mary 866 4960.
Whitianga Bike Park
Moewai Rd, Whitianga. Contact The Bike Man
866 0745.
Whitianga Country Music Club
Senior Net - Whitianga Inc
Stella Evered Memorial Park
$5 stall, local produce welcome. Ph Mel
Asquith, 866 5158 or Jeanette Ida, 211 9131.
Stitch & Chat Group
Meets 2nd Tue of the month at 1pm for shared
lunch and meeting at members homes. Ph
Jenny Stephenson, 866 4146.
Open 8am to 7pm. Free access end of Lees Rd
or across Purangi River.
1st & 3rd Tue, 2nd & 4th Sat, 10am - 4pm. Art
rooms, School Rd. Judy Connell 866 4980.
Ph 867 1995.
Variety concert, every 3rd Sun of month, Town
Hall, Monk St, 12.30-4pm. Everyone welcome.
Ph 867 1790 or 867 1153.
MBAS PTA
MB Patchwork & Quilting
TM Group Meeting
Licensed & chartered early childhood
education centre. Pre-schoolers 0-5 yrs. Ph
866 3360 or 866 2921.
Computer classes for over 50s. Contact Lorna
Russell 866 4215.
Meeting 1st Tue of month in staffroom at
7.30pm. All welcome. Ph 866 5916.
Youth activities 14-23 yrs old. Contact Neera
Giri 021 776 039 or 866 5555.
Support meetings, 1st Tue of month. 1.30pm
- 3pm at St Andrews by the Sea. Ph 0800
127 359.
MB Outdoor Bowling Club
Club days Thur 10am at MB Bowling Club,
Cook Drive. Ph Les Rolls 866 5884.
The Koru Dojo
Aikido - weekdays 7.15-8am & 6.15-7pm,
except public holidays. Ph: 866 2248.
The Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award
Those with a colostomy or ileostomy interested
in meeting once a month. Ph Wendy 867 1333.
Primal Youth
Thur nights. 13 plus years. Please pick teens
Meet Tue fortnightly 1.30-4pm, St Peter the
Fisherman Church, Dundas St. Ph Maureen
866 4010.
Taputapuatea Waka Ama Club
Outrigger canoeing. For more information
contact Seaton 0274 660 552, Joe 866 5323
/0272 962 581, Black 866 0508/0274 897 736.
Te Roopu Raranga O Whitianga
Flax weaving, Coroglen Hall fortnightly
9-3pm. Ph Fiona Illingworth 866 3779 for
more info.
When Keven Clark was
running
a
pizza/pasta
restaurant in Whitianga, he’d
wear his St John trousers to
work, so a call on his St John
pager meant only a quick
change of shirt.
Nowadays he’s more likely
to be dining out as a patron
when the pager goes off.
For the past six years, Mr Clark
has spent 24-36 hours a week
working mainly night shifts as
an ambulance officer.
He brings a raft of experience
dealing with people from all
walks of life and a sense of
humour to his role. He’s been
an engineer, built houses, and
run Dino’s restaurant.
He says ambulance work is
very rewarding. “I guess it’s
the sense of satisfaction, of
being able to help that keeps
you going.”
With Thames Hospital an
hour and a half drive from
Mercury Bay, Mr Clark spends
a long time with patients
reassuring them and building
their trust.
The ability to do this comes
from the trust he’s developed
in himself through completing
his National Diploma in
ambulance service and taking
part in regular training.
“You receive your training and
then you’re straight out on
the coalface buddied with an
experienced officer. There’s
no better way to grow your
skills and your confidence
than that.”
Recently he attended two
callouts in quick succession.
One was a patient suffering
congestive heart failure,
and the second presented
with shortness of breath as
a suspected cardiac arrest.
In both cases, turning up,
knowing what to do, and taking
charge, immediately relieved
the stress both patients were
experiencing.
“If you can get your patients
to hospital in a better state or
condition that you found them
in, you know you’ve done a
good job - cool and calm wins
the day,” he says.
“St John Week is about the
work our charity does in
our community. When it’s a
matter of life and death, we’re
there for you. We need you to
be there for us too.”
St John services are not fully
Government funded, so
community and other support
is relied on to make up an
operating loss of $13-$14
million a year.
“Many people don’t realise
that St John is a charity. St
John fundraises for all its
ambulances and vehicles,
ambulance stations, associated
buildings and medical/other
equipment. Local community
support is vital to maintain the
quality of service we provide,”
Mr Clark says.
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$19.99 - $19.99 - $19.99 - $19.99
For 0-5 yr olds, contact for Whitianga area
866 5280 or 867 1274. Coromandel/Colville
area 866 8729.
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Fri - Sat 10am - 10pm Sun 10am - 6 pm
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St John Week will be held from June 20-26 to highlight the essential work of the ambulance service and to publicise
its annual appeal. Whitianga ambulance officer Keven Clark is one of the many volunteers working for St John in
the upper half of the Coromandel Peninsula.
Whitianga Farmer's Market
Whitianga Garden Club
Whitianga Playcentre
Tue, Wed, Thur 9am-12pm. Ages 0-6yrs. Free
play for all, parent support & education. Ph
027 285 9016.
Whitianga Probus Club
Ph Brenda 866 4917.
Wh Scottish Country Dance Club
Every Mon, 7pm, Town Hall Supper Room. Ph
866 5802 or 866 3081.
NZ
Pure
Whitianga Senior Citizens
Each Mon, Town Hall, 1pm. Cards, bowls,
rummicub, scrabble, raffles & afternoon tea.
55+s most welcome. Contact Jeanette 866
2117 or Neville 867 1153.
12-pk
bottles
Whitianga Social Services
Mon to Fri 9am-4.30pm, 2 Cook Drive. Family
Wellbeing, Budgeting, OSCAR After School &
Holiday programmes, Friday Club for Over
55s, Elderly support, Counselling, Careers
Advice. Ph 866 4476 for further information.
Whitianga Toy Library
Open Fri 9am-12pm, Isabella St, all welcome.
Ph 866 5556.
12-pk cans
Double Brown
$
25
Johnny
Arrow
Apple &
Pear Cider
DB Draught
Swappa
Crate
Corona
18-pk bottles
4-pk
$
18-pk cans
Flame
Haagen
15-pk
bottles
15-pk bottles
12-pk cans
12-pk bottles
$
1899
2999
DB Bitter
Tui Blond
Whitianga Tai Chi Club
Meets MB Bowling Club Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri
9-10am. Visitors welcome. Karen 866 5289 or
Jolene 866 2406.
Coruba &
Cola 8%
9 4pk
$ 99
$
3399
$
1399
Whitianga Tramping Group
Fortnightly tramps. Ph T Riddle. Ph 869 5361.
Whitianga Walking Group
Meets Mon & Thur at i-Site, 9am. All welcome.
Ph Laurie 866 2141.
Whitianga Women Unlimited
Meet for dinner last Wed of each month. For
further info ph Jenny 867 1924.
Word Dance
Kuaotunu hall - last Monday of month 7pm.
Ph 867 1995.
Wiccan
Are you interested in Wiccan. Monthly
meetings please txt 021 975 157.
Yoga
MBBC Wed 6-7.30pm, Fri 9.30-10.45am.
Hahei Tue 6-7.30pm. Ph 866 2434.
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Coromandel oyster farmers Waikato Regional Council
looking for government help rates to rise by 2.6% overall
to fight crippling disease
Coromandel oyster farmers
and others in the New Zealand
industry want Government
support to help fight a
crippling disease.
The industry wants help to
run a programme to breed a
better oyster that would be
resistant to the microvariant
strain of oyster herpes which
is devastating young oysters in
Coromandel and many other
areas.
Oyster Industry Association
secretary Tom Hollings says
the oyster harvest nationally
is expected to be about half
its normal size this year. By
next year, it could be down to
about a quarter.
The disease, which is new
to New Zealand, was first
detected in autumn last
year when it affected bigger
oysters. Towards the end of
last year, farmers realised it
was attacking young oysters
and they were losing up to
90 per cent of spat collected
from the wild.
The industry fears the
problems will continue for
some time, Mr Hollings says.
“France has had the problem
since 2008, so we’re likely to
have it for a while, and they
have had it less acutely than
us.”
Small farmers, in particular,
are being hard hit. “It’s a highly
labour intensive industry
and there are fixed costs in
farming.”
Significantly reduced income
for many farmers means
they would struggle to fund
a hatchery to breed a better
oyster and Government help
is needed, he says. “We’re
putting together a package
[for the Government] right
now.”
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley
discussed the problem when
he visited Coromandel town
last month and said the
Government would look at
what it could do.
In general terms, the idea is
to isolate the genetic markers
of fish which survive the
disease and breed from them.
Parasites like this disease
naturally evolve so they don’t
kill their hosts and breeding
would aim to accelerate this
process.
There are indications from
France that this can be done,
Mr Hollings says.
Another option could be
to use native oysters, which
seem immune to the disease,
but this would also require
hatchery assistance to get the
required numbers.
Ratepayers will pay an overall
2.6 per cent more to Waikato
Regional Council in 20112012.
The council has finalised its
work programme and budget
for the year beginning July
1, after considering 2782
submissions on its draft
annual plan.
About 60 submitters, including
individuals, community and
industry groups, and councils
appeared before councillors
during three days of hearings
last month.
More than 1400 submissions
were received on the proposal
to continue collecting a levy
on behalf of the Animal
Health Board for control of
tuberculosis-carrying
wild
animals, such as possums.
Most submitters wanted the
council to increase the rate
from the $650,000 proposed
in the draft annual plan.
Councillors last week agreed
to increase the levy to the
$740,000 requested by the
AHB, plus $30,000 collection
costs, through a targeted rate
on rural ratepayers.
People were largely in support
of funding a scheme for
farmers to plant trees on
marginal land and the council
has approved $50,000 to
complete a strategy and
operational plan.
The scheme involves farmers
planting steep and erosionprone land in trees or allowing
it to revert naturally to native
bush, and then selling the
carbon credits.
In a key decision, the
council has called for a
report on principles and
options for a fund for
regional development and
infrastructure. This decision
followed consideration of
some $3.8 million worth of
funding requests for three
cycleway projects, including
the Hauraki Rail Trail.
Councillors were reluctant
to commit further funding
on an annual ad hoc basis.
They agreed major projects,
such as cycleways, would be
better considered in light
of a set of principles and
options for funding regional
infrastructure.
Our seabirds are genetically
distinct say NZ scientists
Ground-breaking
research
by NIWA and Auckland
University shows populations
of the same species of New
Zealand seabirds migrating
within the Pacific Ocean
have remained genetically
distinct for centuries, despite
easy
opportunities
for
interbreeding.
The research, published
by the journal, Nature
Communications,
studied
the migratory behaviour and
genetics of two populations
of Cook’s petrel, a small
seabird that breeds only in
New Zealand. It revealed
that the populations are not
interbreeding despite the
fact they could easily visit
each others’ colonies during
breeding.
NIWA scientist Matt Rayner
says
researchers
found
that migrating to different
locations contributes to
genetic differences between
seabird populations as it
impacts on populations’
breeding timetables.
Researchers
tracked
the
birds in 2008 and 2010 using
new, lightweight geolocators
attached to the birds’ legs.
Data is retrieved from the
geolocator when the birds
return to New Zealand.
“It works just like a sextant
used on Captain Cook’s
voyage through the Pacific,
you get latitude from day
length and longitude via the
timing of sunrise or sunset,”
Dr Rayner says.
“We found that seabirds from
one Cook’s petrel population
breeding on Little Barrier
Island
migrated
across
the equator to the North
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from Codfish Island stayed
within the South Pacific, and
migrated to the waters off
South America.”
DNA from tissue samples in
American museums of old
Cook’s petrel skins, collected
within the North Pacific
and South Pacific over 100
years ago, perfectly matched
the DNA of the modern
populations.
Next the scientists plan to
investigate the implications
of seabird migrations to
destinations that might be
impacted by climate change
or environmental disasters,
like Fukushima. Many New
Zealand seabirds forage off
the eastern coast of Japan
during the New Zealand
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Temperatures stay high in early June;
May was warmer & wetter than usual
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The La Nina weather
pattern may have gone but
temperatures in Whitianga
continue to be unseasonably
warm.
The town had the highest
temperatures in the country
on Sunday and Monday. On
Sunday it was 22.4°C and on
Monday it was 20.
Along with the rest of the
country, the top half of the
Coromandel Peninsula was
much warmer and wetter than
usual in May.
In Whitianga, the average
daily maximum temperature
was 18.7 °C – normal for
Bouquets
made to order
Stockists of
Rivermill Bread
Rivermill Cookies
Milk Cream
Butter etc
May is 17.4. The average daily
minimum temperature was
10.0 °C, compared to a normal
temperature of 8.2.
Highest temperature for the
month was 21.1 on May 12
and the lowest was 2.5 on the
19th.
A total of 287mm of rain
fell, compared to normal May
rainfall of 124mm. Sunshine
was slightly below average.
Nationally, temperatures in
most of the country were the
warmest since records began
in 1909.
The NIWA National Climate
Centre is predicting a mild
winter, event though the La
Niña weather pattern has
gone.
The centre’s latest outlook, for
June to August indicates that
temperatures for northern
New Zealand, including the
Coromandel Peninsula, are
equally likely to be near average
or above average for the time
of year. Winter rainfall totals,
soil moisture levels and river
flows are all likely to be in the
normal range.
Cold snaps typical of winter
will still occur from time to
time through the period, the
centre says.
Computer modelling waves
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2007 to protect the area from erosion, is being extended to meet the rock wall which comes out from the Whitianga Marina. New pipes are being installed at the Carina Creek outfall
and there will be a ramp providing water and beach access for people and kayaks.
Scientists are using computer
modelling to help predict
future wave heights and
their effect on New Zealand
coasts.
NIWA says New Zealand
is bang in the middle of the
biggest and wildest waters
on the planet, the Southern
Ocean.
Many of New Zealand’s coasts
and coastal communities are
already facing the impact of
rising sea levels and climate
change could see even bigger
storms and waves, putting
developed coastal areas at risk,
the agency says.
Scientists
will
produce
regional projections of waves,
swells and storm surges. The
information is intended to help
local government, engineering
and planning consultants
in making decisions about
adapting to climate change in
coastal areas.
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Discounting or waiving hall fees now
community boards' responsibilty
A new booking system for
hiring council halls will put
the responsibility for waiving
fees or giving discounts onto
community boards.
Thames-Coromandel
District Council policy and
planning group manager
Peter Mickleson says council
staff are often asked to give
a discount or waive fees but
have no discretion to do so.
A new booking system aims
to eliminate inconsistencies in
the fees that are charged, he
says.
Requests for waivers or
reductions will be referred to
community boards and the
board will have to take into
account how the difference
in operating revenue will be
covered.
“For every discount given
‘someone’ else needs to pay
the difference if council is to
achieve its revenue objectives
set for each activity,” Mr
Mickleson says.
“If the board makes a formal
decision to agree to a waiver
or discount they would need
to fund the difference in
operating revenue from their
Community Grants budget or
other potential sources.”
Council staff are aware that
different boards categorise
users differently so that a
not for profit fee in one area
may be a private hire fee in
another.
Boards are being encouraged
to develop criteria that could
be applied consistently to
applications for fee waivers
and discounts as well as
identifying the source of
funding for these discounts,
Mr Mickleson says.
Record number of heart ops at Waikato
reflect changes to cardiac services
A record number of heart
operations were performed at
Waikato Hospital last year.
Surgeons performed 617
operations, a 57 per cent
increase on the previous year.
Chief operating officer Jan
Adams says the statistics
represent personal stories
of lives saved, outcomes
improved
and
patients
waiting less time for surgery.
“Making that sort of impact
on people's lives is immensely
rewarding for every member
of our team."
In the past two years Waikato
has made sweeping changes
to its cardiac surgical services.
The hospital was underperforming in cardiac surgery
and an internal review in 2007
identified the need to improve
systems and processes.
Improvements
include
developing a better referral
process, using clinical nurse
specialists to manage both
elective and acute patients and
making better use of available
theatre time.
The
appointment
of
inter nationally-renowned
cardio thoracic surgeon Adam
El Gamel as clinical director
has also had a tremendous
impact, Ms Adams says.
"There is little doubt his
international reputation, skills
expertise and experience has
had a tremendous impact
on both the cardiac surgical
services at Waikato Hospital
as well as the colleagues that
work with him."
The hospital has also reduced
operating times by almost two
hours and ICU stays by 30 per
cent.
Police notebook
Sergeant Andrew
Morrison says
An excellent turnout at the
Tsunami Open Days. A lot of
interest in the displays and a
lot of good ideas put forward
by the community.
John Wright and the Mercury
Bay Area School have put a lot
of work into the emergency
planning for the evacuation
of the school and most people
agreed it was an excellent
plan.
We had a busy Queens
Birthday Weekend, with a
couple of families returning
to their holiday homes only to
find they had been burgled.
Anyone with information
regarding any of the listed
crimes is asked to contact the
Police so that these offenders
can be dealt with accordingly.
Arrests
34 year old local man for
assault, 1/6.
18 year old local man for
assault, 1/6.
Traffic
Motor vehicle crash at the
intersection of Cook Drive
and Joan Gaskell Drive.
Offending driver issued a
ticket for failing to give way,
31/5.
19yr old woman apprehended
for driving with excess breath
alcohol, Result 526/400, 4/6.
Occurrences
Two domestic incidents
attended this week. Police
dealt with a protection order
breach on June 3, while on
June 4 we separated a couple
who were arguing about the
price of milk.
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We attended a burglary in
Pye Place, Hot Water Beach,
where a holiday home was
entered and at this stage
nothing appears to have been
stolen, 31/5.
A sleep-out in Hannan Road
was burgled with clothing and
towels stolen, 31/5.
A holiday home in Leah
Road, Wharekaho was burgled
with fishing gear targeted,
4/6.
A handbag was stolen from
a local tavern, 4/6.
A petrol tote tank was stolen
from a boat parked on Grange
Road, Hahei, 4/6.
A 15hp outboard motor was
stolen from a dingy parked on
Whitby Avenue, 4/6.
Wetland restoration at Rings Beach
granted $7500 by regional council
Restoration of a wetland
at Rings Beach, between
Kuaotunu and Whangapoua,
will benefit from a grant from
Waikato Regional Council.
The Coromandel Coastal
Walkways Society, which
develops tracks and public
access on the peninsula, as
well as carrying out planting
and ecological restoration
work, has been given $7500
to remove wilding pines
and other weeds from the
wetland.
The society is among
nine recipients of grants
worth a combined total of
$208,500 from the council’s
environmental
initiatives
fund.
Chairperson Peter Buckley
says the majority of the
recipients are volunteer-run
community groups working
to improve the environment.
“It is rewarding to see so
many people who care about
the community giving up their
time to work with others to
carry out this worthwhile
work.”
The value of the community’s
contribution of time and
effort far outweighs the
funding given by the regional
council to these projects, he
says.
Trades & Professionals
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32 Campbell St
PO Box 299, Whitianga
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COMPUTER
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upgrades, sales: new and
used, software, parts. Call
The Patient Tutor 866 5220.
CRUISE/HOLIDAY
luggage and travel accessories
at Accessorise, Monk Street,
Whitianga. Ph 866 4888.
PICTURE
framing
at
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Coromandel. Ph 866 8191.
TRAILER, small, new WOF
& rego. $290. Ph 866 5225.
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woodfire. Stainless steel
firebox suitable for burning
driftwood, cooper side panels.
2 lengths stainless steel flue, 1
ceiling plate, 1 flue reflector,
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Whitianga. Ph 866 0064
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Triple Combo for up to 10
people just $225!
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Hard Landscaping
Decks/Fences
Waterblasting
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Call JOHN MORT
Ph 866 2505 or 021 286 9012
to let
for sale
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Wells Place - $300 pw 3brm, 2 bathrooms, huge carport,
loads of decking, rural outlook
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bathrooms
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Call into our office at 2 Buffalo Beach Road, Whitianga
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Phone us first for fast &
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Ph 866 2270 Fax 866 2470
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TOWING
Towing specialist
Available for keys locked in cars
Phone John Hodges
07 866 2210
0274 517 952
work wanted
church notices
Nutrition, Herbs, Massage,
Qualified Naturopath.
Leanne Halliwell,
Whitianga Natural Health
027 4588 626.
Bach or house
need a tidy up?
ANGLICAN
SERVICES
St. Peter the Fisherman
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experience can do anything
- big or small
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Childbirth Educator
• Home birth specialist
• Personalised ante-natal
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Permanent rentals urgently
required NOW.
Tenants: Rental list changing
constantly, call into office.
Owners: Holiday rentals
required NOW.
Enquires being made now
for next Xmas/New Year.
Don’t leave it too late.
Call into the office
7 The Esplanade, by the
wharf or phone
Geraldine Welford
866 0098 or 021 672 748
[email protected]
Licensed under the REAA 2008
PROPERTIES
NEEDED
NOW
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Fees
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07 866 4981 or 027 555 6063
Licensed Property Manager REAA 2008
garage sales
22 MOEWAI Park Road,
Saturday,
9am
onwards.
Commercial ropes, net, stereo,
gin traps, motorbike boots, 7'
alloy dingy and much more.
20b SOUTH Highway,
Saturday. Tools, tools and
more tools.
WANTED!
Quality homes for quality tenants.
Long term & holiday
Free rental appraisals
Landlords & tenants, for all your
rental requirements:
Call KRISSIE BRAND
Licensed Property Manager
with 11 years local experience
07 866 5824 or 027 273 4420
Owners – I am looking for
quality long-term rentals.
Flat fee covers ALL
property management
services – call me to find
out more.
Tenants – Call or email
me with your rental needs,
property list changing daily.
References, credit checks
and no arrears policy.
Property of the week:
Centennial Drive
3 bed gge $300pw
Angela Ball
07 866 2190 / 021 131 8525
[email protected]
Licensed Under the REAA 2008
2-BEDROOM unit, garage
Cooks Drive, Whitianga. Very
tidy, available 13 June $240pw.
Ph 0274 529 541.
STORAGE sheds, Phone 866
5147, mob 0274 722 070.
flatmates wanted
2-ROOMS available now in
Whitianga. Rent neg, share
expenses. Ph/Txt 021 183
2424.
a deeply relaxing "clothes on" modality
feel nurtured, supported & grounded
.... a gift to yourself
Jacqueline 07 866 0133 / 027 476 1909
OSTEOPATH
Gabriel
Bedford, Whitianga, Fridays.
For appointments ph 07 868
5205.
cat motel
KRISTIN’S BOARDING
CATTERY
Vet nurse, warm, clean,
secure, outdoor run.
Ph 866 4724
plants for sale
NATIVE PLANTS
Revegetation Grade
PB2s, from $2.50
min purchase 30
Ph 866 3123
Kitchens
Timber Joinery
Free measure and quote
7 days a week,
by appointment
We are reqularly in
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PENINSULA JOINERY
Albert Street, Thames
Phone 07 868 6323
[email protected]
PENINSULA POST
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Boat covers
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& auto trimming
Mercury Bay Canvas
& Upholstery
Ph 866 4972 or 027 2277 895
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021 046 9113
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cleaning and pest control
Servicing the Coromandel
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WORSHIP SERVICES
and Kids Friendly Bible Session
St Andrew’s By the Sea
Community Church
Albert Street Whitianga
9:30 am every Sunday
Minister: Rev Mary Petersen
ST PATRICK’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Campbell Street
Sunday Mass 8.30am
(With Children's Liturgy)
Wednesday Mass/Liturgy 12.05pm
Tairua Mass Sunday 10.30am
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Childrens Programme
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under $50
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condition. $40. Ph 866 5225.
CHEST freezer going well
but seals not perfect. Free pick
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HIGH vis raincoat XL new
$50. Phillips se635 duo phone
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public notices
be inspired
GOLF
Three Local Projects Three Inspirational Women
Forty women competed in
Mercury Bay Women's golf
LGU competition last week.
The winner of the LGU for
the day was Beryl Gilliland
with a net 70.
Other results were:
Division 1: Glenice Ebsworth
2, Sharon Young 3, Debbie
Holmes 4, Pam Voigt 5, Chris
Ellett 6; Division 2: Alma
Kitchen 1, Edith Thompson
2, Dianne Eccles 3, Chrissie
Smith 4, Jill Raynes 5, Maria
Duxfield 6, Bev Morris 7;
nearest the pin on No. 4: Jane
Dew, nearest the pin in 2 on
No. 10: Raewyn Hill; twos:
Beryl Gilliland, Jane Dew.
Meg Graeme - Life on the edge of the Whitianga River
Sue Bryant - The fight for survival of our local dotterel
Paula Williams - Project Kiwi, famous for recently
screening on Country Calendar
Plus Al Fleming - Forest & Bird's Field Officer to
update you on regional projects.
Participate in workshop - discuss what you would like to
see happen in your environment.
Sunday 12 June, 3-5pm
Anglican Church Hall, Dundas Street, Whitianga
Food will be provided, everyone invited
SATURDAY 11 JUNE
9am to 12 noon
4 CAMPBELL STREET (Opp police station)
MERCURY BAY
BOWLING CLUB
NOTICE OF AGM
The Annual General Meeting
of the Mercury Bay Bowling
Club will be held in the
clubrooms at
92 Cook Drive on Sunday 26
June 2011 at 1pm
Agenda
Apologies
Minutes of the 2010 AGM
President's report
Financial report
Election of officers General
business
AGM
MERCURY BAY CLUB Inc.
Cook Drive, Whitianga
Sunday 26 June, 10am
Current financial
members only
MERCURY BAY
COMMUNITY CHOIR
MERCURY BAY
LIBRARY HOURS
Tue, Thu, Fri 9am - 5pm
Wed 9.30am - 5pm
Sat 9am - 12pm
OFFBEAT
THEATRE Co.
AGM
Tuesday 21 June at 7pm
Monkey House Theatre
All Welcome
THE CHURCH OP SHOP
Behind St Andrews by the Sea
Church, Owen St
Thurs/Fri/Sat, 9am - 12.30pm
AGM
Mercury Bay women had
match play and a stableford
scramble last Thursday.
Results were: Match play first
round: Merrin James def
Raewyn Whitt 1up, Adele
Sloan def Jean Hancock 5
up, Kathleen Stewart def Lyn
Yeoman 1 up, Barbara Tatton
def Margret Coysh 1 up,
Pat Skinner won by default
from Pam Holland; Second
round: Adele Sloan def Pat
Skinner 1up, Audrey Vickers
def Barbara Tatton 2 up;
Stableford scramble - Lorraine
Donelley 1, Lois Farmer 2.
MB men
Tuesday 14 June, 6pm
26 Robinson Road
followed by pot luck dinner
Bridge
Hahei
Hahei Bridge Club played the
Bright Pairs on May 31.
Results were:
North/South: Robyn Hogg
and Jean Martin 60.68 1;
Maureen France and Dave
Dylla 59.90 2; Thom Dodd
and Annette Cox 54.95 3.
East/West:
Annette
Cummings and Annette Gray
64.49 1; Alva Gibson and Pat
Collard 57.50 2; Ngaire and
Bruce Barrack 55.63 3.
Results from May 24 - The
Bright Pairs:
North/South: Elsie Cousins
and Myra Hoogwerf 61.98
1; Robyn Waters and Jocelyn
Taylor 58.07 2; Glenys Rive
and Anne Knowles 53.65 3.
East/West: Betty Dunn
and Maggie Urlich 61.08 1;
Marion Thompson and Bill
Cummings 58.52 2; Susan
Patterson and Mary Masters
55.97 3.
Buffalo Beach.
SURF LIFESAVING
Sarah's achievement
Devotion of young lifeguards
recognised at HWB prize giving
Young lifeguards at Hot
Water Beach are clocking up
huge hours to help keep the
dangerous beach safe.
The work of two young
guards, 15 year-olds Vanessa
Nightingale
and
Ruby
Williams, over summer was
recognised in awards at
the Hotwater Beach Surf
Lifeguard Service prize-giving
last month.
Vanessa put in 165 hours on
patrol and Ruby was close
behind with 160 hours. Club
secretary Sandi Lowe says
these figures are phenomenal
as the average number of surf
lifesaving hours a volunteer
commits in New Zealand is
26.
Neither of the girls had their
own transport and relied on
MB 9-hole
OFFICE CLEARANCE
CLASSIFIED
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4PM TUESDAY
RIDING
MB women Pony Club proud of
at Forest & Bird's AGM!
Desks, tables, side tables
Chairs, shelving unit, trolley, filing cabinet
Eftpos, burglar alarm, electric hole punch
Wire binding machine and accessories, etc
Sports News
Forty players turned out
on Wednesday in sunny
conditions.
Micky Henderson headed the
field with 41 stablefords.
Other results were:
Gary Wheeler 40 2; Francis
Henderson, Peter May, Steve
Tull 30 3=; Ken George,
Norm Ball, John Lister 37
4=.
Twos: Kev Smith, Peter
May, Noel Richardson, Don
McLellan, Craig Donovan.
Saturday's scramble was a
washout.
the bus service, friends and
family to get them to the
beach.
“They are only young and this
is really quite an achievement,”
Sandi says.
Lifeguards Dain Whiting and
Jazard Aitu-Paul also received
special mention.
“When Jazard joined us he
could barely swim half the
length of the Mercury Bay
School pool,” Sandi says.
With perseverance and family
support he qualified as a
lifeguard last year and this
year won Junior Guard of the
Year.
Dain, who has Downs
Syndrome, received Best
Performance Overall at Junior
Surf.
Results:
Sports Awards - Under 16s
female: Ruby Williams, Under
16s male: David Hotham,
Under 19s female: Emily
Hotham, Under 19s male:
Callum Oliver, Open females:
Stacey Semmens, Open male:
Logan Carter, Masters female
Susan Hinds, Masters male
Andrew Oliver, Parents Sports
Awards - Mums: Jo Menzies,
Parents Sports Awards - Dads:
Matt Goodman.
Club Awards - Hinds Family
Trophy: Ruby Williams, Best
Overall Performance at Junior
Surf: Dain Whiting, Junior
Guard of the Year: Jazard
Aitu-Paul, Senior Guard of
the Year: Sandi Lowe.
Sarah Branson, pictured above with her horse Tuhoi, has
become the highest qualified senior member of the Mercury
Bay Pony Club, passing her Pony Club C+ Certificate.
Sarah sat her exam in Thames late last month and passed with
flying colours. Kaye Jackson, from the club, says everyone is
very proud of her.
“Sarah has shown her commitment to all of her riding by
working many hours together with her instructor, Ann Nicol,
preparing for the exam.”
Sarah first had to pass an assessment to show she was ready
for the exam. On the day she had to show skills of ridden
horsemanship, including cross country jumping, and theory.
Other riders who have recently achieved C Certificates are Jessica
Toomey, Laura Bon, Kalani Nicol, Alex Hansen, Savannah Le
Lievere and Luca Johnston. Emma Smith, Rochelle Litherland
and Fenella Skelton passed their D+ Certificate.
RUGBY
Rippa rugby tournament
Rippa Rugby teams from
schools around the top half
of the Coromandel Peninsula
will compete in a Thames
Valley tournament in Thames
on Monday.
The tournament is part of
a Rippa Rugby World Cup
event, with the finals being
played at North Harbour
Stadium, Auckland, in August.
The winner of the ThamesValley tournament will play a
King Country team with the
winner of that game going on
to the finals.
Year 5 and 6 students from
around the Coromandel
Peninsula have been competing
locally in preparation for
Monday’s tournament, which
is organised by KiwiSport and
Sport Waikato in association
with the Thames Valley Rugby
Football Union.
Coromandel leads the points
table in the Senior B division
after a big 36-10 win over
Hauraki North on Saturday.
Mercury Bay, relegated from
the Senior A division, lies in
second place, despite a narrow
14-15 loss to Waihi.
In round three on Saturday,
Coromandel play Waihou
2 in Coromandel town and
Mercury Bay play Hauraki
North in Whitianga.
In the Senior A division, top
of the table teams Hauraki
North and Tairua battled it out
in a tight game on Saturday,
with Hauraki emerging the
winner 17-13. Paeroa West,
Whangamata and Thames
also had wins.
Please
make sure
you get Coromandel leads Senior Bs
weekend
sports
results to
us by
MIDDAY
MONDAY
Jazard Aitu-Paul, Dain Whiting, Antony Morgan and Ruby Williams at the Hot Water
Beach Surf Lifeguard Service prize-giving.
Tui.
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The Peninsula Post  9 June 2011
Getting ready to take off their lids in a good cause
Logan Davies knows what’s like to be
sick with a life-threatening disease.
The 12-year-old Coromandel boy has
recovered from osteomyelitis, a bone
marrow infection, but his long stay in
Waikato Hospital and meeting other
sick children left him with a desire to
support them. The death of a friend
of his mother’s from cancer also
inspired him to want to help.
His mother, Nikki Stephenson, says
Logan asked if he could ‘shave his
lid’ for cancer and they told him he
could, once he got the all clear from
osteomyelitis.
This month he and nine supporters
- at last count - will shave their heads
to raise money for the Child Cancer
Foundation.
Supporters, who include friends and
family, have been growing their hair
for several months in preparation for
the shave on June 21 at 1.30pm at
Coromandel Area School.
One supporter, Jocelyn Strongman,
says she feels very fortunate not to
have had any of her immediate family
affected by child cancer, but during
her time of nursing and also as an
ambulance officer she had a lot to do
with such children and other cancer
sufferers.
Anyone wishing to join the group
can contact Nikki on 866 8805 or
866 8234. Donations can be made
online at www.fundraiseonline.co.nz/
LoganDavies .
Getting ready to lose their hair and raise money for Child Cancer: back row left-right Annette Stephenson, Jo Strongman, Lori
Chesnutt, Barb Excell, Savanah-Piper Rogers, Cyril Strongman;front row (left-right) Henry Parker-Worth, Jacob Phillips,
Logan Davies, Hamish Walton.
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