Issue 602 - The Mercury Bay Informer

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The
Mercury Bay
Issue 602 - 16 September 2014
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About the royal albatross
Annemieke Kregting looked
after and this coming summer
Circulation 5,750
What
Kuaotunu’s
“shipwreck”
really is see page 8.
By Alison Smith
Few people are more dedicated to
the welfare of birds than Kuaotunu’s
Annamieke Kregting.
A vet nurse with 23 years’ experience,
she is not only caring for sick and injured
wild birds free of charge, but funding
much of the expense to keep the birds
fed while they are in her care.
So when a royal albatross, the giant of
the ocean’s seabird species, was brought
in a box by a visitor to Waitaia Beach just
up the road from her home in Kuaotunu
a few days ago, there were no more
capable hands than Annamieke’s for this
majestic creature to have landed in.
The bird had a broken wing and was
given the love and best care possible
by Annamieke for three days before
being euthanized on the advice of
avian specialist vets at Auckland Zoo.
With fundraising and work by other
volunteers in Whitianga, it is hoped the
bird will be on permanent display as an
educational feature at the Mercury Bay
Museum, ensuring its death was not in
vain.
The southern royal albatross, or toroa
as they are known in Maori, is among two
New Zealand species that are the largest
of all seabirds in the world. Reaching a
wingspan of up to 3.3 metres, these birds
fly an estimated 190,000 kilometres a
year.
Annamieke’s albatross had a wingspan
of more than 3m and she believes it was
a southern albatross, which means it
breeds on the sub Antarctic Auckland and
Campbell Islands - among the world's
most important seabird sanctuaries (Continued on page 2)
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Annemieke Kregtings’s albatross and this coming summer
(Continued from page 1)
and had travelled a long way.
“It does happen from time to time,
they come from the sub-Antarctic and it
was probably injured and unable to fly
for some time. It would have ended up
on the water and the tide would have
brought him in,” she said.
Annemieke has nurtured many sick
and injured birds back to health, but after
taking the albatross to the supportive
team at Peninsula Vet Clinic in Whitianga
for help in handling the bird - which she
said had a ferocious bite - she contacted
expert avian vets at Auckland Zoo.
She was told that while it was
possible to operate on the injured wing,
the albatross would never be able to
fly again. These are birds that spend 85
percent of their life at sea and eat 1kg of
fish per day. It was recommended that the
best course of action was to euthanize.
“Bird rescue was a big part of the
job I did and you never stop learning
because every species is so different.
It’s interesting and I really hope the
display at the museum goes ahead
because I will be so stoked to see this
enormous great bird greeting you.
It will be a real asset to Mercury Bay,”
Annmieke said.
Annamieke is preparing for a busy
summer looking after injured birds as a
volunteer. She has a paid job as a relief
cook at Whitianga Continuing Care and
also works part-time at the Kuaotunu
Store, which helps pay for the costs of
fish that she buys to feed injured birds
in her care.
“The team at Peninsula Vet Clinic
has been amazing and they are always
very helpful. I refer people to them if
I’m away for any reason,” she said.
“Other people in the community are
really good at donating cages for the
birds, old towels and frozen fish, which
I need a lot of.”
And while she loves what she does
to help wildlife, she is looking ahead
toward summer with a slight feeling of
anxiety. “I might have to quit my job,”
she said. “I realise it’s going to get busier
coming into summer as the penguins
start arriving and I don’t know what to do
about this, because I am only one person
on my own.”
She said one bird can eat $10 worth of
fish every day and any donations of fresh
or frozen fish are greatly appreciated.
Residents were so helpful when she
called out via social media networks for
assistance to transport the albatross to
Auckland, however once the decision
was made to euthanize, this was no
longer needed.
Are there fishing companies that
might be able to supply fish? If anyone
would like to donate fish or other help to
Annamieke, please contact The Informer
or Annemieke directly.
DOC says one of the major threats
to albatrosses is fishing practices as
the bird looks for food by following
fishing vessels as an easy source of food.
The Department is responsible for the
care and management of New Zealand's
albatrosses and is working closely with
the fishing industry and with international
researchers to tackle the threats facing
these ocean wanderers.
DOC says fishermen do not want
to catch seabirds and in New Zealand
money collected as a levy from the
fishing industry is being used to develop
new ways of preventing them from
getting caught.
More about how to reduce the
potential harm to these endangered birds
can be found on the DOC website at
www.doc.govt.nz
The royal albatross Annemieke Kregting looked after unfortunately had to be
euthanized, but, with its wingspan of more than 3m, may be put on display in
the Mercury Bay Museum.
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Issue 602- 16 September 2014
Great turnout to listen to
Louise Nicholas
Last week Wednesday evening more than 120 people listened to Louise Nicholas,
well-known rape survivor and now survivor advocate with Rape Prevention Education
(RPE), talking in the Whitianga Town Hall about her life and her work with RPE.
Also addressing the audience were Ken Clearwater, the national spokesperson of
Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse, Dr Kim McGregor, the executive director of RPE and
Rachel Harrison, the project leader of the “Right2BSafe Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
Campaign” of CAPS Hauraki.
Ken is personally a survivor of sexual violence and spoke about how what happened
to him impacted on his life. He emphasised the importance of counselling by the right
person or group of persons. Louise and Kim also referred to the importance of sexual
violence survivors talking about their experiences.
Rachel talked about strategies to prevent sexual violence, including the need to know
more about the subject and safety plans families can implement. She invited people to
look at the CAPS Hauraki website, www.capshauraki.co.nz, and their Facebook page
for more information.
All four the speakers were appreciative of the number of people who turned out to
listen to them and made comment about the number of men in the audience.
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The Mercury Bay Big Band entertained a full house at On Fire Café last week
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8 house leaders and involved each of the school’s four houses coming up with a
winning design for a quarter of the banner. The banner was stitched together by
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Pictured with the banner are the Year 8 house leaders, from left to right Emanuel Johnston, Zeke Tiro, Holly McCleery, Luke Caddy, Kalani Nicol, Caleb Tane,
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About the Mercury Bay Youth Leadership Trust
When John Wright, Mercury Bay Area
School principal, took over the reins at
the school in 2003, he immediately made
work of correctly accounting to students
and parents for money paid for things
like school camps and music lessons.
One of the consequences of this action
was the establishment of the Mercury
Bay Youth Leadership Trust, a vehicle
giving students the opportunity to
save for things like school camps and
music lessons and also giving other,
less fortunate students the opportunity
to go on camp or develop their talents
further.
“Students or their parents can pay into
the trust,” Mr Wright said. “For every
dollar they have in the trust, students get
credits. They can draw on these credits
when they need to pay for things that
will develop them in their learning.
From around Year 6 the amount spent
on camps, for instance, start to add up.
It will be nice to know for parents and
students that the money is there when it’s
needed. The credits can really be used
for anything, including the purchase of
school uniforms and stationary.
“Parents can contribute to their
children’s credits, or students can
contribute themselves from money they
earn after school, on weekends or during
the holidays.”
Students with credits in the trust
receive dividends every year, also in
the form of credits. Dividends for the
past 12 months have just been declared
and the returns certainly beat interest
the amounts represented by the credits
would have earned in the bank.
The key objective of the trust isn’t
a forced saving scheme, however.
It’s really to enable Mercury Bay Area
School students to achieve their very
best. An example is a six-year-old
student showing a real talent in dancing.
The family didn’t have the funds for
dancing lessons, but the trust was happy
to step in and pay the $50 or so per term
that’s needed. A small amount to pay for
the satisfaction that someone is being
empowered to reach their full potential.
So far this year the trust has helped
students, in addition to dance fees,
with fees for drum lessons, ukulele and
writing workshops and camp fees.
About one tenth of the funds in the
trust are available for distribution
to deserving students. This “general
distribution fund” was built up through
initial fundraising, unallocated interest
on students’ funds and school leavers
deciding to leave their credits in the trust.
When students leave school, they have
a few options available to them regarding
unused credits in the trust. In addition to
donating it to the general distribution
fund, they can ask for the credits to be
paid out or transfer it to their siblings.
The trust has a board of trustees made
up of school staff, parents and student
representatives and its accounts are
annually audited.
According to Mr Wright, the time is
now to really turn the trust into something
significant. “The community is welcome
Mercury Bay Area School students who all have credits in the Mercury Bay Youth
Leadership Trust. Back from left to right - Cadyn Bennett, Matt Gordon and Cruz
Chittenden. Front from left to right - Charlotte McDougall, Jemma Laker,
Isabel Lunn and Sam Lunn.
to donate to the general distribution fund The Mercury Bay Youth Leadership
if they so wish and what a good way to Trust is one of those things that
help our students cover those expenses have no downside. It enables school
families to plan now for those larger
families don’t always budget for.”
Anne-Maree McDougall, one of expenses and it allows those who can
the trustees of the trust and a MBAS go the distance in some part of their
staff member whose children all have development and learning journey,
credits in the trust, found an easy way but don’t necessarily have the means to
for everyone to contribute. Just go to do so, to get there - in the best way they
www.ourschoolproject.org and take the possibly can.
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donated to the trust. Half of the money school. And next time the neighbour’s
so raised will go towards the school’s child mows your lawn, why not buy
ukulele group going to Hawaii next year them a few credits in the Mercury Bay
and half will remain in the trust as part of Youth Leadership Trust?
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Art from Nature” exhibition is her first and, if you are interested in what she has to offer,
forget about paint techniques and canvasses, rather think about succulents.
Yes, Adele uses arrangements of succulents to create wall hung pieces. “I saw a feature
about creating this form of art in a book years ago and decided to give it a go,” said Adele.
“Everyone who came to visit commented on what I was doing. One thing led to another and
here I am, my first exhibition underway.”
Adele said the feedback she’s getting on her exhibition is outstanding. “People really seem to
like what I’m doing.”
Asking Adele where she gets the succulents she work with from, she surprisingly answered,
“Just from neighbours and friends. People are really generous and I would like to thank them
for helping me out.”
Looking forward, Adele said she’ll keep on working with succulents for as long as people keep
on enjoying what she produces.
Adele’s exhibition at Mint opened on 6 September and will continue until 27 October.
Pictured with Adele (on the left) at the opening of her exhibition are her husband Lou
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There was much talk the past week in
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what may have been an old shipwreck
on the beach at Kuaotunu West. A group
of Kuaotunu residents requested local
geologist, Alastair Brickell to have a
look at the “ship ribs” to confirm that a
unique finding has indeed been made.
This is what Alastair had to say “The features on the beach near the
mouth of Pito-One Stream at Kuaotunu
West at first glance certainly do look
like regularly spaced ribs from a
boat of some sort. While everyone,
including me, would love them to be
the remains of one of the old scows that
serviced Kuaotunu in the mining days,
I suspect that they may have a more
natural origin.
“Close examination of the ridges
shows that they are composed of beach
sand with shell fragments tilted slightly
towards the coast. There is no evidence
of metallic iron, rusty or otherwise,
Geologist Alastair Brickell (on the left) with Kuaotunu locals Bruce Pilkington
(middle) and Daryl Fraser at the iron cemented sand on the Kuaotunu West beach
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broken off and the internal structure can
be seen. To me they appear to be ridges
of brown iron cemented sand, probably
formed above a set of regularly spaced
sub-parallel fractures in the bedrock
referred to as ‘joints.’ These are naturally
occurring fractures and in this case the
ridges were possibly formed by ironrich groundwater flowing underground
from the land out to the sea. Where the
water encountered cold sea water as it
percolated up through the sand on the sea
floor, the changing temperature, pressure
and salinity caused the dissolved iron to
precipitate.
“Recent storms causing minor erosion
of the beach allowed the ridges to be
exposed.
“One of the people on the beach when
I looked at the ridges was long time
resident Ian Simpson. I remember him
mentioning to me many years ago that
he had encountered warm water when
swimming in the Pito-One Stream as a
child. He confirmed this with me again
and said that at the time, 1945 - 1946,
he thought that the warm water at the
stream bed might have been due to
rotting vegetation. However, in light
of the structures we saw on the beach,
I suspect that in fact the water may
actually have been warm due to mild hot
spring activity. This would explain both
the precipitation of the iron and Ian’s
warm water. The ridges trend in a northnorthwest direction which is parallel to
the faulted contact of the 150 million
year old, this is the time of the dinosaurs,
greywacke sandstone that underlies all
of Kuaotunu to the east of the Pito-One
Stream and the much younger volcanic
rocks, only 14 million years old,
lying to the west. This major fault is a
zone of weakness and is the reason why
the stream is where it is and both the fault
and the sub-parallel joints associated
with it could well be a channel for hot
iron-rich groundwater.
“A similar thing occurs at Hot Water
Beach, where the hot water rises up
from a fault roughly perpendicular to the
beach and instead of precipitating iron
has precipitated silica, which has formed
the hard rocks you see at the beach
immediately above the hot water pools.
“So, I’m afraid I see no evidence of
the hand of man in the features on the
beach at Kuaotunu West. Just a very
good example of iron cemented beach
sand giving us an interesting window
into Kuaotunu's past.”
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Voters on the general role can vote for one of eight candidates contesting the Coromandel
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list MP), Mike Downard (Ban 1080), Grant Ertel (New Zealand First Party), David Olsen
(ACT New Zealand), Hiria Pakinga (Maori Party), Korbinian Poschl (Labour Party), Scott Simpson
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A bigger and better Leadfoot Festival in the making
On Friday to Sunday of Waitangi
Weekend next year the Leadfoot Festival
is returning to Mercury Bay.
After a year off to develop new
ideas and plans, Rod Millen and Shelly
Campbell, the hosts of the event,
are full of energy to ensure that next
year’s festival will not only be better
than the one they put on in 2013, but also
be an opportunity to showcase Mercury
Bay and the central and northern parts of
the Coromandel Peninsula to the world.
“We applied earlier this year for
a grant from Thames Coromandel
District Council’s major event fund,”
said Rod, one of most New Zealand’s
most famous motorsport competitors.
“We were delighted when they awarded
us $40,000, which will all be used
towards the marketing campaign for the
festival. More importantly, it was also
an endorsement of what Shelly and I are
trying to achieve.”
The Leadfoot Festival is a hill climb
event on a 1.6km asphalt track on
Rod’s farm, named Leadfoot Ranch,
outside Hahei. The event started in
2011 as a private gathering of friends
celebrating Rod’s 60th birthday. In 2012
the event was opened to the public,
with more than 3,500 people per day
attending the 2013 festival.
The format of the festival is
simple - 150 competitors each get six
chances over a three day period, that is
two chances per day, to race up Rod’s
track in vehicles covering many decades.
To make things more exciting, two top
ten shoot-outs will be held the last day
after conclusion of formal racing the ten fastest competitors in pre and
post 1975 vehicles will get a last
opportunity to show what they’re made
of. The winners of the two shootouts are
the overall winners.
Asking Rod and Shelly what will be
different next year, Shelly answered,
“First and foremost, we hope to
have 8,000 people through the gates
every day. We’re going to focus part
our marketing efforts on Australia.
They’re a market with relatively easy
access to New Zealand and big into
motorsport. And we’ll be promoting
the festival extensively throughout New
Zealand. It goes without saying that
we won’t only be promoting Leadfoot,
but also everything this part of the
Coromandel has to offer.
“A wider selection of good quality
food will be available than before and
we’ll have a wine and beer garden next
year. The Friday and Saturday evening
we’ll have live music, no need for people
to leave once racing for the day is done,
and there will next year be a play area for
children who come with their parents.
Maybe the biggest change of all is that
ticket prices will be half of what they
were before. A three day pass is $95,
Friday will be only $25, Saturday and
Sunday only $40 per day and children
12 years and under are free.
“We really want next year’s festival to
be an event everyone can attend. We want
people and their families to come for the
whole day, enjoy racing by some of the
world’s best motorsport competitors,
eat good food and, if they feel like it,
stay into the evening and enjoy some
really good music.”
Watching the competitors showing
their mettle on Rod’s track won’t be the
only thing festival-goers can indulge in.
Car clubs will, like in previous years,
be invited to display their members’
pride and joy and a display of brand new
cars in “Auto Alley” will be giving those
who want to make a quick purchase or
two an opportunity to view the newest
models available.
Competitors in next year’s festival
will only be named towards the end of
this year, when the international racing
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calendar has been finalised. “There
will be some big names among them,”
said Rod.
Entering Leadfoot Ranch, there’s a
sign saying, “Minimum Speed 200mph.”
There aren’t many opportunities around
where people do their absolute best
to meet the obligation imposed on
them by a sign like that. Next year the
Leadfoot Festival will be one such
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Dutch Delight turns 90
By Rowena Brown
New Zealand was actively seeking
tradesmen and Gerard was a skilled
carpenter. So, partly sponsored by the
New Zealand Government and selling
the few things they had accumulated,
Wies, Gerard and four-year-old Nel left
Holland in 1957 on a boat bound for
Wellington.
Gerard started work in Dunedin three
days after they arrived. Apart from please
and thank you, the couple didn’t have
another word of English. They lived and
worked in Brighton, on the outskirts of
Dunedin, for the next 24 years.
Their friends were mainly other Dutch
immigrants. Young Nel grew up as the
family interpreter. Wies learnt English
more easily than Gerard did, he struggled
with the language. Having a Scotsman as
a workmate didn’t advance his progress.
Life as immigrants was challenging
for the whole family. Apart from
language barriers, just being different,
from a different culture, meant feelings
of isolation and not belonging at times.
“The three of us were a team and we
forged a really close bond,” Nel said.
After Wies and Gerard retired,
they moved first to New Lynn, Auckland
and then to Titirangi, Auckland to be
closer to Nel and her family who had
moved north. The Vreeken’s life in
Titirangi was very social and Wies
enjoyed playing mahjong with her
friends, some Kiwi and some from the
Netherlands Society.
The last move was to Tairua,
again following Nel and her family.
The couple lived in Tairua for eight
years before Gerard passed away.
“My husband, Gerard was a lovely
fellow, very kind. He kicked the bucket
just after he turned eighty. But he left
knowing I was happy here in Garden
Grove. I’m not going anywhere now,
they’ll take me out in a box.”
For her special day, Wies will invite her
family and friends around her to enjoy a
cup of coffee or a drink. She may even
sing a song.
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surprise that Wies’s only child and
daughter, her “pride and joy,” Petronella
Bracegirdle, asked The Informer to share
her mum’s birthday milestone.
Born in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1924,
Tairua’s Wies Vreeken celebrates her
90th birthday on 19 September.
Belying her quiet and proper
demeanor, Wies’s accented English
is lightly seasoned with kiwi sayings,
after having lived in New Zealand for
over 50 years. Being Dutch, she is a
straight talker.
She grew up without the love of her
mother, who died from tuberculosis
leaving four young children behind.
Throughout her life, she said she always
felt “that shortcoming of not having
a mother.” Her father, itinerant in the
navy, remarried a strict Catholic woman.
Wies’s childhood was not a happy one.
But she has been lucky, she said, “very
lucky.”
Wies met her husband at a dance
hall and the connection sparked. After
three months of courting, the couple
was engaged - they were both 16 years
of age. “The Germans got Gerard.
They butted him on the back with a rifle
and took him away to the Russian front
to build trenches.”
Gerard’s family knew of their son’s
fiancé’s harsh home-life and offered her
a room in their home in Diemen on the
outskirts of Amsterdam. In war times
when others suffered hunger, she had
food, where there were no jobs, Vies had
one. Her father-in-law to-be worked in a
bakery and got Vies a cleaning job in the
baker’s family home.
“The Canadians and Americans
liberated us in 1945. Those wonderful
people brought us stockings and
chocolates and cigarettes. I had my apron
on, and I heard all the noises outside.
I ran outside and saw all the women and
girls jumping on the trucks
rumbling past. I jumped
on, it was a big party.”
Life
was
getting
back to normal after
the excitement of the
liberation had died down
and Vies remembers it was
a lovely summer’s day.
“A truck pulled up outside
the bakery and Gerard got
out, dressed in a rabbit
skin jacket. He was so
skinny. He swooped me up
into his arms and kissed
me. I was so, so happy.”
The couple married
and lived and worked
in Holland for the next
ten years. But economic
prospects were scarce in
the post-war Netherlands
and although the couple
both worked hard to get
ahead, they were unable to
make headway.
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NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Caravan coming to Whitianga
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation
(NZBCF) is marking its 20th
anniversary - the 20th anniversary
of breast cancer awareness in New
Zealand - by going on the road.
Having left on 8 September, its new,
retro-styled Pink Caravan is travelling
through small-town New Zealand, from
Kaitaia to Bluff, with specialist breastcare nurses on board.
Most of the caravan’s stops will be
in towns that don’t have easy access to
breast health services. The caravan will
be in Whitianga on 18 September outside
Stephenson’s Unichem Pharmacy.
“We want women everywhere to
know all the signs and symptoms of
breast cancer, to understand their family
and lifestyle risk factors and to know
what to do if they have any worries.
We’re inviting women, and men, to
pop into the Pink Caravan with their
questions,” said nurse Janice Wood.
The nurses will answer women’s
questions about breast cancer and will
use a new bioimpedance machine to
help women who’ve had breast cancer
monitor their risk of lymphoedema
(a painful and debilitating condition
that can occur many years after breast
cancer surgery). A breast surgeon will be
on board the caravan in several towns.
In Whitianga breast surgeon Alison
Hayes and nurse Valerie Pennick will be
on board.
The caravan will feature displays
of breast cancer symptoms that most
women won’t have seen before,
plus male and female prosthetic breasts
that will allow people to literally get a
feel for what a lump is like. Visitors to
the caravan will also be invited to sign a
petition asking the Government to extend
the upper age limit for free mammogram
screening from 69 to 74, bringing New
Zealand into line with countries like
Australia and the UK.
“It seems hard to believe now, but 20
years ago, no one talked about breast
cancer,” said NZBCF chief executive
Van Henderson. “Since then, awareness
campaigns by the NZBCF, the Ministry
of Health and others, along with
improved treatments, have reduced
mortality by more than 30 per cent.
The Pink Caravan is a chance for us to
go out and say thank you to people who
have trusted us with their donations over
the past 20 years.”
NZBCF staff have been blown away
the level of support the Pink Caravan
project has received from the community,
before the caravan has travelled its first
kilometre.
One of the key challenges was figuring
out how to move the caravan from place
to place - the NBCF calls this the Big
Tow. The problem was solved with a call
to the NZ Motor Caravan Association,
which asked its 53,000 members for
help. The result was a flood of offers,
many from people who have had breast
cancer in their families, others from
people who just wanted to support the
cause.
The Pink Caravan was purpose-built
for the NZBCF by Kevin Redshaw of
Timeless Caravans in Palmerston North,
who donated much of his time to the
cause and enlisted many of his suppliers
to do the same. Several of those involved
in building the caravan have family
members affected by breast cancer and
jumped at the chance to help get the
message out.
Air New Zealand is providing flights
to transport the nurses to the caravan’s
destinations.
The caravan will stay overnight in
Whitianga at Mercury Bay Holiday Park.
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Caravan that will be in Whitianga on 18 September.
THANK YOU
The Whitianga Scallop Festival committee and Fiona would like to take this
opportunity to thank the following people and business. Without the support of the
people below the Scallop Festival would not be possible.
Louise Bates-Prince - whom tirelessly worked alongside Fiona leading up to the festival.
Emily O’Donnell - Waikato Regional Council - who ran our cooking stage with military precision.
Our Volunteers from near and far, Trina & Dave - Auckland, Louise & Shane - Auckland, Dale - Auckland,
Jeanette & David - Whangamata, Ryan - Morrinsville, Lucinda - Paeroa, Barry - Whitianga, Amanda &
Eliza - Whitianga, Bronwyn - Whitianga, Lee - Whitianga, Anika - Whitianga, Marilyn - Whitianga,
Judy-Whitianga.
Our local business that support this event year after year.
Sponsorship - New World Whitianga, Salt Bar & Restaurant, Whitianga Waterways.
Darrell, John, Razz, Squid, Leighton - Team at Dive Zone to help with all the heavy lifting and raiding the
biscuit tin!!
100% Whitianga - who does an amazing job of putting the cooking stage together year after year.
Tom - Just Cabins supplying Event HQ.
Ian - Coastal Refrigeration.
The businesses who donate services or product to the festival - Glass Bottom Boat, Cathedral Cove
Kayaks, Mercury Bay Estate, The Warehouse, Z Service Station, The Lost Spring, Hot Water Beach
Campground, Ocean Leopard Tours, French Fig Café, Mercury Bay Estate, Cathedral Cove Macadamias.
Whitianga Timber Treatments.
Winners for 2014 - Best Dressed - The Prawn Stars, Best Stand - Cathedral Cove Macadamias - 10 years in a row,
Best Community Stand - Whitianga Coastguard, Shop Window 1st Place - Guthrie Bowron, 2nd Place - Fagans.
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Museum Musings
with Richard Gates
The 250th anniversary of Captain
James Cook's arrival at Mercury Bay
(Te Whanganui-O-Hei) on the third
of November 1769 is only five years
away. Plans to commemorate this signal
event in our local history are now
underway with the establishment of a
Whitianga based 250th Anniversary
Trust to represent Council, central
government, iwi and community interests.
This Trust is charged with ensuring
the sestercentennial is appropriately
celebrated.
Whilst giving recognition to Cook and
the magnificent achievements of his first
voyage to the Pacific in the His Majesty's
Bark Endeavour, the role of local iwi in
what was accomplished during his 12
days stay in Mercury Bay is sometimes
forgotten. Yes, it was here that Cook and
astronomer, Charles Greene observed
the transit of Mercury, establishing the
geographic position of New Zealand on
the globe. But of equal importance in
the context of our country's history since
November of 1769 was the shared Pakeha
and Maori experience of that time. The
natural tendency was for Cook, along with
botanist, Joseph Banks and other scientists
on the expedition, to judgmentally view
indigenous races through the prism of
European culture, technology and morés.
However it was during their lengthy stay
in Mercury Bay that the development of
a mutually amicable relationship with
the local iwi, Ngati Hei, was soon to
disabuse them of some of those somewhat
preconceived ideas in regard to the
indigenous inhabitants.
Cook's journals, in which he described
his experiences in Mercury Bay, reveal
his fascination, and indeed admiration, for
Maori culture and traditions, particularly
crop cultivation, fishing skills and
fortified Pa's, which in many aspects were
technically and tactically in advance of
like defensive structures in European
countries. Joseph Banks was similarly
impressed. Given what we now know
about the arrival of Maori in New Zealand,
long before the appearance of Europeans,
I'm sure Cook would have been impressed
with their navigational skills too.
But of equal historical relevance today is
during those 12 days in Mercury Bay in
November of 1769 was the development
of a mutual respect between the European
"interlopers" and local iwi.
Yes, Captain Cook's achievements are
to be celebrated in 2019, but equally so
should those of Maori. It was a shared
experience at Te Whanganui-O-Hei and
in the words of the world renowned New
Zealand historian, Dame Anne Salmond,
it was the meeting of two worlds.
A meeting which helped establish the
firm foundations of our now multicultural
nation.
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Dylan Papuni of Cooper Tyres in Whitianga has a new toy to play with, a brand new, state of the
art 3D wheel alignment machine.
“The machine is very efficient, it works with sensor pads and cameras. It’s almost four times
faster than the old machine we had. Spending less time on alignments means we can bring
our prices down. Another thing is that the machine is suitable for almost all utes and cars,
irrespective age and make. I’m really impressed,” Dylan said.
Dylan opened Cooper Tyres in Whitianga almost two years ago with the help of Rob Cooper,
franchisor of the five North Island Cooper Tyres outlets. “I was second in charge of McDonalds
in Paeroa,” he said. “It took Rob three times to convince me to open this Cooper Tyres.”
From the outset Dylan involved himself with the community, especially where it would benefit
young people. The past year he coached a Mercury Bay Boars rugby league team, supplied tyres
to Tammy Greig and Bodie Abrahamson in their speedway endeavours, entered a team in and
helped out at tag footy and sponsored training jerseys for the Mercury Bay girls rugby team.
“My partner, Natasha Golding - who’s a great help with all the back office work of the business,
and I have a 14-month-old daughter and will early next year become parents for the second
time. I want my kids and all the young people in our community to grow up in a world where
they have opportunities and where their talents can be developed. Cooper Tyres, and in a way,
I guess, this new alignment machine, is for me something that puts me in a position to help
make that happen,” Dylan said.
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finalised, the Waikato/Bay of Plenty in Hamilton, which provides free
Cancer Society announced that the total accommodation, meals and support for
amount raised from this year’s Daffodil the hundreds of people who have to
Day campaign in Whitianga came to travel to receive cancer treatment at the
$9,616.
Waikato Regional Cancer Centre each
“The Cancer Society would like year.”
to thank everyone who played a
The final, overall fundraising total for
part in making this year’s Daffodil Daffodil Day 2014 is expected within the
Day a success,” said Cancer Society coming weeks and the Society is hoping
spokesperson
Rachael
Mounsey. for an even better result than last year.
“From the volunteers who collected
“I must say a huge thank you again to
donations, the schools, clubs and local all the communities in our region that
businesses that held fundraising events, supported Daffodil Day and the Waikato/
to the general public who generously Bay of Plenty Cancer Society. With your
donated, we could not have done it help we can continue to give hope to the
without your support.
one in three New Zealanders affected by
“The success of Daffodil Day was cancer,” said Rachael.
the result of the combined effort of
The Daffodil Day campaign in Mercury
hundreds of people and the money Bay was this year, as in previous years,
raised reflects the generosity of the coordinated by the Mercury Bay Cancer
Whitianga community. It was amazing Support Group.
to see the streets awash
with fresh and fabric
daffodils.”
The Cancer Society
is
a
charitable
organisation
which
receives no direct
government funding
and relies on the
generosity
of
the
community to operate.
“All money raised
from
this
year’s
Daffodil Day appeal
stays
locally
and
goes to providing
supportive care for
people with cancer
and their whanau and
friends, funding vital
cancer research and
providing information
and health promotion
programmes
which
aim to reduce people’s
risk of cancer through
promoting smokefree,
SunSmart,
healthy
lifestyles,”
Rachael
said.
“It will also go
Mercury Bay Cancer Support Group coordinator,
towards
funding
Ann O’Loughlin during Daffodil Day this year.
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Free service available at Whitianga Social Services, 2 Cook Drive. Appointments necessary.
Phone 866 4476.
Justice of the Peace
Every Monday at Social Services, 2 Cook Drive, Whitianga, 10.00am - 12.00 noon. Phone 866 4476 for
an appointment or just pop in.
Op-Shops
At Social Services, 2 Cook Drive, Whitianga. Open Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm.
Social Services Op-Shop, Coghill Street (west of Albert Street), Whitianga. Open Tuesday to Saturday,
9:00am - 1:00pm.
The Church Op-Shop, at St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Owen Street, Whitianga.
Open Thursday to Saturday 9:00am - 12:00 noon.
St John Op-Shop, Coghill Street (east of Albert Street), Whitianga. Open Tuesday to Saturday,
10:00am - 4:00pm. Phone 869 5416. Every first Saturday of the month a special promotion.
Free Community Meals
At St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Albert Street, Whitianga. Phone St Andrews on 867 1102
or email [email protected] for more information.
Mercury Bay Community Bus
Available for transport to hospital, specialist or health related appointments outside of the Whitianga area.
Phone 866 4993 for information and bookings.
Mercury Bay Table Tennis
Every Tuesday 9:30am - 11:30am at the Whitianga Town Hall. All welcome. Phone Pat or Neville on
867 1447 for more information.
Mercury Bay Badminton
Every Wednesday 9:30am - 11:00am at the Whitianga Town Hall. All welcome. Phone Diane on
027 246 1915 for more information.
Road Cycling and Mountain Biking
Road cycling meet every Saturday at 8:00am at the Fire Station intersection, Whitianga. Phone Bryan on
022 155 8944 for more information. Mountain biking meet every Tuesday at 5:15pm and every Saturday
at 7:30am at the Fire Station intersection, Whitianga. Phone Paul Simpson on 021 605 230 for more
information.
“Whitianga Movers and Losers”
Every Wednesday 5:00pm - 6:00pm at St Peters Anglican Church, Dundas St, Whitianga. $2 donation
(to cover cost of room rent). Healthy eating, walking and weight loss group.
Whitianga Tramping Group
Tramps every second Sunday. All welcome. Phone Bev on 869 5457 or Deidre on (021) 101 2388 for
more information.
Whitianga Senior Citizens Club
Meet Mondays in the Whitianga Town Hall, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Bowls, scrabble, card games, housie etc.
Afternoon tea, 55 plus age group. Contact Pam Phillips (president) 866 5908 for more information.
Whitianga Art Group
Meet every Thursday and Friday at the Art Centre in School Road, Whitianga. New members welcome.
Phone Heather on 866 4474 or Maryanne on 866 4099 for more information.
Whitianga Toy Library
Isabella Street, Whitianga. Open every Tuesday 4:00pm - 6:30pm and every Friday 10:00am - 12:30pm.
Toys for hire.
Mercury Bay Creative Fibre Group
Spinning, weaving, dyeing, everything to do with fibre. Meet the first and third Wednesday of every month
from 10:00am - 2:00pm at the Whitianga Town Hall. Phone Betty on 867 1233 for more information.
SeniorNet Whitianga Incorporated
Classes held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at various times. We give older adults an opportunity to
demistify their computers and to learn more about new communications and information technology.
Contact Lorna Russell on 866 4215 for more information or to join.
Whitianga Camera Club
Meet the first Monday of every month at 7:00pm at Campbells Steak ‘n Ale, Campbell Street, Whitianga.
Phone Kay and Paul Evison on 866 2262 or Lia Priemus on 866 2437 for more information. All welcome.
Mercury Bay Indoor Bowling Club
Thursday evenings at 7:00pm in the Whitianga Town Hall. New members and visitors welcome. Just come
along or phone Doreen on (07) 866 5237 or Alan on (07) 866 4024 for more information.
Youth Space (Whitianga Social Services)
Corner of Bryce Street and Cook Drive, Whitianga. After school Wednesdays for ages 12-18, Thursdays
ages 16 plus, Fridays ages 12 - 18. Friday evening 19 September is “Blokes Night” for 14 -18 year olds.
Miss Ferguson tractor on display and story of the tractor to be told (including a tractor ride). Starts at
5:30pm. Phone Steffen on 866 4472 for more information.
“Beauty and the Bro”
An evening of music and comedy. Friday 19 September at 7:00pm at the Whitianga Town Hall.
Tickets $15 each at Paper Plus Whitianga. A Creative Mercury Bay initiative. For more
information contact Jan Wright from Creative Mercury Bay on telephone 027 224 1927 or email
[email protected].
Weekly Church Services
Mercury Bay Co-operating Parish
St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, 9:30am every Sunday worship service and kids friendly Bible
sessions with Rev Mary Petersen, Albert St, Whitianga.
Anglican Services
St Peter the Fisherman, 9:30am Sunday services. All are welcome, Dundas St, Whitianga.
Crossroad Encounter Fellowship
10:00am and 6:30pm Sundays, cnr Joan Gaskell Drive and Cook Drive, Whitianga.
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Weekend Mass Saturday 5:30pm and Sunday 8.30am, Monday - Friday 9:00am (except Tuesday no Mass,
Wednesday 12:00 noon). Tairua Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 9:00am, tel 866 2189.
Whitianga Baptist Church
10:00am every Sunday, children’s programme, 112 Cook Drive, Whitianga, tel 866 4027.
C3 Whitianga
10:30am every Sunday, children’s programme, 23 Coghill St,
Whitianga, email [email protected].
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Meet on Sundays 10:00am - 12:00 noon at the Whitianga Town Hall.
All welcome. Phone 021 277 2126 for more information.
Seventh Day Adventists
Home study group. Phone Laurie/Lois on 866 2808 for more
information.
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Police Report
Under Construction
with Sergeant Andrew Morrison
Monday 1 September to Monday 8 September 2014
GENERAL
The weather wasn't the best for the
Scallop Festival, however most people
seemed to enjoy themselves and have
a good day.
The crowd behaviour was excellent
and my colleagues and I enjoyed
policing the event.
Unfortunately there are still idiots
amongst us as highlighted by the ten
drunk drivers apprehended during
the Friday/Saturday of the Scallop
Festival.
These drunks continue to show no
concern for the safety of others and
got into their vehicles with recorded
breath alcohol levels of between 490 770, when the current level is 400.
They didn't see or didn't care about
alcohol checkpoints on Albert Street
and numerous Police patrol vehicles
stopping most vehicles and just
decided to drive. Thankfully they were
stopped and removed from our roads
before they hurt someone.
ARRESTS
04th - 1 x 32yr old local woman for
failing to attend court.
06th - 1 x 52yr old Auckland woman
for Refusing an Officer Request for a
Blood Sample (Drink Driving).
OCCURRENCES
One domestic incident attended last
week on the 2nd at a Cook Drive
address where a recently separated
couple continued to have ongoing
issues and they have been referred to
family court lawyers.
On the 5th we attended a complaint
of Intimidation at a Kenneth Avenue
address where a woman reported
being pressured by a door to door sales
person selling beds and she requested
assistance to tell the sales person she
wasn't welcome at the address.
Overnight between the 6th and
7th offender(s) attempted to burgle
a tavern on Campbell Street,
causing damage to a door and lock,
but not gaining entry.
TRAFFIC
One further drunk driver apprehended
on Thursday night recorded a result
of 1310/400. This level is outrageous
as most people would have trouble
moving with that much alcohol in
them and she was willing to put our
community at risk by driving.
There are various options within our
community to assist people to deal
with alcohol addiction. If you need
help please ask your doctor or come
and see us before you put anyone in
danger.
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Showery and blustery conditions
on shore the weekend before last
kept most boaties at home and gave
some the perfect excuse to join
in the fun of the Scallop Festival.
One skipper, however, was not
deterred and took his vessel and
his crew out to The Hook where he
reported that conditions were near
perfect. For their efforts they were
rewarded with a 63.44kg giant bass a new pending club record for a lady
angler and only a few kilos short of
the New Zealand record.
Another couple of our members
headed fairly wide on Monday and
were also successful, bringing in
a 12.22kg albacore caught on 4kg
line - another pending club record.
For those that are tempted, albacore
and the odd blue fin are currently in
and around the southern edge of our
fishing grounds, just east of Mayor
Island.
Others that do not want to head as far
away might still find it worthwhile to
take the trip over the hill to Kuaotunu
before getting the boat wet. I’ve had
reasonably consistent feedback of
good quality and reasonably sized
snapper on the sand out past the
reef and gurnard are hanging around
this area as well. A fish finder is an
important piece of equipment out
there as you will need to hunt them
down, but when you find them you
can expect to do well.
On the Mercury Bay side,
things have been a bit slow with the
full moon copping much of the blame.
A large number of unproductive trips
closer in and even those that headed
past The Twins and Devils Point
only just managed to get a feed. The
shore-based fishers are still doing it
tough too with no reports at all of
snapper being caught. One very large
trevally has had a few more of these
persistent anglers reaching for the
surfcaster and they’ll be hoping for a
change in fortune over the next few
weeks.
After a slow start it seems the
whitebait have made a return with
several reports from baiters catching
a couple of kilos or so, although no
really big hauls that I heard of.
Most of these people put in some
really big hours to catch these tiny fish,
but they will all tell you that it is very
worthwhile.
Tight lines,
Alan
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Whitianga residents are being warned
of pushy sales assistants who are
targeting elderly residents in particular
to buy expensive goods and other
items, including sexual enhancement
drugs, using sexually explicit and other
inappropriate sales techniques.
The Informer has been alerted to a
number of accounts where older people
have been heavily marketed to by sales
assistants. The goods include a branded
sexual enhancement drug with offers of
a “pay later” scheme.
Social agency workers say one resident
reported cancelling a contract with a
pushy salesperson, only to experience
the salesperson returning and staying
at her home for two hours after making
her sign another contract with another
deposit of $2,000.
“She had welcomed her with the
words, ‘Don’t try to sell me anything
else. I have made up my mind. I want
to cancel my order’,” said Jenny Wolf,
manager of Whitianga Social Services.
“I believe this has been a traumatic
experience for this person, who has at the
end handled the situation like a trooper.
Sadly, without support older people are
very vulnerable in these grossly abusive
situations.”
Ms Wolf said she is hearing other
reports of sales assistants using
very determined and persistent sales
manners toward older people, including
“badgering and sales talk” that some
people find difficult to refuse.
“One older person was sold a $16,000
chair and his family reversed this on his
behalf. Another person made a purchase
Peninsula Professionals
of a bed under significant pressure,
managed to reverse this - and was
promptly talked into purchasing another
costly product.
“One person [was contacted by] a
female salesperson that seemed to flaunt
her sexuality - stating something like,
‘Bet you’ve never had someone so good
looking offer to sell you something.’”
While all customers have reported
receiving an extensive written contract
with a 10 day option clause to back out,
there is concern over the hard sell that
these sales people do, particularly to
older vulnerable people.
There are reports of similar hard sells
also occurring in Waihi.
The Commerce Commission says
door-to-door and telemarketing sales
are becoming an increasingly common
way to market and sell goods and
services in New Zealand. Under new
rules that fall under the Fair Trading Act,
these types of sales are called uninvited
direct sales and the rules offer extra
protection
to
consumers
when
approached by uninvited sales people
at their home or workplace, or by
telephone.
Under the Fair Trading Act, a consumer
has a right to cancel an uninvited direct
sales agreement within five working days
of receiving a copy of the agreement.
If the consumer cancels the agreement,
the supplier must immediately repay all
money the consumer has already paid
under the agreement and arrange to
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CELEBRITY SPOONERISMS
BY TONY ORBACH AND PATRICK BLINDAUER / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
© The New York Times
ACROSS
1 Sissy who’s not a sissy
7 Benefits
13 Blade in the back?
20 Lost lady in “The Raven”
21 Refresher
22 Cleaning aid
23 Bid
24 Something given when someone has
been taken
25 Tranquil
26 Actor Michael’s means of support?
28 Comic Tina recovered from her wound?
30 Early “Project Runway” sponsor
31 No-see-ums
32 Obama caricature feature
33 Ocho ___ (Jamaican resort)
35 Blood products
37 Big name in ice cream
38 Positive signs of life in outer space?
42 Heir of martial artist Bruce?
46 Tennis champ Monica
48 Square
49 Hip-hop record mogul Gotti
50 Civil rights leader Roy
52 Annoyance for actor Colin?
55 Org. that takes donations for the
strapped?
56 Caroler’s quaff
58 2007 3x platinum Alicia Keys album
59 2012 gold-medal gymnast Raisman
60 Person whose number is up
62 Ins
65 Sag
67 Flamenco cries
68 Thunderstruck critic’s review for actor
Richard?
72 Studies: Abbr.
75 Ball-club position
77 Word in a Yale fight song
78 Popular airfare comparison site
79 Trojan’s home, for short
81 Sirs’ counterparts
84 Thriller writer DeMille
87 The Judds, e.g.
88 What actor Martin calls his athletic
footwear?
92 “His wife could ___ lean”
93 Q.&A. part: Abbr.
94 Branch of Islam
95 Dental unit
97 Urban legend about rapper Kanye?
99 “The Great White Hope” director
Martin
100 It came down in 2001
102 Out of the wind
104 Bring down, in England
105 “Me, me, me” sort
108 Cleaning aid since 1889
110 Aquatic organism
114 Musician David’s equestrian
accouterments?
117 Tart cocktail named for comic Amy?
119 Components for wireless networks
120 Philippine province with a repetitive
name
122 “Good riddance!”
123 Suspected cause of Napoleon’s death
124 Subject of a Scottish mystery,
informally
125 Not totally against
126 Aces the test
127 Some mounts
128 Oil giant based in Memphis
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1 Piece of cake
2 Kind of code
3 Rural block
4 Creative word people
5 Folies-Bergère costume designer
6 “Don’t stop!”
7 Speedy Northeast conveyance
8 Leaps
9 They go around the world
10 “___ out?”
(question to a pet)
11 Fail to keep up
12 Ian Fleming genre
13 Influenced
14 Polo grounds?
15 In accordance with
16 Partridge family member
17 Russia’s ___ Airlines
18 Teddy material
19 Kept underground, maybe
27 One way to break out
29 Casts out
32 “Eat, Pray, Love” setting
34 More slick, in a way
36 Call
39 “Praise the Lord!”
40 German city on the Baltic
41 Surprisingly agile
42 Jargon
43 “The Fog of War” director Morris
44 Ephemeral
45 San Francisco gridder
47 Time piece
48 Man, in Milan
51 Foot-long part
53 Stay out of sight
54 Set on a cellphone
57 Bandmate Barry, Maurice or Robin
61 Get-out-of-full-screen button
63 As well
64 Dr. ___ Spengler (“Ghostbusters” role)
66 ___ pro nobis
68 Some chip dip, informally
69 List abbr.
70 Elation
71 Old NBC drama
73 Heckle
74 Little bit
76 Bygone Dodge
78 Clove hitch and sheepshank
79 Boycotter of the ’84 L.A. Olympics
80 Feng ___
82 Not in pounds, say
83 ___ Paulo
85 Organic compound
86 Tempting words for shopaholics
89 Accords
90 Impeccably
91 Home to the Blues and once the
Browns: Abbr.
96 Noted hint giver
98 German ___
100 Advil competitor
101 Lake that’s the source of the
Mississippi
103 Lens cover
106 Davis of “Commander in Chief”
107 One side in a pickup basketball game
109 Department store section
111 Nut jobs
112 Verve
113 Burning desire?
114 What 105-Acrosses do
115 Days gone by
116 “Too much rest is ___”: Sir Walter
Scott
117 Sit to be shot
118 Tug-of-war need
121 Call from the sidelines
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8. Soil
10. Manual art
12. Stiffened (fabric)
14. Front of hand
16. Hounds
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20. Overstate
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24. Submissiveness
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Whitianga Property Services
Call Larry on 07 869 5998 or 021 172 0767
Dear Editor - Wilderland
In response to the Wilderland article by Stephan Bosman in The Informer of 29 July 2014,
I sincerely apologise to the public for not speaking out sooner. My only excuse is that I
have felt battered into silence by the expensive to defend, trumped-up legal actions that
these people continue to take against us.
I assure you that any quote from my father, Dan Hansen, that appear in the article
have been used without the Hansen family’s permission and that my father would be
devastated to have his good name used to promote the donations of money to people
whose legal actions to gain control of the Wilderland property caused so much stress and
hardship to his beloved wife in the last years of her life.
How these people think my father would be proud of them defies belief. The fact that
they allow alcohol and tobacco to be consumed on the Wilderland property and continue
to take trumped-up legal actions against the family shows that they either have no idea
of my father’s values or or just simply have no respect at all for him or what he set out
to create.
When the public give to a charity, they need to investigate it fully and make sure that
their money is being used for good and not to cause harm or hardship to others.
Wilderland is a public charity. The property was gifted for the public good, anyone has
the right to investigate its books and financial records and make sure their donations are
actually going to real charitable causes.
Heather Hansen (daughter of Dan and Edith Hansen)
Whitianga
Response from Wilderland Trust to Ms Hansen’s Letter
Ms Hansen’s dissatisfaction with Wilderland Trust over the years is unfortunate.
However, other members of Dan and Edith’s family and long-time neighbours and friends
have shown their gratitude and support for the trust’s ongoing work. Any member of
the public can view official information about Wilderland Trust on the government’s
charities website or contact us directly via the contacts listed on our website,
www.wilderland.org.nz
Spring is here and our vibrant volunteer crew is planting and generally preparing for
the busy summer. We look forward to seeing more of you around Mercury Bay over the
coming market season.
Russel Mooyman
Chairperson Wilderland Trust
Dear Editor - Whitianga Continuing Care
As a paying resident of Whitianga Continuing Care, one wonders at the mentality of
people who invest their money “to make money” in what could be ill or dying neighbours
or friends. I don’t consider this as being ethical.
I am comfortable and well-looked after and my family is happy with my care.
The staff at Whitianga Continuing Care are very hardworking, interested in their work
and and very ready to be friendly with the residents and their families.
So, “If it isn’t broken, why fix it?” Never forget, you yourself may well be very glad for
“continuing care” one day.
L Griffiths
Whitianga
Coas tal
Sig
ns
Whitianga
19 Campbell St
VEHICLE & BOAT GRAPHICS
T-SHIRT PRINTS
BANNERS
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BUSINESS CARDS & MORE
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Residential Commercial Industrial
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Special
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All completed work in
September will receive a
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Upholstery Cleaning
Stain Removal
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Lunch 11 - 2
Dinner 5 onwards
Available Tues & Thurs
*(Lamb, Beef and Prawn Extra)
“Trash 2 Flash” at MBAS
Products & Services
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We Will Service & Repair Any Make & Model
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Every two years the Year 7 and 8 students at Mercury Bay Area School get an
opportunity to take “trash” and turn it into “flash.” The students have all been working
hard on their “recycled creations” the past few weeks. The highlight was a fashion
parade in a packed MBAS hall last Wednesday, where the students showed off what
they have achieved.
Pictured are some of the the Year 7’s of Room 18 before they wowed the audience
with their creations. At the back on the left and slightly camouflaged is Cameron
Burrows, the class teacher, keeping an eye on things.
07 866 4134
Vehicles sold in conjunction with Bay Subaru
Pre purchase home inspections
SeniorNet Update
with Mavis Hicks
One piece of really good news is that
if you are unfortunate to have a stay
in Waikato Hospital, there is FREE
unlimited Wifi. It’s too slow for watching
movies, but good for everything else and
there seems to be no restrictions. It is
available to patients and visitors and OK
on all devices. Each time I logged on,
the page came up automatically to allow
you to access the internet. Just click on
the page for free Wifi and it brings up a
next page to AGREE to terms. Remember
to take your library registration number,
then you can download books.
Thames Hospital does not have the
free Wifi, but if you have your laptop/
tablet with you, friends can access books
for you at the Thames Library. The signal
was available in the carpark when I tried
it. Again take your library registration
number with you.
The latest
iPhone 6 Plus will
be available from 19 September I
understand. By the time you read this
it will have been unveiled. Check out
Apple.com. It’s bigger than the previous
iPhone with a 5.5 inch screen and a new
horizontal screen.
I had the chance to try the new Windows
Surface PRO 3 Tablet. According to
Microsoft it is a laptop. It’s certainly
interesting. It has most of the features
of a laptop. Its thinner and lighter than
the earlier model with one USB port,
about 800gms. The cover folds down
and is the keyboard and the back folds
into a stand. It runs Windows 8.1 and all
Windows programmes. Search YouTube
for videos about it.
The Apple iWatch has also been
unveiled. Not elegant enough to wear
with a ball gown, but it certainly has a
space age look. It’s orientated towards
the fitness community. Check out iWatch
on Google. It will be available next year.
Lots to think about especially with
Christmas (presents?) not too far
away.
PAUL KINGTON
Over 25 years experience
in the building trade
NZ
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furniture movers
• 7 Day Service
• Weekly runs to
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Phone Josh
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027
256 6009
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Peninsula Home Kills
SERVING THE WHOLE PENINSULA - 2011
Processing beef, sheep,
pigs & all game
Top quality sausages,
bacon, ham & salami
Special
beast
$50 kill fee per
kend!
until Labour wee
Phone Nick Burcombe
866 3970 or 021 2125 260
21 Rangihau Road, Coroglen
H O U S E WA S H I N G
Call Drew for a free quote
The Expert with the time tested and guaranteed method of removing
mould, lichen, moss and stains. In fact any exterior surface that needs a
clean, Drew can deal to with a harmless but totally effective wash. And
remember a pre-paint wash will extend the life of your paint job and
make painting easier.
Buildings. Boats. Fences. Wood. Concrete. Metal.
Call Drew Edwards - The Chemwash Man
Mobile: 0274 375 578 a/h 07 867 8493
THE BED SPECIALISTS
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Classifieds & Public Notices
PUBLIC NOTICES
WHITIANGA TOY LIBRARY
Wishes to thank and acknowledge ST ANDREWS CHURCH OP SHOP
NEW WORLD WHITIANGA
MERCURY BAY CLUB
WHITIANGA HIRE LTD
BLACKBULL LIQUOR WHITIANGA
For their support for our sausage sizzle fundraising.
We are very grateful to the Whitianga community for their support
and also all our volunteers.
Whatyathoughtabout...
By Rob Ball
“Should Lyon Park in Whitianga be used as a temporary parking facility?”
Thank you very much to everyone who took part in our latest online poll. There are clearly some
very strong feelings around this question. So much so that someone felt it was necessary to
interfere with our poll system. The result was that we unfortunately had to reset the poll and
tighten up on the rules of our online polls.
At the close of the online poll (after it was reset and with more than 120 people having voted),
96 per cent of voters decided NO, Lyon Park should not be used as a temporary boat-parking
parking facility and four per cent said YES it should.
In 1939, Mr Thomas Lyon gifted the land that is now Lyon Park to the people of Mercury Bay
in memory of his daughter "Belle" and as part of the New Zealand centennial celebrations.
The deed of gift was signed in 1940 and after the war, the community set about turning the
rough scrub land into a sports field. In recent times, Thames Coromandel District Council
(TCDC) has discussed the possibility of using Lyon Park, “As temporary trailer boat parking
over peak periods as demand for marine facility infrastructure grows.”
Here’s an interesting thought raised by one of you “I am sure a referendum would strongly show TCDC that they are wrong to think they can do
this. Mr Leach and TCDC, or more importantly our own Community Board, surely realise this so stand up for us, the people you represent.”
So, should we hold community referendums so Council will know the will of the people on
certain important local issues?
Our online poll running on The Informer website (www.theinformer.co.nz) now is,
"Should the Coromandel be widely opened up for freedom camping?" See my Whaddayathink
on the opposite page.
News from the i-Site
with Cara Jordan - manager of the Whitianga i-Site
ors.
scooters
AGM
To be held at the
Mercury Bay Club
Sports Bar
Cook Drive Whitianga
21st September, 11am.
Open to “financial members only.”
Linda Fraser
Secretary
WHITIANGA GALBRAITH
SCOTTISH COUNTRY
DANCE CLUB
Annual General Meeting
Will be held on
29 September 2014
at 6pm in the Supper Room,
Whitianga Town Hall
WHITIANGA TOY LIBRARY
Isabella Street (off Coghill St)
Open every Tuesday from
4pm - 6:30pm and
every Friday from 10am - 12.30pm.
New members welcome.
~Toys for Hire~
COROGLEN HALL SOCIETY INC
THANK YOU
The Coroglen Hall Committee wishes to THANK all contractors and
suppliers whom helped in the completion of the new ablution wing.
Bill and the team of Cooks Beach Building Contractors Limited.
Andrew of Blackwood Design.
Whitianga Plumbing & Drainage Limited.
JL Connolly Whitianga Limited.
Steve Moore Electrical.
Steel & Tube Roofing.
Thomassen Roofing.
Fagans Flooring & Tile Warehouse.
Mercury Bay Civil Design Limited.
National Consultants (Fire Inspectors) Wellington.
Dave of Oceanhouse Plans.
Johnny of Monrad Excavation.
Worthy Windows and Doors.
All the team at Carters Whitianga.
You guys are awesome. Many thanks.
Hall open for public viewing Saturday 20 September 2-5pm.
Come along and have a cuppa.
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Spring is in the air, the daffodils are
blooming and The Coromandel has been
washing us with traditional spring weather
of sun and showers. On the bright side,
spring makes the landscape feel fresh and
green, but it also poses a challenge for
visitors. The i-SITE team is commonly
asked to predict the weather (at which we
have to smile and look out the window)
and are even more commonly asked,
“What can we do in wet weather?”
Personally I grimace when I see the rain,
but I’ve decided to change my worldview
and it’s due to six lovely ladies who
visited the i-SITE and The Coromandel
two weeks ago. They were here for three
nights, congratulations to the person who
convinced them that they need at least
three nights to experience our beautiful
part of the country. And they were game
to try anything, no matter the weather or
time of day. They took one of our scenic
cruises in rough seas and had a fantastic
time seeing seals and penguins, they hired
a shuttle and looped across to Coromandel
town, taking in Driving Creek Railway,
and back across the 309 Road, they visited
The Lost Spring and I was confidentially
told they shopped in every shop along the
main street. And it rained for their entire
visit. Finally they came back to the i-SITE
to tell us what a fabulous time they had
spent on The Coromandel and that they
would be sure to tell their friends. This is
just the kind of feedback we love to hear.
So next time the storm clouds gather, take
on the weather challenge and have fun
anyway.
Several events are coming up next
month. The Waihi Goldfest has a range of
activities happening from 27 September
to 30 October. So, if you haven’t been
out of town for a while, choose an event
from digging for gold through to the
Art Waikino exhibition and take a day
trip. Brits at the Beach, in Whangamata,
is also back from 2 to 5 October with
a celebration of all things British.
More information is in the events calendar
at www.thecoromandel.com.
PUBLIC NOTICES
BIRDWOOD SPRINGS MINI PUTT WHITIANGA
½ Price Mini Golf from 26-8-14 to 21-9-14.
Fun for ALL the family.
ANIMAL REHOMING FUND
Raewyn, 6 months old female,
long-haired cat. Found on a farm
at the start of the 309 Road
(Whitianga side).
Is this your cat?
Please phone Peninsula Vets
on (07) 866 5314.
ANIMAL REHOMING FUND
Whiskey, 4 year old neutered male.
Looking for a nice quiet home with no
children or dogs or other cats.
Very affectionate once he
gains your trust.
If you are interested,
please phone Peninsula Vets
on (07) 866 5314.
Handing over of the Youth Space
cheque
Last month’s charity concerts for
the Whitianga Youth Space raised
$7,780. David Hall, organiser of
the concerts, didn’t have to look
far for an appropriate opportunity
to hand a cheque for the amount
raised over to Jenny Wolf,
the manager of Whitianga Social
Services. Both he and Jenny
were involved in the Mercury Bay
Lionesses’ annual quiz nights
that concluded on Wednesday
last week. Traditionally the last
quiz night is a dress-up affair
and this year was no different.
Hence Jenny looking like a
distant relative of Captain
Hook and David resembling…
who knows, a distant relative of
Elton John maybe?
Whaddayathink...
By Rob Ball
In December 2013, The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZCMA) applied to
the High Court to overturn the Thames Coromandel District Council (TCDC) Freedom
Camping bylaw. NZMCA said it was illegal - imposed unlawful fines and was a breach
of freedom under the Bill of Rights Act as it amounted to a near blanket ban on freedom
camping.
Justice Cooper’s recent judgment decided the bylaw is legal. However, TCDC will
no longer be able to use their Public Places and Parking bylaws to enforce freedom
camping fines. He also ruled TCDC should have consulted with the public on where
freedom campers can and can’t go.
TCDC said, “We are grateful for the tourism dollar, but we also want to protect what is
unique and special about the Coromandel environment, along with the health and safety
of everyone using our parks and reserves.”
NZMCA said, “The Court’s approach in recognising the interests of both NZMCA and the
Council makes the outcome a sustainable one and we hope that all parties can continue
to work together constructively towards achieving freedom camping bylaws that
appropriately balance the needs of freedom campers, the Council and the community.”
So, should the Coromandel be widely opened up for freedom camping? Whaddayathink?
Have your say and vote in our online poll at www.theinformer.co.nz.
SITUATIONS VACANT
Smitty’s Sports Bar & grill is looking for an experienced grill chef/cook.
Full time position. Must love cooking and be able to work unsupervised.
Phone 866 4647 or drop in a CV.
MERCURY BAY PONY CLUB
Do you love to work with horses and
kids?
MBPC is looking for instructors for the
2014/2015 season.
Must be available to work every second
Saturday.
Instructors are remunereated.
MBPC is an awesome place
with great people and ponies.
Come join the fun.
For more info please phone
Vanessa
on
866
5745
or
027 318 4125.
RELIABLE BARPERSON
REQUIRED
Experience preferred/
Licence an advantage.
Ph 021 057 7976 to apply.
GROUND BASED
LOGGING CREW
All rounder must have modules
for loader, falling skidwork.
Working in Whitianga area
Phone Harvey 021 102 1081.
MASSAGE THERAPIST &
NATUROPATH
Wanted for wellbeing centre in Whitianga.
If interested please send CV to [email protected].
WORK WANTED
FARRIER
WANTED TO RENT
SHED/WORKSHOP, for small
relocating cabinet making
business. Minimum 50m² to
150m². Single phase power only
required. Location anywhere
between Whitianga and
Coromandel Town. Please phone
Dave 021 174 0721 or email
[email protected].
Ph Colin 027 505 2155
HOUSE WASHING
Detergent Soft Wash, Roof Clean/
Treatment, Window Cleaning.
Phone Russell Short on 866
2097 or 0273 602 937.
NEED A PAINTER?
Quality work for a fair price.
Ring Thomas.
Phone 07 866 3852
Working Whangapoua
to Hahei
Horse Shoeing & Trims
Minis & Donkeys
Quick Prompt Service
WORK WANTED
Whitianga
Plastering & Painting
Interior & Exterior
• Licensed • Experienced
• Professional • Qualified
KITCHEN MANAGER
Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club has a vacancy for a Kitchen Manager
working in our bistro. The role currently comprises between 20 and 30
hours per week, but this will increase during the Christmas period and
tournament season.
Some of the duties include - cooking, food preparation, ordering product,
working out the roster and completing the food safety compliance
paperwork. Important attributes include reliability, honesty and the
successful applicant will also need to be flexible with hours and days of
work.
For further information, or to be considered for the role, please apply in
writing or in person to Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club, 12 The Esplanade,
P O Box 150, Whitianga, Attention - Alan Proctor.
Ph Adam 022 018 0856
Tricky Trees
•
•
•
•
Pruning
Felling
Stump grinding
Firewood
Call Chris
•
•
•
•
Hedge maintenance
Crown reductions
Difficult removals
Chip waste to mulch
021 240 9909
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FOR SALE
COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERT
THE CHURCH OP SHOP
Owen Street, Whitianga
Special summer selection of quality clothing
Where: St Andrews Church lounge
When:
Wednesday 1st October
Thursday 2nd October
Friday 3rd October
Saturday 4th October
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Value for money
Clothes will be replenished daily
COUNTRY MUSIC CONCERT
Sunday 21 September, 2:00pm at the Mercury Bay Club.
Phone Ray Hewlett on 866 2822 for more information.
HEALTH SERVICES
Hahei Bowen Therapy Clinic
More info on our website
•
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Injury release
Back/neck pain
Chronic conditions
Strains and sprains
•
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•
Contact C.A.R.E Technique
Safe Gentle Effective
Massage
Whole Body Approach
Treatments Cost $70 and take about an hour
114 Pa Road, Hahei – www.zakrymill.com
0272 604 871 – 07 866 3365
TO LET
HOME BREW SUPPLIES
Full range available.
Mercury Bay Pharmacy
FOR SALE
Ti-Tree $120 per load
Phone 866 3026
CHICKENS FOR SALE
18 month. Now on 2nd lay.
Brown Shaver. $30.
Can deliver. Phone 027 523 5789.
CATTERY
KRISTIN’S
BOARDING CATTERY
Vet nurse, warm, clean,
secure, outdoor run.
Phone 866 4724.
SPLIT DRY FIREWOOD
$70m³ delivered
Phone/text Jeff on
021 480 481
MACROCARPA TIMBER SLABS,
for table tops plus, 6x2 - 8x4 beams
5m lengths. Ph: 07 866 3434
MONSTER
WINTER CLOTHING
SALE
Whitianga Social Services
Op-Shops
All men’s, ladies’ & children’s
winter clothing, $1 per item.
Coghill St opp Coghill Café
(Tues-Sat) and
2 Cook Drive (Mon-Fri).
COMMERCIAL WOOD SPLITTER
$120 per day. Phone 866 3026.
GARAGE SALE
SAT 20 SEPT, 224 Cook Drive,
Whitianga, 8am
HELP, HELP, HELP
Permanent rentals urgently required NOW
Tenants: Rental list changing constantly,
Holiday rentals available. Call into office at
7 The Esplanade, by the wharf or phone
Geraldine Welford 866 0098 or 021 672 748
[email protected]
Licensed under the REAA2008
Call Krissie Brand
Licensed Property Manager with 13 years local experience
CHURCH SERVICE
ANGLICAN
SERVICES
St. Peter the Fisherman
Dundas Street, Whitianga
Sunday Service: 9:30am
ALL WELCOME
Enquiries Ph 869 557
www.anglicanchurchwhitianga.co.nz
07 866 5824 or 027 273 4420
Licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 Understanding the Coromandel Since 1960
Long term & holiday. Free rental appraisals.
Landlords & Tenants, for all your rental requirements.
WANTED !
FOR HIRE
HUGE BOUNCY CASTLE,
from $130. Ph: 866 0038,
www.combatzone.co.nz
SMALL OFFICE, Whitianga, upstairs, low rent. Ph: 021 255 2821
2 BDRM HOUSE, long term rental South Highway, Whitianga, large gge
and gdn with veggie gdn, $250 per week (lawns not incl). Full refs, bond
and credit check required. Ph: 021 131 8525
STORAGE SHEDS available, various sizes, reasonable rates. Dry and
secure. Ph: 07 866 5147
STORAGE SHEDS Whitianga Total Storage opposite Carters.
Ph: 0800 944 660
Quality homes
for quality tenants.
URGENT! HOMES WANTED!
Long term & short term needed NOW!
Good tenants waiting for good homes.
Ask for an appraisal on your property.
Phone Beth on 021 153 8593.
BETH EVANS
A.R.EI.N.Z Property Manager
MUSIC LESSONS
VEHICLES FOR SALE
GUITAR LESSONS MADE EASY
Uncomplicated, minimal theory.
Rock & Roll, Blues & Country.
The basics to get you going.
Phone Lance on 07 8667754 or
027 256 6229
WANTED
HOUSE FOR
REMOVAL
WANTED
Please phone
(021) 027 45654
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WANTED
DEAD CARS, Free removal,
05 Toyota Corolla SW, towbar $7,900 98 Kea Equipment Trailer $1,950
peninsula wide, cash paid.
97 Toyota Corolla GLXi HB $4,900
04 Daihatsu Sirion HB $6,900
Ph: 0800 CAR DUMP
LOCKWOOD STYLE HOUSE, or
00 Toyota Hilux S/C F/Deck $10,900 94 Toyota Rav 3 dr $5,900
similar for removal. Please phone
94 Toyota Caldina S/W $1,950
00 Toyota Estima 8 seater $6,800
Steve, private buyer, on
0274 933 620 if you are considering
19 Campbell Street, Whitianga www.coastalautos.co.nz
removing your existing home.
Sport Results (our thanks to the coaches, managers and administrators who provide us with the results)
MERCURY BAY BOARS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB
Prize Giving - Sunday 14 September
Well, the trainings have stopped, the boots are
hung up and the awards handed out. This has been
another successful season for the Mercury Bay
Boars Rugby League Club with great numbers and
great support from families and the community.
All teams have had a fantastic season. The MiniMods with many first year players and returning
players improved every week, our Under 13’s are
the Hauraki Junior Rugby League Runners-Up and
our Under 15’s had a great season playing some
very big coastline teams. This team also travelled
many miles for trainings and games. Well done to
you all.
The Mercury Bay Boars Committee would like
to take this opportunity to thank all our sponsors,
supporters, parents, coaches, managers, referees
and players, for without you all we would have no
club. We hope to see you all again in 2015 for a
bigger and better season.
Award recipients
Under 7’s - Player of the Year - Eruwera
Grey, Most Improved - Linkin Aislabie, Team
Personality - Nico Sosich.
Under 9’s - Player of the Year - Caio Fordham,
Most Improved - Hayden Bosson, Team
Personality - Mark Johnston.
Under 11’s - Player of the Year - Troy
Revell, Most Improved - Isla Aislabie, Team
Personality - Jackson Thompson.
Under 13’s - Player of the year - Taine
Mason, Most Improved - Lyric Maki, Team
Personality - Lochie Kettlewell, Best Back Corban Mason, Best Forward - Kieren McLean.
Under 15’s - Player of the Year - Liam
Parry, Most Improved - William Save, Team
Personality - Christian Fletcher, Best Back - Dane
Mathew - Best Forward - Shaquille French.
Club Awards - Club Player of the Year - Liam
Parry, Club Most Improved - William Save,
Club Personality - Donna Brear, International
Rookie - Jordan Martin-Free, Mod Rookie - Flynn
Wells, Mini Rookie - Ryan Verner, Club Captain
Trophy - Vorn Enam, Donna Cressey Memorial
Trophy for Outstanding Achievement - Liam Parry.
PURANGI GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
9-Hole Stableford Competition - Thursday 11
September
Results - 1 Barry Scott 23 points, 2 Jim Medd 22
points, 3 Buck Prendergast 18 points.
Hahei Store Trophy Round One Stableford
Competition - Saturday 13 September
Results - 1 Al Sims 43 points, 2 equal Jim Medd 39
points and Bob Walker 39 points.
Net Eagles and Two’s - Warwick Steel.
TAIRUA COUNTRY CLUB
Ladies Golf - Tuesday 9 September
Ladies 9-Hole Tee to Green Competition Results Shirley Fellows 41, Jill Shanley 42, c/b Mike Trott
42, Joyce Birdsall 43, Ruth Hope 45, c/b Diane
Bruce 45.
Ladies 18-Hole First Round Club Championships
and Bisque Bogey Scramble Results - Marilyn
McCabe def Val Bradley, Lisa Radford def Viv
Eliot, Tina Larsen def Jenny Goodman, Diana
Avery def Robyn Hunter.
Bisque Bogey - Jan Collier +9.
MERCURY BAY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Ladies Golf - Wednesday 10 September
Results First Division - Raewyn Hill 70,
Sue Donovan 74, Robyn Evans 74.
Results Second Division - Glenys Ebsworth,
Maree Denney, Maria Duxfield.
LGU WINNER Raewyn Hill, Nearest the Pin on
4 - Chris Watson, Nearest the Pin on 18 - Bridgit
MacKereth, Longest Putt on 9 - Carol Wyborn,
Two's - S Donovan, R Hill, D Holmes.
Men’s Scramble - Wednesday 10 September
Results - 1 Jack Coldicutt 40pts, 2 Lee Hall
38pts, 3 Ian Hill 37pts, 4 Lindsay Muller 36pts,
5 Ken George 35pts, 6 Derryck Tomalin 35 pts,
7 Bob Haase 35 pts, 8 Pat Doak 34 pts, 9 Jonny
Stieller 34 pts, 10 Wayne Malcolm 34 pts.
Two’s - Ian Hill.
Ladies 9-Hole Golf - Thursday 11 September
A stableford competition was played in showery
conditions and the winners on the day were First Division - 1 Ann Kerkhof, 2 Adele Conway.
Second Division - 1 Sandra Bushell, 2 Pat Skinner.
There were five pars scored.
Men’s Golf - Saturday 13 September
Stroke Play Finals
Results Division One - 1 Jonathan Stieller 288 pts,
2 Bob Haase 306 pts, 3 Andrew Fleming 322 pts,
4 Kelly Barson 342 pts.
Results Division Two - 1 Lee Hall 348 pts,
2 Steve Tull 356 pts, 3 Alan Henderson 373 pts,
4 Ken George 374 pts.
Results Division Three - 1 Keith Denney 364 pts,
2 Wayne Cosgrave 369 pts, 3 Rod Stewart 389 pts,
4 Paul Lupton 402 pts.
Results - Division Four - 1 Ray Burgess 408 pts.
Scramble - Net Medal
Results - 1 Bob Haase 68, 2 Keith Denney 68,
3 Steve Tull 69, 4 Ray Burgess 70, 5 Jonathan
Stieller 70, 6 Roger Booth 71.
Two’s - Rod Stewart and Ken George, Nearest
the Pin (0-18) - Andrew Fleming, Longest Drive
(0-18) - Roger Booth, (19-36) - Paul Lupton.
MERCURY BAY NETBALL
Wednesday 10 September
Collegiate - Misfits 38 v Titans 36, Madcows 53 v
Bay Kruizers 25.
Saturday 13 September
Years 4-6 - Tinanium 10 v Hurricanes 4, Blue
Ferns 10 v MB Marlins 2, Smurfettes 20 v Feisty
Ferns 14.
Years 7-8 - Aztecs 48 v Dynamix 26, Rebelz 23 v
M&M's 21.
MERCURY BAY BOWLING CLUB
MBBSPI Opening Day - Saturday 6 September
Although the Scallop Festival was on the same
day and the weather not too inviting, a field of
26 players enjoyed a fun and lively tournament,
combined with good bowling resulting in a very
tight finish to find the winners.
Three teams finished with the same points score,
but two of the teams had one more end, resulting in
a tie for first place.
The team of Malcolm Burgess, Ross Wood,
John Hogarty and the team of Lee McDonald,
Gwyn Howells and Gail Knight came out top on
the day.
COOKS BEACH INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Eight members competed in our Junior Singles
Championship.
Coral Strong, Roy McAuley and Frank Caulton
qualified. Coral drew the bye while Frank beat Roy
in the semifinals.
Congratulations to Frank who beat Coral in the
final.
Simultaneously eight players competed for the
weekly competition.
Winners - Trevor Knight and Alan Gregory.
Runners-Up - Tom Riddle and Roy MacDonald.
MERCURY BAY INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Thursday 11 September
Championship Drawn Triples FROST PLATE Six teams competed playing four games of nine
ends.
Winners - Ruby Crowcroft, Pat Fisher, Alan
Henderson.
Runners-Up - John Taberner, Merle Ward, Allan
Gardiner.
TAIRUA INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Monday 8 September
Monday night saw our keen bowlers out to enjoy
bowls. Congratulations to Carol Thompson,
Ray Bruce and Beryl Burrows. Runners-Up Joan Smith, Dianna Avery and Peter Carverhill.
Our good sports - Ken Lowe, Shirley Pedersen,
Fay Dickson and Barry Spinley.
Saturday 27 September members from the
Morrinsville Club will be visiting. Lunch will be
provided, but it would be appreciated if members
could bring a plate for the afternoon tea.
Monday 29 September is our official closing
night, always a fun night full of surprises. Again a
plate please for supper following the bowls.
HAHEI BRIDGE CLUB
President’s Pairs - Tuesday 9 September
North/South - 1 Annette Cummings and Bob
Schibli 58.04, 2 Lynne Mitchell and Jean Myles
53.27, 3 Alva Gibson and Anne Knowles 52.68.
East/West - Faye Smith and Heather Crosbie
63.39, 2 Bev Dickie and Peter France 56.85,
3 Laura Scaglia and Maritza Kocsis 53.87.
MERCURY BAY CONTRACT BRIDGE CLUB
North/South - 1 Giorgio Allemano and Anne
Knowles 58.57, 2 Norma Loomes and Alison
Tichbon 54.29, 3 Val Thomson and Sue Gill 50.48.
East/West - 1 Heather Crosbie and Augusta
Canegallo 62.22, 2 Elizabeth Reid and Bob Schibli
54.44, 3 Myra Hoogwerf and Vivienne Leigh
51.11.
PAUANUI CLUB SNOOKER
Due to the renovations being carried out, the 12th
round of Sunday Snooker is cancelled and with
Daylight Saving only two weeks away, it has been
decided to wind up the season. Sunday Snooker
will resume shortly after the end of Daylight
Saving in 2015.
Consolidated results for the 2014 season are as
follows Number of wins - Brian Parker 4, Bob Stokes
3, Bill Singer 2, Kell Blakenborough 1, Kerry
Stackpole 1, Gordon Bennett 1, John Curtis 1.
Number of Highest Breaks - Bob Stokes 4, Gordon
Bennett 2, Bill Singer 1, Kerry Stackpole 1.
Senior Girls Football team on
verge of big things
The Mercury Bay Senior Girls Football team (pictured earlier in the season) is on the verge
of two significant achievements. After a 13-0 win against Paeroa College last Saturday,
they’re one game away from winning the third division of the Waikato Secondary Schools
Girls Football competition. They will also this Saturday (20 September) play in the final of
the Waikato Secondary Schools Girls Football Knock-Out Competition in Hamilton. Of 36
teams only Mercury Bay and Hamilton Girls High School remain standing. “It’s doable,”
said the team’s coach, Carl Gubb. “We beat the team who won the second division of the
main competition in the semi-finals of the Knock-Out Competition. We’re certainly going to
Hamilton to win.”
Carl is pleased with the team’s performance against Paeroa on Saturday. “We needed a high
goal count to move to first on the ladder on goal differential. It’s the team’s first season in
the Waikato competition and I’m real proud of them.”
The goal scorers against Paeroa were Leah Gubb (7), Tayla Martin-Free (4) and Tia Ngarimu
and Eliza Shelvey (one each). Shellz Player of the Day was Tayla Martin-Free and Subway
Player of the Day was Lisa Steinbrenner.
The team members always remain thankful towards their sponsors - Mercury Bay Pharmacy,
Coromandel Outdoor Language Centre, Campbells Steak ‘n Ale and Peninsula Tyres.
Ph 866 2499
21 Campbell St, Whitianga
[email protected]
Chris 0274 761 828 or Fiona 021 299 5506
WHITIANGA
Scallop Festival.
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