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November 2010 Hamraki Rag 1

Exercise TangaroaBy Jack Lyford Exercise Tangaroa was a publiceducation simulation based onthe scenario that a magnitude 9.1earthquake had occurred at 0447

New Zealand time on 20/10/10near the coast of Central Peru at adepth of 23 km. The earthquakehad generated a major tsunamithreat to New Zealand.The Minister for Civil Defencemade a simulated declaration of anational State of Emergency at0930 hours 20/10/10.

Hampden Civil Defence Sector Post was activated at 1100hrs.We established radio contact withthe Waitaki Headquarters andtwo teams were sent out to check on the numbers of people on or near the beaches at Hampden andMoeraki.

Later we were asked to haveteams of members door knock the lower areas especially in theMoeraki area to check on thenumbers of people and determine

those who would need specialassistance such as the frail or dis-abled, who would have to beevacuated if it was a real tsuna-mi. Overall, for the Hampden Sector Post the exercise was a great suc-cess despite some problems witha breakdown in communicationswith the headquarters. However this also allowed us to identify afew weaknesses in our own sys-tems, as in a real emergencythere may be no contact with theoutside at all.

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2 Hamraki Rag November 2010

Labour weekend Saturday saw 26 stalls set up in and around the Hamp-den Hall for the monthly market day. The sun shone, the breeze was a

light zephyr and the rain stayed away. In other words the conditionswere perfect for a browse around. The stalls sported a wide variety of goods for sale, from secondhand clothes and bric -a- brac to plants, jewel-lery, art work, wood turning, stained glass, merino clothing, candles,fresh eggs and vegetables.The Senior Citizens had a large selection on their stall which includedsome home baking and preserves. You could quench your thirst andquell hunger pangs with tea, coffee and a scone. Or treat yourself to ayummy, locally made Hangi Pie. Book -lovers were catered for too, witha community book stall with the proceeds going to the local library,which is open on Saturdays from 10am to 12 noon.

There were many visitors to the market this month to swell the usuallocal customer numbers including our Mayor and his wife, who often

pop in to say hello.

The next market day will be Saturday November 27th, to be followed onSaturday December 11th with a Christmas Market, so mark those dates

A Successful October Market


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JACQUI DEANS

MP for Waitaki

Please phone or e -mail my of-fice for an appointment withme or talk to my staff.

42 Thames St, Oamaru.Phone 03 434 7325 or 08006792 48254 [email protected],www.jacquidean.co.nz

Greetings All, This is an update on progress towardsthe History of Hampden. Over the past year a number of familyissues have meant my time has been

spent with their involvement. The lossof a young family member early inthe year disrupted the research, and ithas taken time to get back to it. I am not able to set a publication timenow but I intend to review the pro-gress being made and when that isclearer I will again come back to youwith a fixed date. Kind regards to all Ken Miller

(Cont. from p.1)

The most prominent weakness wasthe very limited range of our handheld radios.

At 1700 hours Waitaki Headquar-ters declared the exercise over andthe Hampden members were stooddown.

Civil defence volunteer Kevin Black testing his handheld radio
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Software and hardware including computers,printers and faxes for sale at

competitive prices. Service and repair by experienced local and

mobile expert serviceman. 3 Otepopo St, Herbert

ph: 03 4395197/ 0274358983 email: [email protected]

Hampden MarketHampden November Community Market This month's Hampden Community Market will be held on Satur-

day 27th November. The Hampden Market is a wonderful marketwith a wide range of stalls offering something for everyone. Youwill find craft, art, crystals, plants, knitting, books, beaded and sil-ver jewellery, stained glass suncatchers, candles, hangi pies andlots lots more. Plan to meet up with your friends and enjoy a cuppawith these funds going to local community groups. Stalls open9..30 to 12.30. Look for the colourful bunting flags. See you there.
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COMMUNITY INFOHampden LibraryHours: 2 to 4pm ( T hursdays) 2 to 4pm (Fridays)10am to12 noon ( S aturdays)

Landfill Transfer StationHours: 8.30am to 12.30pm(Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays)

Medical Services(Dr. Mc K irdy) Thursday between 2.30pm and

4.30pm at the hallPhone: 4394 625 (for appointment)Emergency andafter hours: 4651 444

Hampden MotorsHours: 7.30am to 5.30pm weekdays8am to 12 ( S aturdays) Closed on Sundays

Phone: 4394 086

Tobys Fish Hours: 11am-6pm, Wednesdaythrough Monday(closed on Tuesdays)

Hampden S uper S toresecond-hand shop

Hours: 12.30pm to 5pm(Most Fridays)10.30am to 5pm(S aturday and Sunday)Phone: 4394 802

Lockies T akeaways Hours: 11am to 7pm (Monday toThursday, maybe closed between

2 and 4pm)11am to 7.30pm (Friday to Sunday)Phone: 4394 744

Hampden MechanicalHours: 8.30am to 5.30pm (excepton Wednesdays and Sundays)Closed for lunch between noonand 1pm

Phone: 4394 646


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Community Gatherings at St Stephens, Hampden

Sun 5 Dec 2010 at 4pm.... Ecu-menical Carol Service with sup-

per by candlelight to follow(please bring some finger food toshare) Sun 19 Dec 2010 at 4pm... Com-munion service Fri 24 Dec 2010 at 8pm ...Christmas Eve Service (at the

Moeraki Church) Vicar - Rev Vance VidalPh: 03 489 7988 or 027 3503558Warden - Paul HavordPh: 4394 524

A community church ser-vice is held at St Ste-phen's on Ipswich Streeton the first and third Sun-days of each month. Don'tworry if you have not at-tended a church before.

Come along and experiencewhat our 45 minute servicehas to offer and feel freeto stay for a cup of tea orcoffee afterwards. Everyone is welcome to all ser-

vices.

Services for November andDecember

Sunday 7 November 2010 at4pm - Join us for the annualCelebration of Pets Service.Bring along your pet for a spe-cial blessing. There will be spe-cial pet certificates, prizes and

biscuits for pets after the ser-vice, and a cup of tea or a cold

drink for the owners. Pets must be on a lead or caged. All wel-come.

The Hampden Rural Fire Brigade wouldlike to thank all the community mem-

bers who gave so generously during theLabour weekend raffles at the HampdenTavern, and also the Tavern for hostingthe event. Over $2000 was raised in un-der 2 hours. Well done everyone
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By E. Norton Four members of the Hampdencommunity attended a workshop onfunding held in Palmerston. The daywas sponsored by the Adult Com-munity Education Network and or-ganised by Helen Jansen - who isalso a great cook and provided awonderful home cooked lunch. Steve Bennett of the LotteriesGrants Board gave a very informa-tive run -down on the workings of the Board and then used the rest of the time to explain the procedure for filling out application forms for lot-

tery grants and answering questions.

Does your group need money tosubsidise a tutor with travellingcosts? To reimburse volunteers ex-

penses? Training? Or maybe even a part -time salary? You may be inluck, because the Lottery GrantsBoard has prioritised these areas,

and the good news, Steve says, isthat because of the recession every-one is gambling more and the Boardhas more money than ever to giveaway to community organisationThe Lottery Grants Board also co-vers minor capital works, anythingencouraging community participa-tion, events, and activity, resourceand programme costs.

COGS grants, on the other hand,cover rent, power, phone and ad-ministration, but theres a catch - you have to be super -organised for these, as there is only one fundinground per year. You need to applyin June or July for allocations inOctober. For anyone out there thinking of making a funding application,there are example forms in theHampden Library and application

forms are also available online. Non -incorporated groups are lim-ited to $5,000 from COGS and$10,000 from the Lottery Board. If your organisation is looking for large scale funding it needs to beincorporated This was a very instructive day,well worth attending and those

present left at the end of the daywith a completed application formready for submission. And wellhope Hampden will turn out tohave a Lottery bonanza.

Does your GroupNeed $$$$?


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More Wacky Ideas

More Wacky Ideas

The Gallery at Moeraki This month we feature Oamaru Stone Work

Call and view our wide range byvarious artists. We have a good variety of jewel-lery, ceramics, candles, silk, talland short people. Something for everyone Friday 2 pm to 5 pm Saturday & Sunday 10 am to 4 pm

Reywa and Anne Brown atthe opening of More Wacky

Ideas in Moeraki.

Open days this year are No-

vember 27th and 28th, Decem-ber 4th, 5th, 11th and 12th.Three thousand paeonies inbloom is a sight to see and towalk amongst 23 different varie-ties of gorgeous flowers isbreathtaking. There will bebunches of paeonies for saleand tuber orders will be takenfrom mid November to mid De-cember. Also available arethree year old Trillium seedlings(to flower next year), colour un-known. $8 each. Phone Tina Lawrence 4394410

[email protected]

Exquisite Blooms PaeonyGarden

The Hamraki RagFor advertising, services orprivate events,items for sale orwanted, celebrations, reports ofevents or articles you want to becirculated to the local

community.Contact;-Graham- 4394511Kate - 4394599Rachel - 4260788
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By Tina Lawrence On the 19th October the members of the Waianakarua Garden Club held

their annual flower show in theWaianakarua Hall. Staging was from5.30pm to 6.45pm and there were 30different classes including spring

bulb, tulips, camellias, shrubs, blos-som, pansy, Trillium, Polyanthus andRhododendrons. The show tables were set up in one

half of the hall, with white paper cov-ering them and colourful dividers be-tween each class. The types of flower and class numbers were written ineach space to help competitors as wellas Ray Lawrence who was judging.While the judging was being carriedout, members met in the other half of the hall. After a short business ses-sion, the guest speaker Marion Shorefrom Waitaki Resource ManagementCentre educated and entertained themembers about resource recovery.

The judge gave feedback to the groupcommending them and the freshnessof the blooms. He was also impressed

with the quality despite the wind andrain in the preceding days. Rayshowed three blooms that he had

picked out for Best Bloom of Show,and talked about the reasons that hechose the Trillium above the other two. Ray was thanked for his sharing his

expertise and his time in judging theshow for a second year. The winners of the show were: High-est Points in Show Betty McMillan,Second Highest points in show Col-leen Grumball and Best Bloom of Show Tina Lawrence.Members enjoyedlooking at all the

blooms in theshow, then had sup-

per and a chat.

Waianakarua Garden Club Flower Show

Rural Women News

by Leona Trimble The Hampden Branch had a wonderful 80th celebration in August. MargaretJohnston was honoured with life membership for all her years of dedication tothe Hampden Rural Women. Many thanks to all the past members for travellingto join us at the Moeraki Boulders and making the day so memorable. During September a raffle was sold in support of the Christchurch Earthquakefund. The winner was J. McIlraith. The branch has donated $100 to the fund.Thank you to the Hampden Tavern, and all those who supported us with thiscause. In October a small group went to the Waianakarua Flower show, hosted by theGarden Club. Rural Women cookbooks are now available and are sold at theHampden Market. These make a great Christmas gift idea and are availablefrom all members.


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As part of Oamaru RSA celebrations an invitation is cordially extended to you,your partner and importantly to your family members and friends

to attend a WWII film premiere, telling the story of Lieut. Forbes McHardy 22

Battalion K.I.A. To be hosted by Lady Fiona Elworthy, daughter of Lieut.Forbes McHardy

Present will be contributors to the film who include actor -singer Jill Roberts,Oamaru War veterans, Alan Ross and Bill McGee, pianist Adrian Mann, song-

ster Stewart Mitchell, composers Sister Cecily Sheehy and Dame Gillian White-head and members of the Te Maiharoa family.

Armistice Day Thursday 11 November 6.30 pm Oamaru Opera House Doors open 6pm. Call to welcome 6.15pm.

Early bookings advised at any Ticket Direct outlet or the Opera House. Cost:$10 waged / $5 unwaged Proceeds towards Waitaki Boys' High School Hall of Memories Honours' Board

Restoration and Additions Project.

The recent First Aid Course organised

by the Civil Defence Group was wellattended by members of both Civil De-fence and the Hampden Rural Fire Par-ty. All who attended found the day use-ful and enjoyable, and feel better able todeal with any emergencies which maycome their way.

Hampden is fortunate that it has such adedicated teams of volunteers ready andwilling to help the community in timesof trouble.

First -aiders Kevin Black and Ian Welton practise CPR on volunteers Jack Lyfordand Ken Wheeler.

First Aid Course, Hampden Hall , 9th October 2010
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Moeraki Services Ltd for

Freeview Satellite Television

This month we feature the Dish model 7010 PVR satellite receiv-er.

It is small in size and includes a USB port to enable it to becomeyour home TV recorder. By adding a memory stick or a USB harddrive you are ready to record digital TV pictures. It has an instantrecord function as well as a timer record function. This enablesyou to pre -program the shows you wish to record. All these functions are controlled with the satellite remote control. My price is $160 for the receiver and it comes with all Freeviewchannels loaded. (USB memory sticks and Hard Drives are an extra cost.)

Full Installation:

Dish, roof mount, LNB, cabling and Dish 7010 receiver: $499 LCD/Plasma Installation: I carry a full range of AV and HDMI ca-bles, so I can help get the best out of your new TV.

With spring come the seasonal call outs due to plants growing infront of satellite dishes. If you are suffering from 'rain fade' or badpictures (little square blocks of colour and broken up picture),check that nothing has grown up in front of your dish. The 'rainfade' could be caused by spring growth of your plants.

Hours for Moeraki Services: 8am to 9pm, seven days a week.

Over the next few months I will be doing more work at the week-ends so dont be afraid to call on Saturday or Sunday.

Phone Dave on 4394259.


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Dozens of different varieties of plants are available, with old

favourites and rare treasuresto be found. Dry shade plantsare a specialty along with theBig Brigade - those plants thatmake a serious statement inyour garden. Notice the won-derful differences of the'collections' (different plants of one species) such as Lamium,Geum, Campanula, Potentillaand Sisyrinchium. All Tina'splants are grown locally andso are perfect for NorthOtago's climate. Perennials are $2.50 each or 5

for $10.The nursery is locatedat 37 Bluff Hills RoadWaianakarua. Phone: 4394410

Tinas Perennials Can't find the spade?No time or energy todig your garden?Just want to get somefresh vegies goingquickly? HampdenCommunity Energy ishiring a rotary hoe for a weekend in Novem-

ber and for a small do-

nation, will come andturn over your patch toan easy tilth. If youcan arrange for somemanure that could beincorporated at thesame time. Anyone inthe community whowould like this service,or would like to comeand help (perhaps withtheir own machine),can contact the Secre-tary, Elizabeth Norton4394 887 Cornered Snippets

The early bird might get theworm, but the second mousegets the cheese. **************** Do not argue with an idiot, he willdrag you down to his level and then

beat you with experience. ****************** War does not determine who isright, only who is left.


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St Francis of Assisi Celebra-tion of Pets St. Stephens -on -the -HillIpswich St. HampdenSunday 7 November 2010 at4pmfollowed by a cup of tea and achat, with biscuits for the dogsand cats donated by Oamaruand East Otago VeterinaryCentre Ltd.Guest Speaker: Neroli Cottam

will speak on donkeys, dogsand animals in poetry Vicar - Rev. Vance VidalPet certificates and prizes. Petsbring your owners along andenjoy a fun afternoon !

The Waianakarua Women's In-stitute meeting is held on thethird Tuesday of each month at10.30am. The meetings havecommunity spirit, friendship,competitions, fun and a niceshared lunch. The next meetingwill be in theWaianakarua Hallon November 16thand after lunchthere will be a

demonstration. New membersare very welcome. Phone Joy4394377

Red Hatters Club A group of women of all ageswho get together wearing redhats, purple attire and have fun.New comers are welcome.Our next meeting is on 12thNovember and will be a Birth-day Party in the Park. ContactMargaret 4395 197 or Tina4394410.

The HampdenCommunityEnergy group ismeeting on 15thNovember at7pm in the hallwaiting room.All welcome.

The Hampden Hall CommitteeAnnual General Meeting willbe held in the Hampden HallSupper Room on Friday 19thNovember at 7.30pm to electthe officers and committee. The important items for discus-sion will be the improvements

to the Hall and whether to be-come an incorporated society inorder to gain extra funding. Please show support for the fu-ture of your community hall byattending. Supper will be provided. Annette Selwood Secretary/Treasurer Phone: 439 4160


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Film Appreciation Group

This month's FAG meeting willbe on Wednesday 10th of No-vember at 6pm for a pot luckdinner before the group watch-es the classic 1963 romanticcomedy and thriller, Charade,starring Audrey Hepburn andCary Grant. Don't miss out on a

great night. Call Trevor on439 4887 for your invitation.

Bring Back the Music

When I was a child it was com-mon for men to whistle as theyworked outdoors. A few timeslately I have heard people won-dering why no one seems to dothat any more. In her lovely

book Larkrise to Candleford about her childhood in Englandover a century ago FloraThompson says: Most of the men sang or whis-tled as they dug or hoed. Therewas a good deal of outdoor singing in those days. Work-men sang at their jobs; menwith horses and carts sang onthe road; the baker, the millers

man, and the fish -hawker sangas they went from door to door;even the doctor and parson ontheir rounds hummed a tune

between their teeth. Where has all this music gone?I suspect the radio and the in-creasing number of noisy en-gines started the decline. Most

people stopped going to churchand singing as a regular part of life. Singing is good for you. It reg-ulates your breathing andcalms your mind and can bring

friends and neighbours

together. And its fun. Why dontwe start a choir here in Hampden?We have a hall and a piano. Letsmake use of them. If youre inter-

ested, whether or not you think you can sing, contact Kate on439 4599
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FOR November If you have any events, classes,workshops, garage sales, parties,thank yous, local photos, anything,

inform the Rag so that the wholecommunity knows.email hamrakirag@gm ail.comor ph 4260788,4394599 0r4394020

Sunday Service at St JohnsHerbert November 7th, 14th, 21st, 28that 10am.

Sunday Service at St StephensHampden Sun 7 November 2010 at 4pmCelebration of Pets Service.Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 4pm.

Hampden Market When:Saturday 27th November 9.30am -12.30pm Where: Hampden Hall

Film Appreciation Group When:Wednesday 10th November at6pm. Come along and be surprised

Hampden Hall Committee AGM When:Friday 19th November at 7.30pm Where: Hampden Hall

Waianakarua Womens Institute When:Tuesday 16th November at10.30am Where: Waianakarua Hall

Hampden Community EnergyGroup When:Monday 15th November at7pm Where: Hampden hall

Red Hatters Club

When:Friday 12 November

Details contact Margaret 4395197or Tina 4394410

Further Presbyterian Church Commu-nity Meeting

A further meeting to update and dis-cuss the Community Use of theHampden Presbyterian Church, will

be held in the Presbyterian Church onTuesday 23 November 2010, at7.30pm. All Welcome.

Contact :Joan SutherlandPh 4394 844


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by Alison McTavish Three times a year three Hampden Library volunteers travel in to Oama-ru Library and, over a three -hour period, select 200 new books for our library. Its fun we trundle book trolleys around the empty Oamaru Li-brary, picking out any book that looks interesting. The volunteers arerotated for every exchange, so that you, the readers, will experience lotsof different tastes in books. Its not easy to select books for our readers, because the statistics showthat the kind of books Hamp-den readers borrow chang-es all the time. We have a

readership with a verywide and vary- ing range of interests. The only constanttrend is that youre usingour library more. Usuallyyou borrow more fictionbooks than non -fiction, sowe selected 60 titles cover-

ing westerns, whodunnits,thrillers, best- sellers, familysagas, litera- ture, NZ au-thors, etc. Something for everyone, we hope, and oneof our selectors made sure that there was plenty for those who enjoywriters from other countries. Occasionally there is a month in which people borrow more non -fictionbooks than fiction, and so this exchange we have selected 80 books onsubjects from sex at dawn to tractors and even two beautiful books onthe canals of England. Guess who? From time to time time the number of Large Print books borrowed is al-most equal to the number of standard print books. To cater for thosewho find the size of print challenging, we asked a very well -read selec-tor with a wide range of interests to select 40 Large Print titles. KIDS! We have new cardboard books for the very young, picture booksand also some horse books and My Story books for older readers.Come along and well show you where to look. Come to the Library andsee what you think.

From the Library Shelves
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Hamraki Trading Post

Free range eggs for sale $4 per dozen. Ph 4394599.

For sale: Garden muncher $100 Small chest freezer $250 Concrete mixer $500 Grader blade $450 Triumph 2500 $1000

All prices negotiable.

YOUR AD HERE FOR FREE Contact us for free classified inthis page and

Hamrakitrading.blogspot.com

Waterlillies for sale, pot -luck redor white Large - $6 Small - $4

Ph 4260788

Wanted: a swarm of bees. If youshould notice a swarm of bees

around the Hamden/Moeraki area please ph 4394599 or 4260788

For Sale Breeding trio of Welsummer chick-ens: rooster and two

hens, $70

Ph: 4394599

Piano Lessons

Learn to play the piano. Experi-enced teacher. Reasonable rates.All ages and levels welcome. Phone Kate on 4394599

The Rural Womens Cookbook A stylish publication suitable for agift or for your own use, full of useful recipes and lovely photos. $25 per copy. Order yours today. Ph: Leona 4394988

Elizabeth: 4394887

Lettuce and marigold plants $1.50 each Phone: 4394 692

KuneKune piglets

$50 each

Ready for homesin December Ph: 4394 156

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