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100% Local Owned & Produced Post • THE • www.thepost.nz | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 20 Vol 27 No. 24 22 200 Copies Most Improved Newspaper of the Year • Runner-up Best Front Page + Community Involvement NZCNA 2015 Rain doesn’t dampen enthusiasm as local youngsters take to our sporting fields OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR A LIMITED TIME Life is for learning Learning is for life If you’re passionate about your child’s education, then join us WAIUKU PRIMARY SCHOOL With a strong heritage coupled with fresh thinking, your child will thrive. Enjoy the many benefits that only Waiuku Primary School can provide: Contact us today to request your enrolment pack. Email: [email protected] or Phone: 235-8453 • Small junior class sizes enabling focused attention for your child as they transition into school life • Reward for attitude, effort and achievement • Lead school for Gifted and Talented Program • After school care available on site • Excellent sporting opportunities • On site swimming pool and expansive grounds A comment by Auckland Councillor Bill Cashmore at a meeting in Waiuku on Friday afternoon has led to the news that Awhitu is in line for a new fire appliance, one of the first in Auckland for the upgrade. Bill Cashmore commented at the regular monthly update meeting in the Waiuku Com- munity Centre that he had been told about a new en- gine for Waiuku, but it turns out the plans, in a three-year capital expenditure budget, relate to a progressive re- placement of appliances at rural fire forces within the Auckland supercity. Auckland’s Principal Rural Fire Officer, Bryan Cartelle, told the Post this afternoon that the plans currently are based across three years, but are also dependent on grants assistance from a national level. However, priority sta- tions are Awhitu and Shelly Beach, as both are on penin- sulas and can only get sup- port from one direction. The plan for Awhitu at this stage is for a brand new ap- pliance to replace one of its current units. All going well, he anticipates the new appli- ance will be at Awhitu within 18 months. Bryan says the objective is to upgrade across Auckland area in a staged process, re- ducing the overall age of the fleet and build more capabil- ity into the force. He adds that he is currently working with the Awhitu Rural Fire Force on other options for the vol- unteer firefighters. The Auckland Rural Fire Authority operates thirteen rural fire stations staffed by volunteer crews, both male and female, recruited from the local community, includ- ing Orere Point, Hunua, and Awhitu. Waiuku’s Dean Law- rence, Coastguard New Zealand (CNZ) Presi- dent has been elected to the International Marine Rescue Federa- tion (IMRF) Board, fol- lowing the 2015 World Maritime Rescue Con- gress in Bremerhaven, Germany. IMRF is the global body for maritime search and rescue, an organisation focused on assisting developing countries establish ef- fective rescue services. The IMRF comprises of 68 Maritime Rescue organisations from 50 countries around the world. Dean Lawrence has been involved with Coastguard for over 25 years and is currently President of Coast- guard New Zealand. He has held positions such as Coastguard Northern Region Com- munication Chairman, Principle Coordinator, Operations Manager and CEO, President of Auckland Volunteer Coastguard and Com- mittee member of Coastguard Waiuku. There was a further honour for New Zea- land at the German Congress as long-time Coastguard stalwart Brooke Archbold was made an Honorary Life Member of the Federa- tion. “Brooke and Dean have made a huge con- tribution to Coastguard and Search and Res- cue services nationally and internationally. Their motivation and encouragement is in- fectious and together they have motivated many others to become Coastguard volunteers – helping provide a world class marine search and rescue service to kiwis,“ said Patrick Holmes, CEO Coast- guard New Zealand. “Life membership to an or- ganisation is testament to the valuable and dedicated ser- vice an individual provides. Brooke Archbold is the epito- my of that. Dean has selflessly contributed over 25 years to Coastguard and their dedica- tion and unwavering commit- ment to raising the standard, skills professionalism in the search and rescue sector is un- paralleled.“ said Holmes. In his closing remarks at the end of the Congress the retir- ing IMRF Chairman, Michael Vlasto, thanked Brooke Arch- bold for his many years of ded- icated service to maritime SAR around the world. Brooke Achbold was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2014 New Year Honours List for services to Coastguard and was awarded a Coastguard New Zealand Life Membership for his service of more than 30 years, joining a select group of nine Life Members. Brooke joined Coastguard in 1983, was elected to the Coast- guard New Zealand Board in 1989 and is a past president of both Coastguard Auckland and Coastguard New Zealand. He served 12 years as Chair- man of the Coastguard Boat- ing Education Service and is still an active board member. Waiuku man shines on global stage Awhitu first in line for new fire appliance Maori canoe found Concern after cat shooting Ngati Te Ata iwi representatives are believed to have been monitoring a site in the Waiuku Forestry yesterday after reports a histor- ic Maori canoe has been discovered. Initial reports are sketchy, but The Post has been told people walking in the area discovered what is described as the re- mains of a carved canoe on the edge of the Waikato River. Crown Forestry were yesterday liaising with iwi as the dis- covery is identified. Waiuku Police have been notified after a family’s pet cat was shot through the head and neck on Friday evening. Linda McKee, of Karioitahi, says the cat doesn’t leave the property and she is concerned that someone was shooting towards a house where young children live. Linda contacted an emer- gency vet, and X- rays revealed a bullet passed through the cat’s shoulder and neck, exiting through the mouth and split- ting its tongue. The cat is recovering and anyone with infor- mation is asked to contact Police.
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Vol 27 No. 24 22 200 Copies
Most Improved Newspaper of the Year • Runner-up Best Front Page + Community Involvement NZCNA 2015
Rain doesn’t dampenenthusiasm as localyoungsters take toour sporting fields
OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN FOR A LIMITED TIME
Life is for learningLearning is for life
If you’re passionate about your child’s education, then join usWAIUKU PRIMARY SCHOOL
With a strong heritage coupled with fresh thinking, your child will thrive. Enjoy the many benefits that only Waiuku Primary School can provide:
Contact us today to request your enrolment pack. Email: [email protected] or Phone: 235-8453
• Small junior class sizes enabling focused attention for your child as they transition into school life• Reward for attitude, effort and achievement • Lead school for Gifted and Talented Program• After school care available on site • Excellent sporting opportunities • On site swimming pool and expansive grounds
A comment by Auckland Councillor Bill Cashmore at a meeting in Waiuku on Friday afternoon has led to the news that Awhitu is in line for a new fire appliance, one of the first in Auckland for the upgrade.
Bill Cashmore commented at the regular monthly update meeting in the Waiuku Com-munity Centre that he had been told about a new en-gine for Waiuku, but it turns out the plans, in a three-year
capital expenditure budget, relate to a progressive re-placement of appliances at rural fire forces within the Auckland supercity.
Auckland’s Principal Rural Fire Officer, Bryan Cartelle, told the Post this afternoon that the plans currently are based across three years, but are also dependent on grants assistance from a national level. However, priority sta-tions are Awhitu and Shelly
Beach, as both are on penin-sulas and can only get sup-port from one direction.
The plan for Awhitu at this stage is for a brand new ap-pliance to replace one of its current units. All going well, he anticipates the new appli-ance will be at Awhitu within 18 months.
Bryan says the objective is to upgrade across Auckland area in a staged process, re-ducing the overall age of the
fleet and build more capabil-ity into the force. He adds that he is currently working with the Awhitu Rural Fire Force on other options for the vol-unteer firefighters.
The Auckland Rural Fire Authority operates thirteen rural fire stations staffed by volunteer crews, both male and female, recruited from the local community, includ-ing Orere Point, Hunua, and Awhitu.
Waiuku’s Dean Law-rence, Coastguard New Zealand (CNZ) Presi-dent has been elected to the International Marine Rescue Federa-tion (IMRF) Board, fol-lowing the 2015 World Maritime Rescue Con-gress in Bremerhaven, Germany.
IMRF is the global body for maritime search and rescue, an organisation focused on assisting developing countries establish ef-fective rescue services. The IMRF comprises of 68 Maritime Rescue organisations from 50 countries around the world.
Dean Lawrence has been involved with Coastguard for over 25 years and is currently President of Coast-guard New Zealand.
He has held positions such as Coastguard Northern Region Com-munication Chairman, Principle Coordinator, Operations Manager and CEO, President of Auckland Volunteer Coastguard and Com-mittee member of Coastguard Waiuku.
There was a further honour for New Zea-land at the German Congress as long-time Coastguard stalwart Brooke Archbold was made an Honorary Life Member of the Federa-tion.
“Brooke and Dean have made a huge con-tribution to Coastguard and Search and Res-cue services nationally and internationally. Their motivation and encouragement is in-fectious and together they have motivated many others to become Coastguard volunteers – helping provide a
world class marine search and rescue service to kiwis,“ said Patrick Holmes, CEO Coast-guard New Zealand.
“Life membership to an or-ganisation is testament to the valuable and dedicated ser-vice an individual provides. Brooke Archbold is the epito-my of that. Dean has selflessly contributed over 25 years to
Coastguard and their dedica-tion and unwavering commit-ment to raising the standard, skills professionalism in the search and rescue sector is un-paralleled.“ said Holmes.
In his closing remarks at the end of the Congress the retir-ing IMRF Chairman, Michael Vlasto, thanked Brooke Arch-bold for his many years of ded-
icated service to maritime SAR around the world.
Brooke Achbold was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the 2014 New Year Honours List for services to Coastguard and was awarded a Coastguard New Zealand Life Membership for his service of more than 30 years, joining a select group of
nine Life Members. Brooke joined Coastguard in
1983, was elected to the Coast-guard New Zealand Board in 1989 and is a past president of both Coastguard Auckland and Coastguard New Zealand. He served 12 years as Chair-man of the Coastguard Boat-ing Education Service and is still an active board member.
Waiuku man shines on global stage
Awhitu first in line for new fire appliance
Maoricanoefound
Concernafter cat shooting
Ngati Te Ata iwi representatives are believed to have been monitoring a site in the Waiuku Forestry yesterday after reports a histor-ic Maori canoe has been discovered.
Initial reports are sketchy, but The Post has been told people walking in the area discovered what is described as the re-mains of a carved canoe on the edge of the Waikato River. Crown Forestry were yesterday liaising with iwi as the dis-covery is identified.
Waiuku Police have been notified after a family’s pet cat was shot through the head and neck on Friday evening. Linda McKee, of Karioitahi, says the cat doesn’t leave the property and she is concerned that someone was shooting towards a house where young children live. Linda contacted an emer-gency vet, and X-rays revealed a bullet passed through the cat’s shoulder and neck, exiting through the mouth and split-ting its tongue. The cat is recovering and anyone with infor-mation is asked to contact Police.
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A feasibility study, commissioned by Roam Holdings, is
currently in progress for a possible ferry service to start on
the Manukau Harbour. The service will utilise the harbour
to provide transport between various points and to offer an
alternative service to the Airport Oaks, Auckland Airport,
Onehunga, Mangere, Te Toro, Awhitu, Waiuku, Pukekohe,
Karaka, and Clarks Beach.
The study is a first step towards ensuring that an effec-
tive and sustainable service can be implemented. Depend-
ing on the response from the community and more research
into the possibilities will determine the next steps. The goal
would be to implement an operating service within the next
12 to 18 months. Mark Nicholls, Director of Roam Holdings, and also a resi-
dent of Pukekohe says: “One of the answers to Auckland’s
traffic issues is to utilise the water that surrounds us. The
piece of water between these areas could serve as a fantastic
alternative to sitting in the traffic on the southern motorway.
“I know there has been a lot of talk about a possible ser-
vice, but let’s see if people would actually use it. If we can
get feedback from the communities around the Manukau
Harbour, it will go a long way to helping the service take to
the water. Providing a service that connects these areas will
mean many people that work in these areas will be able to
have a more relaxed trip to and from work in the mornings
and evenings. Providing services once you arrive at these
destinations to connect to train and bus services will further
strengthen an offering to us as residents”.
Large investment will be required and at this early stage
the study will benefit from feedback provided by local resi-
dents and potential operators. An online survey has been
set up for community feedback. People can go to www.sur-
veymonkey.com/s/ferryservice to complete the two to three-
minute survey.
Above: Whaea Maaria Edwards and
Raewyn McQuinn were part of a work-
ing bee at Reretewhioi Marae on Ta-
hurangatira Road, Waiuku, in readi-
ness for the 70th annual poukai on the
weekend of December 12-14.
The poukai will see the arrival of
Maori King Tuheitia to meet members
of the Marae on the Sunday, and at 6pm
on the Friday will feature a screening of
a historic film which has strong links to
the local area.
Mana Waka is a feature-length docu-
mentary, directed by Merata Mita in
1990. It was made from footage shot by
RGH Manley between 1937 and 1940.
Princess Te Puea Herangi commis-
sioned the building of three large Waka
taua for the 1940 centenary of the sign-
ing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Black and
white footage follows the long, slow,
and unfolding of the construction of
the Waka. The Saturday evening fea-
tures ‘Music on the Marae’ from 6pm,
when the community is invited to bring
a rug and relax at this open air concert
on the Marae lawns listening to two of
Waikato’s famous voices of soul and
country music; Leon Wharekura and
Dennis Marsh. Sunday is the 70th Poukai celebra-
tion, opening with a Karakia at 7am
before the official programme com-
mences from 10am. For any enquiries
contact Marae Chairman Mikki-tae Ta-
para on 027 498 0716.
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Brazen burglars cut alarmsA Waiuku woman is asking residents to be vigilant after
two homes were burgled in broad daylight in Pono Place.
The woman says of particular concern is that the offend-
ers cut power to her home, disabled a monitored alarm
and pulled the batteries from an alarm system. They also
broke their way in through locked window catches. She
says the homes were targeted on Monday, November 17,
between 8.30am and noon, and believes the burglars were
disturbed, as they left some jewellery scattered behind.
She says there have been reports that people were in the
area pretending to be cleaners when asked what they were
doing, and says it is important neighbours note any suspi-
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Through your columns, I would like to thank those re-sponsible for the work done at the Alexandra Redoubt at Tuakau. I have been visiting the redoubt for a number of years to clean and tidy the gravesite of one of my ancestor families. I was there earlier this week, and was pleased to see the work done over the whole site.
I had always been a little disappointed that it was not possible to see the river from the site, and so was espe-cially pleased to see the new viewing deck, and a sightline cleared through the tree tops.
Mike Donnelly, Tauranga
With regards to ‘Farmers appeal against quad bike fines’ – 9 June, Federated Farmer’s spokesperson Katie Milne’s claim that the High Court decision said “in effect…..Work-Safe was making rules up on the run” is totally incorrect. The Judgement concluded no such thing.
The Judgement noted while WorkSafe New Zealand and ACC guidance on quadbike safety did not in themselves constitute an ‘industry standard’, they were ‘best practice in terms intended to encourage change of behaviour in farmers’ use of quad bikes.’
The Court noted ‘this does not mean that such material are not properly placed before the Court’.
It is interesting to note Federated Farmers’ own Fact Sheet on quadbike safety states “Most importantly - Al-ways wear a helmet. Helmets can be the difference be-tween walking away from an accident and suffering a per-manent, life-changing brain injury”.
John Tulloch, General Manager Communications, WorkSafe New Zealand
I’m wondering why must United Taxis park across the footpath (totally blocking it) when picking up a fare on Waiuku’s Queen Street. It creates a potentially dangerous situation for anyone having to walk out onto the road to get around the van, and is then in the path of oncoming traffic hurtling along the same road at above the legal speed limit. Can’t they park parallel to the footpath? Not acceptable, Taxi Company!
Disgruntled Senior Pedestrian,Waiuku
- The Post Newspaper raised this question with the taxi company last week, but they did not respond before deadline yesterday - Editor.
Was it deliberate or a coincidence that below the story of plans to build a two-lane road running from King Street, past the rugby club grounds, and into the Waiuku College grounds, the Post had photographs of local parks and sportfields ripped up recently by vehicles?
One can only imagine the colossal and costly damage to the pristine hectares of sports fields at both Waiuku College and the Rugby Club if cars are given to similar vandalism if this hair-brained proposal goes ahead.
John Mackle, Taurangaruru-Local board members have strongly made the point
that proposals discussed have referred to ‘access’ on the grounds, rather than a ‘road’. - Editor.
While the arguments sur-rounding the proposed Waiuku Sports Park development have been underway in recent weeks, one point I found interesting has been comments from Local Board members regarding tar-geted rates for amenities.
At the monthly clinic meeting at the Waiuku Community Hall on Friday afternoon, the subject again got an airing over ques-tions about a new pool for Wai-uku. The pool issue has been on and off the council agenda for many years, with suggestions during the days of Franklin Dis-trict Council that the town would have a new pool by 2020.
It’s not going to happen.For a while, it looked as though
a new pool to be built at Sandspit Road School might offer some more swimming time to the community, but that project has since also been shelved.
Now there are questions over what funding may be available to upgrade and maintain the Whi-teside Pool, with audience mem-bers on Friday told to hang off and see what the new manage-
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Selfishness, pride, envy, malice, evil surmising, backbiting, gossiping, and tattling have been cherished among them, until the Spirit of God has but little to do with them. While some who profess to know God remain in their present state, their prayers are an abomination in His sight. They do not sustain their faith
by their works, and it would have been better for some never to have professed the truth than to have dishonoured their profession as they have. While they profess to be servants of Christ, they are servants of the enemy of righteousness; and their works testify of them that they are not acquainted with God and that their hearts are not in obedience to the will of Christ. They make child’s play of religion; they act like pettish children. {3T 52}
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ment company might come up with when it takes over the facil-ity management in a few weeks.
But amid all of this is the point that under the Supercity, Wai-uku (or in fact any township in Franklin) can pretty much have anything it wants - if it is willing to pay for it.
The mechanisms are there for a targeted rate to be put in place for a pool project, subject to the residents voting for it.
There’s not often a rush to ask for higher rates, but in this case it is a prime opportunity for sup-porters of a new pool to put it to the public. What is needed is some clear figures.
For an extra $100 a year on our rates, could we get an indoor pool? Could we get a covered, year-round pool at Whiteside?
Let’s not forget that it’s not just a Waiuku issue - complicating the situation is that many of the people who would use the pool live outside the Auckland area - in Otaua, Aka Aka and the north Waikato. But ultimately it comes down to a simple question.
What would you, as a house-hold, be willing to pay to have year-round, covered and heated, swimming in Waiuku?
Worth spending the money?
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With nine pit stops completed and nine to go, the Waikato District Coun-cil team is half way through their community road trip to review the District Plan.
The team is travelling across the district to chat to locals about the way land is used, developed and subdivided. Key topics raised so far are: Provision for subdivision in ru-ral areas, smaller lot sizes in Country Living Zones, a choice of lot sizes in
urban areas, protection of rural land for productive activities, home based businesses and road boundary build-ing setbacks.
The roadshow will be in Tuakau’s War Memorial Hall this Thursday between 3pm-7pm, in Pokeno Hall on Thursday 2 July from 3pm-7pm, the Te Kauwhata Rugby Club from 3pm - 6.30pm on Tuesday 7 July, and at the Otaua Hall on Thursday 9 July between 3pm and 6pm.
Local residents con-cerned about the re-moval of alcohol bans from local beaches and reserves are urged to give their feedback within the next few weeks on Auckland Council’s Alcohol Con-trol Bylaw 2014.
Without feedback, alcohol bans formerly under FDC will not be replaced, potentially allowing drinking in
many public areas.The bylaw, a require-
ment under the Local Government Act, re-quires Auckland to re-view more than 1,700 existing alcohol bans by 31 October 2015 and to only retain those that meet stricter national criteria.
Any bans not re-viewed by this time or without sufficient evidence to retain, will
lapse.Local Boards have
been given the delega-tion to review the exist-ing alcohol bans in their local board area.
“The public is famil-iar with the concept of alcohol bans. Council has evidence on some bans that can stay in place but we need our community to let us know of any concerns regarding alcohol-
related issues in other ban areas if they wish to retain them,” says Cr Calum Penrose, Chair of the Regulatory and Bylaws Committee.
Submissions open on Friday, 19 June 2015.
To retain an alco-hol ban, submissions should be accompanied by evidence of crime or disorder attributed to alcohol and specific to an existing ban area.
An Onewhero-Tuakau Com-munity Board member who has been heavily involved in sup-porting many community ini-tiatives in the area says he chose bankruptsy after facing a likely $200,000 judgement.
Richard Gee, who runs a busi-ness mentoring service, was the subject of a report in an Auckland newspaper regarding his role in providing mentoring courses in Tonga, funded through the Min-istry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, after his bankruptcy last year.
Mr Gee says he was not con-tacted in Tonga or interviewed, but the reporter had contacted his clients in the island nation.
He says the bankruptcy relat-ed to a legal battle he had been fighting since 2005, adding that
his business structures enabled him to resign as a director, while he continues his work of 32 years as a trainer, coach, mentor and consultant.
Mr Gee has been involved in a number of companies which have gone into liquidation, something he says is because his role as an external director for companies has seen him restruc-turing companies on behalf of clients prior to their liquidation.
He says in all these cases, in-vestigating liquidators and oth-ers have found he acted correctly in every way.
As a member of the Commu-nity Board, Mr Gee was required to advise the Waikato District Council of his bankruptcy at the time, something chief executive
Gavin Ion confirmed.“I can confirm that Richard
Gee advised me of his bankrupt-cy in August last year. At that time I informed the Chair of the Onewhero-Tuakau Board, Ewan Gilmour, of the matter.
“I also explained the Board’s legal position which other than in cases of criminal acts, allows for Board discretion surrounding debate, decisions and actions.
“To the best of my knowledge Mr Gee was neither asked to stand down nor was the matter ever debated by the Onewhero-Tuakau Board,” Mr Ion said.
Waikato District Council says it is unaware of any other un-discharged bankrupts currently holding elected positions with the Council.
Tuakau man ‘faced $200,000 judgement’
Coastguard gets lion’s share of Z funding
Public urged to give views on alcohol bans
Four Waiuku Commu-nity groups are better off this week after funding was announced from customer voting at the Waiuku Z Station. Waiuku Coastguard received the lion’s share of the votes, scoring $2000, while other groups who benefited were Waiuku Rotary, ($400), Waiuku Family Support, ($800), and Plunket Waiuku, who also received $800.
Council roadshow halfway through
03 Quota Antiques Fair Where: Drury School Hall, Young’s
Crescent, Drury, off Great South Road. What: Special Gala night at 7:30pm - a great opportunity to get in early to view the wonderful range of antiques on display. Also running on the 4th & 5th from 10am - 4pm. Cost: Gala Night - $20. Sat & Sun, $5 at door. For more info contact: 09 298 0707.
04 Aka Aka Casino Fundraiser Where: Aka Aka School Hall
What: A great night of fun. Supper provided, Cash Bar available, Prizes to be won. You receive $1,000,000 chips for your ticket. When: Doors open at 7pm. Cost: $25 Tickets (Door Sales) or $20 pre-pur-chased. For tickets or info contact: Hayden on 021 023 90604 or email: [email protected]
04 Groovit Mid Year Show Where: Pukekohe High School Hall
What: 4th July American Independence Day When: Two shows, 1.30pm and 6.30pm Cost: Tickets available at the studio between 3.30-7pm Mon-Thurs or at the door. $12 adults, $8 child, $32 family, under 5’s free is sitting on your knee. For more info contact: [email protected]
Safer Plates Day Saturday 27th June at The New World Car Park , Waiuku. The Waiuku Community Patrol will be holding a Safer Plates day in Waiuku between 9am and 4pm, weather permitting. The event sees special screws used on your number plate to reduce the chances of the plates being stolen and used in crimes. A $4 dona-tions is requested.
27 Mid-winter Christmas in Vienna with Operatunity
Where: Waiuku Cosmopolitan Club, 4 Victoria Ave What: Dance the night away & enjoy a cold win-ter’s night then be warmed by the music and melody of Vienna! Formal dress is requested but not essential for the night to remember. When: Dinner commences at 6.00pm. Concert starts at 7.30pm. Cost: Tickets are limited and available through eventfinder of the club. Ph. Katrina: 2359131 to book a table. Show only $25/Dinner & Show $45.
28 Get Pinked-up Fundraiser Where: Barb’s Bar, 72 Queen St, Waiuku
What: Get Pinked-up & ready for our annual breast cancer fundraiser. Music, auctions, spot prizes, bubbles, food, body painting. When: From 2pm Cost: Tickets $30ea. Proceeds go to our local com-munity support groups.
01 Ice Challenge What: An annual event hosted by the
Counties Sport Fishing Club, celebrating the new fishing season which starts on July 1 each year. Cost: Tickets available from DKM Fishing in Waiuku or Counties Locksmiths in Pukekohe.
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On the Road in WaikatoThursday 25th June at the Tuakau War Memorial Hall from 3 - 7pm. On the Road will also be in Pokeno, Thursday 2nd July, Pokeno Hall as well as Otaua, Thursday 9th July, Otaua Hall. This is your opportunity to share your thoughts on all the rules in The Waikato District Plan. Section sizes, developments, heritage ar-eas, noise restrictions and more.
Car Wash Fundraiser Saturday 27th June from 10am at Waiuku Auto Electrical at 3 Leonard Street Waiuku. This is a fundraiser for the Waiuku College 1st XI Hockey Team to fundraise for their tourna-ment in Whanganui in September. Costs are only $10 for a car wash and $15 for large vehicles and/or vans. Look forward to seeing you there!
Get Pinked-up & ready for our annual breast cancer
fundraiser
Proceeds go to our local community support groups * tickets available at bar
tickets
$20 ea
Music, Auctions, Spot Prizes, Bubbles,
Food, Body Painting
sundaY 28th June - 2PMTell us at one of our drop in sessionsFrom beaches to ranges, expressways to gravel roads -our district is unique from top to bottom and there aredifferent rules depending on where you live.
We’re reviewing our District Plan and making pit stops acrossthe district to chat to you about the way land is used,developed and subdivided.
Whether you’re planning to subdivide your section, renovateor build, run a business from home or organise a communityevent, then you need to join the journey.
Councillors cannot abstain on the most important decision this Council must make – setting the level of rates for the new finan-cial year commencing 1st July - that’s the view of ratepayer pres-sure group No More Rates, after media reports yesterday.
“If the council does not ap-prove the level of rates for next year it will not be legally able to send out rates bills and col-lect rates from every one of its 550,000 ratepayers.
“Without that rates, income
the whole business of the coun-cil would collapse, all debt could be called in – and the repayment of that debt, plus interest, would be extracted from ratepayer,” No More Rates said in a statement.
Reports yesterday indicated that up to five councillors would abstain from voting because they cannot support the new Targeted Transport Levy which will push the rates increase to 9.5%.
“If the five abstainers follow their conscience, they should act in accordance with their public
statements and vote against the new transport rate.
“A simple resolution by 11 councillors could remove the Transport Levy from the budget and have the effect of reducing the projected 9.5% average rates increase down to between 5% and 6% average.
“Councillors have the power, and the numbers, to defeat the Mayor and get the rates bill down to a level which is not going to drive people out of their homes,” said No More Rates.
The art of bodypaint-ing will be showcased by talented local artist Cherie Meerlo as part of a pink-themed fund-raising event in Waiuku this Sunday.
Barbs Bar is follow-ing a highly successful similar event last year, but this year’s function is bigger and brighter, and will feature body-painting as well as auc-tions, raffles, spot priz-es and a heap of fun. Funds raised will go to support local breast cancer support groups
Waiuku’s Tony Nelson has gone from being heavily over-weight and having his health under pressure to winning an INBA body building title - and he says community support has been invaluable on his journey.
The INBA is a body building federation devoted to natural, no drug enhancements.
“I shifted to the Waiuku Health and Fitness in October 2014. This gym has about 15 members who compete na-tionally and internationally with everyone getting placed. Their knowledge and support has been instrumental in keep-ing on target,” he says.
“Jamie Baker, my personal trainer, focused on strength training while maintaining good technique and making
incremental gains. He pushed me hard and had me swearing on many occasions!” Tony add-ed. “He trained me three times per week. I did an additional three days on top of that with cardio. All up my training was consuming about three hours per day. I also sought an expert in nutrition, Karen McGough, who designed a nutrition pro-gram to reduce my body fat while maintaining lean muscle mass,” Tony says.
I came in first place for the INBA Auckland Classic for the Grand Masters 50 + Category. I am already training for 2016 with an emphasis on keeping a low body fat during this off sea-son and lifting heavier.”
Tony thanks all those who have supported and motivated him over the past few years.
Bodypaint boosts funds for local support groups
Councillors slammed over ‘abstain’ suggestions
Community support leads to title win
and organisers expect a bumper crowd to enjoy the afternoon from 2pm.
Cherie’s body painting abilities have attracted a great deal of attention with her unique style, and seeing an artwork develop
on Sunday is expected to be a big drawcard. Contact Barbs Bar for ticket details or more information.
Below, Rebecca and Barb Wilkinson of Barbs Bar with bodypainting art-ist Cherie Meerlo.
The intended income from the Transport Levy was to be used for transport projects around the city and without the income those projects cannot go ahead unless the budget is prioritised.
“The hundreds of millions the Mayor wants to spend on his CRL early start could be reprioritised to all those pro-jects which were to be funded by the Transport Levy – and the Levy itself cancelled and rates increases brought down to 5-6%. Those ‘abstaining’ councillors can bring this re-lief to ratepayers by simply following their consciences and using their votes to do what they believe is in the interests of their citizens and ratepayers.”
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Pure religion is “Christ in you the hope of Glory” (Col 1:27) or Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Or “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment” Matthew 22:37-38, or 1 Corinthians 10:31 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
Why do we kind of treat our belief and faith like a “Drive Through” a sort of “Been there; Done that,” or “I turned up and got my attendance card stamped off.” In one church my role often was to be at the rear to look out for and attend to whatever or whoever needed an extra hand, direction or support, and it was quickly noted that a certain person swept through the door right at the last second of the final benediction, and quickly put on their Church Face. They then started; and boy they worked the crowd, they called out and waved to the “Important ones,” spoke interestedly with all who really mattered, waved a lot to other prominent people, and then swept on out again after about 10 minutes in the church building after the Service had closed, and went home again to continue whatever was interrupted by church.
You quietly listened to the comments and compliment’s as to the elevated holy status of this certain person in the congregation, who being such a wonderful member of the congregation, always there and was uplifted as a role model believer. If only they knew what went on behind closed doors; they may very quickly sing another song all together. Do you and do I have a relationship with God that is more off than on, prayer is something you do as a last resort, only when you are in a bind from wandering your own ways, you are now in a tight predicament and nothing else seems to work. For Bible reading or Bible study, well what is that? TV, Sport or Gym or whatever else is often deemed so much
more important. We can talk up a storm about politics, the latest and greatest on the news, sports, fashion and about anything and everything, but Jesus Christ, well that’s why I go to church, and then sit and worry about the kids, or the littlies who are making such a fuss behind you, the mortgage, my job, my relationships, how hot or cold it is in church, the preacher is boring, the seat is uncomfortable today. So where is your
connection to God and really Worshiping him? If this was a “Party” would you be acting the same? You are here to interact with the Monarch of the Universe, who actually is your Heavenly Father, should we not be very delighted to be with our Heavenly parent, and at their place?
Quote: What the church needs in these days of peril is an army of workers who, like Paul, have educated themselves for usefulness, who have a deep experience in the things of God, and who are filled with earnestness and zeal. Sanctified, self-sacrificing men are needed; men who will not shun trial and responsibility; men who are brave and true; men in whose hearts Christ is formed “the hope of glory,” and who with lips touched with holy fire will “preach the word.” For want of such workers the cause of God languishes, and fatal errors, like a deadly poison, taint the morals and blight the hopes of a large part of the human race.
As the faithful, toil worn standard-bearers are offering up their lives for the truth’s sake, who will come forward to take their place? Will our young men accept the holy trust at the hands of their fathers? Are they preparing to fill the vacancies made by the death of the faithful? Will the apostle’s charge be heeded, the call to duty be heard, amidst the incitements to selfishness and ambition that allure the youth? {AA 507}
Quote; “The youth need to realize that they need a deep experience in the things of God. A mere surface work will be of no benefit to them. You need to bring the light of God’s Word into your heart, that you may search it as with a lighted candle.
Many profess to be on the Lord’s side, but they are not; the weight of all their actions is on Satan’s side. By what means shall we determine whose side we are on? Who has the heart? With whom are our thoughts? Upon whom do we love to converse? Who has our warmest affections and our best energies? If we are on the Lord’s side, our thoughts are with Him, and our sweetest thoughts are of Him. We have no friendship with the world; we have consecrated all that we have and are to Him. We long to bear His image, breathe His spirit, do His will, and please Him in all things.
Bible religion is not one influence among many others, but its influence is supreme, pervading and controlling every other influence. Bible religion is to exercise control over life and conduct. It is not to be like a dash of colour, brushed here and there upon the canvas, but its influence is to pervade the whole life, as though the canvas were dipped into colour until every thread of the fabric was dyed in a deep, fast, unfading hue.
The religion of Christ is a firm fabric, composed of innumerable threads, woven together with tact and skill. Only by the wisdom that God gives can we weave this fabric. Trusting to ourselves, we draw into it threads of selfishness and the pattern is spoiled. Let everyone inquire seriously, “Am I a genuine Christian? Am I bearing the true marks of a Christian? Am I doing my best to perfect a character after the divine model?” Pure religion is an imitation of Christ.” {FLB 220}
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The nomination for the Wow Award this week comes from a couple of people who attended last week’s Waiuku Lions Club
Pink Ribbon function.The nominators wrote:
“We would like the Wow Award to go to the Waiuku Lions and their wonderful crew of volun-
teers for organising such a beau-tiful breakfast with the proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Soci-ety. Everything looked lovely set out in pink and even the waiters looked handsome in their pink
bow ties.”It was an outstanding effort, and
deserving of the Wow for this week. Congratulations!
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BNZ is once again shutting up shop for a day and sending its staff into South Auckland to work with community groups – and project submissions opened this week. Closed for Good will see the bank shut each of its stores on 2 September and up to 5500 BNZ staff will get stuck in, helping community organisa-tions around New Zealand.
BNZ CEO Anthony Healy said
he was delighted to announce that Closed for Good was open for 2015 and urged South Auck-land community groups to make the most of the free labour and skills on offer.
“Last year in South Auckland there were 17 separate groups we helped, with 104 of our peo-ple putting in a good eight hour day. If community groups had to pay for that labour cost, you
could say we saved the region about $11,500.
“But it’s so much more than that. Our people love getting into the community and seeing their customers in a different light and making a difference, so please – tell us how we can help. Submis-sions for this year’s projects are due by 24 July 2015. To submit your project, visit www.closed-forgood.org
Federated Farm-ers wants to see the fine print of the rules around selling raw milk before farmers will know if it’s worthwhile.
Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew has an-nounced farmers will still be able to sell raw milk to consumers, and the government will not be implementing plans to abolish raw milk sales, restrict their volume or prohibit home deliveries.
Dairy spokesperson Andrew Hoggard says farmers value having a range of selling op-tions.
“The great majority of farmers will contin-ue to supply dairy pro-cessors. But they value the option of selling the milk unprocessed for people who want to buy it raw. It’s the same as live animal exports. Most farmers will con-tinue to supply a pro-cessing market here, but like to have an op-tion to sell elsewhere,”
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Farmers want to see ‘fine print’ over raw milk
Busy time as Waiuku Lions host eventsThe Waiuku Lions Club members have had a busy few days recently preparing for two major events. The first was a Pink Ribbon breakfast which saw Lions dressed in pink bowties as waiters, with guest speaker Donna Dunlop talking of her experiences pro-viding wigs for ladies suffering medical hair loss. Over 90 people attended the very suc-cessful event. Within days, the Lions were back in action as they hosted a mid-winter Christmas for people living alone in the region, with a special appearance by ‘Santa’ topping off a wonder-ful occasion.
he says“The trouble with the
government announce-ment is the Minister’s list of food safety re-quirements. We have no issue with keeping milk as safe as possible for human consump-tion. Our submission to the government for
instance wanted to pre-vent containers being reused. It’s also a real-ity if the raw milk trade was made illegal then a black market would emerge and that would create an even greater public health risk.”
“But we do have a concern that point-
less rules may be actu-ally designed to make raw milk sales unviable while still keeping the sales technically legal.”
Jo Goodhew says the government wants to make raw milk availa-ble and also make peo-ple aware of the risks of drinking it.
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Police want info on ‘mindless fools’
Air rescues at Pukekohe, Onewhero
In recent weeks I have noticed a bit of damage around town that is been caused by some mindless fools who are just wrecking public property.
The particular type of damage I am referring to is people using cars and skidding up on the various reserves and parks around town.
We may think this is just a bit of harmless fun but it is causing damage to parks that are required for sport, making them unusable and creating an eyesore around the town also.
Invariably most of this damage occurs or is done when people are not about.
the last incidents of cars skidding up the reserves some are done in the close vicinity of houses.
I am not telling peo-
ple to confront these people but what I would like is just someone to write a car registration down, take a photo of the car on their phone
if they can or most im-portantly ring the Po-lice on 111 when it is happening.
We would love to hold these people ac-countable for the dam-age they cause, but I think some just think someone else will re-port it or I don’t want to be involved.
You are involved if it is your rates that are used to repair the dam-age they cause.
Police have the abil-ity if these offenders are caught or identified to impound their cars, charged them and ar-ranged a Court appear-ance for them where they are liable to dis-qualification of their li-cence, fines, or prison.
The Auckland Westpac Res-cue Helicopter was called to assist an accident near Puke-kohe on Wednesday morn-ing when two trucks collided.Rescue Helicopter staff said a large truck had pulled out into the path of a smaller truck.
“On arrival the patient was still trapped and needed to be cut out by the Fire Depart-ment,” said ICF Paramedic, Russell Clarke.
“We treated him and flew him to Auckland Hospital in a
serious condition. “Incidentally, his wife was
meant to travel with him in the truck that morning but then decided not to, so it was a lucky day for her.”
The helicopter was also in action at Onewhero on the weekend when it was called to assist a 17 year old male who had collapsed. The helicopter landed in a paddock next to the house and took the critical patient, accompanied by his mother, to Auckland Hospital.
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Los Angeles trade meeting set tobring economic benefits to locals
Dairy growth costing environment
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This week’s Franklin Service Hero is Louise Gow-Campbell. Louise has been working at Waiau Pa 4 Square for eight years and says she was born and bred in the Clarks Beach area.
Louise has regular customers that she sees often and has come to know well, and adds that her tips for good customer service are to always be friendly and smile.
When the Post caught up with Louise last week she was looking forward to a holiday in Rarotonga for a week, but will be back soon with her ready smile for her local clients.
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Alrich, better known locally as Al, says
the same things that brought him and his
family to Waiuku more than a decade ago
are driving property values in the rural
community.
“I love the town for everything it offers;
the community feel, the friendly people,
and the rural charm of Franklin”, Al says.
“With roading improvements and a
better train service from Pukekohe mak-
ing commuting more of an option, it’s no
wonder we are seeing so much interest in
the area from out of the region.”
Al says the increasing
demand is based on a
combination of fac-
tors - not only the
lifestyle, but also
the current price
difference be-
tween Franklin
and Auckland.
“ P u k e k o h e
saw the first
big price rises
a few years ago,
and that market
has been steadily
building, but now
that cycle is moving
further afield to the
Waiuku region. While
we probably won’t see the
same sudden and dramatic
spike as we saw in Pukekohe, we are
still seeing significant value increases.
“It’s a trend that I can’t see changing in
the future either - Auckland is continuing
to spread and Waiuku is in their sights.”
That price increase, which has seen
many properties experience significant
rises in value in the last few years, is one
which is not only surprising local home-
owners, but can also catch real estate
agents unawares.
“The market is moving so fast that the
‘traditional’ price for a family home in
Waiuku may be too low by several thou-
sand dollars in just a few weeks!”
There is particular interest in the four-
bedroom family home in the $400,000 to
$500,000 bracket, a sector which means
Auckland residents can cash up, then se-
cure a Franklin property in the expecta-
tion of not only a better lifestyle for their
family, but also substantial capital gains
over the next three to five years.
“But there’s no such thing as the ‘aver-
age’ home in this area,” Al points out.
“We have sold houses in the local area
over the $700,000 and $800,000 brackets,
and we have a number of enquiries for
homes at the start-point of the market
from potential first-home buyers.”
In terms of current market value of your
property, Al says it makes sense to get an
appraisal from a few agents, but cautions
against agents trying to ‘buy your listing’.
“Just because someone gives you a high-
er appraisal doesn’t mean that your agent
will sell the property for that price.
“The advantage we have is that our of-
fice of 12 real estate professionals in Wai-
uku will discuss values and balance them
against the properties we have sold re-
cently,” Al notes. “We also have more than
1400 salespeople with Barfoot & Thomp-
son which means when we list a property
that every one of those agents can see it,
so if we have someone from Onehunga
looking for a local property, our Waiuku
listings will be at their fingertips,” he adds.
“There’s probably never been a better
time to get an indication of your prop-
erty’s value. If you are looking to take that
next step up the property ladder within
the Waiuku or Franklin region, now would
be the time to do it.
“Waiuku is a wonderful area to live, and
Auckland has already found out about it!
“Give me a call and I’m happy to chat
with you about a no-obligation appraisal
so you can plan your lifestyle, and your in-
vestment, with confidence.”
Auckland
buyers
boosting
Waiuku
property
values
On the back of a property boom in Auckland and plans for massive growth
in Franklin’s population, Waiuku’s house prices are rising faster than most
people realise, according to Barfoot & Thompson Waiuku agent Alrich Steer.
P u k e k o h e - b a s e d building company Customkit Buildings has last week become a Card Partner in the Farmlands Card net-work.
According to Cus-tomkit Managing Di-rector Michael Anselmi, the rural ‘fit’ with Farm-lands is a very good one.
“Our lifestyle-orient-ed buildings – whether it be barns, barns with accommodation or barn-style homes – are right at home on the land. We pride our-selves on being a leader in the design and sup-ply of stunning, eco-friendly buildings made from a renewable re-source – namely timber.
“Like Farmlands, we cover the country, are 100% New Zealand owned and are dedicat-ed to giving the more than 58,000 Farmlands
A recent meeting in Los Angeles, attended by Franklin Councillor Bill Cashmore, has been hailed as already having an economic impact on the region.
Direct immediate economic ben-efits are starting to flow from this month’s Tripartite Economic Alliance business delegation to Los Angeles, says Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) – and they will translate into long-term high-tech exports.
More than 40 Auckland companies attended the tripartite summit and associated business meetings, and ATEED Chief Executive Brett O’Riley says the trip was a catalyst for incred-ible opportunities which those at-tending the event made the most of.
“Auckland Council’s tripartite team
was able to facilitate crucial intro-ductions and connections for in-novative Auckland companies with counterparts and potential investors in China and United States, and it is now up to them to clinch deals.
“The delegates had some amazing opportunities to interact with hugly influential business people – connec-tions they would find almost impos-sible on their own,” says Brett O’Riley.
Several Auckland companies were approached by angel investors and venture capitalists attending the summit – which was focused on themes including a new world of en-tertainment, influence and innova-tion – and some of the Auckland busi-nesses have already decided to start or grow a presence in Los Angeles as they looked to expand into the US.
Revenue Minis-ter Todd McClay says 15,000 hours of phone time are now being saved each year, with 1.4 million IRD custom-ers signed up to voice ID.
“This cements New Zealand’s position as the country with the highest level of voice bi-ometric enrolments per capita in the world, and is a big win in the bat-
tle to reduce red tape,” says Mr McClay.
Voice ID went live in January 2012, and 60-70 per cent of people who call IRD on any given day are now enrolled with it.
“Every customer who calls IRD using voice ID saves around 40 seconds per call, which equates to 15,000 hours each year customers don’t have to spend on
the phone answering personal security ques-tions to verify who they are,” says Mr McClay.
Voice ID also allows customers to automati-cally check the balance and payment dates of their accounts, receive child support informa-tion, retrieve their IRD number, and activate their online services ac-count even if they call outside opening hours.
Latest reports from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment show dairy intensification is causing more pollu-tion to our waterways, and the water quality of many waterways is continuing to decline, the Green Party has said.
“While we welcome the good work the Par-liamentary Commis-sioner Dr Jan Wright has done on this report,
Pukekohe company joins Farmlands Card network
shareholders the best quality building we can deliver. Through our sis-ter company Ecospan buildings, we’re also offering Farmlands shareholders the oppor-tunity to build with our ‘Wingspan collection’. This is a range of 12, 15 and 18 metre (22m span in pipeline) wide span sheds in 3.6, 4.2 or
4.8 metre clear heights, with 6 metre bay incre-ments, suitable for rural and light commercial buildings.
“The flexibility of multiple height options and extendable bays gives customers a prac-tical solution, which they can semi-custom-ise to suit their particu-lar needs. The buildings
are supplied as fully-engineered, prefabri-cated LVL timber portal frames.”
Farmlands Partner-ship Manager Pamela Lormans says they’re delighted to have Cus-tomkit as a Card Part-ner. She believes the company will be a wel-come addition to the more than 7,000 outlets
and businesses that are part of the Farmlands Card network.
Buildings are an im-portant part of the farming infrastructure and operation. The fact Customkit offers such a wide range of options – including homes – makes them a great new addition to our offer-ing.”
Michael Anselmi of Customkit with one of the falcons the company sup-ports through its in-volvement with the Wingspan Trust.
the findings are grim reading,” said Green Party water spokesper-son Catherine Dela-hunty.
“We would like to see the Commissioner call for a moratorium on further dairy con-versions in light of the findings that dairy is causing further deterio-ration to waterways.
“The National Gov-ernment’s continued reliance on dairy as an export commodity is coming at the expense of our rivers, lakes and other waterways.
“It makes no sense to be converting for-ested land in the upper Waikato to intensive dairy farms such as state-owned enterprise Landcorp are doing.
“By putting another 29,500 cows on the
land, Landcorp are not only harming the river, they are undoing the good work farmers downstream have done mitigating pollution.”
Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution up-date report shows that between 2008 and 2012 the Waikato alone lost 18,700 hectares of plan-tation forests, while an-other 28,400ha of land became dairy farms, the Greens said.
“Forests are not only a carbon sink, they are good for water quality as sediment and nutri-ents don’t tend to run off into streams,” said Ms Delahunty.
“Dairy farms on the other hand are harm-ful to water quality be-cause of the volume of waste cows produce
that leeches into the groundwater and runs off into waterways, so these land use changes are a disaster for our water.”
In total, New Zea-land lost 9,600ha of plantation forests, but increased dairy by 157,900ha.
“The report also shows that good work such as fencing and planting will not solve the fundamental prob-lem of too many cows.
“The cows that Land-corp will introduce to the upper Waikato will cause 1.6 million litres of waste every day.
“It’s another disaster for the environment, and we’re calling for a moratorium on these conversions to stop fur-ther pollution,” Ms De-lahunty said.
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Pukekohe’s chemistry whiz kids
Hairdressing competition returns
Young leaders at View Road School
Aka Aka’s charity market
A Pukekohe High School chemistry team has finished an excel-lent fourth against 23 teams in the annual NZIC Analytical Chem-istry Competition on Wednesday.
The University of Waikato event chal-lenged 92 enthusias-tic Year 13 students to spend a day in the University’s chemistry laboratories.
The Pukekohe team consisted of Jack Boul-ton, Ryan Le Quesne, Jacqui Smith and Bail-ee-Jayne Waller.
“This year, the top few teams were very close and it was diffi-cult to separate them. The winning team from Hamilton Boys’ High school however ultimately achieved a near perfect result”
View Road School has an active group of school leaders who meet frequently with the principal, Cris Hull.
The group plans events for the whole school to participate in as well as coming up with ideas to improve their school.
This is valuable train-ing for when they are at college and take on
leadership roles. They recently held a very suc-cessful movie night for the school community and have held a fund-raiser for Nepal.
The team of school leaders consist of Briar Engelbrecht, Adam Starkey, Savannah Ra-hiri, Dylan Simpson, Annalese Hagan, Abbey Loosemore, Metiria Tay-lor and Nazareth Hoeta.
At Aka Aka School last week Room 2 held a Market Fair as part of their Social Studies Unit on The Economic World.
The pupils decided on what goods that they wanted to sell and then spent time manufac-turing and marketing them.
This enabled them to experi-ence the business planning cy-cle by identifying and applying enterprising attributes.
All the money raised is to be given to charity. The Room 2 pupils, from Year 4 - Y6, decided
to support Starship, Cancer So-ciety and SPCA.
The Market Fair was held in the Aka Aka Hall on Thursday 11th June and was very suc-cessful, with many parents and friends of the school browsing the range of goods on sale.
The students raised $329.50 and have donated $109.50 to each of the three charities.
The children were so enthu-siastic about their success that they are talking about running a Christmas Market too!
Talented local hairdressers are being encouraged to enter the Auckland South Hair Competi-tion, now in its second year.
The competition is a photo-graphic event, with hairdressers sending in their quality images of cuts and styles in a variety of categories.
The organisers are four local hairdressers, Andrea McBride and Gee Pikinga from Pukekohe, Natasha Giesen from Papakura and Robyn Walter from Waiuku.
The event started in 2014, to pro-mote self confidence in young stylists and have south Auck-land recognised as having a high standard of skills and training in the industry.
This year organisers have add-ed a new category and extended the area that can enter, now from Papatoetoe, and south through to Tuakau. The categories are; Living the Dream (stylist with less than five years experience), Point to the Future (stylist with
over five years experience), Free world (no boundaries, avant garde and open to all stylists), and Evolution of Man (open to all stylists, create an image of the modern man)
The judges are well respected in the industry; Grant Bettje-man, Kaleb Pritchard, Shane Beveridge, and Kelly Latu.
Photos need to be submitted to the organisers by July 31st.
For further information go to www.aucklandsouthhc.co.nz
says Dr Prinsep. For Hamilton Boys’, it was the third year in a row the school has won the competition. St Peters Cambridge was third, and Tauranga Girls Col-
lege third. All students were treated to lunch sponsored by the Wai-kato branch of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC), at the University’s halls of
residence. The winning team received $200 from sponsor Hill Labo-ratories and a trophy, with prize money also awarded to all other place-getters.
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NATURES CALLStunning rural property with lrg 2-storey solid timber family home. Beautiful setting with harbour & country views. Stroll through your own 3ha of covenanted bush, enjoy the bird life and spot the glow worms at night. This 4 bdrm home boasts two living spaces, modern kitchen, open plan dining and lounge, two bthrms, master bdrm, ensuite and sep laundry. Double internal access garage plus freestanding double garage with workshop. Fully fenced grounds surrounding the home with heaps of space for the kids to play. This property has it all, come and have a look at what else it has to offer. To view contact Iris or Daryl.
204 Ponsford Road RX326951 Open Home: 2 - 2:30pm Sun 28th June
$985,000
pOllOk $900,000 + GST If any
APPROx 103 ACRES wiTh AmAziNg ViEwS!• 41.7725 hectares (approx. 103 acres)• 3 bedroom farm house• stockyards• wetland• amazing water and rural viewsDon’t delay - call Iris now on 09 2991190
Pollok RX378978
PERfECT fiRST hOmE OR iNVESTmENT PROPERTyProfessionally renovated throughout, this 2 bedroom brick and tile beauty is awaiting your viewing. Two bedrooms, one bathroom, sun-room and a single garage all on a good sized easy care section within walking distance to town & schools. This won’t last so call Julie now to view.
kiCk bACk AND RELAx This lovely 1930’s board & batten bungalow already has all the trimmings… it’s been totally renovated, from the lovely kitchen, beautiful tiled bathroom to the awesome outdoor entertaining area including a swimming pool for the kids, and even a man-cave with studio. This 200m2 home with 4 bedrooms, large bathroom and ensuite is set on almost 5 gentle acres just a few minutes from town, with plenty of room for some sheep, a few cattle or even a horse or two. If easy lifestyle living is what you’re after then call Julie to come and view.
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52 Reid Road, glenbrook RX319103
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4 Nikau Place RX376963
$369,000
gREAT fAmiLy STARTERTake the time to come and view this tidy, three bedroom cutie with open plan living on a 688m2 section. Privately situated up right of way, backing onto reserve. Already partially renovated, move in a relax. Call Julie to come and view.
$585,000
ChOOSE ThE ONE fOR yOU…These Lifestyle lots are a must view - both with views and very handy to Waipipi School. All neatly fenced and ready to build your dream home! With covenants to protect your investment!• Lot 2 - 9,425m2 • Lot 3 - 8,167m2 Call Iris on 09 299 1190 to see for yourself.
waipipi Lifestyle blocks RX323308 & RX323297
WaIpIpI $315,000
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gLENbROOk LifE STyLE STARTERA fabulous chance to purchase this lifestyle property consisting of a modern kitchen and large open plan living space with polished floors heated by a wood burner, a large deck overlooks the property. Two bedrooms and an entry / office area and a sleep out attached to the garage complete the picture. The land is 1.2 ha of mixed contour and fenced into two paddocks. Call now for an appointment to view this tidy modern property. Call Julie to view.
A SPACE TO LiVE, RELAx AND REViVEPerfectly positioned with extensive harbour views this beautifully presented 3-4 bedroom villa is generously proportioned and has undergone extensive renovations. Fifty acres of mixed contour land is currently leased for grazing with good water supply. Park like grounds and a large deck are ideal for family gatherings. Come and enjoy quiet country living, only 12 min drive from the Waiuku Township. Call Daryl to view.
In May the door continued to close on buyers trying to enter the Auckland house market with less than $500,000. According to the Trade Me Property Price Index’s analysis of new listings for sale over the past three months, for the first time there are no longer any property types or sizes with an average asking price of less than half a million dollars. Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said Auckland continued to surge and was yet to show signs of slowing down.
Auckland Council has allocated $830,000 to tackle emergency hous-ing, homelessness and rough sleep-ing in its 10-year budget, almost dou-ble the previous budget.
Council’s assistance options in-clude waiving regulatory costs, sub-sidising professional fees associated with new spaces and contributing to start-up costs for stand-out emergen-cy housing proposals.
Waikato District Council wants to form a ratepayer-owned council-control organisation (CCO) for future water management along with Waipa District and Hamilton City Councils.
In May, independent consultants recommended the three councils form a not-for-profit CCO to man-age water and wastewater across the sub-region. The report said doing so would save ratepayers of the three Councils $468 million over 28 years.
Waipa District Council and Hamil-ton City Council have yet to formally discuss the independent report.
Auckland Council con-tacted The Post Newspaper last week to say it has no-ticed some talk suggesting council will charge families to keep a calf for pet days.
“As Franklin is an area of Auckland that embraces calf or pet days – and I believe for some schools all the chil-dren need to take part – we wanted to get the message out there that there is no fee or licence need-ed,” a spokesperson said.
The new Animal Management Bylaw comes into force on September 1, and while calf club animals appear exempt, there will be new rules, fees and licences around stock on properties less than an acre in size.
“Auckland Council will not be charging a fee or ask-ing children to get a licence to have a pet calf or lamb in preparedness for school/community pet days. This is a tradition in many ru-ral communities that is still popular and council wants this to be able to continue and is happy to work with schools on this,” says Max Wilde, Manager Bylaws and
Compliance.The new Animal Manage-
ment Bylaw will replace 18 sets of regulations inherited from former councils and introduces a single, consist-
ent approach for the Auckland region to managing animals other than dogs.
The bylaw will come into effect 1 September 2015.The Animal Man-agement Bylaw al-lows ownership of animals in both ur-ban and rural areas of the Auckland re-gion in a way that is
not a nuisance or of a health concern to fellow residents.
The bylaw encourages re-sponsible animal ownership and promotes the welfare of all animals.
It also refers to the keeping of bees and horse riding on beaches and parks.
“In terms of fees for ru-ral areas, I can confirm that there is no need to apply for a licence or pay a fee to keep any animals if a property is over 4,000sqm (1 acre),” a spokesperson said.
“A fee and licence only ap-plies if your property is on an urban area as defined in the proposed Auckland Uni-
no licence for for calf club animals,but new fees for some properties
tary Plan and you want to have more than the allowed number of poultry or you wish to have stock.
“For example, you can have up to six chickens on a property under 2,000sqm or up to 12 chickens if your property is between 2,000sqm and 3,999sqm.
“If you want more than this number or if you wish to have stock of any kind on a property smaller than 1 acre, you must apply for a licence.”
“...if you wish to have stock
of any kind on a property smaller than one acre, you
must apply for a licence.”
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Bring the extended family. This home has 5 bed-room plus study. The upstairs has 3 bedroom + study with open plan living and bathroom. The downstairs has 2 bedroom, bathroom with kitchen-ette and spacious lounge. The property has a single garage, dbl carport and a new dbl gge with a lock-able storage room. Handy to Waiuku town centre, Waiuku College and zoned for Sandspit Rd School. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh848
Garaging galore $599,000
Marleen OhmsPh 09 235 7139 0274 483 528
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Local residents buying new homes with unconsented decks or other ad-ditions should not assume that they won’t have to remove it, according to Ian McCormick, general manager of Auckland Council’s Building Con-trol Department. “From 1 July we are introducing a new policy that will be consistent across the region and not a mix of legacy council rules,” he says.
The policy applies to anything con-structed post 1 July 1992, anything prior to this is not affected and can-not be addressed under this process
“What doesn’t change is the fact that anything unconsented will need to have a Certificate of Acceptance (CoA) to meet the current NZ Build-ing Code, not the code at the time of construction. This is a very impor-tant consideration for home buyers, and for real estate agents. A ‘she’ll be right’ attitude doesn’t stop a major structural failure, such as the deck we saw collapse in Te Atatu last year.”
To ensure the building meets the current building code, there is a re-quirement for all CoA applicants to attend a pre-application meeting with Building Control, providing as much information as possible.
Council says the fee for this meet-ing is $265 but additional fees may apply if the application is complex
New policy takes aim atunconsented building
and takes more timeThe meeting will help decide the
council’s response, including if there will be an infringement fee.
“If the council believes the con-struction would not have attained consent then there may not be a processing fee, but instead there will be a discussion about how the issue will be resolved, including how the infringing building structure will be removed if necessary,” he says.
The Certificate of Acceptance will indicate which parts of the structure have been assessed, and how those elements comply with the NZ Build-ing Code.
Consumer research company Canstar Blue has uncovered that 39% of Kiwis know someone who has been burgled in New Zealand in the last year. The Waikato is the region to watch as close to half of those surveyed (48%) know some-one who has been looted, while Otago appears to has the least in-cidence of theft (27%). From the survey, the losses taken in home thefts that irritated the most were photos at 38%, followed by the loss of a laptop (31%) or phone (20%).
2 Bare blocks approximately 4.5km from Waiuku. 2.2Ha and 1.8Ha options. Great views. Located in a quiet country lane en-suring enhanced privacy. North facing sites for all day sun. Compare these prices to smaller sections in town, and realise the value here. Phone to view. ID osbf757
Rural retreat $395,000
Ray: 021 951 082WAIUKU
This hidden section at Orua Bay is accessible at low tide and would suit a 2 bedroom designer bach or home. Set on 921m2, includes a cliff face and native trees. Situated on the section is a shed and water tank. This property has amazing views. ID: osbs557
Marleen 0274 483 528, a/h 09 235 0070
Life’s a beach $P.B.N
Brian Barrett 0272 412 781
Kim-Maree Osborne 0274 919 205
WAIUKU
1st home or investment $325,0003 Bedroom low maintenance unit. Open plan living, single internal access garaging. Currently rented for $340 per week. Don’t delay, ring now! ID osbh796
Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722 NEW LISTING
Great Investment
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$525,000 +Gst (If any) It’s not everyday you will find an investment like this. This property has two parts to it. 1 is the commercial building which is in good condi-tion with large space, currently leased $25,000 + GST p/a as a dairy with a long term tenant. 2nd part of this investment comes with a 3 double bedroom home with open plan living and a double detached garage. Currently rented at $350 p/w. This great investment has a rural outlook and is situated on the main state highway with plenty of off street parking. ID osbb021
Marleen 0274 483 528; a/h 09 235 0070
Bring the extended family. This home has 5 brm plus study. Upstairs has 3 brm + study with open plan living and bthrm. Downstairs has 2 brm, bthrm with kitchenette and spacious lounge. The property has a single garage, dbl carport and a new dbl gge with a lockable storage room. Handy to Waiuku town centre, Waiuku College and zoned for Sandspit Rd School. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh848
Rare country acre $229,000If you are looking to live in the country and don’t want a lot of land to look after - this block is for you! On a quiet country road, this level one acre blank canvas is ready for you to build your dream home on. Catch a glimpse of the harbour while enjoying the peace and tranquillity the country brings. Plant an orchard, build a castle - the choice is yours as there are no covenants. ID osbf756
Selling fast $320,000 – $330,000Only 3 left!! This is a great opportunity to build your dream home a choice of 3 sections down r.o.w just on the outskirts of town. Sizes from .2742ha to .4126ha. Power, phone and town water to site. Call today for a section plan. Covenants apply. ID osbs553 & osbf734L7
Leonie: a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722WAIUKU
TE TORO
Vendor wants it sold $560,000 + GST (if any)First time on the market in three generations is this gently undulating 30 acres more or less of productive farmland. 2 road frontages lends this property towards plenty of options. Elevated building sites await those who may plan to build their dream home in this picturesque location. Situated in the friendly TeToro community and close to an all tide boat ramp this property is also handy to Waiuku township. ID osbf748
Ray 021 951 082
Looking forward to summer? $469,0003 bedrooms fully furnished bach at Matakawau on Awhitu Peninsula. 2 mins to beach. Shed for the boat. Lots of family fun. Call Julie Q to view. ID osbh543
Country living $325,000Country living without the hassle of farming. Rural lot with unimpeded views to the west over the Waiuku River and Manukau harbour. On the Glenbrook side of Waiuku. Hurry to view, before your friends do. ID: osbf596 & osbs534Ray: 021 951 082
• Sections from just $90,000• 2 Bedroom houses $229,000• 3 Bedroom houses from $229,000
Don’t miss out Call Donna-Marie today027 527 0090 • 09 238 5913
WAIUKU
Awesome home great location $895,000This lovely home has 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 generous living areas set on 2787m2. In addition there is a double internal access garage + separate double garage with workshop. If you need space and garaging then this home is for you. Phone today to view. ID osbh851Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722
WAIUKU
Kids, cars, convenience $599,000Imagine the kids running wild on this fully fenced almost ½ acre section. Dad has plenty of room for the toys in the 12 x 6m garage/workshop. Bring the whole family to live in this 5 bedroom home. ID osbh855Ray 021 951 082
Buy now or landbank for the future $1,695,000 + GST (if Any)
Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722
Just on the outskirts of town is this 18.4037 Ha block with rolling contour. Featuring a stream and modern 4 Bedroom home with triple garage, it also has an implement shed and dis-used cow shed. This property has 2 road accesses. ID: osbf746
NEW LISTING
Marleen a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528
Building for sale1 Building which currently has 3 tenants. Situated right in the heart of Waiuku Town Centre and close to the Manukau Inlet. Motivated vendors would like to move on to other ventures. Phone Marleen to discuss further. ID osbb010
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Rural options options optionsA desirable 18.17 Ha (approx) in two titles. Gently sloping to
North/North East. There are 2 aged hay sheds on the property
and near new cattle yards. This property is located approx 2.5km
from Waiuku New World and is in the Waikato District. ID osbf672
NEW LISTING
Ray 021 951 082 WAIUKU
Ranked Waiuku’s #1 sales agent 2014/2015 with over $ 60 Million dollars worth of real estate sales.
Real estate is all about networking, Marleen Ohms from Osborne’s Waiuku says. “I’m a social butterfly. I enjoy net-working and getting out there meeting people”. Marleen, who has been in real estate since 2007 is friendly and very easy to talk to. She believes her South Island background has contributed to her bright personality. Marleen lives in Waiuku and was runner up Rookie of the Year in her first year in real estate. She’s been in the million dollar club for selling $1mil worth of property in a month, achieved Top 2% and Top 10% for sales and units (properties listed and sold) Marleen also holds the award for Runner up No1 Salesperson Auckland/Northland region for 2013. “I’m an achiever,” Marleen says. “I don’t sit around and wait for business to come. I’m motivated and I excel at everything I do.” If you are looking at selling or purchasing property, please feel free to contact Marleen. You don’t pay more for a top performer.
Scott is looking forward to assisting you with all of your real estate requirements. Call Scott today for a completely confidential and complimentary appraisal of your property.
Fulfill Your Dreams of Going Lifestyle Nestled in a quiet community amongst established trees you will find this 3 bdrm lifestyle property. Open plan, 9 x 12m2 high stud shed with carport on 1.27 acres. A short walk to Primary School.
Awhitu $435,000
Price by NegotiationView By Appointmentwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20885Larry Tompkins 0274 777 747 09 295 2026
Price by NegotiationView By Appointmentrwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20885Larry Tompkins 0274 777 747 09 295 2026
Live and work at the beach with an existing income stream. 3 bdrm owners residence, 10 units plus 50 camp sites on 1.526 hectares. A great lifestyle opportunity for a family that wants to work and play from home.
Country Living with Harbour Views Lifestyle on the beautiful Awhitu Peninsula. A 1950’s weatherboard home with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, nice views on 1.6 acres of land in 4 paddocks.
Awhitu, 6 Tram Gully Road. $470,000
View by apptwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20887Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415
View by apptrwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20887Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415
A World Of Your Own Almost an acre of sheer bliss set in a peaceful cul-de-sac. The natural timber interior of this gorgeous family home rests beautifully in the tranquil garden setting. Three double bedrooms, ensuite, large study, sleepout and double garaging.
Waiuku $649,000
View by appointmentwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20800Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415
View by appointmentrwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20800Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415
All Set to Build or Relocate! This lovely 1.09 ha lifestyle block is just a few minutes drive to town and ready and waiting for you. Set back from the road in a picturesque setting this lovely block has been well fenced and planted. Great outlook over a wetland conservation lot.
1.4103 hectares bare block (approx 3.485 acre) Tucked away from the main road on a no exit road is this 14103m2 bare block with magnificent views of the Manukau Harbour. View by appointment .Great to build your new home.Enjoy living in the country.
Manukau Heads $360,000
View by appointment rwwaiuku.co.nz/WKU20821Wendy Cowper 021 118 0118 [email protected]
View by appointment rwwaiuku.co.nz/WKU20821Wendy Cowper 021 118 0118 [email protected]
This 95m2 3 bdrm brick home (Master with semi-ensuite) with open plan kitchen, dining and living room is practically new. Double glazed windows, close to school, boat ramp and reserve. North facing with a peep of the sea, on a 2,500m2 section in a brand new Sergeant Height Subdivision.
Matakawau Point Beach $429,000
View by appointmentWKU20811Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 09 295 2417View by appointmentWKU20811Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 09 295 2417
Pollok Magnificent views -This could be you, build your dream home here! Around 15 minutes from Waiuku Township & 10 minutes to Matakawau store and all coastal beachs close by. Phone today to view LOT 2 10532m2
Excellent House Site $345,000
View open home Sat and Sunday 1:00 - 1:30pmWendy Parker 0297712667 [email protected]
View open home Sat and Sunday 1:00 - 1:30pmWendy Parker 0297712667 [email protected]
INVESTORS OR FAMILIES $489,000 Back on the market, giving you a second chance to view this sunny bright family home.. New carpet, new paint and four bedrooms in a lovely little private road away from traffic. Rental appraisal available. Come and take alook!
Central Town Location Live next to the supermarket in a private R.O.W. location and walk to the shops. 3 bedroom home on an easy care section A kent style woodburner and ventilation system for dealing with winter chills
20 Stonehurst Ave $439,000 Three bedroom family home that needs your finishing touches to make it fabulous. Beamed ceilings in the living areas and updated bathroom. Recently painted outside on a 809m2 fully fenced section. Single garage and carport. Come and put your stamp on this sunny family home. Viewing by appointment only.
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The conviction ear-lier this month in Pukekohe of company Aquatite Plumbing and Drainage and an em-ployee has served as a reminder to consum-ers to ensure they only use authorised trades-people for restricted plumbing, gasfitting and drainlaying work.
Sanitary Plumbing, gasfitting and drain-laying are regulated industries in New Zea-land and it is illegal to do this restricted work unless authorised by the Plumbers, Gasfit-ters and Drainlayers Board.
Samuel Butcher, an employee of Aquatite Plumbing and Drain-age was recently un-covered working ille-gally during a Board enforcement project conducted in the Auck-land and Hamilton re-gions.
On 17 June, Mr Butcher was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months, in the Puke-
The Auckland Dis-trict Court has or-dered an overdue rates case relating to a Kingsland property to be set down for a half a day hearing.
The $34,182.56 rates bill is one of six being pursued through the courts by Auckland Council, including two over $40,000 (for an Auck-land apartment and a Sandringham prop-erty).
We had a heap of re-sponses to identify this object from the Wai-uku Museum last week. Most identified it as a version of a mouse or rat trap, as Sue Dove-Steenson of Pukekohe said: “My husband Alan Steenson says he thinks they had of these gadg-ets on their Mauku farm many years ago. He thinks it is a rat trap. The rat climbs into the trap down the chute. They would be unable to get out because they would be spiked on the sharp wires at the bottom of
the chute. He’s not sure if a bait was used to lure them in. Probably they were drowned in a water trough before be-ing removed by a side opening.”
Pukekohe court case over illegal plumbing
Mystery object a trap $40,000rates bill
kohe District Court. Aquatite Plumbing
and Drainage Limited was also convicted and fined $1,500, ordered to pay court costs of $130, and a solicitor’s fees of $113 for employing an unauthorised person.
The Board’s Chief Executive, Martin Saw-yers says; “It’s vital that regions experiencing increases in new dwell-
ing building consents can rely on competent tradespeople.
“The reason the pro-vision of these services are restricted is because of the serious effects that this type of sub-standard work can have on public health and safety. The Board con-ducts regular enforce-ment projects in these areas. Enforcement of-
ficers check those pro-viding plumbing, gas-fitting and drainlaying services are competent and hold a current au-thorisation”.
The Board says it’s important to know that work undertaken by unlicensed people not only risks your family’s health and safety—but may also invalidate in-surance.
Waiuku - 1 View Road
Will this be the one? Here is your opportunity to own a prominent home in a position with views of Waiuku town and the hills beyond. Put your thinking cap on for this one because the possibilities are endless with this site. It is close to town, 1963m2 (approx) of land, great views! Make this yours, Must Sell, call Michele today.
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Pukekohe 1 View RoadOnce In A Lifetime...Will this be the one? Here is your opportunity to own a prominent home in a position with views of Waiuku town and the hills beyond. Put your thinking cap on for this one because the possibilities are endless with this site. It is close to town, 1963m2 (approx) of land, great views! Make this yours, call Michele today.
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Drinking and driving - a new take
Verge parking in firing line again
Vehicle burnt out in Waiuku carpark
Residents in the Hamilton Estate area of Waiuku say they are being targeted by Auck-land Council’s parking enforcement units, but one resident says park-ing on the verge makes it safer.
One local man con-tacted The Post last week to say parking officers had been out before dawn in one street, while Hamilton Drive resident Helen Honey says her son and a friend both received
tickets in the mail after parking on the verge in front of her property.
She says, however, that it is far safer to park on the verge than on the road, although it is legal to park on the road in the area. When The Post visited Helen last week we had to agree.
Parked on the road (legally), we noticed every vehicle passing by crossed over the centre line on the cor-ner. When we put two wheels on the grass
No view onwhether carad offensive
The Race Relations Office of the Human Rights Commission has declined to rule on the use of the term “Jap im-port cars” in advertis-ing.
2 Cheap Cars sought advice from the Hu-man Rights Commis-sion after receiving a complaint from the Japanese Society of Auckland about its ad-vertising.
The Race Relations Office says no formal complaint has been made to the Commis-sion about the ads and it doesn’t want to pre-determine the matter.
2 Cheap Cars CEO Eugene Williams says “The Office also made some general com-ments to us that the word Jap was consid-ered a derogatory term towards Japanese peo-ple during the Second World War.” He says however the term is not directed at Japanese people but is a com-monly used phrase to describe second hand cars imported from Ja-pan.
“It is also worth not-ing that it is 60 years after the war.”
Last week DB Export an-nounced it is on a mission to har-ness the power of drinking beer to save the world.
In a New Zealand first, DB Ex-port is attempting to make the country’s first ever commercially viable biofuel from the by-prod-ucts of brewing beer. By creating this biofuel, which emits less car-bon than petrol, DB Export says, Kiwi’s can save the world by do-ing what they do best – drinking beer.
“DB Export Brewtroleum”, will
be made using ethanol derived from beer by-product which will be mixed with normal pe-troleum to create Brewtroleum by July 2015. That means every time someone drinks DB Export they’re helping to create an en-vironmentally-friendly Biofuel that can be used in any combus-tion engine that runs on petrol.
Research and testing by DB Export and independent experts found that ethanol could be stripped from the yeast slurry of the brewing process and distilled
to produce high-grade bioetha-nol created by blending 10% ethanol and 90% premium 98 octane petrol.
Bioethanol created from a by-product of dairy production is already available in select out-lets around New Zealand and the world, and is proven to be more environmentally-friendly than normal petrol.
Now DB Export has joined the crusade and the first sample of bioethanol will be ready for test-ing in a few weeks.
verge, vehicles stayed within the left lane when passing.
Auckland Transport says there is ‘no cam-paign’ as such, and say there have been a total
of 22 infringement no-tices issued for vehicles parking on the verge since the start of this year, with 95% as the re-sult of complaints from residents.
Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade members were called into action on Thursday morning when a car was seen on fire in the former New World carpark on Kitchener Road.
The fire brigade put out the fire before it could spread to neigh-bouring vehicles, but there was significant damage to the red Ford
Parked illegally, but safer than parking on the road, says Helen Honey.
Falcon. The callout was around 9.30am.
Waiuku Police say the car was not a stolen vehicle, and the cause of the fire is unknown at this stage.
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We had a great turn-out for the Grunter Hunter and despite the terrible forecast and miserable start to the day, everything turned out just fine. The prom-ised wind never turned up making for a very pleasant day from mid-morning on.
While most people reported small catches we had moderate suc-cess with 19 gurnard going into the chilly
A woman who appealed to the High Court over costs awarded against her after she was convicted on charges of excess and undersized snapper has had the $1500 costs initially awarded against her reduced to $647.
Nancy Utumoengalu was sen-tenced last year to 350 hours com-munity work to pay the sum of $1,500 towards the costs of the prosecution.
However, she argued that the costs were too high, after the Ministry of Primary Industries had spent around $2700 on witness costs and travel for a meteorologist from Wellington. The specialist meteorologist was brought in to counter Mrs Utumoengalu’s ar-gument that she was seasick due to rough conditions on the day she was caught with the undersized snapper.
The case related to an incident in Kawakawa Bay when to fisheries patrol officers investigated a boat in which Mrs Utumoengalu and her husband, plus their son, were in. Her husband did not speak good English, so the fishery officers spoke to Mrs Utumoengalu. She told them that she and her husband had been out fish-ing. When asked whether they were aware of the legal limits and mini-mum size for taking snapper, Mrs Utumoengalu told the officers that they knew they were permitted to take nine snapper each and that the fish had to be at least 27 centimetres in length.
Mrs Utumoengalu then showed
the fishery officers a blue plastic bin containing 27 snapper, the legal limit for the three people. When asked whether there were any other fish on the vessel, she responded that there were not.
The officers searched the boat and in a locker in the floor of the vessel they found a canvas bag containing 40 further snapper. Of these, three were found to be undersized.
Asked if she planned to sell the fish, she emphatically denied it.
She expressed remorse for the 40 hidden fish, but said she had no fur-ther information to add.
The boat was impounded by the Ministry, but four days later officers noted an extremely putrid smell. The officer who moved the vessel noticed a large quantity of blood flowing out of the rear of the vessel.
A total of 258 snapper had been hidden in this compartment. This meant that Mrs Utumoengalu and her husband had been in posses-sion of 325 snapper, nearly 300 more than the legal limit. Of these, 38 were found to be less than 27 centimetres in length.
In her appeal last month, the judge found that the maximum cost that could be awarded for the witness was $387, with a further $260 towards the airfares, making a total of $647, and setting aside the earlier judgement of $1500 towards costs.She has been or-dered to repay it at $25 per week.
Miserable weather but greatturnout for Grunter Hunter
Smudge says.....
Top picture: Carey Walter and Smudge organised the event for CSFC and he got a great mid field placing, but not with this little fish! Above: Jessie Gleeson and Jake Lamb giving it their best shot, a great effort and good to see some young guys making the most of what this great community has to offer.Left: There was more than one fisherman wishing it was a kahawai event instead of a gurnard hunt!
bin. While we caught some smaller but legal fish that were released, 19 was enough to feed the three households represented on our boat so it was a good day. Not good enough to get us on the lead-er board though. We caught some very nice
fish but with 10th place coming in at 1.05kg we didn’t have a show. The heaviest fish was a wor-thy 1.38kg, caught very close to where we were fishing. That crew only caught 5 fish all day but as the weather has cooled off since then more gurnard have moved into the har-bour.
It has become more common for spiny dogfish to feature in catches over the last few years. I’m unsure why but with fishing
going from strength to strength in the har-bour over the last few years, there’s bound to be a few less desirable catches in the mix.
Our next event is the Ice Breaker on July 3 to 5, where you can fish anywhere in the coun-try. We usually only fish one of the three days but often feature in the gurnard and ka-hawai stakes. Last year we even got 3rd heavi-est snapper from the harbour, I guess the old saying about fishing your feet first has some merit after all.
Take care and get out on those calm days, Smudge.
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20-6-15 Saturday Haggle Div One;1st Rory Kimber 40, 2nd
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This week’s Waiuku Golf Club results
The Waiuku premier reserves took on the table-topping Karaka team on Saturday in front of their many sponsors and support-ers at Waiuku’s rugby park, coming out with an excellent win in try-ing conditions.
Playing into the wind and rain in the first half the Waiuku forwards had to really roll up their sleeves and work hard against a very good Karaka forward pack who were well drilled at scrum and line out time.
Ill discipline let Kara-ka down badly as two of their forwards got yellow carded for fly-ing off their feet at ruck time and Waiuku took advantage with some
surging runs from front rowers John Streamer and Jarrod Millar, and lock Travis Millar get-ting them into Karaka territory and gaining a penalty which first five Jack Hardie kicked be-tween the posts.
In the second half Karaka started strongly scoring a beautiful try out wide to their full-back in a good set piece move.
This seemed to wake Waiuku up as centre Dylan Niel charged down a Karaka kick and showed great soccer skills to dribble the ball over the line and score the try, converted by Hardie.
Flanker Dominic Ol-son then capped off a strong game by latch-
ing onto a Karaka over-throw in the line out and crashing through two defenders to score out wide, also convert-ed by Hardie.
Waiuku then camped in Karaka’s half of the field for the final ten minutes and the pres-sure finally told as number 8 and captain Kowhai Nepia scored the final try, converted by Hardie, who had a
excellent game with the boot and controlled the game well for Waiuku who finished the game victorious 24 - 5.
Good games for Wai-uku were had by Sitani Folau and Aaron Yuille in the backs and Da-vid Macdonald,John Streamer and Dominic Olson in the forwards but the Barbs Bar play-er of the day went to centre Dylan Niel.
Wet and difficult conditions once again tested the teams in the latest round of Counties Power Club Rugby this weekend.
In the Premier division Bombay Gough CAT now become the Coun-ties Power Cup Holders after wres-tling it off Pukekohe with a 15-10 win which happened with a try in the last play of the game.
Both teams played better into the wind than against it in very chal-lenging conditions and Bombay now sit in second place on the table, one point behind Karaka.
Next week Bombay head away to Ardmore and Pukekohe host Waiuku.
Patumahoe were able to get up over Manurewa 23- 15. Patumahoe ran in tries to Fotu Lokotui, Vaha Fili, with Riley Hophepa converting both and slotting over three penalties.
Patumahoe have a good challenge next week, as they are away to Karaka.
Ardmore Marist South Auckland Motors and Onewhero played out an entertaining game in which Ardmore took the victory 19-10.
They now sit on equal points with Pukekohe but sit in fourth place on the table due to points differential.
Ardmore opened the scoring in the opening few minutes through Sione Hifo who capitalised on a turn over to help them to a 5-3 lead at halftime.
Next week Onewhero host Manure-wa.
Karaka Vernon & Vazey picked up
a convincing 40-10 win over Waiuku despite the red and greens playing host to their sponsors for the annual Sponsor’s Day event.
Karaka got off to a strong start in which they dominated the first half. Waiuku came to play in the second forty, they had a lot of ball and ap-plied plenty of pressure which did result on two driving tries to James Faiva and Daniel Fitzharris.
The Premier Reserve for the Bob Chandler Memorial, Bombay Pokeno Bacon were too good for Pukekohoe defeating them 29-0, Manurewa and Patumahoe battled out a 17-all draw, Onewhero went down to Ardmore Marist 48-8, and Waiuku defeated Karaka 24- 5.
In the Sid Marshall Shield, Papaku-ra picked up a 24 -14 win over Drury.
In the Premier Reserves for the Bill Marsh Cup, Papakura out played Drury 19-7, while Puni snuck home with a 24-23 win over Te Kauwhata.
In the Massey Cup (U21) Patuma-hoe Albycon ran out 32-12 winners over Manurewa, Pukekohe collected a 34-14 victory over Bombay Hy-draulink and Ardmore Marist defeat-ed Karaka 15-10.
Ardmore Marist defeated Bombay Super Freight 24-8 in their Under 85kg battle, while Onewhero won 17-6 against Karaka.
In the women’s division the Rifles Thunderbirds collected a 15-0 victory over Ardmore Marist.
The Waiuku College clay target shooting team noted up another set of successes earlier this month, again led by the outstanding girls pairing of Ellen Ball-intine and Emily Wilks who won the teams event in their section.
136 college shooters in 28 squads attended the event in Pukekohe, which was originally set to be hosted in Mata-mata, but was can-celled at the last minute as organisers could not get enough manpower to run the event.
The five schools that shoot out of the Auck-land Metropolitan Club in Pukekohe, (Waiuku College, Pukekohe High School, Tuakau Col-lege, Kings College and Rosehill College), were asked to put the event on at short notice.
The group man-aged to secure excel-lent sponsorship from Gun City, which meant a laden prize table, and the event ran well despite squally show-ers passing across the range.
Ellen Ballintine and Emily Wilks won for Waiuku College, ahead of Putaruru College and Hauraki Plains College.
The Waiuku Open team of Nelson Akast, Ethan Short, Zoe Groot, Ayden Porter and Niko Manning were just edged out of the top three, finishing fourth behind John Paul Col-lege, Kings College and Pukekohe High School.
In the first-year shooter section, Ethan Short again placed second, just one point behind James Kenna from St Pauls, shooting 80 from 90, an excellent result with 55 shooters in the event.
In the Girls section, Zoe Groot won with 28/30, ahead of Han-nah Childs of Pukekohe High School on 27/30 and Ellen Ballintine made it a Franklin tri-fecta with third place and 25/30.
Niko Manning shot 29/30 in the Boys sec-tion, but after a shoot-off, placed just out of the prizes, but shot well on the day overall.
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WE CREATE Franklin’s
THE US7 is the only heat pump to be awarded 7 stars for
efficiency – so running costs are incredibly low, while high-
tech functions like humidification and dehumidifier controls
mean you can be cozy or cool without your skin drying out.
THE STYLISH NEW ZENA RANGE is designed to impress but
when it comes to its whisper quiet operation, you’ll hardly
notice it. In fact, there’s no quieter heat pump available.
With a Daikin heat pump, installed by our specially trained experts, we can turn your home into the best spot in the neighbourhood.
Contact us at the number below for an obligation free quote and start to enjoy high-tech, category-leading innovation from the world’s
