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www.thepost.nz | Tuesday October 6, 2015 Vol 27 No. 39 22 200 Copies

Most Improved Newspaper of the Year • Runner-up Best Front Page + Community Involvement NZCNA 2015

The Pukekohe Performing Arts is presenting this highly anticipated performance, described as a revival for the theatre. Page 7

Karaka-based NZ Hothouse’s strawberry tomato has won the inaugural MPI New Cultivars/Primary Producers Award Page 8

Harrisville school named the winner of the $10,000 work-ing bee ITM is giving away in Counties Manukau this rug-by season. 4

communityGrease is the word, it’s got groove

businessNZ Hothouse wins Food Award

PRoPeRtyHarrisville School wins working bee

geneRal newsEmotional connections are expected to be a common feature of the first ever Rescue Reunion

great walk for breast cancer

However, it has been stated that there is no need for alarm, as it is currently reading 50 percent below the maximum acceptable level of 0.01mg/L, as defined in the Drinking Water Standards of New Zealand.

ll In accordance with Ministry of Health guidelines, a reading at or above 50 percent of the PMAV requires testing frequency to be increased to monthly.

Watercare general manager service delivery, Shayne Cunis, says the Auck-land Regional Public Health Service and the Medical Officer of Health have been notified.

“We are following normal processes by increasing our sampling and analy-sis programme in Waiuku. While detec-tion is below the limit specified in the Drinking Water Standards of New Zea-land, we are evaluating additional treat-ment options.”

When asked where the arsenic has

come from, it has been said that arsenic is naturally occurring and that it is not unusual for it to be found in groundwa-ter sources.

Arsenic is present in many rocks, particularly those in volcanic areas, and from time to time it can leach in-to ground water as a result of erosion.

International water quality expert, Professor Colin Fricker, says Watercare is taking all necessary steps in its response to the arsenic reading at 50 percent of the PMAV.

“The Ministry of Health’s provisional maximum acceptable value of 0.01mg/L is consistent with standards imposed in other developed countries including the US and the UK. It’s also in line with the World Health Organisation guidelines.

“Given that the level of arsenic record-ed in Waiuku is half that considered ac-ceptable by the New Zealand Drinking Water Standards and the World Health Organisation, there is no cause for alarm”.

Watercare publishes detailed water quality reports for all of its water sourc-es each year, which can be found on our website http://www.watercare.co.nz/

Dr Denise Dalziel from Waiuku Health Centre has recently returned from what she describes as a trip of a lifetime, all while fundraising for an amazing cause. See page 2 for the full story.

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Tamara Bennett has entered into the AMP National

Scholarships and needs your help

wat e Rc a R e has since increased the frequency of their water monitoring programme in Waiuku after low levels of arsenic were detected in one of the three water sources for the township.

Low levels of arsenic detected in Waiuku drinking water

On Sunday 18 October The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust is inviting anyone who has ever been rescued by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter to attend a Reunion. Page 3

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jOIN THE FIGHT

hands and knees,” ex-plains Dr Dalziel.

“We were treated to the most extraordi-nary sights and land-scape views, it was tru-ly amazing. Most of the area along the Wall that we walked was closed off to the public due to the terrain and we were lucky to have guides as we would not have been able to do it un-assisted.”

The group of ladies, who had all been af-fected by breast can-cer through one form or another, spent five days walking and at times, were walking up to 13km per day.

“I had a lot of fun and met some amaz-ing people. This trek

was so popular that a second group has just returned, and we have raised just over $110,000 for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.”

T h i s Oc t o b e r i s Breast Cancer aware-ness month, and Dr Dalziel is encouraging women to act on any changes.

“Please, do not wor-ry about troubling your GP if you feel that something is different. And if you are not hap-py with the response the first time, get a sec-ond opinion.”

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Dr Denise Dalziel has recently returned from what she describes as a trip of a lifetime, all while fundraising for an amazing cause.

After seeing an email over a year ago about trekking the Great Wall of China for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, Dr Dalziel of the Waiuku Health Centre knew it was an offer she couldn’t re-fuse.

“I see and talk to pa-tients who are either going through treat-ment or know of fami-ly members or friends who have been diag-nosed with breast can-cer every day, and I thought, what a great way to give back.”

This was the first group from New Zea-land to take part in the new fundraising initia-tive, and Denise, along with 16 other women, had a year to appeal for funds and prepare for the trek.

“There was plenty of training before hand, as it was serious ter-rain. Most of the steps were incredibly steep and there were parts that you were on your

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We have some extraordinary people in our communi-ty. They complete amazing feats for others, and yet they feel that their stories just aren’t newsworthy or deserve the acknowledgement.

Take Dr Denise Dalziel for example. The softly spoken Doctor wouldn’t have contacted us about her adventure to the Great Wall of China, all while raising funds for breast cancer, if it wasn’t for her colleagues at the Waiuku Health Centre. They pestered her to give us a call and we really appreciate that they did.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and you may have noticed that we have changed our banner col-our this issue to show our support for the appeal. It is al-so quite poignant, as one of our staff members has beat-en this disease after finding a suspicious lump that wasn’t picked up in her mammogram. Bronwyn Rogerson was also another survivor who managed to catch the cancer before it spread, see page 16 for her story.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer for New Zea-land women. While eight women a day are diagnosed with this awful disease, one in nine women will be diagnosed in their lifetime and almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by it.

The Pink Ribbon Street Appeal is Friday and Saturday, with collectors and their pink buckets taking to the streets with the aim of raising funds for the non-profitable or-ganisation.

Every cent counts towards research, medical equipment and support for women who are undergoing treatment, please show your support where you can.

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ll The meeting was held to dis-cuss the hopes of an upgrade and what steps would need to be tak-en to help fund it.

While Council and other lo-cal organisations have already registered their potential inter-est in assisting, the huge cost of such projects will mean that the community will need to consider helping fundraise alongside such contributions.

As a result of Sunday’s meet-ing, local skateboarders have set up a Facebook page, Waiuku Skatepark, to help communicate within the community about fundraising. Three senior skate-boarders, Jono Watson, Mikara Flavell and Daniel McGrath, al-so put their hands up to lead the Waiuku Skatepark Upgrade Team, who will be the driving force behind fundraisers. Jono spoke to many of the skateboard-ers after the meeting and said how positive they are all feeling. “Everyone is really stoked that the ball is rolling and things are happening. They are all ready and willing to help create some great fundraising events and are prepared to lend a hand at anything.”

Reiterating how encouraging it was to see the willing-ness of everyone to work together on this project was Andy Baker, Franklin Local Board Chairperson. “This is

a great opportunity for the Local Board and the com-munity to come together to try to achieve a much wanted upgrade of the skatepark. With the deter-mination of the local youth alongside their positive at-titude and offer of possible assistance from local clubs, I am confident we will be able to achieve something good for Waiuku.”

Council are currently surveying the land so that work can commence on an initial upgrade design for the group to review. Jo-no sees the huge potential for the upgrade and how it will help our skilled upcom-ing skateboarders and the town.

“We already have two skateboarders who have sponsorship and plenty of others who have loads of potential. This upgrade would be brilliant for these guys to practice and would bring in competitions to

our town. It would also provide more space for the younger kids on their scooters and space for parents and mentors to sit.” Any local clubs, groups and busi-nesses wanting to inquire about how they can assist can contact Catherine on (09) 235 2261.

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Therapeutic reunion plannedll Emotional connec-tions are expected to be a common feature of the first ever Rescue Re-union being organised by the The Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust on Sun-day 18 October.Anyone who has ev-er been rescued by the Auckland Westpac Res-cue Helicopter is invited to attend the Reunion at the Trust’s Mechanics Bay Base.For many, the Reunion will be the first time they have met with the crews since the day they were rescued. “After my accident, I felt really strongly that I wanted to visit the crew and talk to them about what had happened, so it was lovely meeting them and was therapeutic for me on so many levels. I think having a day for patients to come togeth-er and meet the team is a wonderful idea,” says Ashleigh Taylor-Wyatt

who was seriously in-jured in a car accident in Awhitu during May this year.

There will be several activities taking place on the day, which will include crew talks and demonstrations, winch display, helicopter sim-ulation rides, talks from past patients and a light lunch.

Communications Ad-viser, Kerrie Spicer, says that being rescued by the helicopter is not some-thing that happens every day in someone’s life.

“It’s a big deal. We hope that bringing our patients together with our crew will make for a really fun, feel-good day for all in-volved.”

Due to the capacity of the hangar, space will be limited and will be on a first in, first served basis.

Former patients who have been rescued are invited to register by Sunday, October 11, at

Meeting held over Waiuku Skatepark S k aT e b oa r d e r S and interested parties of the Waiuku Skatepark

congregated on Sunday as part of a community meeting arranged by Noeline Whittaker, a local grandmother of skatepark users.

www.rescuehelicopter.org.nz/Events/Rescue-Re-union, or for more informa-tion, contact Kerrie on (09) 950 7222.

Top Right: Ashleigh Taylor-Wyatt from Awhitu showing pictures of her accident to Auckland Westpac pilot Rob Arrowsmith when she visited the base.Right: Emergency services attend to Ashleigh when she had her accident in May.

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Where: Pukekohe Indian HallWhen: Doors open 6pm, Parade: 7pmWhat: This is set to be a fun night out and a great way to raise funds for a deserving local charity, Franklin St John. Please contact: 09 910 0137 or email: [email protected] to book tickets. Cost: $30. There will be bubbles and canapés on arrival.

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7 October, WednesdayWhere: St Josephs School Hall, PukekoheWhen: 10amWhat: Come along and be enter-tained by The Puppet Man & Trixie the Fairy. Prizes for fancy dress.Cost: Children $6.00 (Under 1yr and accompanying adults Free)

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7 October, WednesdayWhere: 5 Bowen St, WaiukuWhen: 5:30pmWhat: Hear about guided hol-idays with Trafalgar. Be inspired about travel options in UK and Eu-rope, from rail to self drive tours, river cruises and everything else.

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15th - 24th OctoberWhere: Harrington Theatre, Pukekohe When: 7:30pmWhat: Pukekohe Performing Arts present Grease. Rydell High’s spirited class of ‘59-gum-chewing, hub-cap-steal-ing, hotrod-loving boys with their leatherjackets and their wise-crack-ing girls in teased curls, bobby sox, and pedal pushers-capture the look and sound of the 1950’s in a rollick-ing musical that salutes the rock ‘n’ roll era. Cost: Adult $25.00, Senior 65+ with Gold Card $22.00, Student ( Student ID required) $20.00, Child 12yrs and under $18.00. Tickets are available through https://www.itick-et.co.nz/events/2015/oct/grease

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15 October, ThursdayWhen: 9:15amWhat: Everyone, everywhere should know the right action to take before, during and after an earthquake. Thursday 15 October is the International ShakeOut Day of Action. New Zealand will be the first country to participate this year.We’re aiming to get 1.5 million New Zealanders to sign up to take part – which should also make ours the biggest (per capita) ShakeOut drill in the world!Once you’ve signed up we’ll keep you up to date with all the informa-tion you need to take part in the Drop, Cover and Hold drill. For more info visit: http://shakeout.govt.nz

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the calibre of the contestants was extremely high.

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Teen New Zealand. I never enter these com-petitions thinking that I am going to win and I had to double check that they had called my name!”

Louise says that al-though she has only en-tered two pageants, Miss Teen Franklin and Miss Teen World Super Mod-el New Zealand, she has now become hooked. Her win will see her compete in Miss Teen New Zea-land next year.

“I really enjoy meeting people and hearing their stories; I guess that is why I enjoy my role in cus-tomer service. The expe-rience I gain from these competitions is great and I have met so many new friends.”

Louise had no professional train-ing for these events, and researched as much information that she could online.

“I soon realised that American pageants are very different com-pared to New Zealand. They are fo-cused primarily on looks. Whereas New Zealand pageants are judged on personality and the way you present yourself.”

The 16 year old has come away from both competitions feeling confident and happy, something she says can be quite hard for teen-age girls.

“We had all shapes and sizes en-tering and they were all happy in their own skin. I never thought I would be good enough and now, I feel that these competitions are making me a better person. It has certainly helped with my anxiety.”

Louise thanks her mum, Wendy, and her sponsors, Pukekohe Toyota and Girl Meets Gown.

“Without their support, it wouldn’t be at all possible for me to compete.”


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NewsbitesPolice call for witnesses to Port Waikato crash

ll Counties Manukau Police are seeking infor-mation from the public regarding a fatal crash which occurred on Tu-akau Bridge - Port Waika-to Road in Port Waikato.

The Toyota vehicle was travelling west towards Port Waikato township between 9pm and 10pm on September 24, 2015 when it went off the road and into the river approx-imately 1km from the township. The 27-year-old male driver died at the scene. Police would like to speak with any-one who was driving on Port Waikato Road that day between 9pm and 10pm. Please contact crash investigator Con-stable Hollie Given on 09 262 9109.

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ll Called to Onewhero Rugby Club at 1pm on Sunday for a female patient in her 40s who fell off a horse and was knocked out for a short time. Landed on grass to treat the patient. Trans-ported her to MMH in a serious condition.

Tamara needs your vote!Tamara Bennett has entered into the AMP National Scholarships and is in need of the Franklin community’s help.

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ll The Master Trainer of Tai Chi has applied for the scholarship to help en-able her to increase community well being by empowering people through tai chi, as it improves their physical, mental and social health, as well as en-hance their quality of life.

“Tai Chi is an art which embraces the mind, body and spirit by improving physical, mental and social health. Ev-eryone can benefit from tai chi, which can help increase your ability to contrib-ute in our communities,” says Tamara.

Unknown to the Pukeoware resi-dent, the People’s Choice Scholarship is based on votes which can be complet-ed through their website or Facebook.

“I feel incredibly awkward to be ask-ing for votes and most of my students cannot vote, as many are seniors and are not on Facebook yet.”

If she wins, the scholarship will be going towards train-ing of Tai Chi for Rehabil-itation, a Master Train-er workshop which will be held in March 2016, in Melbourne, as well as a Master Trainer Tai Chi for Rehabilitation men-torship in May 2016.

Tamara’s Tai Chi and Qigong journey began in 1999 for

personal health reasons after she was diagnosed with a life threatening heart condition.

“Having limited parameters to de-scribe what you do, feel and imposed on your dreams, really makes you think. The most exciting re-affirmation of en-tering this scholarship for me was that I really do love what I do with all my heart. I believe that what I am doing does help people in our community. I feel blessed to be a part of our community’s journey of health and well-being.”

Voting closes this Friday, October 9, and for those who are interested in vot-ing for Tamara, visit http://vote.doy-ourthing.co.nz/applicant/1164.

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ll Waiuku College’s Shane Burns has been recognised nationally for his outstand-ing fundraising efforts for Canteen New Zealand.

Shane was inspired to raise funds for the charity af-ter losing a family friend to cancer, which saw him raise just over $2500 via many ven-tures. Taking part in the an-nual Waiuku College Canteen fundraiser, Shane went a step

Julia Brown was blown away when she found out she was the nominated in last week’s Wow award. “Julia is amazing and has worked for us for over seven years,” says Practice Manager, Jackie Burton. The team at the Waiuku Health Centre were so thankful of the work Julia does, that they also pre-sented her with a bunch of flowers last week.

ll The fundraising for John Connolly, the Franklin policeman undergoing treatment in England for oe-sophageal cancer, has reached nearly $70,000 via the Give- a-little page on the internet and the fundraising continues with a special calendar.

The calendar follows on from the fundraising night, “A Night full of Laughter for John’s Sake,” held at the old town hall late last month, which generated $35,000 thanks to the police, fire service and ambulance of-ficers stepping on stage dressed in drag.

“It was a brilliant night,” says the night’s organiser Melissa Sattler of Get Real Food. “It did have a shock element, but we advertised it as R18 for good reasons. Urzila Carlson was the perfect person to MC the night.”

“When John Connolly’s colleagues came and sug-gested we do another one of those nights, this time for John, what could I say,” says Ms Sattler. In no time she organised a small team and put together a programme for a night that attracted 400 people and added a sub-stantial sum of money to the tally. To add more to the money John needs for his treatment go to: givealittle.co.nz/cause/helpjohn

Connolly fundraising almost at $70,000

Quote: Are you faithful in the little Things? “And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.” Luke 19:17.

Talents used are talents multiplied. Success is not the result of chance or of destiny; it is the outworking of God’s own providence, the reward of faith and discretion, of virtue and persevering effort. The Lord desires us to use every gift we have; and if we do this, we shall have greater gifts to use. He does not supernaturally endow us with the qualifications we lack; but while we use that which we have, He will work with us to increase and strengthen every faculty. . . .

Through faith in the power of God, it is wonderful how strong a weak man may become, how decided his efforts, how prolific of great results. He who begins with a little knowledge, in a humble way, and tells what he knows, while seeking diligently for further knowledge, will find the whole heavenly treasure awaiting his demand. The more he seeks to impart light, the more light he will receive . . .

The man [in the parable] who received the one talent “went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.” It was the one with the smallest gift who left his talent unimproved. In this is given a warning to all who feel that the smallness of their endowments excuses them from service for Christ. If they could do some great thing, how gladly would they undertake it; but because they can serve only in little things, they think themselves justified in doing nothing. In this they err. The Lord in His distribution of gifts is testing character. The man who neglected to improve his talent proved himself an unfaithful servant. Had he received five talents, he would have buried them as he buried the one.

However small your talent, God has a place for it. That one talent, wisely used, will accomplish its appointed work. By faithfulness in little duties, we are to work on the plan of addition, and God will work for us on the plan of multiplication. These littles will become the most precious influence in His work. {FLB 163}

When reading this excerpt, I was fascinated by two particular points, “Talents used are talents multiplied,” and then this one; “He (God) does not supernaturally endow us with the qualifications we lack; but while we use that which we have, He will work with us to increase and strengthen every faculty.”

How often do we come across people, and when you listen as they talk about God;

you get the strong impression from their statements that all they have to do is to lay back on the sofa of life, lay back and cruise, and when you ever have need of anything, just pray once and God like a good little Servant will rush off and perform whatever tasks are set for him to do. Perfect Character, lay back and poof, there it is, more patience – poof and you are better than Job, more humble – poof and you are more humble than Moses, and so on it goes.

I have never found this concept in Scripture anywhere, but I have found this one as found in 2 Peter 1:4-7 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.” Here Peter gives us a staircase to Heaven, as it were. Scholars tell that when Jesus questioned Peter at breakfast on the beach after Calvary, (do you love me) Jesus asked about Agape love, and Peter could not offer that high a step, but here Peter commends to us to just step up to that high top step of Agape Love, and that is about as high as it is possible to go.

Temptation has a strong meaning of “mineral assaying,” where one tests to see what of real value is in a bunch of rock or a pile of dirt. That of extreme value is therefore drawn out in the process from what appears to be worthless, and sometimes it is extracted by the heat/furnace method (lead etc.), and sometimes by grinding first to a fine powder and then washed out (Copper) or Trammel and wash plant to wash it out (Gold from soil).

Nobody got amazing abs and bulging muscles from watching it all on TV, one has to eat right, exercise right and spend hours pumping the iron each and every day. You do not get a relationship with a prospective spouse by studying her picture. It needs face to face interaction, and the same comes when you want a relationship with God, you need to spend time with him talking (Prayer) learning from him (Bible reading/Study) and then a relationship grows and blossoms.

This interaction then shows that we have character defects, things that need changing in us. We all know that God is Absolutely

Perfect, and has our best interest at heart, so what we give up and change is so beneficial to us and to our heavenly relationship, it also rubs off with our human relationships and they are so much more improved. So as we journey through life and run into certain situations, we resist the evil and bad tendencies, choose the good, and this each time strengthens our “Resist Evil Muscles,” so each time it is easier and they become automatic to resist evil and to choose the good.

This is what Peter described in 2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and forever. Amen.” So; please use your Talents now and they will grow bigger, and then God will give you more and more, as you prove to be a good and faithful servant.

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TV2’s popular Sunday morning pro-gramme What Now! brought hundreds of Pukekohe children to the Samu-el Miller Reserve on Nelson Street to get on TV by participating in various games. Among the grown-ups present were Counties Manukau Steelers Se-an Bagshaw and Onosai Auva’a who braved throngs of children only to have balls thrown at them. They wore hats with sticky tape designed to catch the (small) balls thrown. They managed to catch quite a few.

Despite promises to restrict them-selves to only one side of the field the ongoing demands from the young crowd for foam meant the show show-ered half the people there with foam.

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Shane’s fundraising efforts recognised

further and had his luscious golden locks shaved off by friends and family.

The humble teen-ager was then nom-inated by a member of the community for the ASB Good as Gold award, which is organ-ised by ASB bank and Mike Hosking Break-fast show to recognise and celebrate New Zealanders who are making a difference.

ASB bank went on to match Shane’s fund-raising efforts and do-nated a further $2500 to Canteen and gave Shane $500 to treat himself.


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Pukeoware jump jam team on way to finalsPukeoware School’s Jump Jam team, known as the MnM-Trix, has been selected to compete at the 10th annual Jump Jam Challenge National Competition.

llThe team was invited to com-pete in the year seven and eight open final after impressing the judges with a video entry in the qualifying round, held in July this year. The team will face ten other schools in this division.

The competition will be held in Christchurch this November, with Pukeoware School being one of 110 teams competing from across New Zealand. It will be the largest aero-bic competition held in New Zea-land for school students this year.

The teams perform a set routine from the Jump Jam programme,

but are also able to make creative chang-es of up to 25 per cent of the original rou-tine. “The team are very excited to be a finalist in the Jump Jam Challenge, and have been practising many hours a week to fine tune their performance since se-curing their place in the final,” says team coach, Tina Taylor.

“We’ve also been really busy run-ning a number of fundraising events to help cover the costs of getting the team to Christchurch. We’re thankful to the school and its community which has supported our mufti-day, sausage siz-zles and disco.”

Pukeoware School’s 12 member team

is comprised of nine girls and three boys from years seven and eight.

“ We’re thril led for them all ,” says pr incipal , Eamonn Kel ly. “Everyone involved has worked really hard, they’re really good and we wish them every success. We’ve thorough-ly enjoyed watching them perform at our school disco and production, and can’t wait to see them strut their stuff in Christchurch.”

The team will also be performing at Waiuku’s Blast to the Past on Saturday, October 24, in two demonstrations, which will serve as experience for the team before they compete in the finals.

Flash Bang makes science funJanine Baalbergen [email protected]

llSome children love science and think experiments are fun,which is why Sue Rogers and Anne Molineux started the Flash Bang Science Club in Pukekohe.

“My son was into science, not sport, and there was little to cater for that passion,” explains Sue.

During the school holidays the club, which caters for primary school aged children, held special morning workshops. Most enjoyed getting their hands dirty messing about with cornflour, water and other stuff to make oobleck, a word invented by Dr Seuss and they were looking forward to the next project: making slime.

“Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid with properties of both liquids and solids. You can slowly stick your hand into it like a liquid, but if you squeeze oobleck or punch it, it will feel solid,” explains Ms Rogers.

“We do a variety of science, tech-nology, engineering and maths subjects,” says tutor Ms Rogers who, like her son, has always had a passion for science.

A full class has 14 children and the programme has been growing fast since the club started in Janu-ary.

The term programme now has four groups, a weekend programme as well as holiday workshops. For more information: www.flashbangscienceclub.co.nz

Sue Rogers demonstrates making oobleck. Yucky hands throughout the process was part of the fun.

Grease is the word...

Be sure to mark Thursday, October 15, in the calendar as Grease is coming to the Harrington Theatre.

llThe Pukekohe Performing Arts is presenting this highly anticipated performance, which has been de-scribed as a revival for the Pukeko-

he Theatre, as it has been dormant for the last couple of years.

The cast of 35 locals have been rehearsing since July and with the final touches being put in place, the Grease performance is set to be a crowd pleaser.

Opening night for Grease is Thursday, October 15, and will have performances until Saturday, Octo-

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Above: Lex Dillon with samples of NZ Hothouse’s award winning strawberry tomato.

The award winning tom’s name is intriguing to say the least and may conjure up all sorts of thoughts, but it is all about sales.

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ll “Strawberry toma-to is the marketing name we chose for it,” says Lex Dillon, managing direc-tor of Underglass Bom-bay and Karaka, NZ Hot-house’s growing opera-tion. “We’ve been work-ing on the strawberry tom for the past three to four years. It is a hybrid toma-to and has a different tex-ture to that of the normal cherry tomato. It is sweet-er too,” says Mr Dillon.

While the strawber-ry tom might be shaped slightly like a strawberry it does not look or taste like its namesake. It is one of many varieties of toma-toes grown in the 20 ha of glass houses NZ Hot-house has in Franklin.

The company has been growing hundreds of thousands of tonnes of tomatoes and cucumbers for the past 30 years. They grow for both the domes-tic market and the Pacific Rim nations.

Their produce is grown year round and can be bought in all good super-markets.

Mr Dillon says the de-mand for different types of tomatoes, as compared to the usual round red to-mato, is considerable and growing all the time. Each tomato variety the com-pany grows has its own typical texture and taste. NZ Hothouse not only grows red tomatoes but also orange and yellow varieties and constantly adds new varieties.

Organisers of the awards encouraged NZ Hothouse to enter their strawberry tom in the NZ Food Awards. “They said our strawberry tom was perfect for their award,” Mr Dillon says.

In their category, NZ Hothouse was up against slow cooked Hereford beef, apple slices and vi-tamin D mushrooms. This year the full range of food awards had 47 products developed by 39 primary food produc-ers, food service provid-ers and ingredient supply companies.

Mr Dillon says winning the award is recognition for the efforts of his en-tire team, from the mar-keting and sales people to the people in the green-houses growing and nur-turing the plants.

“We had a celebration the other day for every-one involved. It was great for them to see such a re-sult for their daily efforts.”

NZ Hothouse wins Food Awardk A r A k A-BA S e d NZ Hothouse’s strawberry tomato has won the inaugural MPI New Cultivars/Primary Producers Award in the Massey University 2015 New Zealand Food Awards.

Jenna Hodgson and Caitlin Hart of Hannah’s shoe store, Pukeko-he, have been nominated as this week’s service heroes. Both have a great reputa-tion for greeting their customers with a welcoming smile and are ready to help when they are asked.

Jenna has been the Assistant Manager for the past year, while Caitlin has been in her role for the last three years. Both agree that they love what they do and enjoy working within a small, local team.

“Helping customers find the perfect shoe that they are looking for is fun and I also love working in a shoe shop, I am always completely spoilt for choice,” says Jenna.

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llThe project, being delivered in part-nership with the NZ Transport Agency, is expected to cost about $13 million.

The upgrade will feature a park and ride for about 80 vehicles, a six-bay bus interchange, cycle parking, a covered walkway and a new canopied pedestri-an over-bridge linking buses to trains. Auckland Transport is about to begin work on detailed design.

The new bus-train interchange is at the heart of the new public transport network to be rolled out across Pukekohe and Waiuku by October 2016. New bus services, operating eve-ry 30 minutes, seven days a week from 7am to 7pm, will connect to trains at the inter-change.

Temporary bus stops will be in place during con-struction to allow the new net-work to operate smoothly until the interchange is completed in mid 2017.

The new public transport network is designed to maximise the efficiency of the entire public transport network between buses and trains and provide more frequent journeys to get around south Auckland and the rest of the re-gion.

Franklin Local Board Chair, Andy Baker, welcomes the proposed chang-es to Pukekohe station.

“We all know about the pressures of growth in the wider Pukekohe area and the challenges we currently have with our rail based public transport. The up-grade of Pukekohe station is incredibly important as we try to make travelling by rail more attractive to people and this is actually something that we can control. Creating the ability for people

to transfer between buses and trains, together with the

improved bus networks in Pukekohe will hope-fully reduce the need for people to park their cars in and around the station.”

Auckland Transport Project Director, Nick

Seymour, says the new in-terchange will make it easy to

use the bus services being intro-duced with the new Pukekohe public transport network.

“Pukekohe station will be at the heart of the area’s new public transport net-work, so one of our priorities is to pro-vide a modern and accessible inter-change that connects commuters both locally and to the wider region.”

10K raised for Karioitahi Surf Lifesaving

The organisers of the Franklin Bride of the Year have outdone themselves again, by raising over $10,000 for Karioitahi Surf Life Saving this year.

llNicky Taylor and Heather Walden of Designer Flowers presented Surf Life Saving representative, Tara Coe (centre), with a cheque for $10,202.04 last Thurs-day. This charity event has been running annually for 45 years in the Franklin dis-trict and has seen over $50,000 donated to Surf Rescue.

The following are the results: Bride of the Year, Michele Chawner; Runners up, Jadana Raaymakers, Esther McKay, Alida Neal, Katrina Howard.

Most recent bride, Hannah Smith;

Photogenic window vote, Danielle Weck; Ticket sales, Natalie Webb; Charity prizes, Adele Lings, Letitia Eyes, Emma Sharplin; Personality, Michele Chawner; Photogenic, Kady Prujean, Renee van den Berg; Deportment, Jadana Raay-makers; Best gown, Esther McKay; Back of the gown, Lifen Walker; Most original gown, Vicky Hohaia; Best Veils, Michele Chawner, Jenna Pool; Best hair, Emma Lourie; Best shoes, Amie Hattle, Rachel Stone; Bride’s choice, Michele Chawner; People’s choice, Danielle Weck; Specialty Bellyful prizes, Hannah-Marie Van Kan, Lauren Pope, Emma Lourie; Bridesmaid of the Year, Eilish Kate McCrary; Runner up, Alisha Butts; Groom of the Year, Ni-gel Knott; Groom, surprise entertainer, Joel de Vries.

C o N St ru C t i o N will begin in the first half of 2016 on the upgrade of Pukekohe station to a new bus-train interchange.

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The wait is over and the newly built playground in Tuakau is now open, much to the joy of the children in the community.

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Located in Lightbody Reserve, the new play equipment includes a two storey spider net, wa-ver rider which is a type of see-saw, a lunar V2 spin-ner, a super mega swing and the very popular bas-ket swing, all provided by Parks Supplies Limited.

Wa i k a t o C o u n c i l signed off on a Play-ground Strategy last year, which identified the cre-ation of the destination playground at the re-serve.

As part of this year’s capital improvement works programme, the installation of new play equipment is near com-pletion, with just a few

small finishing touches to be added.

In addition to the new play equipment, pic-nic tables and a drink-ing fountain have been installed and shade sails will be installed sometime in the next week. There will also be ongoing landscaping planting, with aims to soften and beautify the area.

Rather than installing bollards, large rocks have been installed to provide a visual barrier, and com-plement the planting.

“We understand that the installed equipment is proving extremely pop-ular with local families, which is exciting,” says Service Delivery General Manager, Tim Harty.

The opening of the new playground couldn’t have come at a better time, as children have made the most of it since the the school holidays began.

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From left: Leighroy Paparoa, Cheyenne Muru-Albert, Anahera Taylor and Kiani Muru-Albert thoroughly enjoy the new playground, with the basket swing being their favourite item to play on.

Beehives placed in rural areas appear to the vulnera-ble to theft. In the last year thousands of dollars worth of beehives have disappeared from remote rural loca-tions around the country, including Franklin. The high price for Manuka honey could be behind this, but no-one really knows for sure.

The National Beekeepers Association’s chief execu-tive officer, Daniel Paul, is much more evasive on the

issue. “We do not think it is a big issue,” he says.

Because the hives that are disappearing are placed in remote loca-tion they are difficult to manage and are visited only every few weeks.

Mr Paul says there is talk of placing monitor-ing equipment, such as cameras and even GPS near such hives.

Greg Harrington of the Beehive in Drury believes the thieves could be peo-ple who want to get in-to the honey business quickly.

Rather than build up their own hives over time they steal existing col-onies to kickstart their business.

“You need at least 150 hives to make money from Manuka,” he says.

He believes the thieves are targeting brood boxes rather than honey.

Mr Harrington says registered beekeepers have a number that they can burn into their hive boxes with a branding iron to prevent stealing.


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Lifestyle on 2 1/4 AcresLooking for something special that would respond well to finishing her make over. Set on 9532m² and 3km from Karioitahi Beach. Offering 3 dble bdrms, 1 bthrm, a country kitchen, open plan living with a Kent Style Fire, Polished Floors, French doors & wrap around verandas with expansive rural views across to the Manukau Harbour. What more could you want?

Gardening

with RuthCharged and ready to grow

Salad GreensPlant all salad greens now and har-vest by picking the leaves as needed. Spring onions can be cut about 2cm from the base and they will ‘come again’ with another top. Try some cherry tomatoes in pots or hanging baskets. A good rich potting mixture is essential, and a handful of soil wetting agent will help to retain the water and keep the soil moist. Hang or place in a sunny, but not too hot position (afternoon shade is good) and water morning and night. Our strawberries are starting to flower and we are still harvesting cauli, silverbeet, miners lettuce, fennel, cabbage and spring onions.

Wow! What a month we have had. I love a good electrical storm and we had a few in September. But the atmosphere is now clear and charged and the nitrogen in the soil is activated.

ll We have planted out into the garden a month earlier than last year, so I hope we do not get any late frosts in October. There are now courgette, gem squash, chilli, peas, tomatoes and parsnip happily nestled into the newly dug and fertilized soil. The cliffs kidney potatoes are starting to

shoot and will need to be mounded up soon.There are more toma-toes, watermelon, beans, peas, cucumber and let-tuce coming away in the glasshouse and will be ready for planting in the next couple of weeks.Make sure that there is plenty of compost and sheep pellets in your spring garden. Also a spray with a liquid ferti-lizer helps to make the plants stronger and less likely to get any diseases. A trick to help your new plants to ‘take off’ is to soak in a solution of liq-uid manure just before planting them out.

CarrotsDig over a patch of soil to spade depth and add your natural manures, then dig it over again with a fork to get out all the lumps. Make a small trench about 2cm deep and 4cm wide and gently sow carrot seeds. Try some of the coloured varieties for a change. Mix some course sand in with the seed before sowing and that helps to space them out a bit. They should germinate in a couple of weeks. When the tiny plants are about a finger length tall, cut some of them out with scissors to thin them. In another month you should be able to thin them by pulling out the weaker looking plants. By this time you should be able to eat the “baby sized” carrots in salads. This will allow room for the remaining plants to grow long and straight. Harvest as you like, but they will be mature in three months.

Orange ParfaitPlace 2Tbsp gelatin and 2Tbsp water in a saucepan and let it sit for five minutes. Beat together 2 egg yolks, ¼cup orange juice, ¼cup sugar. Add to the gelatin mix and heat over low heat until it thickens. Stir all the time. Remove from heat and stir in 1tsp of finely grated orange rind. Leave to partly set – about ½ hour. Beat the 2 egg whites until stiff and add ¼cup sugar and beat until soft peak stage. Fold the orange mixture into the whites. Place 150g butter into a saucepan and gently melt it. Add 1tsp ginger powder and 3Tbsp brown sugar. Mix well. Add 2 cups rice bubbles and mix to combine. In glass bowls or glasses carefully spoon in some of the orange mixture, put some of the rice bubbles on top. Continue to layer until your glass is full. Chill until set. Garnish with whipped cream.

October by the moon:• 1-2 Sow root crops• 3-7 Prepare ground and maintain existing

crops, Do not plant.• 8-9 Sow root crops• 10-15 Cultivate and fertilise in preparation to

plant.• 16-25 Plant all crops that produce their edible

parts above the ground.• 26-30 Cultivate and weed, full moon Sept 28

In the flower garden we have planted Asian lilies and replanted out our dahlia and gladioli. The clivia is starting to come into flower and is looking vibrant. But there is plenty to do if you want a good summer show of colour. Plant annuals from punnets to get colour in four to six weeks. Some garden centres have punnets of bigger plants that are in flower now. These give a really quick solution to a bare patch, they also make colour planning easier.

Waikato District Council and Waikato Regional Council are working together to identify significant natural areas (SNAs) across the Waikato district.

This is so they can work with land owners to pro-tect SNAs that are located on their property.

“Waikato district is host to hundreds of SNAs that contain threatened species or rare types of habitat and are important to our district and our heritage,” says Tony Whittaker, General Man-ager Strategy and Support.

“We have identified SNAs on private land using aerial photography, ecological reports and vegetation maps so we can look at how we can protect them. We’re considering a range of methods such as incentives for people who pro-tect their SNA but the public will have an oppor-tunity to have their say on this later next year.”

Landowners who have an SNA identified on

their property have been sent a letter and map showing them where the SNA is on their prop-erty, and a factsheet to help understand what it means for them.

Mr Whittaker says the next step is to check that the information is accurate.

“We need to know whether the information is correct or not. Landowners need to tell us whether the area has been correctly identified, whether the description is accurate and if there are any other significant areas which haven’t been included.”

Waikato District Council is hosting an open day at the Tuakau Council Office on October 27 and 28 between 10am and 7pm, to chat to land owners about the project and their SNAs.

Phone 0800 492 452 or email [email protected] to book a 15 minute slot to discuss your SNAs. For more information, visit www.waikatodistrict.govt.nz/districtplanreview

Is your land a significant natural area?SNA Checklist:New Zealand is known internationally for its unusual plants and animals. Native plants and animals and the places in which they live (habitats) are valued for reasons including; cultural and spiritual importance• instrinsic values• visual character• recreation value (on public land)• soil and water conservation roles• atmospheric carbon levels and

temperature regulation

Did you Know?There are approximately 75,000 ha of potential SNA remains in the Waikato District. This equates to about five percent of the districts land area.

Osborne’s

osbornerealty.co.nzOsborne Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008

Quiet cul de sac$639,000This family home has 4 double bedrooms, masterhas walk in robe and ensuite. Open plan kitchen /dining with sep lounge. Fully fenced with doublegarage, gardens are ready for landscaping comeand get creative. Set in an established cul de sacwith lovely homes surrounding, reserve at theend of the cul de sac if you enjoy a short walk.Walking distance to the local school which isZoned for Sandspit Road school. Phone Marleento arrange a viewing.

www.osbornerealty.co.nz ID osbh874

We’re local,just like youMarleen Ohmsa/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

WAIUKUNEW LISTING

Osborne’sFor Sale

Leonie Gillott0274 985 722

Marleen Ohms0274 483 528

Ray Lever021 951 082

Brian Barrett 0272 412 781

Kim-Maree Osborne 0274 919 205

WAIUKU Marleen Ohms 0274 483 528

Hidden secret $465,000This secret has been unleash and is here to be sold, water views from your deck and a short stroll to the water’s edge, handy to the local boat ramp. Situated at Matakawau, approx 20 minute drive from Waiuku town centre. 3 brms open plan living with single internal gge, carport and a sep dble gge for small boat and tractor. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh869

osbornerealty.co.nz Osborne Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 Waiuku: 09 235 7139 Pukekohe: 09 238 7142 11 Bowen St, Waiuku

WAIUKU Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Extended family extended space $849,000Main house consisting of 3 double bedrooms - one with ensuite. In addition there is also an attached sep 1 bedroom unit with its own bathroom & kitchenette. Set on elevated 1512m2 site with triple car garaging. Desirable Bay View Drive. ID osbh859

WAIUKU Ray a/h 09 235 8599, 021 951 082

Original Homestead Farm $1,295,000An original 3 bedroom villa sitting on a North facing plateau with amazing Northern rural views and 66 Acres. Situated between 2 roads with an additional pole Barn & enclosed storage shed, this property is currently grazing beef. Previous production has included 90 round bales & 1000 squares. This is only the second time in a century that this desirable property has come on the market. Located 9.5km from Waiuku Super Value. Positive GST implications for perspective purchasers. Well worth viewing. Call Ray today. ID osbf772

WAIUKU Marleen 0274 483 528

Lifestyler $875,00018 acres set into 14 paddocks approx. 7 minutes from Waiuku. Currently grazing sheep, goats, horses & alpacas. Triple car gge with plenty of other shedding for animals & feed. House has 4 bdrms, ensuite. Modern kitchen & bthrm with new carpet throughout. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbf765

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

Funky little shack $510,0002HA with ½ in native bush. Excellent building site with amazing views. Double garage with granny flat. Some work is required to finish this granny flat off, then you can make a start on your dream home. Power and phone to the site as well as a sleep out. ID osbf766

MARAMARUA Donna-Marie 027 527 0090, Marleen 0274 483 528

Maramarura $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 condition with large space, currently leased $ 25,000 + GST p/a as a supermarket 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. ID osbb021

ORUA BAY Marleen a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

Lifes a beach $PBNThis hidden section at Orua Bay is accessible at low tide and would suit a 2 bedroom designer batch or home. This 921sqm property includes a cliff face and native trees. On the section is a shed and water tank. With the waters edge at your door step this property has amazing views. ID osbs557

WAIUKUDonna-Marie 027 527 0090, Marleen 0274 483 528

Bare Land No Covenants Offers over $425,000Prime block of land of 4000sqm (more or less) on the main Road between Waiuku and Pukekohe, waiting for title. This bare block of land will make a beautiful place to build your dream home or you can relocate your dream to this site, stunning rural views with a few mature trees and two beautiful palm trees at the entrance. ID osbs561

NEW LISTINGWAIUKU Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Can’t find what you want? Consider building Newly developed executive subdivision. Handy Waiuku township location. This opportunity will not last long, so be wise and secure your site now. Stage 1 - Sold Out; Only 4 Left in Stage 2. Priced from $260,000.Lot 5 – 515m2, Lot 6 – 507m2, Lot 7 – 522m2, Lot 8 – 479m2. ID osbs429

RESIDENTIAL

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

Quiet cul de sac $639,000This family home has 4 double bedrooms, master has walk in robe and ensuite. Open plan kitchen / dining with sep lounge. Fully fenced with double garage, gardens are ready for landscaping come and get creative. Set in an established cul de sac with lovely homes surrounding, reserve at the end of the cul de sac if you enjoy a short walk. Walking distance to the local school which is Zoned for Sandspit Road school. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh874

NEW LISTING

Osborne’s

osbornerealty.co.nz Osborne Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 Waiuku: 09 235 7139 Pukekohe: 09 238 7142 11 Bowen St, Waiuku

Commuting now even easier!

Big house little price tag $329,000This is a great family home offering 4 bedrooms with rural outlook handy to the motorway making commuting a dream. This Huntley brick home is situated in a the very popular Meremere village which has a whole lot to offer with Primary school, preschool, Dairy, Church, New community hall, tennis courts and so much more. A face lift just over a year ago, sees new carpet, upgraded kitchen, toilet and vanity, painted and new wallpaper. Great size section 878m2. Tenanted 300pw rental appraisal of 350pw. ID osbp376

Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

MEREMERENEW LISTING

Huntly brick home, handy to motorway!

Home owners need apply $319,0004 bedrooms with rural outlook has just hit the market handy to the motorway making commuting a dream. This Huntley brick home is situated in a the very popular Meremere village which has a whole lot to offer with Primary school, preschool, Dairy, Church, New community hall, tennis courts and so much more. Face lift was completed a year ago. Great size section 840m2 full fenced gives parent peace of mind. Rental appraisal at 350pw. Doesn’t Christmas at your new home sound great. ID osbp375

Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

MEREMERENEW LISTING

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

We offer a first class property management service that will take care of all the requirements of your rental property

at very competitive rates. Our friendly and highly motivated team deliver an excellent service while ensuring that all applicants are thoroughly screened before being offered accommodation.Our staff are conversant in all aspects of the rental industry, and are continually expanding the business through a mixture of sound business systems and development of strong relationships with Landlords and tenants alike.Many tenants prefer to deal with an agency today. We continually have applicants registering with us and also send out our weekly Rent List to an ever-increasing list of email applicants who are currently looking for properties to rent. We provide two services as detailed below, to suit your requirements.

FULL MANAGEMENT This is a fully managed option where we act as the landlord for the property. A fully managed service covering all aspects of the requirements of rental properties - from initial client vetting through to placement, account administration and regular inspections.Service includes:• Provide a rental appraisal if required• Provide pre-approved tenants by way of

reference checks & free TINZ & Baycorp checks.• Take applicants to view the property• Advertising in local newspapers & popular real

estate internet sites (e.g. Real Estate.co.nz, All Real Estate, etc.). The property is also featured on our To Rent List

• Complete all documentation between the landlord & their tenants with regards to tenancy agreements, bond lodgements, automatic

rent payments etc and provide copies of all documentation to tenant/s

• Organise keys for tenants• Collect all rental monies on behalf of owner• Carry out a detailed Property Inspection Reports:

Immediately before commencement of tenancy / At 6 weeks / 3 monthly thereafter

• Pay rental monies owing into landlords bank account by Money Transfer Service, following our balance date at the beginning of the month and provide landlord with monthly statement.

• Organise any repairs or maintenance on the property at a cost of 7.5% plus GST or you may organise these services yourself (see Management Contract)

• Provide full back-up service with Tenancy Services in the event of any disputes

TENANT FINDER SERVICE This is a tenant finder service where we provide a tenant & the landlord manages the property. A casual letting service and can take the stress out of client vetting and placement for landlords.Service includes:• Provide a rental appraisal if required• Provide pre-approved tenants by way of

reference checks. TINZ checks (currently $20 each) are available and are included in the overall charge for this service.

• Take applicants to view the property if required (although owners are free to do this, as it’s an excellent opportunity for them to gauge the quality of applicant)

• Advertising in local newspapers for a period of 4 weeks & popular real estate internet sites (e.g. Real Estate.co.nz, All Real Estate, etc.). The property is also featured on our Rent List and our LCD Display

• Complete all documentation between the landlord & their tenant/s with regards to tenancy agreements, bond lodgements, automatic rent payments etc and provide copies of all documentation to all parties

• Collect first rent payment & bond monies on behalf of owner

• Provide landlord with final statement.• Carry out a detailed Inspection Reports if

required• Both ingoing & outgoing inspections if

required• Routine 3 monthly inspections if required• Provision of Osborne’s “For Rent” sign

(if required) outside the property for rentIf you are thinking about having your

investment managed, regardless of the type of property you have - give us a call.

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BIG HOUSE ... BIG SECTION !! Wonderful family home just a minute to town centre and an easy walk to local primary school - lovely new kitchen, five bedrooms two bathrooms, covered and decked patio area, two living areas, double garaging.

Waiuku $685,000

New Listing

View By AppointmentBill Harcombe 0272 026 839 (09) 295 2417View By AppointmentBill Harcombe 0272 026 839 (09) 295 2417

An Exciting Investment Opportunity In the rapidly expanding Waiuku area this nicely refurbished building of 254m2 converted into a roomy two double bedroom home with two bathrooms a pyroclassic wood burner and modern facilities on a 1012m2 section with excellent development potential right in the middle of town WKU 20916

Waiuku 88 Queen Street

www.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20884 Open Home Sun 2-3pmWendy Cowper 0211180118 [email protected]

rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20884 Open Home Sun 2-3pmWendy Cowper 0211180118 [email protected]

Waterfront Home On A Quarter Acre Escape to Matakawau Point - bring the family, boat, rods and reels, this 2 Bdrm cottage property has a large studio and a portacom unit making it perfect for extended family or teenagers. Outdoor pizza oven, waterviews either side, a truly idyllic setting.

Matakawau Point $535,000

Open Home

Wendy Cowper 0211180118 [email protected] rwwaiuku.co.nz/WKU20886Wendy Cowper 0211180118 [email protected] rwwaiuku.co.nz/WKU20886

Lifestyle Living - Home Plus Income $899,000 A magnificent piece of property with manicured gardens. A 230m2 4 bdrm, character home on 5 hectares with native bush, fenced paddocks, stream, views, mature fruit trees with 100 olive trees for income. Loads of room for the family. A perfect lifestyle setting and only 7 mins. to Waiuku.

Te Toro

View Open Home Sunday 1.00 - 2.00pmwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20926Larry Tompkins 0274 777 747 (09) 295 [email protected]


View Open Home Sunday 1.00 - 2.00pmrwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20926Larry Tompkins 0274 777 747 (09) 295 [email protected]


3 Bedroom Brick Home and 8 Acres to Graze. Plenty of lifestyle opportunity here, the owner has relocated so move in immediately and start enjoying country life with views.

2903 Awhitu Road, Awhitu $649,000

View by appointment WKU20811Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 09 295 2417Wendy Cowper 0211180118

View by appointment WKU20811Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 09 295 2417Wendy Cowper 0211180118

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

www.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20918Scott Brocas 021 039 3458 (09) [email protected]

rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20918Scott Brocas 021 039 3458 (09) [email protected]

18 Cemetery Road Has Sold

I am working with a large group of active buyers, so if you are thinking of selling, please call me today.

Waiuku 18 Cemetery Road

View Sunday 1:00 - 1:45pm 13 Kent Stwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20902Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415

View Sunday 1:00 - 1:45pm 13 Kent Strwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20902Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415

Two Homes ... plus Subdividable Site!! Ideal investors or extended families, a lovely old 4 bdrm villa in need of refurbishment plus modernised 2 dble bdrm cottage. Combined rental appraisal of $730.00 per week. Council approved subdividable site almost completed.

Waiuku $729,000

Open Home

Larry Tompkins 0274 777 747 (09) 295 [email protected] Tompkins 0274 777 747 (09) 295 [email protected]

Lovely 2 double bedrooms unit with modern kitchen, internal access garage and spacious sunny gardens. Ideal first home or investment. View on the internet atrwwaiuku.co.nz WKU20912

Waiuku 69B Hamilton Drive.

View Sunday 2:00 - 3:00pm 84 Kitchener Roadwww.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20917Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415

View Sunday 2:00 - 3:00pm 84 Kitchener Roadrwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20917Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 direct (09) 295 2415

Potential Plus!! A tidy 1960’s three bedroom brick bungalow, sundrenched living, lovely outlook, some refurbishment required, double garaging with internal access - set on a possibly subdividable 1103 m2 site. A must to view for first home buyers.

Waiuku $495,000

Open Home

www.rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20919Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 (09) 295 2415rwwaiuku.co.nz /WKU20919Robyn Ward 0274 908 151 (09) 295 2415

Sparkling Water Views Fantastic outlook over estuary and park reserve. A well maintained three double bedroom brick and tile classic yet with some quirky retro touches. Pretty gardens and private sheltered courtyard. Ideal home for buyers looking for a safe and stress free environment.

Waiuku $599,000

View by appointment WKU20067Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 (09) 295 2417Wendy Cowper 0211180118 (09) 2352940

View by appointment WKU20067Bill Harcombe 0272 026 839 (09) 295 2417Wendy Cowper 0211180118 (09) 2352940

Amazing Views Build your dream home on this 6000sqm section with views over the west coast to rolling rural land. Only 15 minutes from Waiuku Township and 10 minutes to Matakawau store and all coastal beaches close by. Phone today to view.

Awhitu Peninsula $299,000

23 Queen Street, Waiuku | T:09 235 2940 | Southern Corridor Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 | rwwaiuku.co.nz

llThe country’s top carpentry apprentices will compete in a final showdown this Friday, all vying for the title of Registered Master Builders Carters 2015 Apprentice of the Year.

The ten regional competition winners compete in the final stage of the competition with a practical challenge. They will each build a children’s playhouse to be donated to local char-ities. The practical component will take place at The Cloud on Auckland’s waterfront, and will be open to the public between 8am and 1pm. Karaka’s Daniel van Tiel, who is employed by Van Der Putten Construction Ltd and trained through BCI-TO, is one of the top ten finalists.

The apprentices have already competed against their lo-cal peers, and were selected as regional winners. The national competition sees them go head to head over a two day event. Along with the practical component, each finalist will undergo a 45 minute interview with the national judging panel.

The national winner will be announced at an awards din-ner on the Friday evening and will take home prizes including the use of a Ford Ranger Ute for a year courtesy of Carters, an iPad courtesy of MBIE and a fantastic range of tools.

Harrisville school has won the $10,000 working bee ITM is giving away in Counties Manukau.

Janine Baalbergen

ll The school’s pupils collected 700 stickers at rugby games through-out this ITM Cup sea-son. Each school had a scoreboard on which the stickers were placed. Score was kept online because each partic-ipating school had to email a picture of their scoreboard prior to each game to their foot-ball union. Completed scoreboards had to be submitted before Sep-tember 29.

“We encouraged our children to go to Steel-ers’ games and took groups of kids to some away games as well as to Waikato games,” says organiser Kylie Clow. “We enlisted every-one we could think of,

talked about it in class rooms, sent notices to parents. It was amazing. We proved that a small group can achieve a lot.” Harrisville school has about 200 pupils, which is pretty small for a pri-mary school and they are stoked they have won such a big prize.

This week Ms Clow is canvassing as ma-ny students and staff as possible, a big job as it is school holidays, to find out what they want to do with the money. “Several areas around the school can do with sprucing up and the children would like a confidence course. Winning that much money was pretty amaz-ing. It will make a big dif-ference,” she says.

Harrisville School will be officially presented with the $10,000 cheque by ITM Tuakau on Satur-day, October 10, during the halftime break of the Counties-Auckland game.

Harrisville School wins working bee

Final showdown for Daniel

Cat in the Hat’s new locationT H o S e who were appalled at the vandalism of the Cat in the Hat sculpture can now rest assured, as it has been moved to a location where it will be most appreciated.

The Cat in the Hat, created by the talented Monique Hansen, was originally posi-tioned on the Waiuku –Pukekohe road, with the aim to bring joy to all those who appreciated the books by Dr. Se-uss. Several weeks after being erect-ed, some unsavoury culprits vandalised the sculpture, leaving its tail broken off and arms twisted the wrong way.

The destruction generated an outcry on local Facebook pages and Monique had to remake certain parts from scratch.

This led to the search for a new location, and having showcased Monique’s cre-ations before, Yard Art in Pukekohe wel-comed the sculpture into their garden. “It now greets all our customers when they arrive and it is such a fantastic sight,” says Trisha, of Yard Art. The Cat in the Hat will be part of their 11th birthday celebrations, beginning in the first week of November. Be sure to watch the Post for more information in the up-coming weeks.


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Communication and relationshipsCommunication

and relationships are what makes the world go around. With poor communication, re-lationships (wheth-er they be personal re-lationships, friends, work colleagues etc) breakdown. In any of these situations if you have trouble express-ing how you feel, prac-tice the communi-cation in your head first. Take time to find the right words to de-scribe how you feel, this will make it easi-

er when you need to do it for real. If you feel uncomfortable or an-noyed or undervalued by someone, then tell them – they may not have realized and can do something about it. Communicate it directly to the per-son not everyone else, that’s what causes dra-ma. Also, remember to communicate and share when you’re feel-ing happy and excited too, communication isn’t just about sharing all the bad emotions.

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A mammogram might be the differenceb ro n w y n Rogerson of Tuakau has not only had someone close to her diagnosed with cancer, but received the call stating that her mammogram was out of the ordinary.

During October our Health Promotion Focus will be smoking cessation and we en-courage all smokers to follow the Stoptober Promotion if you are thinking of giving

up — Stoptober is a social movement of people giving quitting a go for 31-days! Just like Dry July or Junk Free June, everyone sets a goal to go a month without cigarettes. Quitting smoking for a month is always easier in groups, so get your friends and family together and give it a go this October! See how much better you feel after a month without cigarettes!

We will be offering FREE SPIROMETRY (Lung Function Test) screening during October for those who meet the following criteria:• Aged 12 years and older and has one of the following:• Current smoker or history of over 10 pack years• Have had at least two diagnosed respiratory infections in past two years, which

required antibiotic/steroid or inhaler therapy• Diagnosed as asthmatic, but uses salbutamol three or more times weekly• Diagnosis of COPD and not prescribed Tiotropium Bromide• Diagnosed with pneumonia in past two years• Persistent cough which has been present for over

one month, especially in mornings and night time

Stop smoking for a month and you’re five times more likely to stop for life

Free support means you’re much more likely to stay smokefree

Stop now together for your health, loved ones and income

Sign up at stoptobernz.co.nz

HEALTH Focus

Waiuku Health CentreWaiuku Health Centre

Megan VanlieshoutPure Indulgence

email: [email protected]

Revised May 2014

START MAMMOGRAMS AT 40

KNOW YOUR RISKS

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Getting older increases your risk. A screening mammogram is the best method for detecting breast cancer early as it can look for tiny tumours well before a lump can be felt. The Foundation recommends screening:

40-49 years: every year 50 years onwards: every two years 70+: in discussion with your doctor

BreastScreen Aoteoroa provides free screening mammograms to women aged 45- 69 every two years. This programme is for women with no symptoms, so if you have any concerns, show your doctor. To enrol, phone 0800 270 200.

Also discuss with your doctor risk factors you can’t change like breast cancer in your close family, your past or radiation treatment to your chest when young.

Your risk goes up with:

Reduce your risk by:

Alcohol Limiting your intake of alcohol (see www.nzbcf.org.nz for more info)

Body weight Maintaining a healthy weight especially after menopause

Hormone exposure

Discussing hormone exposure with your doctor e.g. HRT, oral contraception after 40, no children or having them later

Inactivity Regular exercise 3-5 times per week

All these factors raise your estrogen levels which increase your breast cancer risk.

Check for changes Check your breasts often so you know what’s normal for you. Some women notice changes which may be cancerous.

Look for changes in front of a mirror. Place your hands at your sides or your hips. Press your shoulders and elbows forward. You’re looking for any new or unusual changes.

Feel for changes in the shower or bath. Glide over each breast with the fingertips of your three middle fingers. Cover all your breast tissue from just under your collarbone to under your breast, and from your mid-chest to your ribs at the side of your chest. Also, with each arm by your side, press your fingers firmly up into each armpit.

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Bronwyn and her two sisters turned their regular mammograms into a special family ritual, after their mum had breast cancer. But Bronwyn says she never expected the call that came in May 2014, telling her that her mammogram looked suspicious.

llFurther testing showed she had high grade DCIS, which doctors said was likely to develop into an invasive cancer.

Bronwyn is convinced her mammogram saved her life.

“The surgeon’s opinion was clearly that I would never have been able to find the lump myself. She asked my daughter, a nurse, if she could feel it, and even know-ing where to look, she couldn’t find it.”

This October is breast cancer awareness month and the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is running an emotional cam-paign in hope that it will remind women that finding cancer early, through a mam-mogram, might mean the difference be-tween relief and despair.

The campaign is backed by new data showing significantly greater breast cancer survival for women within the free screen-ing age group (45-69) when their tumour is found on a mammogram.

Of women aged 45-69 whose cancer was found on a screening mammogram, 94 percent were alive five years after diag-nosis, and 86 percent ten years after diag-nosis. For those women who found their cancer through a lump or other symptom, five-year survival was 80 percent and ten-year survival just 68 percent.

The message is quite clear – this October, get your mammogram – do it for yourself, and for your family. Relief is so much bet-ter than despair.

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In my last article we looked at Irritable Bowel Syndrome. This time we will look at some of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) - Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. These are both conditions that cause structural and degenerative changes within the digestive tract. The cause of these disorders is not fully known but there may be a familial predisposition and there may also be an autoimmune element to them with a possible infectious trigger. The onset of both these condi-tions often occurs in young adults although it may also occur at other ages.

Crohn’s disease generally affects the small intestine but may occur elsewhere in the digestive system. It involves inflammation and edema that affects all layers of the bowel wall, typically this occurs in patches with some areas of normal tis-sue between lesions. Eventually the damage can cause loss of function and decreased absorption. Typical symptoms of Crohn’s disease include diar-rhoea (often with urgency), severe colicky pain, fever, weight loss and nutritional deficiencies, anal fissures are also common.

Ulcerative Colitis occurs only in the colon (large intestine), it affects the mucosa (lining) of the colon rather than all layers of the intestine. It begins in the rectum and spreads upwards in a continuous pattern through the colon. The in-flammation causes bleeding of the mucosa and the tissue becomes ulcerated and degenerates. Symptoms include bloody, mucous diarrhoea, fever and acute pain, weight loss and nutritional deficiencies.

Both of these conditions tend to go through flare-ups and remissions. They cause degenerative

damage and decrease the nutritional status of those affected. They may also have some seri-ous complications so it is important to identify the cause if you have any of these types of symp-toms.

Orthodox treatment usually involves steroids and strong anti-inflammatory drugs. In some cases surgery is performed to remove the dis-eased tissue.

Natural treatments can be used alongside medical treatments to support nutritional status, improve digestive function and assist with inflam-mation. In the early stages of disease it may also be possible to manage the condition and reduce the symptoms of disease. Consider these options:

Diet and lifestyle changes are important in managing these disorders.

Food allergies may cause an immune response and lead to inflammation, often eliminating these foods can improve the outcome for people with these conditions. Nutritional supplements includ-ing vitamins, minerals and probiotics are often necessary to improve absorption and supplement nutritional losses from diarrhoea. Naturopaths can prescribe products - for gut repair, inflam-mation and immune responses that may be very helpful for these conditions. The suggestions in the previous article may also be helpful. If you need help with inflammatory bowel disorders please call in on Wednesday’s to Way of Life for a chat or phone 09 238-7806 to make an appoint-ment for a consultation.

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Sciatica, a pain in the neck? Yes and no! Sciatica literally means irritation of the sciatic nerve, the longest nerve in the body, often resulting in pain in the back, the bottom and the leg. In addition to pain, which is sometimes severe, there may be numbness, muscular weakness, pins and needles or tingling and difficulty in moving or controlling the leg. Typically, the symptoms are only felt on one side of the body. The sciatic nerve arises in the lower back and runs down the back of the legs to the feet. It can be irritated anywhere along its course from the back to the foot. The two most common causes of irritation that I see in my clinic involve a spasm of the piriformis muscle (a buttock muscle) or a herniated (‘slipped’) disc in the low back. It is important to realise however that there are many other causes of irritation, many of which are relatively straightforward to treat. Many of my patients who experience symptoms

associated with sciatica are not aware that in many cases their symptoms are treatable. It all depends on what is causing the irritation.

An osteopathic assessment will include specific orthopaedic tests to identify where the sciatic nerve is being irritated and by what structures. From this information it should be possible to identify the best course of treatment. In some cases further diagnostic testing (x-rays, scans etc) might be indicated. If you’re experiencing back pain and leg pain that you think might be sciatica or your GP has diagnosed you as having sciatica it might be worth having the source of you pain investigated and hopefully treated. For more information or to book an appointment for assessment/treatment of your sciatica symptoms please ring the Way of Life Health Shop. There are currently 3 osteopaths practicing from the health shop Mondays to Saturday inc.

Homeopathic Help for Exam funk

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Technically this is extreme anxiety about sitting exams, amounting almost to a phobia. It consists of feelings of panic and inability to concentrate while studying and during exams. It may be severe enough to cause stomach upsets, diarrhoea, headaches etc.

Mostly it is an over sensitivity or over anxiety problem, however often there are problems in the home which make study difficult; or the student may feel overwhelmed by pressure to achieve high marks. An underlying lack of self-confidence and inability to concentrate can be deep seated and may benefit from constitutional homeopathic treatment to decrease the underlying sensitivity, however you can try some of the following remedies first: Diarrhoea and stomach upsets before exams, the more child tries to control thoughts the less he or she is able to concentrate Argentum nit. Student almost paralysed with fear at thought of exam, with limbs weak and wobbly, despite conscientious studying Gelsemium Student very apprehensive, tries to

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These remedies may help get through this tough time but do keep in mind that constitutional treatment can be of benefit if any of these are often responses to any type of stress. L-Theanine (an extract from Green Tea) is very beneficial as it promotes central nervous system calmness and helps clarity and focus.

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Provided by the High Wire Charitable Trust, a group of 31 year seven and eight students had a high energy camp experience that introduced to them a range of skills, values and methods that targeted cooperation, relating to others and understanding effec-tive leadership.

It was a huge success, with par-ent helpers and teachers amazed at what could be achieved in such a short time. “My goal is now to put into the practice the amaz-ing things I learned on the camp,” said student, Billy Cadman.

This exciting opportunity was a trial experience put together by the High Wire Trust and Waiuku Primary School. Mr Coleman has a vast experience as a PE teacher and Trust instructor and relishes working with students of all ages and abilities.

Kids have fun on racewayCars, trucks, motorbikes and even an ambulance cruised the Pukekohe raceway again and again last Sunday for Kids in Cars, a charity that raises money to help children.

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Young people of all siz-es enjoyed a ride around the track, with some ve-hicles going faster and making more noise than others. Decked out in ap-propriate gear, including a helmet, the children could climb in the pas-senger seat of a car, truck, or on the back of a bike to enjoy the ride. At the end

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After the adrenaline rush there was time for food, ice-cream and even a helicopter ride.

The raceway’s huge viewing platforms were popular with those who chose to keep all feet firmly on the ground. They had a great view of the track and the vehicles zipping around it.

The Pukekohe day has become a tradition for the children’s’ charity since it started in 2005.

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Above: Super heroes took the streets of Waiuku last week, as children took part in an annual school holiday programme. Do you have any photos from your school holiday programme? Please send them through to [email protected]

Waiuku College held their annual Talent Quest on the last day of term. Seventeen acts took the stage and students per-formed in vocals, dance, band and instrumental categories and two acts drew for the supreme award.

The joint prize winners were Caitlin Browne and Latesha Latu, who per-formed an excitingly slick, Hip Hop dance rou-tine and, Dani Kriek, who

played the guitar while singing an original song.

Other awardees were Charlotte MacDonald who performed a beauti-ful Irish Folk song called Shenandoah, Sam Dan-iels who wowed the audi-ence with his guitar skills, Jessica Clarke who per-formed a Jazz dance rou-tine and the band, Special Kay, were acknowledge for their talents and hu-mour performing Under Pressure.

The Franklin Positive Age Expo was held last Friday at the Pukeko-he Indian Association Hall and saw a record number of over 1500 people come through the doors. Organ-iser, Jacqui Church, was pleased with the success of the event. “Our committee is rapt about the success of this year’s expo, in spite of starting with inclement weather. It is a lot a hard work for almost a year to cre-ate this free event, but absolutely worth the effort. Every age has its golden moments, including the 65 years plus, so we celebrate and acknowledge pos-itively ageing is an op-portunity for us all.”

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Last Thursday saw 16 members of the Awhitu CWI meet and present David Kemeys of Mid-dlemore Hospital with garments they had knitted for babies born in the South Auckland area. The items are all taken to a warehouse where they are sorted into parcels for the mother and her new born baby. Dorothy Collie from Glenbrook had knitted so many items that it covered a whole table. Booties, cot blankets and beanies are just a few of the hundreds of items donated to this wool programme.

Above Left: Bill Deed and Peter hook were in charge of the sound system for the day. Above right: Norm Jenner of the Franklin Woodturners shows off their fantastic creations.

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This Friday will see veteran golfers from across Counties Manukau gather at Onewhero Golf Club for the final rounds of the 2015 Covic Shield and Covic Cup competitions.

At Clarks Beach on September 15, the Maramarua team applied maximum pressure with a dominant season high 163 point win. While first division leaders Waikare wobbled slightly, they managed to hold on for third and take a 4-point lead into the final round. This means that even if Maramarua were to win the final, a fourth position finish will prove good enough for Wai-kare to take this year’s Shield.

While other division teams can no longer win, Hau-raki will be trying hard to snatch second from Mara-marua should they give them half a chance.

No longer having feasible chance of winning the Shield, the Manukau team put on a surprise perfor-mance to steal the Covic Challenge Gold Cup 37.5 to 34.5 points, from a previously dominant Pukekohe team, who were playing their sixth defence.

The loss may yet work in Pukekohe’s favour as they can now focus their aspirations on winning the final of the Covic Cup. Wattle Downs will be Manukau’s first and the final challenger of the year at Onewhero. As they too have no chance of winning their division they will no doubt focus all their effort on winning the Challenge Cup, so Manukau should not underesti-mate them.

Maramarua’s left hand legend, Ces York, was award-ed the Covic Claret Jacket as the most deserving play-er of the day, while best score went to Russ Ford (Mar-amarua) 46, with Ces York and Peter Gatland (Pukeko-he) both on 44 points. As Ford stated at the after match, “The dry ground spring conditions made for some ex-cellent run on tee shots and some clean hitting capacity from the fairways to what were pretty receptive greens.” He congratulated Clarks Beach for their excellent course and a well-run event, with special mention being made of the hard working local organisers Lew Whyte and Jim Ansell.

The 2015 Auckland Football competition has drawn to an end for the Tuakau Soccer Club, who has recently celebrated a successful season.

Both the Division One men’s team and Division Five women’s team took out their respective com-petitions and for the first time in history, the club entered another senior men’s side into Auckland Football Division Ten.

The new team, which was made up from last season’s under 17 team, as well as several new players, finished a very respectful fourth place. Tuakau‘s Over 35’s also had a good season, which saw the ‘old boys’ taking out third place in their di-vision.

Coach of the Division One side and recent Life

Member, Tim McMillan, said it is the most success-ful and enjoyable season he has had since his in-volvement with the club.

“The Division One side came up from Division Two last year, so weren’t really sure what to expect this season.

But by keeping the majority of last sea-son’s squad and adding a handful of new play-ers to the team, we hit the ground running, winning our first three games be-fore suffering our first loss of the season.”

Tim said it was a good wake up call and pushed the team in the right di-rection in terms of chang-ing their approach to training and game days.

“There were some very tough games. We used a total 22 players through-

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Tuakau’s Division One men’s team took out their respective competition this season.

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out the season, with some of the young play-ers from our Division Ten side making the step up to Division One when need-ed.”

The team was lead well by Captain, Rob Hatton, who was also well sup-ported by James Naray-

an’s ‘young’ legs on the field. Chris Abbott put away 25 league goals while midfield pair, Elliot Clark and Prinay Prasad, a new combination to the team, gelled well togeth-er and became an almost unstoppable pair.

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of Connor Ewing, Mat-ty Bent and Gary Abbott were also also recognised throughout the season.

“The whole squad de-serves to be acknowl-edged. The effort that they put into this team is the reason why we have taken out the top places.”

Tim says that the club looks in good shape for the future and hopefully grows more in the coming season. Tim would like to congratulate all the Tu-akau players for their contribution this season and would like to thank the supporters.

“We’ve had a lot of great support during this 2015 season, including people who don’t have a football background.

“I can’t wait for 2016 and what challenges the next season may hold in store for us,” said coach Tim McMillan.

WRLFC prize giving was held on Saturday, September 26, at the Hamilton Estate Community Hall.It was an open event, held to celebrate the achieve-ments of Waiuku Warriors mini mod teams and to acknowledge the commu-nity and sponsors, who help promote the chil-dren’s sports.Over the summer season the League Club are look-ing to start T-ball and soft ball games for chil-dren ten years and under. They will also be looking at organising a baseball team for the older chil-dren at the Hamilton Estate Park. For more information, call (09) 235

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Waikato Gun Club hosted the North Island and National Championships over the last weekend of September, which saw over 300 students attend, including representatives from Waiuku College.

llThe North Island Champs, which was held on Saturday, was hampered by a cold and pesky wind, which was playing havoc with the clay shooters. As a re-sult, there was a lack of possible scores on the board.

It was the girls’ team of Zoe Groot, Emily Wilks and Ellen Ballantine who managed to take first place and a gold medal.

This saw them six points ahead of Craighead Dio from the South Island and a further 25 points ahead of Hastings Girls High who took third place.

Only Niko Manning could manage a possible from the col-lege team, shooting 20/20 in the Single Rise Event. After a shoot off against 17 other competitors, Niko placed eighth in that event and won a $75 voucher.

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Sunday was the Nationals, with the weather improving incredibly for near on perfect conditions, but again, this didn’t show on the board with not many possible over the day.

Unfortunately none of the college team shot well enough to make any shoot offs on the day, however, Ellen Ballantine made the Auckland-Waikato Regional team which took out silver the follow-ing Monday.

Manager, Jo Sands, wanted to thank

coaches, Les Clarke and Bob Anderson, for all the time, effort and dedication they have invested into the team.

“It has been a relatively young team and I am sure they are going to go plac-es with more shooting under their belts.”

The team says goodbye to Nelson Akast and Zoe Groot, who finish school this year and head off into the work force.

Jo would also like to thank all the won-derful parents for their continuous sup-port throughout the year.

Emily Wilks, Zoe Groot and Ellen Ballantine took out gold in the North Island Champs.

Rising stars at Rx Fitness 235A team of four from Rx Fitness 235 entered in the Rising Stars 2015 at Te Rapa Crossfit, and came away with some great results and well earned experience.

ll Held in Hamilton, the competi-tion was for those who had never competed before, but wanted to give the event a go.

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missing out on the final by one point and the other was fifth equal, but missed out by a second on his run.”

Nikki says that while they are not a Crossfit gym, the competition al-lowed gyms that use the Crossfit methodology to compete. “This was great for us. We have such a variety of members, using this methodology for

both wellbeing, and others that enjoy the competitive side of it. It’s a chal-lenging style of training, but we have a great supportive community and, as coaches, we scale for all fitness lev-els to achieve results. These guys real-ly enjoyed it, and Mac and I just want-ed to tell everyone how proud we are of them.”

Above: Opening of bowls at Waipipi on Saturday. Even though the weather was inclement, the greens were great and the members keen.Left: Peter Steele and Bill Bellian

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Our Correction Offi cers do an amazing job by being role models to our prisoners through qualities such as maturity, empathy, encouragement, cultural awareness and recognition of the importance that their job has in helping prisoners to make the right choice, take the right action at the right time and support their pathway towards an offence free lifestyle.

In this role you will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of prisoners within the prison environment where no two days are the same. As a Corrections Offi cer your role will also include (but not limited to):• supervise prisoners’ daily routine, which includes meal, work and recreation times• observe the behaviour of prisoners and help implement and monitor the progress of

prisoners’ sentence plans• preparing reports • Engaging with prisoners to determine training pathways

Are you wondering what we can offer you!• Career development• Development academically and fi nancially to gain NZQA qualifi cations• Long term investment in you as a staff member – you are our leaders in changing lives and

shaping futures

What are we looking for when it comes to our new recruits? How about:• Life experience• Integrity• Empathy and understanding challenging people• Leadership qualities• Accountability

Interested? Inspired? Want to change lives?

We are currently looking for Corrections Offi cers for Spring Hill Corrections Facility. With a starting salary of $48,520 it will increase to $50,886 after training has been completed.

You must have a FULL DRIVERS LICENCE to apply that includes the ability to drive Manual Cars along with a current First Aid Certifi cate.

We provide a comprehensive induction and basic training course (National Certifi cate in Offender Management) to successful applicants which will also involve being part of our Frontline Futures Pathway which is held in Wellington.

If you would like to know more about the role of Corrections Offi cer before applying we will be holding an information evening on Thursday, 15th October at the Waiuku Community Hall from 5.30pm – 7.30pm.

Tikina te manuka kia tina! Take up the challenge and make a difference!

All applications must be submitted online via our recruitment system. Please note: Applications that are emailed directly will NOT be considered.

If you would like to know more about the role of Corrections Offi cer before applying we will be holding an information evening on Thursday, 15th October at the Waiuku Community Hall from 5.30pm – 7.30pm.

Tikina te manuka kia tina! Take up the challenge and make a difference!

All applications must be submitted online via our recruitment system. Please note: Applications that are emailed directly will NOT be considered.

At the Department of Corrections we are passionate about reducing re-offending and keeping communities safe. With Corrections you’ll be part of a highly supportive team that manages offenders in prison and in the community.

www.corrections.govt.nz/careers

WELLS, AllanIn memory of Allan,

who passed away October 8th, 2014.

We loved you yesterday We love you still

We always have and We always will.

Miss you so much Judy & Leonie

Kirsty RussellThe family & loved ones of Kirsty would like to thank everyone for their kindness, condolences and love at this sad time.

A special thank you to Raewyn, Kim, Dr Sasha Maxwell & the staff at the Franklin Memorial Hospital, for their loving care and attention.

Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

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ToPcUT lawnmowing - Reliable, clean & tidy job. Experienced operator. Ph Fred 09 235 5280, 021 902 552.

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WaiUkU Police are holding the following items, found in - August: Motorbike helmet, (Karioitahi Beach), Men’s silver watch (Calderwood Pl), Prescription glasses in case, (Meachen Tce). September: Weedeater, (Elbow Rd), Tivo Media Device, (Kitchener Rd) Black cellphone, (Queen Street).

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HaPPy Tails Dog Groo-ming - All breeds wel-come, care and kindness guaranteed. Call Ashley: 0212 484 111, or: 235 9581. Facebook page: Ashleys Happy Tails Dog Grooming.

JaNZ Dogs Professional Pet Grooming Service. 110 Victoria Ave, Waiuku. Small and medium dogs only Ph: 235 5550.

PoocHiE PARK – Holiday home for dogs. Inspection welcome by arrangement. Phone: 09 235 0052 (Evenings) or 021 856 555. Email: [email protected] for further information.

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THE Framing Shed. Quality custom picture framing. 31 Victoria Ave, Waiuku. Tues - Fri 9 - 5 or by appointment. Ph Allie: 235 0939 or 027 253 4577.

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TREE Stump Grinding - Section Clearing - Rubbish Removal - Lawns - Etc. All at very competitive rates. Ph Patrick: 235 5297 or: 027 426 0040.

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dElivERy people - Waiuku area, for local papers & pamphlets. Ph Colleen: 235 6163.

avoN REPS NEEDED! Christmas selling season is here. 10 positions - available now! Free to join. Contact Ryan on: 0211 907 189.

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PlayscaPE design and build playgrounds throughout New Zealand, and due to our current growth we are looking to fill a new senior position within our team. Prior building or landscaping experience is essential in this role. Please send a CV with cover letter to: [email protected]

BUsiNEss Partner Wanted. Manufacture of landscape products. Must be fit, have an artit-ic flair, and a good Kiwi attitude. Phone 021 277 2113.

FULL TIME BAKERBreadcrumbs Bakery, 8C Queen St, WaiukuWe are looking for a

full time baker to join our team. Hours are 3:30am til 11:30am,

Mon to Sat.$15.50 per hour. Job

includes: making bread, savouries & some sweet cakes. Must have at least

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