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Banana weevil Confirmed on Norfolk Island

From ‘Home Grown’There has been another biosecurity breach.

We are saddened to report that the Banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus), was found and identified on island as of September of this year, 2018. We apologise for the delay in informing the community, however it did not come to our attention until enquiries were made to biosecurity and an email came through from Georgina Ressler; Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, on the 3rd of December, 2018.

This means for the past 3 months or so various Australian departments on island have known about this biosecurity breach and have chosen to not inform the community. Once we were made aware of the breach on the 3rd of December, we felt it of the utmost importance to inform you, the community, as fast as possible.

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Amazing Worldwide Publicity For Norfolk Island

On Thursday, October 18, 2018 Duncan Sanderson was contacted by Till Uhrig, Head of Video Content for Territory, a big agency in Hamburg, Germany. Amongst other things, it publishes the ‘9:11 Magazine’ for Porsche. This show airs every two months on Porsche’s You tube Channel and on the magazine’s website. He was interested in filming Duncan and his Porsche 911 for this show.

Every show show is nine minutes, eleven seconds long and features five different stories out of the Porsche realm, combined under one theme. Real stories about real people, such as the guy that drove his Porsche for one million kilometres, an unusual speed trial or one man’s rusty 356.

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SUNDAY Partly cloudy. E/SE winds 15/20 knots.Partly cloudy. Min: 17 Max: 23

MONDAY Partly cloudy. SE winds 10/15 knotsPrecis: Partly cloudy. Min: 17 Max: 23

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Banana Weevil Confirmed on Norfolk Island - continued

It is our belief that an informed community is an empowered & proactive one.

This is the first record of this pest on Norfolk Island.While we are yet to confirm how this pest arrived

and where exactly it is currently located, we know from human and past experience that community awareness, knowledge, and communication is of paramount importance if we are to stop the spread and possibly be able to eradicate the pest from the island.

What follows is some practical information to be put into action now.1. Weevils are moved on plant material, specifically

bananas and plantain. Please DO NOT transplant banana (plun) suckers into new ground, share them with your neighbours, or transport suckers across the island. Dispersal is primarily by the

introduction of infested suckers and bits for planting. This will allow us to control their spread while we locate exactly where they are.

Natural spread is slow, so by not moving infected plant material, we have a chance of controlling and then eradicating this pest.

2. If you see any eggs or weevils, please photograph them and their location, then contact both biosecurity, and email: [email protected]. Please do not move plant material from the area.

Some basic information:• Insecticide resistance is increasing the threat of

the borer. • Adult weevils are about 10-12mm long & hard

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Banana Weevil on Norfolk Island - continued The newly emerged weevil is reddish brown

but soon becomes uniformly dull black. The weevils are nocturnal and hide during the day in or around corms or in moist areas near the plant. Unusually sluggish in their movements, they feign death when disturbed and seldom fly. We will post images on the Home Grown facebook page.

• Infested plants have dull yellow green and floppy foliage. Young infested suckers often wither and fail to develop. In a high wind more than average numbers of plants blow down, at times with severe losses.

• They feed on the roots and stems of banana and plantain plants.

Control methods:Neem (Azadirachta indica)Applications of neem powder effectively controlled

weevils and nematodes in on-farm trials and in farmer’s fields in Kenya.

Application of 60 to 100 g of neem seed powder or neem cake at planting and then at 4 months intervals significantly diminished pest damage and increased yields. Application of over 100 g or neem oil was phytotoxic (harmful to plants) and uneconomical.

Neem applications were economical in fertile soils with moderate pest infestation. Neem applications to banana plants grown in poor soil and under very high pest attack were uneconomical. A combination of application of cow dung and neem treatments resulted in yield increases of 50 to 75% (Musabyimana, 1999). Dipping suckers in a 20% neem seed solution at planting protects the young suckers from weevil attack by reducing egg laying through its repellent effect on adult weevils. Egg hatching rates may also be lowered in neem-treated plants (Gold and Messiaen, 2000).

TrappingDisc-on-stump traps and old pseudostems can be

used for trapping weevils. Disc-on-stump traps consist of corm slices placed

on top of harvested plants cut at the rhizome. Old pseudostems can be cut into lengths of 20 to 60 cm and split each length, and placed on the ground near the corm bases with the cut surface downwards.

Adult weevils are attracted to the cut stems or corms for shelter, to feed and to lay eggs. When the eggs hatch the life cycle cannot continue as the cut pieces dry out and the grubs die from desiccation.

The weevils can be collected by hand and destroyed. The efficiency of the traps depends on their numbers

and frequency of trapping. Disk-on-stump traps collect 3 to 7 times as many weevils as pseudostem traps.

Fact sheets:- http://www.infonet-biovision.org/PlantHealth/

Pests/Banana-weevil- http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/

borers/banana_root_borer.htm

If you have further information or wish to report an infestation, please contact us via email or Facebook and we will do what we can to inform the community as to the situation as it develops.

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November 2018

Banana Weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus)

What is a banana weevil? Cosmopolites sordidus (banana weevil) is native to Malaysia and Indonesia and was introduced to Australia before 1900. It is now found throughout coastal Queensland and New South Wales, associated with cultivated and wild bananas.

The banana weevil is a pest of banana (Musa) and Manilla hemp (Abaca). It attacks and damages all varieties of banana and plants belonging to the genus Musa.

Banana weevils cause damage to the corm of the banana plant as the larva, or grub, of the weevil feeds and tunnels in. This can cause reduced plant growth and weak or dying suckers.

Other common names for the banana weevil are the banana root borer or banana weevil borer. Its scientific name is Cosmopolites sordidus (Germer) [Insecta; Coleoptera: Curculionidae].

How to detect the presence of banana weevils Symptoms that banana weevils are present on banana plants include borer holes, discoloration around the borer holes and visible weevils. Adult weevils are dark brown to grey black and about 10–12mm long with a hard shell.

Photos provided by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources

Banana weevils on Norfolk Island Banana weevils were detected on Norfolk Island in September 2018 and reported to Biosecurity Officers of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as this pest had not been previously seen on Norfolk Island. Since this time, scientific assessment has been carried and the pest was confirmed as banana weevil. The detection was considered by the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests who determined that the banana weevil is not an emergency plant pest.

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The Christmas Pageant is coming up fast…

And is being held on Thursday 20th December this year. The Christmas Pageant will include all the same great features and a few new ones.

Why not dress up in Christmassy clothes and costumes and help add to the atmosphere of the night?

The road will close from the Roundabout at 6pm and our Christmas parade will begin. As usual it will include themed floats, old cars and Santa on the fire engine.

There’ll be outside entertainment, kids play equipment, great food, late night shopping for great specials and gifts, , Santa Claus and of course the Christmas concert featuring our island performers

Could people wishing to operate market or food stalls or wanting to add a float in the parade please contact me?

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Lions Christmas Party 9Th December 2018

A reminder to everyone over the age of 65. Don’t forget that Sunday (tomorrow) is the Lions

Christmas Party for Senior Citizens to be held at the Bowling Club in Taylor’s Road commencing at 12 noon.

A great meal and a free Christmas cake will be provided for all those attending. If you haven’t replied to the invitation yet don’t worry.

Come along anyway. There’s always plenty of food and you’ll be made very welcome.

Musical entertainment will be provided and it’s always wonderful to see so many of Norfolk’s senior people enjoying themselves.

Help Support Norfolk Island Sunshine Club

“The Chicks on the Block” have been busy with their skills, imagination, materials, needles and threads and once again crafted and donated a beautiful quilt

to THE SUNSHINE CLUB, NORFOLK ISLAND to raffle to boost funds.

Along with two other very welcome donations of a barbeque, donated by MARTINS AGENCIES and wine from TWO CHIMNEYS WINES, there will be three prizes.

Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 available from Reflections, The Gas Centre and Pacifica Nursery and Paw Paws Pump Shed. There will be random days at The Mall and P & R Groceries, when tickets will be on sale.

This is the third quilt “The Chicks on the Block”, have made and donated to raffle and boost our funds. You ladies are awesome. The Sunshine Club would like to say a “VERY BIG THANK YOU”, to “The Chicks on the Block”, Martins Agencies and Two Chimneys Wines for the very generous donations, and also to the community for the ever ongoing support, in so many ways. It is all very much appreciated, from the Committee, The Sunshine Club – Norfolk Island.

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How to report suspected banana weevils It is important to report any suspected indications that there are banana weevils to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities on 23115. Information and advice on management of the pest can be obtained from the websites listed below or requested through the Department.

Control measures recommended by New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland include:

- monitoring during peak periods of March/April and September/October;

- appropriate plantation hygiene methods and;

- biological and chemical treatments.

Factsheets on this pests are available on the following websites:

- NSW Department of Primary Industries at: dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/120052/banana-weevil-borer.pdf

- WA Department of Regional Development and Primary Industries at: agric.wa.gov.au/bananas/pest-management-bananas-oria

- QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries at: daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/plants/fruit-and-vegetables/a-z-list-of-horticultural-insect-pests/banana-weevil-borer

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How to report suspected banana weevils It is important to report any suspected indications that there are banana weevils to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities on 23115. Information and advice on management of the pest can be obtained from the websites listed below or requested through the Department.

Control measures recommended by New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland include:

- monitoring during peak periods of March/April and September/October;

- appropriate plantation hygiene methods and;

- biological and chemical treatments.

Factsheets on this pests are available on the following websites:

- NSW Department of Primary Industries at: dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/120052/banana-weevil-borer.pdf

- WA Department of Regional Development and Primary Industries at: agric.wa.gov.au/bananas/pest-management-bananas-oria

- QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries at: daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/plants/fruit-and-vegetables/a-z-list-of-horticultural-insect-pests/banana-weevil-borer

Amazing Worldwide Publicity For Norfolk Island

- continued from front page Till thought Duncan’s was a unique story,

considering the amount of effort in getting the car onto the island and having such a high performance vehicle on such a tiny island. Duncan’s affection for the brand was a perfect story for ‘9:11 Magazine’.

After many emails and phone calls, Benjamin Kuschnik the Creative Producer, and Brett Danton, Director/Director of Photography arrived on Norfolk on Monday, 26 November for three and a half days of filming. They were blown away by the beauty of the island, and despite the breeze got some great footage of Duncan and his beloved red car, from the summit of Mt Pitt to the end of Kingston pier.

Part interview, part stunning vistas, part car video, this brief film will be amazing publicity for Norfolk Island and is scheduled to be published on 17 December 2017.

A Face Lift For An Old FavouriteFor over 40 years the Lions Club of Norfolk Island

have been setting up and running the Merry – Go – Round.

Thought to be about 85 years old it was brought here by David (Scotty) Neagle in 1970’s and has entertained the Island’s children (and occasionally some Mums and Dads) since then.

In that time it has been refreshed occasionally and last week a group of enthusiastic Lions Members, under the direction of Lions President Denys Bates, went to work repainting and restoring the Merry-Go-Round to its former glory.

It will be in operation next to Borry’s on the evening ofthe Christmas Pageant so come along and check out the improvements.

Tourist Accommodation Registration

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Tourist Accommodation Legislation survey. The results of the survey are currently being collated.

Councils Tourist Accommodation Officers have been working consistently over the last six months with other council staff to reduce the number of unregistered tourist accommodation houses on-island, with good results. Council is aware that there is a feeling among registered tourism providers that more needs to be done to regulate the industry. The feedback provided in the survey will be valuable in assisting council in mapping a way forward.

This is a friendly reminder that while web sites such as Airbnb make it easy to list your vacant house as tourist accommodation, here on Norfolk Island you must check if you require planning and building approval before doing so. In addition, if your property is considered short-term accommodation, you must hold a current tourist accommodation registration certificate. This legislation is in force regardless of where the property is advertised; the Airbnb website rules do not supersede Norfolk Island’s legislative requirements.

The Norfolk Island Plan 2002, as well as other Development Control Plans (DCP), remain in force and are applicable to all tourist accommodation on Norfolk Island. Information on the planning and building requirements for tourist accommodation can be obtained by contacting the Planning and Building Department via Customer Care.

The Tourist Accommodation Act 1984 (NI) also remains in force. Registration involves an inspection of your property to ensure compliance with the regulations. Additionally, you must also provide evidence of compliance with relevant requirements of the Planning Act 2002 (NI) as well as an emergency services inspection.

While registering your tourist accommodation property is free of charge, please be aware that there may be some compliance costs related to building and planning.

Contact the Authorised Tourist Accommodation Officer to seek information on the registration process. Officers can be contacted via Customer Care on local free call 0100 or +6723 22244, or by emailing [email protected]

Leanne WebbMANAGER CUSTOMER CARE

7 December 2018

Authorised by Electoral Commissioner, 50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra, ACT

Has your federal electoral division changed?

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As a result of the recent redistribution of federal electoral divisions in the ACT you may be voting in a

different electoral division at the next federal election.

Following the determination of the names and boundaries of the three federal electoral divisions in the

ACT on 13 July 2018, some electors have moved electoral division and one electoral division has

been renamed.

As a result of the redistribution, the federal electoral divisions in the ACT are:

• Division of Bean: comprises the southern and western parts of the ACT. It includes the Districts

of Molonglo Valley, Tuggeranong and Weston Creek and part of the Districts of Jerrabomberra and

Woden Valley, as well as Norfolk Island. The electoral division is named in honour of Charles Edwin

Woodrow Bean (1879–1968).

• Division of Canberra: comprises the inner north and inner south of Canberra, lands to the east of

the city, and part of the Districts of Belconnen, Woden Valley and Jerrabomberra. The city centre,

Lake Burley Griffin, Parliamentary Triangle and Canberra Airport are included in this

electoral division.

• Division of Fenner: comprises the north of the ACT. It includes the Districts of Gungahlin and Hall,

most of the District of Belconnen, and the Jervis Bay Territory.

Where can I find out more?Further information can be found at www.aec.gov.au/act-redistribution Maps and descriptions of

federal electoral divisions are available at www.aec.gov.au/profiles

Do I need to change my federal electoral division?You do not need to take any action if your electoral division has changed as the result of this

redistribution. The AEC has:

• transferred you to your new federal electoral division, and

• written to households whose federal electoral division has changed.

How do I find out if my federal electoral division has changed?You can check your enrolment online at www.aec.gov.au/check For privacy reasons, your electoral

enrolment will only be confirmed if the details you enter are an exact match to your details on the

electoral roll.

You can also check which federal electoral division your suburb or locality is located in at

www.aec.gov.au/electorate Alternatively, you can contact the AEC on 13 23 26 or find your

local AEC office details at www.aec.gov.au/contact

Further informationwww.aec.gov.au/act-redistribution

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Vocational Education and Training

Available from 2 January 2019During my visit to Norfolk Island many issues

were raised with me, including the need for Norfolk Island residents to have access to the full variety of education opportunities, such as Vocational Education and Training (VET).

Today, I am pleased to let you know that from 2 January 2019 VET courses will be available to Norfolk Island residents who are 15 years or older.

From this date, VET students will be subsidised the difference between the course fee they pay and the fee they would pay, for the same course, in another state or territory.

I am advised that there may be up to 47 Norfolk Island residents seeking to undertake vocational training in 2019, and it is very pleasing to me that this fee discount can now happen.

The sorts of qualifications people may wish to take up include those that lead to working in a trade - carpenters, chefs, plumbers or early childhood teachers. Courses including nursing and aged care

REQUEST FOR OFFER (RFO)

The Director of National Parks (Norfolk Island National Park) is seeking Request for Offer (RFO) from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the following track construction works within the Norfolk Island National Park.

DNP-NNP 1819-707 – Botanic Gardens Walking Tack (Repair and Construction Works)

Responses to the RFO must be made on the appropriate RFO forms which contain details of specifications and contractor requirements, and are available from the NINP Office or by emailing [email protected]

The closing date for submissions to the RFO is Friday 21 December, 2018.

Enquiries regarding the RFO, including on-site inspections, can be made to Joel Christian on 22695.

The lowest or any submission may not necessarily be accepted.

Nigel Greenup

Park Manager

REQUEST FOR OFFER (RFO)

The Director of National Parks (Norfolk Island National Park) is seeking Request for Offer (RFO) from suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the following track construction works within the Norfolk Island National Park.

DNP-NNP 1819-707 – Botanic Gardens Walking Tack (Repair and Construction Works)

Responses to the RFO must be made on the appropriate RFO forms which contain details of specifications and contractor requirements, and are available from the NINP Office or by emailing [email protected]

The closing date for submissions to the RFO is Friday 21 December, 2018.

Enquiries regarding the RFO, including on-site inspections, can be made to Joel Christian on 22695.

The lowest or any submission may not necessarily be accepted.

Nigel Greenup

Park Manager

will strengthen the skills and help people stay on the Island.

The Administrator, Eric Hutchinson, has been a strong advocate for better access to VET. My Department has also been working very hard, in partnership with employment agency PeoplePlus to make this happen. I take this opportunity to thank everybody involved in this work.

Additional information on eligibility, how to enroll in a course and how to apply for financial assistance will be available soon on my Department’s website. I anticipate this will be by 15 December, 2018, once we have finalised the guidelines.

While I know there are many other important issues that also need to be addressed, including increasing freight movements and access to other state-type services and grants. This represents another step on that journey.

Thank you for your patience and support as we move forward together.

The Hon Sussan Ley MPAssistant Minister for Regional Development and

Territories

A Message From ‘Foodland’To our valued customers,

Watties Products You may have noticed the declining number of

Watties products on our shelves.This has come about due to the fact that a recently

extended Commonwealth Act (extended without advice OR consultation as to the impact) now requires Wattie’s products to be re-labelled in accordance with the Country of Origin provisions of that Act .

Unfortunately all Watties products do not meet these labelling requirements and Heinz Wattie will no longer export Watties products to Norfolk Island, despite having shipped these products to Norfolk Island for more than 50 years.

Foodland strongly disagrees with this extension and interpretation of the law and are currently working with both the Australian authorities and Heinz Wattie to have this matter rectified.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused but at the moment the matter is beyond our control.

Foodland.

Stop Press Letter to the EditorDear SirI was speaking to someone who was working the

latest ship. About halfway through unloading, someone noticed that there were green ants in the hold. When they rang Border Force, they were told the person who could handle it was away, and ‘I can’t help you.’

The stevedores sprayed copious amounts of bug spray into the hold, and one hopes that did the trick. However, why wasn’t an announcement made by Border Force advising people who had already received cargo off the ship, that they would need to check and/or spray for the green ant.

The strict controls we had over pests and bugs coming into the island have been slackened off to a point where there seems to be no care or responsibility by those who profess to look after the island’s best interests.

One only has to look at the recent revelation that banana weevils were discovered here in September. No information was provided to any growers and no alerts sent out. Consequently, the weevil has had plenty of time to spread around the island, not just through sales of local bananas, but the open-handed generosity of those who have produce they are willing to share.

According to an email from DAWR, this is the first record of banana weevils on Norfolk Island. One would have thought it would have required a fairly urgent management process, and not a ‘lets wait until someone asks about it’ stance.

Just because we are being touted as part of Australia, does not mean that we want them to share all their bugs, diseases and insects with us. Enough is enough. It is time proper and correct biosecurity measures were put in place, or revert back to the rigorous ones that were in force before 2015.

Inasmuch

JAZZ 4 YOU - Sunday 9th Dec

On the GARDEN DECK at the PARADISE HOTEL

This Sunday we have JAZZ 4 YOU staying on after the Jazz Festival and Performing from 1pm to 4pm on the deck at Paradise.

Call in and enjoy a lazy afternoon with some beautiful jazz music, happy hour

drink prices and snacks available.

No need to book – just call in and enjoy the afternoon

Club LOn Thursday 22nd November 70 ladies ( a record

attendance in 18 years) gathered at Bounty Lodge for yet another fabulous meal ( thank you to Jo & Ernie & wait staff :) )

Amy Elliott & Ivy Carr presented us with an amazing Power Point Presentation and spoke of their sea voyage on the twin hulled canoe called the Haunui WAKA.

The Haunui WAKA departed Norfolk on the 17th October 2018 .

Sea voyage taking 10 days arriving in North Auckland New Zealand 27th October.

Ivy & Amy spoke of their seasickness, sharing the twin hulled canoe with 16 other crew members, sleeping arrangements, eating, turn about cooking !!! and not to be left out “ toilet flushing “ with a real toilet !!

They learnt how to hoist the sails, sail by the traditional navigation, sailing by sun & wind, cloud formation, being mindful of the moon & stars!

After the girls fairly uneventful sea voyage and after arriving in Auckland they stayed at a Marai being treated like Island Princess’s !! ( as they were!) before flying home to Norfolk.

The girls also demonstrated a version of the HAKA Ivy being the caller ( wow!) and to finish off the evening they sang the Haunui song.

THANK YOU IVY & AMY for sharing your amazing, never to be forgotten life time experiences on your sea voyage on the Haunui WAKA.

Many Blessings Amy & Ivy to future sea voyages !!!

( PS - I’m sure the NICS children would love to hear of your adventure ! )

Club L Christmas Party The time has come around for our Christmas Party Where: South Pacific HotelDate; 13 December 2018Time: 6.30 For 7.00 PmNo speaker – just a fun night! Martini glass Menu: mains – garlic prawn hot pot in white

wine with tomato & fresh herb and ciabatta bread or Sliver fern scotch fillet steak, cooked to order in garlic mash & steamed vegies

Dessert: passion fruit creme brulee with ice cream or lemon meringue pie with cream

Those who have not paid their $16 for gift please do so this week to Lynne at NI Real Estate office – in an enevelope with name on please!

Don’t forget to wear your Christmas hats, earrings, frocks and bling etc!

Names and menu choice asap to Lynne 22267 / 50803 of Fenella on 23268/5062

Thank YouThe family of the late Daniel Cuthbertson would

like to thank all the Hospital staff for their loving care of Daniel during his last months.

They also want to thank Care Norfolk for years of assistance while he was still at home. Also many thanks go to Shane Quintal and the grave diggers, the Ladies who make the wreaths, Tardy Evans for making the coffin & driving Daniel on his last journey.

Finally we also want to thank the many people who offered help and support in this sad time and those who attended the funeral.

Daniel was a special person and he will be sorely missed by his family and friends.

Nadia, Elizabeth, Ian, Ken, Greg, Danielle, Murray, Marcus, Claire, William and all the family in Scotland

A special ‘thank you’ to Raewyn, Nathan, Steven and Dean (Puff) for the short notice use of the P&R Groceries truck during the week when ‘Plan A’ fell apart.

Thanks yorlye.JQ.

A special ‘thank you’ also to Brogan and Tardy for the use of their trailer.

So sorry about the loss of the ramp. Somebody tull I too busy buzibody’n f’ see et drop but es stolly.

Nor in a Quintal f’ bizibdy ulla talk f’ sullen.Thank you yorlye.

JQ

In Memoriam

Chook.4th March 1911 - 8th December 1988.

Thirty years since you stopped making the candy at the school carnival.

Remembered by your family...and by the dentist for the results for all that sugar!!

Cattle In Burnt PineNorfolk Island has some smart cattle!With the lure of sweet grass and some tasty garden

plants, some have worked out how to walk or slide across the current grids – which were originally designed to minimise the noise inflicted on local residents by passing traffic – into the Burnt Pine town area. Council is currently in the process of redesigning the cattle grids on the borders of town to be more effective.

It is worth bearing in mind cows that enter the area are likely to attempt to break through fences on adjoining properties. So this is a timely reminder that it is each property owner’s legal responsibility to ensure they have adequate fencing in place to prevent the entry or the exit of cattle.

Cattle owners who have Pasturage and Enclosure rights issued in respect of cattle grazing in public areas are reminded that they must ensure their cattle are properly controlled and do not stray into any enclosed areas, including the public and private areas at Burnt Pine enclosed by the cattle grids.

The Council accepts no legal liability of any kind whatsoever for any kinds of losses, damage, injuries or deaths occurring in a way, at any time, as a result of any cattle entering the Burnt Pine town area or entering any private properties (including those properties within the Burnt Pine area).

Anyone who notices cattle straying within the Burnt Pine town area inside the cattle grid zone should, if possible, identify the tag number, if any, and then contact Customer Care staff or the Conservator who will contact the owner to organise the recovery of the animal.

Any cattle found to have entered the Burnt Pine town area may be seized and impounded by the Council, the Pound Keeper, or the Police until it is recovered by its lawful owner following payment in full of all seizure and impound fees and charges. Animals not claimed from the pound may be sold or destroyed according to law, without compensation to any previous owner.

Cattle owners should obtain their own professional legal advice on their legal obligations regarding their cattle in Norfolk Island. (e.g. Fencing Act 1913, Pasturage and Enclosure act 1949, Pounds Act 1934, Summary Offences Act 2005).

Alan BuckleyMANAGER INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

7 December 2018

I Am Your…InsulaTucked away in one of the deepest parts of the brain

is the insula. Little has been known about this structure until recently because of its location tucked away in a shallow groove beside the limbic system structures.

Sometimes called the “Island of Reil” based on its initial discovery by Johann Chrstian Reil in 1809, it’s a complex structure comprising at least 13 different subdivisions each specialising in specific functions. There are two insula, one on each side of the brain. This is one of the brain regions most densely supplied with both arterial and venous blood vessels, making it extremely hard to operate on. This also means it has connections to many other parts of the brain and performs a wide range of functions.

Densely packed neural fibres connect the insula with frontal, parietal, temporal, cingular, olfactory, and subcortical brain areas such as the hippocampus and amygdala – all those areas linked to emotions, sensory awareness, language and thinking. Mental processes like “cognitive control” (thinking about our actions including planning and reviewing the outcomes of actions we’ve taken, and resisting the urge to act impulsively) take place in this part of the brain.

A meta-analysis of nearly 1,800 studies of the insula in 2014 identified four functionally distinct regions: 1) a sensorimotor region that allows us to link movement to sensory stimuli, for example, taking action when we smell something that signals danger or delight; 2) an olfactogustatory region that allows us to link taste and smell; 3) a socio-emotional region which, for example, allows us to make facial expressions that match our emotions or read the emotions of others by their facial cues and posture; and 4) a cognitive region that, for example, helps us link urges and sensations with thoughts, such as “I’d love to eat that dessert but it will undo my diet”.

One of the most important roles played by the insula is empathy. This is the ability to perceive, understand and experience others’ feelings. Like many brain structures, the right and left insula work in different ways but collaborate to give us w hole experience.

For example, studies have shown that the insula is activated in response to seeing or hearing others in pain as well as expressing disgust, fear, anxiety, and happiness. The right insula (that is, the structure in the right hemisphere) was associated with perceiving the other person’s experience (that is, recognising their signals), while the left insula was associated with

making sense of the other person’s signals, such as being able to label their signals and understand what they mean (what we call the cognitive-evaluative forms of empathy).

Autism is a disorder linked to reduced activation of the insula and poorer neural links between the insula and other brain regions. People with this disorder have great difficulty making sense of other people’s social cues (such as smiling or frowning). Many other disorders are linked to faulty insula activity. For example, people with severe social anxiety show over-activation of the anterior insula, which sets off their tendency to expect or anticipate certain events such as social gatherings as unpredictable, threatening and out of their control.

Anorexia is another disorder linked to dysfunction of the insula. It involves distorted body image, dieting despite being thin or even critically underweight and the perception of being overweight while being underweight with a tremendous fear of gaining weight. All these symptoms are activated by disruptions of normal insula activity and cause faulty thinking.

How to keep your insula healthy?Research shows that mindfulness practice is the

best way to keep your insula functioning well. Apart from reducing brain over-activity, mindfulness helps us become more attuned to positive stimuli around us as well as inside us. For example, mindfulness meditations involving compassion for others helps us become more aware of people showing positive facial cues, and increases our desire to do good things for others.

Mindfulness also helps with pain management by reducing the over-focus on pain signals and increasing awareness of the sensations linked to reduced pain, such as feelings of warmth when using a hot pack. In addition, meditation strengthens attention and executive control – being able to slow down urges and consider our options more fully, with studies showing significant changes to the insula in people who regularly meditate.

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180th anniversary of women’s suffrage on Pitcairn

On November 30, 1838, Pitcairn Island, was the first political entity in the world to guarantee women the right to vote.

Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean, November 30, 2018 --- How did it come that the women of Pitcairn Island – a tiny island; arguably the most remote “country” on earth – were the first women in the world to be granted suffrage?

Pitcairn is the South Pacific isle on which mutinous sailors of the ship H.M.S. Bounty settled in 1790 to avoid a British hangman’s rope for having earlier revolted against captain, William Bligh while the Bounty was sailing near the cannibalistic island of Tofua. With them to Pitcairn, the mutineers had taken 12 Polynesian women from Tahiti.

After occupying uninhabited Pitcairn, the presence of the mutineers there was unknown to the world until 1808 when an American seal-hunting ship captain, Mayhew Folger, called to provision his ship Topaz with wood and water. By that time – nearly two decades after settling on Pitcairn – all but one of the mutineers had died.

After an abortive attempt to immigrate to Tahiti in 1831, Pitcairn became something of a safe haven for a growing number of American whaling ships, most from home ports in New England. The Pitcairners spoke English, were friendly and lighter-skinned than the “black” people inhabiting the mostly cannibalistic islands of the surrounding ocean.

Sailors of the whale ships, most of them at sea on years’ long voyages from their New England home ports, and finding Pitcairn having no governmental authority, began to threaten and sometimes attempting to attack the unwilling women of Pitcairn when they came ashore.

When Captain Russell Elliott of the British sloop-of-war Fly called at the island in November of 1838, the Pitcairners told him their women were being propositioned, and their crops were being destroyed by “lawless strangers in whale ships,” and that they needed official British protection. Elliott was quick to act on their request:

On November 29, 1838, he formally declared Pitcairn Island to be under the protection of the British Crown.

On November 30, 1838, he signed on board his ship a constitution and code of laws that called for the election of an island magistrate “on the 1st of January in each year by the free votes of all the native-born inhabitants, or five years resident, male or female, being over eighteen years of age.”

And as an added help, Elliott’s code of laws called for compulsory education for every Pitcairn child; again, one of the first “countries” in the world with this requirement.

Editorial note. Pitcairner Melva Warren a descendant of the Bounty mutineers, writes from Pitcairn on November 23, 2018, the feelings of many


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of the island women about being the descendants of the first women in the world to be given the right to vote.

“On the eve of the anniversary of a century and a half of Pitcairn women’s suffrage, we rejoice in the freedom the good Captain Elliot wrote into law in 1838 for our protection.

“Freedom: we have not known any other way – myself, and my mother, Royal; nor, for that matter, did her mother, Iva; her grandmother, Mercy; and, to a large degree, her great-grandmother, Albina, born on November 11, 1828, who was only 10 years when the women of Pitcairn were officially and unconditionally granted the right to vote. Collectively, we have never known a time when women were not considered worthy of rights the same, equally, as expected by men.

“It is entirely possible that the women of Pitcairn Island, from the very beginning of its existence as a settlement, never experienced gender discrimination or the degradation endured by females in other countries of the world, simply by being women. The purely Polynesian women who came to our island in 1790, having had no prior exposure to the indignities suffered by their counterparts in the then so-called civilized world, tolerated no such nonsense from their mutinous European consorts. For them, the idea of ‘freedom to be’ came as naturally as breathing.

“Let it never be said that the women who were the backbone of the fledgling community of Bounty settlers were inferior to the men who took them from their homelands and brought them to this place to begin a new life, from square one, and who met the challenge with wit and with superior survival skills; women, without whom the settlers never would have survived.

“Mauatua. Toofaiti. Tevarua. Teehuteatuaonoa. Teatuahita. Teraura. Vahineatua. Faahout. Mareva. Puarai. Teio. Tinafanaea. And, baby Sully. These were the women of the Bounty; the women who stood strong and raised a community, while the men of the Bounty went about the task of exterminating themselves through drunkenness and ill temper.

“This is the heritage of today’s Pitcairn woman; the right to have a say; the right to freedom of expression; the right to be whoever she is or wants to be; the right to individuality.

“And, perhaps, these strengths – for that is what they are – were recognized by visitors who came to at Pitcairn on one of the several sailing vessels of the day, and which prompted Captain Russell Elliott to draft a set of ordinances in the absence of any formal documents that would guarantee the right of Pitcairn women to continue to have their say in the governance of their community, without condition, with no exception. As if to further strengthen the rights of future Pitcairn women, the set of ordinances included the making of education compulsory for Pitcairn’s children – both boys and girls.

“I take no improper pride in the forward-thinking

actions of Pitcairn’s past leaders, although, doing what is right requires no measure of pride. I am, however, immensely grateful to have been born into and raised by a community free from prejudice. I am forever in debt to my Tahitian foremothers for the gift of this sense of equality. Mauru’uru roa.”

School Spectacular on TV Saturday 8th December 2019

I encourage all community members to get to a TV this Saturday evening to watch the 2019 Schools Spectacular production.

Arki features throughout this televised performance and will be aired on Chanel 7 at 7:00pm.

Again, congratulations goes out to Arki for working hard to make opportunities, and representing the school and Norfolk Island with such pride and professionalism. This is a great outcome for a hardworking student.

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Mayor’s UpdateKeeping The Community

InformedMayor’s Message From The Annual Report

2017–2018Norfolk Island was accepted as an Australian

external territory in 1913. Under governance arrangements introduced in 1979, Norfolk Island had partial self-government in which the Norfolk Island Government was required to deliver many federal, state and local services. Australian taxation, migration, health and welfare services did not extend, or only partially extended, to Norfolk Island.

Following the removal of self-government in 2015, a new local governance model was established by the Australian Parliament. From 1 July 2016, Commonwealth taxation, social security, immigration, biosecurity, customs and health arrangements – including Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – were extended to Norfolk Island and the Norfolk Island Regional Council (the Council) commenced.

The Council comprises five Councillors who are elected on a four-year term. The Mayor is appointed by Council.

The Norfolk Island Regional Council is responsible for all local council-type functions on Norfolk Island, including waste management, rates and planning. In addition, the Council delivers power generation and reticulation, telecommunications, and owns and operates Norfolk Island’s international airport. The Council also delivers a number of state-type functions under an agreement with the Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities.

It has now been two years since the island has been administered under the new governance arrangements and it would be fair to say that the Norfolk Island people are still endeavouring to adjust to the many changes the new governance model has brought to their lives and to the community – a community whose laws, culture and way of life have evolved independently of elsewhere in Australia since 1856. I acknowledge and applaud the strength and resilience of the Norfolk Island people.

As the Norfolk Island Regional Council is not part of an Australian State or Territory, Council advocates directly to the Australian government on Island issues and concerns.

Council is committed to transparency in its governance. The Council’s website – www.norfolkisland.gov.nf – is a library of every decision made since Council came into office. Every Council meeting is documented with printed copies held for public viewing at the Customer Care office, the Public Library and in Council Chambers. Council meetings are broadcast live.

Furthermore, Council is committed to its ‘Community Promise’ in Council’s Community Engagement Strategy adopted 21 February 2018, namely:

The Norfolk Island Regional Council promises to engage with the community in an open, transparent and equitable way to make sure it understands the views and feelings of all community segments before it makes planning, funding or strategic decisions.

As a result of Council’s advocacy to the Australian government, a Legislation Consultation Framework for Norfolk Island has been developed by the Commonwealth that is to guide the Australian Government’s consultation on legislative changes, including amendments to existing laws and the application of, or creation of, new laws. A similar Legislation Consultation Framework which you will find later in this report has been adopted for use by Council when it suggests amendments to legislation affecting Norfolk Island.


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Keeping The Community Informed - continuedI leave you with a quote from the agenda for the

Councillors’ on-Island meeting earlier this year with the then Federal Minister Dr John McVeigh:

The Way Forward Is Through Collaboration, Co-Operation and Partnership

Key note speakers at the June 2018 Australian Local Government Association National Assembly consistently spoke of the benefit of collaboration, co-operation and partnership to achieve the best outcome on complex matters. The continuing challenge is to devise and maintain open processes of dialogue between the Commonwealth and Norfolk Island; processes of dialogue that ensure the community is directly engaged in discussion on complex matters thereby establishing a sense of ownership and responsibility. In resolving this challenge Norfolk Island and Australia will be the winners.

This Annual Report details the immense work that Council has undertaken for the financial year 2017–2018, achievements that have been undertaken in sometimes challenging environments. To my fellow Councillors, to the General Manager and her team of staff – thank you for your support to me as Mayor and your continued efforts to implement actions and targets to ensure we are working towards our vision ‘Norfolk Island – the best small island in the world’.

To the Norfolk Island people I ask you to continue to STAY STRONG AND RESILIENT

Cr Robin Adams JPMAYOR

Changes To Support Norfolk Island Regional Council Elections

Changes have recently been made to the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) (NI) to facilitate the Norfolk Island Regional Council (the Council) election in 2020. These changes largely deal with technical and administrative matters and they will not affect the experience of voters and their participation in elections.

The first legislative change allows the Council to decide how elections are run in 2020 and beyond. The second clarifies the responsibility for the various election activities and requirements. The third change ensures personal information is handled by authorised persons only for the purpose of running the election. The final change is the replacement of references to NSW laws that do not operate in Norfolk Island with the relevant Norfolk Island laws.

A factsheet about the legislative changes is available on the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities’ website at www.infrastructure.gov.au/ni-legislation.

The Norfolk Island Applied Laws Ordinance 2016, outlining the changes to the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) (NI), will be published on the Federal Register of Legislation website at www.legislation.gov.au/Series/F2016L00729.

Eric Hutchinson, December 2018

Documents On Public Exhibition Certified Fire Safety Training Fees

The existing Norfolk Island Fire Safety training programs were internally developed by the NIFS, and because the Council is not a Registered Training Organisation these programs are not certified courses. To ensure that the training programs meet industry standards they must be ‘Nationally Recognised Training Programs’, which comply with national standards or are delivered against independently derived quality outcomes.

The programs will provide participants with nationally recognised qualifications or units of competency that are acknowledged by industry and other registered training organisations in every state of Australia. A nationally recognised training program allows students to enrol, transfer or complete training at any Registered Training Organisation (RTO) around the nation.

PARASOL is an Australian-based provider of accredited fire training courses; two members of the NIFS team have now been registered as trainers with PARASOL. This now means that the NIFS can deliver nationally recognised fire extinguisher and fire warden training using PARASOL training methodologies and material.

The introduction of Nationally Recognised Fire Warden and Fire Extinguisher Training courses will ensure that employers can be more confident that they are effectively meeting their WHS obligations. The community will also benefit as individual members will receive the training that can be applied domestically as well as in the workplace.

The Council places the following charges on public exhibition for 28 days and will consider any valid submissions presented to Council after the public exhibition period.

Training Course - Fire Warden and Extinguisher Training

Duration - 4 hoursFee per participant - $365

Training Course - Fire extinguisher Training onlyDuration - 2 hoursFee per participant - $197

For those wanting to make a public submission on the above charges, please provide this by 4:30pm on 2 January 2019.

Submissions can be made by email to [email protected], by post to Norfolk Island Regional Council, PO Box 95, Norfolk Island, 2899, or hand delivered to Customer Care, 9 New Cascade Road.

Lotta JacksonGENERAL MANAGER

26 November 2018

Importation of Rocks PetitionAs everyone is aware, the airport runway needs

upgrading. It is a hugely massive job, which will need around 38,000 Tonne of rock.

In early October of this year, a tender was put out for all interested parties, overseas ones obviously, as we don’t have the equipment on island needed to do this major work. However, we do have the rock here on island and the capacity to provide and crush it.

Originally, the tender asked applicants to quote on imported rock as well as local rock. Duncan Edward, the President of the Norfolk Island Waterside Workers Association called a meeting after hearing lots of ‘Dem tull’ about the council wishing to only use imported rock.

We all agreed that if there was to be imported rock and the subsequent potential biosecurity hazard the public needed to be informed of the ramifications.

I don’t know if you are aware, but de-contaminating rock isn’t as easy as it sounds. It is heat treated, which does in fact eliminate pests like fire ants, midgies, sandflies, spiders, paralysis ticks and snakes. However, once the treatment is completed, the rock is then placed outside on a concrete pad, next to other contaminated rock. Imagine all those nasty creepy crawleys calling out ‘Hey, look, a nice new clean place to live, and moving to that pile. I don’t think a banner saying ‘Keep Out’ would have an impact at all. It is not the fault of the people who are heat treating the rock, after all, where do you store 38,000 Tonne of rock safely and contaminate free.

But lets suppose that the rock manages to stay contaminate free until it gets to port….and it sits on the wharf waiting to be loaded. Do you think a ‘Keep Out’ sign would deter any bugs and nasties on the wharf?

How about when it is on the ship/barge? We all know that the stringent measures we used to apply to incoming vessels no longer apply. Who knows what was on the ship in prior voyages? Redback spiders? Livestock droppings? (as was experienced earlier this year), no doubt carrying all manner of stowaways, on their ‘around the pacific’ cruise?

Salt water is considered a contaminant, as the rock needs to be clean for use on the runway. If the rock is brought in by barges, as ‘dem tull’, the chances of it being doused in salt water is more than likely. Imagine washing 38,000 Tonne of rock! Where do you think all that water is going to come from? Lets face it, our water is too precious to waste on washing rock. Don’t get me wrong, I am more than happy for

the equipment to be washed when it gets here, so they are contaminate free, but lets face it, that’s a whole lot less fresh water wastage.

Oh, but hang on a minute….did I forget to mention that, according to the revised tender, there is no requirement for any decontamination treatment/quarantine on this imported rock. Tender applicants are asked only to store it on concrete pads….without even a ‘Keep Out’ sign! What the…?!

We had a meeting with representatives from the council a couple of days afterwards and they assured us that they were only considering using local rock. They advised us that they wanted what was best for Norfolk Island, and it’s economy. If this is the case, we can only assume that it is the administrative arm of the council who are pushing for imported rock.

We have plenty of rock available here on the island. Places like Cascade, where an application has been made to access it from Youngs Road; Headstone, where the fire pit used to be; and Jacobs Rock, which was surveyed and deemed a more than adequate supply several years ago.

In fact a road was surveyed direct to Jacob’s rock, and the report established that there is enough to do the airport runway and many more years of rock.

This would be a perfect site, because it could eventually become a landing area/pier.

I don’t know if you have heard of wind rose, I certainly hadn’t before I began researching local rock.

(continiued overleaf)

Jay Sanders

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Importation of Rocks Petition - continuedA wind rose shows the predominant wind direction.

The wind around Norfolk Island comes mainly from the South; South-East, so combining a quarry on this side of the island with a potential pier has outstanding qualities. Imagine having a backup plan for when the seas are too rough at Kingston or Cascade. Who knows? Maybe even cruise ships would actually be able to offload tourists there. Ahh, but I digress….

Someone suggested that there are local properties that contain an abundance of rock that could be utilised, but, according to ‘dem tull’, when we pay rates, we only pay for the top metre of the land we live/work on. Anything below that belongs to the commonwealth, which means you could be ripping up your land in order to give the council the royalties for the rock. Don’t quote me on this, but its an interesting thought.

Five days after the meeting with council representatives, there was a meeting of the Rock Source Committee. I don’t know the content of this meeting, but an email was sent out shortly thereafter advising those applying for the airport upgrade tender that local rock would no longer be considered.

According to the engineer, who reportedly stood at the top of Cascade Quarry and looked down the face of it:

“Due to an assessment of the quantity, quality and likely environmental approvals required at Cascade, Option 1 (on-island crushed aggregate) is removed from the Tender.

Tenderers are to tender only on Option 2 (imported crushed aggregate)”

You probably don’t know this, but at least two potential applicants withdrew from the tender after receiving the news that they couldn’t use local rock.

One can’t help wondering if the reason behind this is the steady focus on the almighty dollar. Royalties from rock quarried from local sources will bring in less than the money received from waste management levies, which are now double what they once were.

Lets get back to the contamination side of importing rock. At a recent meeting, our local vet advised us that the paralysis tick can lay up to 3,000 eggs at a time. Paralysis tick can hitchhike on rock/dirt, just so you know. I don’t mean to be flippant, but in a huge place like Australia, a mere 3,000 paralysis ticks could spread far and wide. On a small place like Norfolk Island, they would end up eventually being almost wall to wall. How much do you love your children, your pets, and even your family? Enough to stand up and say ‘I’m not prepared to take the risk’?

This would be detrimental not only to us humans, but also to the livestock. We don’t have the facilities here to cope with this sort of thing. Our pets and livestock would simply die. As for us, well, if we are lucky, we might catch it in time, be placed on a medivac in time, and arrive at an Australian Hospital in time. Hmm, but what would happen if there was more than one person needing medical attention; what if the medivac was already on its way to Australia and we had to wait that bit extra? As they say time

is of the essence, and I would imagine (because I am not medically trained), that the time frame for a child would be even more crucial.

This is only one of the nasties that could be hidden in imported rock. The potential disaster that will occur on a bio security level is beyond imagination. And then you have to ask yourself would we be informed if there was anything lurking within the imported rock.

Did you know about three months ago, banana weevil was discovered here? Do you remember reading anything about it? Have you been advised if you are a grower? It wasn’t until someone ‘asked’ if the rumour was true, that it was confirmed. Whatever happened to open and transparent communication. How did this weevil get here? Was it within a contaminated shipment?

And lets get down to the other aspect of importing rock. Think about the flow-on effect of this. Local people who would have been employed to quarry the rock, as well as local industries will be out of pocket. Now, you may say, well that’s okay because it doesn’t have an impact on me. Really? Less local jobs mean less money flowing from locals, who support local businesses, which in turn means less money boosting the local economy. So, if a shop partially relies on local customers to purchase items and keep their business buoyant, will they be inclined to order in more stock if their bottom line starts to dip. What about fund-raising; something we are well known for doing, and to an undeniably incredible extent of generosity. Who will sponsor or donate money when our own finances are plummeting?

So, what began as a group with representatives from the stevedores and lighterage, has grown. Other local groups have also sent representatives to discuss what is most likely the biggest biosecurity calamity Norfolk Island has ever faced. We are all currently seeking an urgent meeting with the council to ask if there can be an extension of the tender (the final decision is to be made on 18 December 2018). Given that the parameters of the tender have changed three times, we are hoping that the will be agreeable to our plea.

The petition circulating is to ask the council, and the administration arm of the council, to stand by the people who live on Norfolk Island, and to consider the ecological and economic impact of bringing contaminated imported rock into our fragile and predominantly pest free environment. Please show your support for our beautiful island home. Our environment is extremely important to us and we have maintained it this way for over a century. Please don’t let a mistake of immense proportions change its uniqueness, our safety and our well-being.

The petition is at Paw Paws Pump Shed, Foodland, P & R Groceries and Cascade Motors.

If you would like to sign it online, type or copy this into your browser: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-imported-rock-into-norfolk-island

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Letters to the EditorDear EditorMay I, through your columns, express my thanks to

Assistant Minister Ley for setting a better standard of consultation during her recent visit. Ms Ley listened to a wide variety of people, and appears to have made commitments to look into some of the issues raised with her.

However, promises to consult more and keep us informed are meaningless unless we are given real authority to negotiate, on at least an equal footing, for better outcomes for our island and its people.

We are still only being offered a continuation of patches, plasters and painkillers, and the odd “sweetener” to help the medicine go down. The real cause of our distress is an inappropriate and unworkable system of governance. We are living under a regime where Australia’s national interest will always trump the needs and well-being of Norfolkers.

We all know that the Minister and the Administrator act under constraints, but they are our only link with DIRD, an unelected government department that seems to have most of the say in what happens to us! Surely a little advocacy on our behalf, and honest representations of how we feel, would be possible.


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Letters to the Editor - continuedThe fact that we have been maligned and

misrepresented is only one of the factors that has led to our grief and distress.

Let’s face it. The Commonwealth Government has stolen our assets and our infrastructure, they call our seas their own. The term “Norfolk Islander” has disappeared from law and policy, as well as from Australia’s version of history. We are now known as a “dead country” in the Philatelic world.

Our land, which we have cared for and kept for generations so that our children can return and call Norfolk home may be sold to those who can afford the rates. Forget about putting it to use, because Australia’s Bio Security are welcoming new agricultural pests into our island at an alarming rate.

We remind the Minister and her government that last week marked the 180th anniversary of the time when the forbears of this community enshrined in law the right for women to vote and compulsory education for our children. Back then, in 1838, what is now called Australia was little more than a collection of penal settlements under British colonial rule. How dare they take the moral high ground and lecture us about our rights and responsibilities as Australians?

The assurance that NSW will continue to deliver services for another 2 1/2 years gives no comfort whatsoever. Their quest for a new service provider shows a lack of imagination. It is staring them in the face! We have decades of experience, and we will not need to pretend that the island is just part of regional Australia.

Imposing big and remote government on this little community is like trying to cut a daisy with a chainsaw, or clean your nails with a pick axe. Not only will they fail to do the job, but there will be a load of collateral damage, and it will be hard and costly to fix. Canberra needs to take responsibility for the mess we are in. You cannot keep blaming our former Norfolk Island Government.

The Commonwealth Government should realise that with every passing day of their incompetent

Letters to the Edirtor - continued5. If you only have one year left on your contract, is

this enough time for you to start acting lawfully and ethically towards the true owners of this Island?

Yes/NoNLK

Eric Hutchinson’s new role on Norfolk Island

https://www.examiner.com.auIsabel Bird

Eric Hutchinson has a strong physical presence and a direct conversational style that would have served him well this past year.

The former Liberal Lyons MP has been living and working as Australian administrator on Norfolk Island.

The last administrator Gary Hargreaves reportedly had his car egged and his wife was spat upon. It is a tough gig.

Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia, sitting 1900 kilometres from Canberra in the South Pacific Ocean, with a colourful history dating to 1788.

Those who call the island home have had a few challenging years. The murder of 29-year-old Janelle Patton in 2002 created a sense of unease and raised questions about the criminal justice system.

The global financial crisis in 2007 had a detrimental impact on the primary industry of tourism, causing their economy to reach crisis point.

Its population has been dropping steadily. Then the island lost its political independence.

In 2015 Australia stepped in and abolished the Norfolk Island self-government, a move the federal government saw as necessary reform.

The nine-member Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly and its body of local, state and federal law, which had existed since 1979, was replaced by NSW laws, and a local government has been introduced.

The NSW laws operate as de-facto state laws, Norfolk Islanders vote with Australian Capital Territory during political elections, and in addition to usual local government duties the new council will manage the island’s airport, telecommunications network and electricity generation.

Strong opposition has come from the island’s longest inhabitants.

The Council of Elders, descendants of the seven mutineers who stole away with William Bligh’s ship Bounty to live on Pitcairn Island, who then later moved to Norfolk Island, have taken their complaint to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.

They argue that Australia has breached international laws relating to the civil and political rights of Norfolk Islanders, and that the changes will have a detrimental impact on their culture, identity and legal standing.

Mr Hutchison said he has had “frank” discussions with some members of the community about the changes.

He said ultimately his focus was to oversee the governance reform.

“Norfolk Island is an integral part of Australia … Its history and connection to what has become the Commonwealth of Australia is indisputable,” he said.

“Any suggestion that anybody within the Australian government is trying to extinguish this quite distinct culture that exists on the island is misleading… the uniqueness [of Norfolk Island] can be the real pillar that underpins growth in its economy.”

It is this political and social landscape into which Mr Hutchinson had landed.

It is not all aqua-marine water views and wines on the deck for the former federal politician, who is living in the island’s 1829 colonial Government House during his two-year term while his wife and two sons, one who is still at school, remain living in Tasmania.

As administrator Mr Hutchinson was delegated responsibility from the Federal Minister of Territories to continue to dismantle the Legislative Assembly and


Letters to the Editor - continuedThe proposed increases are contrary to these

adopted directions and therefore cannot be responsibly supported.2. Under the subtitle Budget, reference is made

to a developed pricing methodology based on Council’s aim of having business units financially sustainable in the next two (2) years.

The Chamber requests the following details -- Where has Council publicly identified and

adopted the 2 year aim of financial sustainability;- What are the Allocated Overheads of $578,000

for and reasons why this amount cannot be reduced to offset the reported business unit deficit of $407,200;

- What assessment has been undertaken on the impact to business and households of Council implementing these increases in addition to multiple other business and household charges;

- What efficiencies have been achieved to improve the service model and justify a higher tariff;

- Why has the increase over 2 years been costed for 75% recovery in the 1st year and 25% in the 2nd instead of 2 even increases;

- What is the fall back position in the event that people reduce their energy use to avoid the increase in their quarterly bill – will that scenario result in a proposed unit price of over $0.70 this time next year; as is Council’s suggestion in Options (refer: Option 3).

The Chamber questions whether the increases can be justified on the figures provided.

It is noted that Council’s recommendation includes a public exhibition period of 28 days and in the event the increases are supported the Chamber requests earliest responses to all questions raised in this letter to inform our members.

The Chamber questions the integrity of Council raising their charges without any impact assessment and at the same time as Economic Development consultants have been announced (refer: Item 9.2

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management, they are squandering the last vestiges of goodwill we may once have felt towards Australia. When the day arrives that our right to self-determination is recognised, we will have options, and Australia will be forced to admit how important Norfolk Island has been to them.

I am sure the Minister will keep her word and report back on how she is trying to help. And it will be appreciated. But the time for short term fixes, trial and error and ad hoc decisions is over. This island deserves better.

Yours sincerelyMary Christian-Bailey

Attention all you Cruciverbalists living amongst us...

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The crossword on the previous page has the answers to the puzzle which appeared in the edition of 10th November.

Solution tolast week’sCrossword

CROSSWORD

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Letters to the Editor - continued

Dear Editor, Recently the Norfolk Island Waterside Workers

(Stevedores) went through their annual pay negotiations. Due to there having been a lot of increases for the fundamental necessities on Norfolk Island over the past year, it was decided by the Committee that an 8% was fair to us, the shipping companies and the community.

Yesterday I was given a copy of an unsigned letter that had been sent to anyone importing cargo of any kind. This letter states as follows;

“Further to our previous advice, our contract with the local stevedores was up for renewal on the 8th December 2018 and we have now received new rates from them, which will mean that we have to increase and pass onto the customers.

Effective from the Captaine Wallis V007 and the Southern Tiare V004, the new stevedoring surcharge with be A UD25 per revenue tonne.

The stevedores advise the main reason for the increase is the slower unloading on the Southern Tiare vs the Norfolk Guardian. Please be assured we tried to negotiate with the stevedores to reduce the costs by reducing manpower because of the slow loading, however, this was not accepted

For further information please do not hesitate to contact your local representative office. Norfolk Island Shipping NZ Ltd.”

I would like to make the following points clear to the community • In the interests of safety as well as efficient

offloading of cargo, stevedore numbers cannot be reduced.

• An 8% increase in tonnage for stevedores equates out to be a extra .08 cents per Tonne. Multiply this by the seventeen (17) stevedores, the total increase is $1.36 per Tonne. According to this letter, the stevedores surcharge has been increased to $25.00 per Tonne which is an increase of $8.00 per Tonne. It would be interesting for the Shipping company to explain to not only the stevedores but the community, how they come to the increase of $8.00 per Tonne.

• The slow discharge of cargo was added when a ship, like the Southern Tiare, comes in with only 1 hiab crane, resulting in a slow discharge of cargo, which is no fault of the stevedores this is controlled entirely by Norfolk Island Shipping NZ Ltd.

Yours faithfullyMr Duncan Edward President Norfolk Island Waterside Workers Assoc.

(Stevedores)

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bedroomand2bedroomsflatoneitherend.Largekitchen,hugecovered

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norfolk island fitness + healthfunctional + rehabitation exercise studioThe Village, Norfolk Island Ph 52809

www.norfolkislandiftnessandhealth.com

NI FITNESS AND HEALTH NEWS

FITLOSOPHY: “The secret to Motivation is a reason not a feeling. What is your reason for staying fit

and healthy?”

FOODLOSOPHY: “Eating well is synonymous with being well.”

December Membership SpecialFree program and Full Health assessment with all 3,6 and 12 month Memberships.

Great range of Lorna Jane Active Wear in stock now.

GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE.

All GYM enquiries to Kay on 52809

Staff from the Australian Government Department of Human Services will be visiting Norfolk Island from Tuesday 11 December until Thursday 13 December 2018.

You can see us at the NI Connect Office, Bounty Centre, Taylors Road between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.

We can help you with:• information about our payments and services• making claims• social work support and referrals.You can book a time to see us by calling 54 024

between• 2 pm and 4:30 pm on Monday 10 December• 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Tuesday 11 December to

Thursday 13 December.or see us at the NI Connect office. For information about our payments and services or

to make a claim visit humanservices.gov.au

Designer Beach BagsCanvas beach bags are

given the personalised look by Sue Draper, with individual designs handstitched using fabric remnants, retro zig-zag stitching and fringing. $55 each.

Enameled Glass PendantsRose Burke has been

making beautiful glass plates of island subjects for years. Now she has a new range of glass pendants featuring the Green Parrot and White Tern. $55 each.

Both exclusive items are available from Gallery Guava. Open 7 days, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 3pm.

Hand-Made Convict Teddy BearsThe perfect

gift or souvenir; these cute hand-made teddy bears are available from the Royal Engineers Office at Kingston. Small $12.00 and large $16.50.

BUY LOCAL and support local business’s this Christmas.

Rose EvansTEAM LEADER TOURISM AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT

Quake of magnitude 6 strikes northeast of Australia’s Norfolk

Island: USGS06 Dec 2018 03:54PM

https://www.channelnewsasia.comA shallow earthquake of magnitude 6 struck

northeast of Australia’s Norfolk Island on Thursday (Dec 6), the United States Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate tsunami warning and no reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), about 681 km (423 miles) northeast of Norfolk Island.

T: (+6723) 22444 | W: www.norfolkisland.gov.nf

MEDIA RELEASE

THIS WEEK’S QUIRKY PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON ISLAND

Designer Beach Bags

Canvas beach bags are given the personalised look by Sue Draper, with individual designs handstitched using fabric remnants, retro zig-zag stitching and fringing. $55 each.

Enameled Glass Pendants

Rose Burke has been making beautiful glass plates of island subjects for years. Now she has a new range of glass pendants featuring the Green Parrot and White Tern. $55 each.


Hand-Made Convict Teddy Bears

The perfect gift or souvenir; these cute hand-made teddy bears are available from the Royal Engineers Office at Kingston. Small $12.00 and large $16.50.


Rose Evans

TEAM LEADER TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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7 December 2018

End of Taxi – start of NI Uber ServiceOn 7 December 2018, many of you are probably

aware that the taxi service officially comes to an end on Island. With the advent of Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, a very trusted local resident that many will already know Andrew Pashley (Pashy) will be offering his own car service to help those of us who have partaken in the festivities a lift home.

Police strongly urge any person who knows or believes they will be over the legal alcohol limit to drive to utilise ‘Pashys’ services better known as SOBER BOB. He can be contacted on 50485 for bookings. It will probably be advisable to book in advance with the busy season coming. Please don’t drink and drive this festive season as Police will be out conducting intensive RBT over these periods.

Driving along the Slaughter Bay / Emily Bay areas.

Again police urge drivers to be mindful of the increase in Pedestrians walking around in these areas. This will include many children who’s priority will be to get to the beach and swim. As parents we know that Children are easily distracted and may not be paying the necessary attention to the road traffic. Again police will be patrolling these areas in the forthcoming weeks to ensure the speed is being adhered too and the manner of driving is appropriate in that area. The speed limit is 30km/h as per the sign posts indicate.

Drivers Licences from all States in Australia not valid unless they are a full licence (see

definition of ‘Recognised Licence’ Traffic Act 2010 Norfolk Island)

Unless you hold a current full licence valid in Australia or overseas, you cannot drive a car or motorbike on Norfolk Island. For example, if you only have a licence for Provisional or Learners, you must first come to the Police station and make application here for a ‘Learners licence’.

Your Provisional licence unfortunately does not account for anything here on Norfolk Island regardless of how long you have held them elsewhere. No full licence, no drive. Off course residents with an appropriate learners or provisional licence can drive on the Island.

Visitors or Permanent residents intending to stay over 3 months must convert their licence to a Norfolk licence within that 3 months otherwise they are technically unlicensed.

Basically for visitors its no full licence, no drive. For more information, read the Norfolk Island Traffic Act 2010.

Slippery RoadsPlease be mindful of the current conditions of the

road. The rain has been causing problems with a number of accidents being reported recently.

ContactPhone 22222 or 000 for Police enquiries, attendance

and emergencies. If the station is unattended, please use the courtesy telephone located near the front door to contact on duty or on-call Police officers 24/7.

Norfolk Island Police Force PO Box 470 Email: [email protected] Norfolk Island 2899 Facebook: Facebook.com/NorfolkIslandPolice

St Johns Ambulance, AustraliaNorfolk Island Division

What is first aid?First aid is the initial care provided to someone

who is ill or who has been injured. This is often administered by someone who is in the location at the time or, by someone who may be first on the scene after a person becomes ill or injured.

The Norfolk Island branch of St John provides a vital on-call service staffed by volunteers who deliver first aid.

Why learn first aid?The skills acquired in learning first aid can be

applied to many situations in the home, in the workplace and in sporting and recreational activities. Life can be more than a little unpredictable at times and you just never know when having done a first aid course may prove to be invaluable.

You don’t need to travel to do your training, St John provides practical, first aid training courses on island. Contact us for more information by emailing [email protected]

Would you like to know more about becoming a volunteer?

We need you! There are so many ways that you can help out. You might like to assist with events, be a member of the on-call team or, provide some help with administrative tasks. Email [email protected] for more information on how you can become a member.

CALLING AN AMBULANCE When confronted by a sudden accident or illness and you want help.The quickest way to get help:

• Ring for the Ambulance, 22091 or 000• Give the exact location, landmarks etc.• Speak slowly and clearly.• Give your name and the phone number you are ringing from.• Give the number of casualities [if a multi person accident]• Give the name of the patient if known [this is important on Norfolk as the

hospital will have records of that person]• State if any other emergency service is required eg. Police, Cliff rescue etc.• Do NOT hang up till the hospital hangs up, they may have other questions

they would like to ask.

Telephone

22091 or 000




Dementia Information and BooksA team from Dementia Support Australia visited the

Island last week. The team consisted of Hannah Baird, National Projects Manager, Hammond Care; Andrew Italia, Dementia Consultant and Dr Liz Stirling, Aged Person’s Psychiatrist.

They provided education sessions, a community information presentation and individual consultations. The slides from the Community presentation and a link to some dementia online learning courses can be found in the News section of the NIHRACS website (www.norfolkislandhealth.gov.nf). They also left us some useful books which are now available for loan from the Council Library.

We are hoping the team will be back early in 2019.

AUCKLAND DIRECT – TWO CHANCES!

Norfolk Island Travel Centre has secured Air Chatham charter flights to bring Kiwi travellers to Norfolk, timed for two Island events. And that offers the

chance for NZ holidays for locals on back-fill flights.

Kiwi Family & Friends Norfolk Island Summer Holiday

Local Backfill fares to New Zealand

Flights Only02-09 February 2019NZ$880pp flight onlyFlying ex AKL: Auckland/Norfolk/Auckland

Holiday Pac kage02-09 February 2019

From AU$1149 (or NZ$1325) ppIncluding return airfare to Norfolk Island, 7 nights twin share accommodation, 7 days car hire, Half Day Island tour – and more

Please pass on to your Kiwi family & friends to enjoy a Norfolk summer gathering.

AU$650 per person returnFlying ex NLK: Norfolk/Auckland/Norfolk

February: Sat 02 Feb - Sat 09 Feb 2019

May: Sat 18 May - Sat 25 May 2019

16kg checked piece + 7kg cabin luggage included in all fares above. Prices current today and subject to availability

Note that the 2 - 9 February flight is conditional on minimum numbers being reached ex Auckland. Full payment required on booking, fully refundable in the event of non-flight.

Email [email protected] Call 22502 Free call from New Zealand 0800 0088 10

If you would like to speak to them please contact Karen Innes-Walker on 22687 or by email on [email protected]

The photo is from the Community presentation.Emily Bay Accessibility Program

Just another reminder that you are invited to attend the launch of this program on Saturday 15 December at 10am at Emily Bay. The program will provide access to Emily Bay for people with mobility issues. We are looking for people would like access the beach and/or water at Emily Bay but have mobility issues (requiring assistance, not necessarily needing a wheelchair as the mat makes waking down to the water much easier) please contact Karen Innes-Walker, Health and Wellbeing Coordinator on [email protected].

For more information on Accessible Beaches visit https://accessiblebeaches.com/#overview-1

Skin Cancer Presentation and Skin ChecksDr Michelle

White gave a great talk on skin cancer prevention and awareness on Wednesday afternoon and had many good questions form those who attended. Her

NIHRACS News - continuedpresentation can also be found in the News section

of the NIHRACS website (www.norfolkislandhealth.gov.nf).

With Summer now here, the GP Clinic is offering comprehensive skin checks with either Dr Michelle or Dr Alex. Please call 24134 for an appointment and remember to mention you are booking for a skin check.

Photo below shows Michelle explaining the different types of skin cancers.

Successful Healthy Cooking and Get Started Exercise Programs

The first round of the healthy lifestyle programs finished this week. Small but enthusiastic groups attended four sessions of either healthy cooking/

nutrition or exercise programs (some came to both). The feedback from participants has been very positive and we hope to run the subsided programs again in early 2019. Many thanks to all those who participated, the Norfolk Island Central School for the use of their industrial kitchen, James Garden for his involvement and Kay and Kelvin from Norfolk Island Fitness and Health for conducting the exercise program. Some photos of the healthy cooking program in action.

GP Staffing UpdateThe following locum GPs will be joining the GP

team:Dr Michelle White will be here from 5th November

until 28th December

D Miza Beg will be here from 4th December until 31st January

Dr Anne Staughton will be here from 27th December until 31st January

Upcoming Specialist AppointmentsPlease note that all specialist appointments will

require a referral letter from your GP prior to booking an appointment.

Orthopeadic Surgeon 11th – 14th JanuaryAntenatal Clinic

The antenatal clinic is run monthly. At this appointment a midwife will take your full health history, provide pregnancy information and ensures your pregnancy is progressing well and your baby is healthy. You can also discuss any concerns you may have.

Next Clinic is 11th December 12:30-3pm. Please mention ‘Antenatal’ when making the appointment – phone 24134.

Women’s Wellness ClinicThe Women’s Wellness program continues.

Interested women of all ages are encouraged to book an appointment (lasting forty minutes) with Dr Jenny Sexton on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. Please mention ‘Women’s Wellness’ when making the appointment – phone 24134.

Men’s Health Checks (Spanner in the Works)Following on from the Men’s Health Check events

any men interested in a more extensive health check or a skin check are encouraged to book an appointment (lasting 30 mins) with Dr John. Please mention ‘skin check’ or ‘men’s health’ when making an appointment phone – 24134.

All patient information is treated as confidential.

MADE-TO-MEASURE BLINDSRoller- Light filtering, Blockout & Sunscreen All in Double or Single DesignVertical, Cedar & VenetianBlinds to suit all areas for window & door designsPlease contact Milt on 54666 or 22136

Groups visiting for Norfolk Island Jazzes It Up! in 2018

Norfolk Island Travel Centre was delighted to bring two of the performers and for this week’s Jazz Festival and the groups they escorted from their home towns.

Andrew London Andrew London has returned once again performing with his Andrew London Trio and escorting a group of 42 jazz loving New Zealanders to the Festival – in fact they filled their own Air Chathams charter flight!! Staying at Mokutu, Hibiscus Crown and Ocean Breeze everyone has had a wonderful week enjoying not only the jazz program but a number of optional tours to taking them all around the Island. Together with wife Kirsten and James Tait-Jamieson, Andrew knows Norfolk well and has been an incredible supporter of the Festival and the Island. In addition to the Jazz Program the Trio played at an extra performance at the RSL Show and also at Sublime Restaurant at Mokutu. Christan, Rebecca and all at the Norfolk Island Travel Centre wish Andrew and all travelling with his group a great journey home today. We sincerely hope you’ve loved our Norfolk Island style Jazz Festival.

The Jazz Factory The Norfolk Island Travel Centre was delighted to welcome back long time festival favourites The Jazz Factory escorting a group of 32 Noosa based jazz fans. Band leader Richard Stevens together with Brett Iggulden, Geoff Speed, Greg Garrett and Rod Andrew have escorted many groups to our Festival over the years. Staying at Aloha Apartments has meant that everyone has been close to most of the performance venues and ‘vibe’ of Burnt Pine during the week. While all in their group attended the performances in the Jazz Packs, many have also enjoyed optional performances and tours including lunch time concerts at Bounty Lodge and The Olive as well as last Saturday night at the RSL and last night’s RSL Jam Night. We hope that Richard and his group have thoroughly enjoyed this year’s Festival and wish everyone a safe journey home to Brisbane today. From Christan, Rebecca and the Norfolk Island Travel Centre team we hope to see you all back on Norfolk Island again for another Norfolk Island Jazzes It Up!

Contact us for your next jazz holiday and save the date Norfolk Island Jazzes It Up! 1- 8 December 2019.

Work Experience StudentsEvery year, Council – along with many other local

businesses – is delighted to host students from Norfolk Island Central School in a variety of work experience roles.

During the last three weeks, Council has hosted eight students, each for a week of work experience training. This year we had students in a range of areas, including Information Technology, Legal, Electricity, Airport, Fire Services, and Telecom.

Work experience is a great opportunity for both students and staff: staff get to know students who may be interested in working at Council in the future and can encourage them with the right advice; while students get to see how things work at Council and what kinds of career opportunities are available on-Island.

We love seeing our work-experience students at Council and would encourage future students to take advantage of this opportunity.

Above: Work experience students Joni King (left) and Cameron Rogers (right) with Manager Customer Care Leanne Webb

Below: Croyden Snell (right) on work experience duty with the Fire Service Team

Thomas AndresenHUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

7 December 2018


MEDIA RELEASE

WORK EXPERIENCE STUDENTS Every year, Council – along with many other local businesses – is delighted to host students from Norfolk Island Central School in a variety of work experience roles.

During the last three weeks, Council has hosted eight students, each for a week of work experience training. This year we had students in a range of areas, including Information Technology, Legal, Electricity, Airport, Fire Services, and Telecom.

Work experience is a great opportunity for both students and staff: staff get to know students who may be interested in working at Council in the future and can encourage them with the right advice; while students get to see how things work at Council and what kinds of career opportunities are available on-Island.

We love seeing our work-experience students at Council and would encourage future students to take advantage of this opportunity.

Above: Work experience students Joni King (left) and Cameron Rogers (right) with Manager Customer Care Leanne Webb


Above: Croyden Snell (right) on work experience duty with the Fire Service Team

Thomas Andresen HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

7 December 2018

Work Experience In Firefighting Operations

Council was pleased that Croyden Snell was able to undertake work experience with the Norfolk Island Fire Service. He experienced a range of firefighting tasks and duties, including some drill ground work, which gave him a better understanding of the life of a firefighter on Norfolk Island.

During his time with the Fire Service, Croyden was able to see first-hand the Coulson firefighting plane, which was on route from the USA to Australia for the summer fire season. It was a rare opportunity to get up close to one of these aircraft. This plane drops fire retardant onto major fires to assist ground crews with the suppression of fires.

Above: Croyden Snell (third from the right) photographed with the Fire Service Team in front of the Coulson firefighting plane while he was on work experience with Council

Joy Walker EXECUTIVE MANAGER GOVERNANCE AND

HUMAN RESOURCES7 December 2018


MEDIA RELEASE

WORK EXPERIENCE IN FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS

Council was pleased that Croydon Snell was able to undertake work experience with the Norfolk Island Fire Service. He experienced a range of firefighting tasks and duties, including some drill ground work, which gave him a better understanding of the life of a firefighter on Norfolk Island.

During his time with the Fire Service, Croydon was able to see first-hand the Coulson firefighting plane, which was on route from the USA to Australia for the summer fire season. It was a rare opportunity to get up close to one of these aircraft. This plane drops fire retardant onto major fires to assist ground crews with the suppression of fires.

Above: Croyden Snell (third from the right) photographed with the Fire Service Team in front of the Coulson firefighting plane while he was on work experience with Council

Joy Walker EXECUTIVE MANAGER GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES

7 December 2018

What’s on atThe Theatre

ALLIED (M) 2hours

Saturday, 8 December 7.30pmSunday, 9 December 5.30pm

BOOK CLUB (M) 1hr 40mins

Friday, 14 December 7.30pmSaturday, 15 December 7.30pmSunday, 16 December 5.30pm

MOVIE TIMES

Adults $14 - Children (under 15) $7

Enquiries 23437, 22115 (World Traders) or 50158

Comfy armchairs - snack and licensed bar

Cnr Grassy Road - opposite the HospitalThe Ferny Lane Theatre

(cash only please - we have no EFTPOS)

IN THE PIPELINE

The Ladies in BlackTea With the DamesChristopher RobinCrazy Rich Asians

DVDs ARE AVAILABLE FOR HIRE AT WORLD TRADERS

We have those you may have missed at the movies plus many more.

The historical playTrial of the Fifteen

is performed at the Theatre on Wednesdays at 4.45pm Doors open at 4.15pm.

For one enthralling hour you are eyewitness to a courtroom drama as fifteen extraordinary characters step on s

tage to expose Norfolk’s colourful and sometimes turbulent past. Tickets are available from World Traders by the roundabout. Don’t miss this entertaining insight into Norfolk’s history.

THIS WEEKEND

Allied A riveting romantic thriller starring Brad Pitt and

Marion CotillardMax Vatan and Marianne Beausejour are World War

II operatives who never reveal their true identities. After falling in love during a risky mission, they hope to leave all that double-dealing behind them and start their new lives. Instead, suspicion and danger envelop their marriage as both husband and wife become pitted against each other in an escalating, potentially lethal test that has global consequences. Rated M

FROM 14 DECEMBER

Book ClubA comedy/romance starring Diane Keaton, Jane

Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary SteenburgenFour long-time friends and book club members

have their lives upended when they aim to spice up their mundane routines by reading the provocative bestseller “Fifty Shades of Grey”. With newfound confidence they each begin to come alive as exciting romances are ignited and old flames are rekindled. Through it all the ladies inspire one another to make this next stage of their lives the best and steamiest thus far. Rated M

Every Student is Known, Valued and Cared For

As part of our commitment to the NSW Department of Education’s goal that ‘every student is known, valued and cared for’, the school has undertaken several reviews to better address student wellbeing and engagement. Data collected from ongoing student surveys throughout the year indicated that our students place great value on having a sense of connection and belonging to the school.

As a result, we have made wellbeing and engagement a priority for students in 2019. To support this priority area, earlier this year the school reclassified an existing executive teacher position to create a targeted leadership role designed to drive enhanced learning through improved engagement and wellbeing.

I’m pleased to announce that we have recruited Chris English, an experienced executive teacher, to the position of Head Teacher Wellbeing and Engagement in 2019. Chris will be responsible for leading and coordinating aligned pastoral care programs, school delivered student support services and building staff capacity for enhanced student learning and wellbeing. Chris will also play an important role in liaising with services through NI-Connect and remote support services for enhanced student outcomes.

Chris will be on Island across the weekend as part of his orientation, prior to him and his family relocating to Norfolk Island mid-January 2019. As part of his visit, Chris will be meeting staff and working with members from the community in the Love Bites Respectful Relationships Training, running Saturday and Sunday at the school.

Chris’ leadership will be an asset to the great work already in place by our teachers and Year Advisers. We also look forward to Chris’ work complementing the valued specialist school counselling service that Mark Meehan provides for our students. Chris, welcome to Norfolk Island and the NICS community.

Focus on our EnvironmentThis week our students were addressed at assembly

by guest speaker, PJ Wilson, Norfolk Island Team Leader for Environment and Waste Management. PJ discussed the importance of taking care of our environment through individual accountability and

collective responsibility. As part of our advocacy for the preservation of our beautiful surroundings, students have been championing our ‘nude food’ week, attempting to reduce our single use plastic waste by bringing fresh foods and foods in reusable containers.

On Wednesday 12th December, students will also be out in the community in the afternoon, collecting rubbish to further reflect on how we can better care for our environment. I’d like to thank Lance Miller and Bron South for their efforts in coordinating such a worthwhile series of events, leading into the holidays.

School Spectacular on TV Saturday 8th December 2019

I encourage all community members to get to a TV this Saturday evening to watch the 2019 Schools Spectacular production. Arki features throughout this televised performance and will be aired on Chanel 7 at 7:00pm. Again, congratulations goes out to Arki for working hard to make opportunities, and representing the school and Norfolk Island with such pride and professionalism. This is a great outcome for a hardworking student.

Key School CelebrationsAs the year draws to a close, two significant

school events coming up are the Junior Leadership Team Inductions on Tuesday 11th December and the Academic Presentation Evening on Wednesday 12th December. As always, we value community members joining us in our celebrations as we formally acknowledge the outstanding achievements of our students.

Things coming up Term 4 - Week 9:• Junior Leadership Team Induction – Tuesday 11th

December• Academic Presentation Evening – Wednesday

12th DecemberThings coming up Term 4 - Week 10:

• Year 7-10 Reports Issued – Monday 17th December

• Students Last Day – Wednesday 19th DecemberRegards,

Brett Carr

When driving.... be considerate

SLOW DOWN FOR HORSES!

Council’s Christmas Closure TimesA resolution was made at the October 2016 Ordinary

Council Meeting that the Council Offices would close during the three normal working days between Christmas and New Year each year, which is a quiet time for most of Council business.

The arrangements allow Council to have, as far as possible, a period of shutdown with a holiday break for many of its employees. A skeleton staff cover the three

working days of the Christmas and New Year period, which allows essential services to remain open.

Facilities remaining open include Telecom, Customer Care, Waste Management Centre, Liquor Bond, Norfolk Island Museum, Norfolk Island Research Centre and the Library. The opening hours for each service and the emergency contact phone numbers, are in the table attached and on Council’s website www.norfolkisland.gov.nf.

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Touch FootyA big thank you to everyone who participated in

the very much successfull Men’s & Women’s Touch Competition. What a great way to start the season.

The Final Ladder of the Competition is as follows:Men’s Comp

Team White - 14pts, Team Black & Green - 13pts and Team Blue - 8pts

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM WHITEWomen’s Comp

Team White - 18pts, Team Blue - 16pts and Team Black- 14pts

CONGRATULATIONS TEAM WHITEPlayers of the day for the final round were: Zach,

Martyn, Nathaniel, Shane & Petra, Suzie Bigg, Ruby, Lara and Charlie.

Well done everyone. A big thank you to Aaron who marks the field each

week for us and turning up early to show some of the new comers the rules and some plays.

So Next week, the 13 December will be our first round of the Sponsored Mixed Touch Competition.

Team names will be put on our Facebook page this weekend, so please go online and make sure you know which team you will be playing for.

We ask if you can please turn up early this Thursday, so we can hand out all your sponsored shirts and so we can collect money from the people who owe to play for this competition.

We will play this round up at Rawson Hall Oval, then the next week, the 20th, there will be no touch to allow for the Christmas Street Parade and then from the 27th December, Touch will go downtown to Kingston.

A big shout out to our wonderful sponsors for this Mixed Touch Competition, who are: The Trading Post, The Polynesian Apartments, The Bakery (Tosca), Foodland Supermarket, George Parsons (GP Services), Celtic Shipping and Photopress.

Mixed Touch Competition DrawRound One - 13 December @ Rawson Hall Oval:Field One: The Trading Post Titans v The

Polynesian Warriors @ 5.15pm - Ref: GP Services BooBooks

Field Two: The Bakery Top Gusn v Foodland Phoenix @ 5.15pm - Ref: Celtic Shipping - The Celtics

Field One: GPServices BooBooks v Celtic Shipping - The Celtics @ 6.00pm - Ref: The Polynesian Warriors

BYE: PhotopressPlease make sure you have your ref’s organised

each week, so the games can all start on time, thank you. (we need to bear in mind, that daylight only lasts for so long when we go downtown).

Please note the Committee will allocate any visitors who are home for the holidays to a team if they wish to play in this competition.

The Committee would like everyone to know that if over this Mixed Touch Comp, that if any visitor who step onto the field and plays a game and they are not a

registered paid player beforehand, the team that they play on will forfeit their points for that game. Many thanks.

See you all Thursday,The Touch Committee

Thank you to all who came along last weekend for the working bee. Your efforts were greatly appreciated.

The ninth and last round of Mavis Cup is on today with a Christmas theme. As there are a few things happening we are hoping to start a little earlier at maybe 3.30pm and then if you have other things on you can head off or stay and kick on for a Christmas celebration. It has certainly been a fun comp, allowing the not so experienced tennis player a hit as well as some seasoned tennis players.

Tomorrow sees the Cheryl Tennis Club celebrate its 70th Birthday! Come along from 3.30pm and share a memory or two with fellow members, past, present or future. Bring a plate of food to share. If you would like to play social tennis please feel free.

January 12th is the Inaugural Great House Challenge. We are looking for ex Nepean, Philip and Norfolk people who would like to come for a social round robin hit. Please let us know if you are interested.

Membership is now due: Family $165.00, Single $75.00, Junior $40.00.

Court Hire: Visitors and non-members are welcome to play during the day at a cost of $16 per hour- Night rates are $18 per hour. However, members are able to have free use of the courts during the day, or pay $12 per hour in the evenings when there are no comps being played. Please use the Honesty Box if the courts are unattended.

Ball Machine Hire: Should you wish to hire the Ball machine to improve your skills, cost to members is $6 per half-hour & $10 per hour; and to Non-members, $15 per half-hour and $25 per hour. Please be mindful of our neighbours and do not use the ball machine before 7am on Sunday mornings. Thank you.

Venue Hire: Looking for a great place to host your next event. Why not try the Cheryl Tennis club? Bar facilities available on request and facilities can cater for up to 100 people.

Swimming Lessions with KylieSWIMMING LESSONS will re-commence from

the first week of January 2019. Something for all ages - Learn to swim, Stroke

Correction and Babies. Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning classes

available right through summer.Suzanne is also running in December and early

January for those wanting an immediate start. Let’s get swimming!!

Please contact Kylie for further details – [email protected] or 50439.

Come along to the Cheryl Tennis Club

Sunday 9th December from 3.30pm

for an afternoon of fun and memories.

Life members, past members, present members, juniors, all welcome.Bring a plate of food to share.

Any photos you may have of your time at the

Cheryl Tennis Club bring along.

Help Celebrate the iconic Cheryl Tennis Club!

70thBirthday

Celebrations

Squash NewsTuesday was the final Squash Club Night for 2018.

Thanks to all who participated, and the committee for the yummy nibbles.

Thank you to all the members, players and squash socialites, who contributed their efforts in being part of our 2018 year and we hope to see you back at the courts in January 2019

Junior Squash held each Saturday morning starting at 8.30. All juniors are welcome

Today will be a quick reminder of games strategies followed by games practice before next weekends competition. All junior players are welcome to come along and get in some court time practice.

Junior Squash Championships will be held on Saturday 15 December, starting 8.30. All juniors under the age of 19, past and present are welcome to play for a chance win their age division. Please contact Ginny, 23048 for further information

Badminton News

Badminton for 2018 is fast coming to an end with only two club nights left for the year. It has been a wonderful year, especially for the juniors and thanks must go to Richard and Jo for doing the after school sports as well as running the club nights.

It’s been nice to see new friendly faces on the court enjoying the fastest racket sports in the world.

Badminton is held in Rawson Hall on Mondays with the Secondary aged players from 4.30pm and Adults/Seniors from 7pm.

All gear supplied and a small overcharge applies.Any enquiries please contact Richard 50283 or Jo

50947

Archery NewsAnother outstanding year’s archery has passed us

by, wtih our final club day being held last weekend.A large group of excited archers gathered for a

round of traditional archery golf but with Norfolk rules thrown in the mix - 3d target at the end of each ‘hole’. A real fun day enjoyed by all with lots of laughing, including a swim in Mission Pool for some - a great way to end the year.

Although it was only a fun day, congratulations to Kurt, who somehow managed to win on the day. Congrats.

As the Festive Season kicks in, the board would like to wish everyone the compliments of the season and asks everyone looks after each other and stays safe.

Thank you to eveyone who has supported the Association throughout the year, and next year will sure be another huge year for the club - 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, the annual International Champs in July, new Club Championship format, extending the Field Course to name a few exciting events to aim for.

Thanks must also go to those who are tirelessly working for the betterment of the club and supporting the newcomers, as well as the huge effort in putting

out the 3D courses and running the comps etc. We are sure it is much apprecited by all the archers.

Tip for the breakThe Christmas break doesn’t mean you have to

stop playing, actually it’s a great time to put in some practice without the pressure of results (score).

Work on your shot sequence, this is very important and as you start looking for those extra one or two points you will realise why. Reinforce it by writing it down. When you see it on paper, you might find you need to change your sequence of steps to get a more efficient shot.

Also when you do practice, focus on every shot. Practice deliberately, paying close attention to every stage of the shot sequence. Smooth draw, solid anchor, precise pin placement, clean release, complete follow-through etc etc.

Practice is quality, not always quantity. Bow fitnerss is important but one perfect shot can be more beneficial than flinging 100 ordinary shots down range. One shot to put a bad habit in, 1,000 to get it out.

Oh - and another hint,Merry Christmas all, hope Santa drops a few bows

under the trees.... I know of a couple.See you next year.

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Thank YouTo my lovely families from on the Island, and

Sydney families, and also all my wonderful friends for my Surprise 90th Birthday party, and endless celebrations across the week. My beautiful cake from Stella and Ross. Jan and Vince who have had to put up with me! I feel so very spoilt and am blest to have such lovely family and friends.

Thanks all Yorlye - love Lois (Coccas)

Norfolk Island Flora & Fauna SocietyShow Day Bird Colouring

Competition2018 Show Day Bird Colouring Competition was

the Norfolk Island Grey Fantail.During the past few years to Norfolk Island Flora

& Fauna Society have organised an educational competition for the local children to colour in a Norfolk Island bird. This is to encourage the students to learn about the birds, to see if they can find the bird and watch and observe them in their habitat. They will also learn about the colour of their feathers to be about to identify the birds.

Congratulations 2018 Fantail winnersKindergarten: Joss CarrYear 1: Xavier KingYear 2: Troy BallYear 3/4: Eli PorterYear 5/6: Abbey DixonThe Norfolk Island Flora & Fauna Society Show

display was in the Rawson Hall. The winner’s art work was on display at the A&H Show 2018.

Last week the prize money was presented to the winners of the 2018 Grey Fantail competition at the Norfolk Island Central School. Norfolk Island Flora & Fauna member Liz Hewson presented the awards and prizes to the winners.

Thank you to our sponsors Amanda Keast and Ken MacDonald for supporting this competition during the past few years.

If you are interested in joining the Norfolk Island Flora & Fauna Society, we meet at the A&H Hall 6pm the first Monday of every month. New members are always welcome.

Stop Press Letter to the EditorDear SirThe administrator Eric Hutchinson and minister

Susan Ley are obviously well meaning but misguided and possibly misinformed in their molding of Norfolk as a “foodie destination”.

They have missed the boat long ago. So many regions of Australia and the whole of New Zealand and Tasmania use this strategy. If you’re from Sydney, why pay the extra cost of coming to Norfolk Island for gourmet tourism when you can just drive to the Hunter Valley, Southern Highlands, Jamberoo etc? The same applies to all of the state capitals. There are some culinary delights on Norfolk, but they are insufficient to attract mass tourism.

What is required for Norfolk are the major things such as: tax relief and financial incentives for businesses, dedicated funding for tourist promotion (not ad hoc handouts), real infrastructure investment-similar or equivalent to that provided by State Governments to the communities in Australia that DIRD says we are now equivalent to; the list goes on.

RegardsD. Iner

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Samoa 2019 Pacific Games director resigns after fall-out with

chief executiveBy Daniel Etchells Tuesday, 4 December 2018

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1072951/samoa-2019-pacific-games-director-resigns-after-

fall-out-with-chief-executiveAveau Niko Palamo, director of the Organising

Committee for the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, has resigned from his position with less than eight months until the start of the event ©Facebook

The director of the Organising Committee for next year’s Pacific Games in Samoa has resigned from his position with less than eight months until the start of the event.

As reported by Radio New Zealand (RNZ), Loau Keneti Sio, Samoa’s Sports Minister and chairman of the Organising Committee, claimed a breakdown in the working relationship with Samoa 2019 chief executive Falefata Hele Matatia led to Aveau Niko Palamo’s resignation.

Palamo was appointed director in May 2018 and was tasked to work alongside Matatia to prepare for the Games scheduled to take place from July 7 to 20.

Sio revealed he asked Aveau to reconsider his decision when he informed him of his intention to quit last month.

“He actually came down to the office and said that he was going to walk away,” he was reported as saying by RNZ.

“I was caught by surprise with what he said.“I think with the working relationship with the chief

executive, it seems that it’s not in a comfortable way of working together.

“I just said to him to go and have a break and think about it and come back to me, and I’ll see what I can do.

“Well, actually, he didn’t come back anyway so I thought that he had already made up his mind not to go back to the job.”

Speaking to the Samoa Observer, Aveau said: “I walked out a month ago as I cannot work with those guys.”

Sio claimed that he spoke to Matatia following Aveau’s visit to his office in an attempt to rectify the situation.

“I called up the chief executive to come and clear this out and see what I can do just because I am a bit concerned with the time - that we have a short period of time - and he’s thinking of walking out,” he said.

“But the chief executive came up and he mentioned some... issues they’re having - some key performance indicators that he is not coming up with [in] the right time and complying with.

“It seems that Niko doesn’t really want to cooperate in a way, so it seems that there’s no way for him to respect the idea he [Matatia] is the chief executive.”

RNZ reports that a new director has already been appointed but that his or her identity has not been announced as of yet.

Sio insisted there is no need to panic.

“The exit of Aveau will not have any impact on the preparations; we are still proceeding with our plans in place,” he was reported as saying by the Samoa Observer.

“It is sad the turn of events, however the fact remains we have the Pacific Games to prepare for and that is the main focus of the [Organising] Committee as it stands.”

Samoa was awarded the 2019 Pacific Games in December as a replacement for Tonga.

It followed Tonga’s Government withdrawing from hosting due to financial concerns.

Matatia hopes the Games will build on the legacy of the 2007 edition of the event, which also took place in Samoa.

Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby staged the most recent edition of the Pacific Games in 2015.

Bowls Report by Ballzup.

Bowls on Norfolk Island are going strong if the results of the past week are anything to go by, as well as the standard of bowls played. The final two weeks of competition will see a few finals played with competitions coming to a close for the calendar year. With the Festive season upon us all, the Club is gearing up to celebrate the year with an eye on the future, with a terrific bowls calendar in 2019 for representative bowlers and club social bowlers as well. The bowls calendar for 2019 will be on display by the closing day, which is planned for the 15th December, only next week.

Results of the past week were: Mixed Triples Semi-finals; Matt Bigg, Shae Wilson & Moochie Christian defeated Pete Walkinshaw Gary Bigg & Liz Walkinshaw 20-12; and in the other game Ryan Dixon, Spider Webb & Ellie Dixon defeated Ester Sanchez, Barry Wilson & Vivian Bigg 27-18. The final of this competition will be played this Saturday afternoon. Social games played last Saturday results were: Mick Godfrey, Norm Trickey & Esther Trickey lost to Trev Gow, Ann Snell & Kitha Bailey 12-18; and John Groat, Wes Cooper & Irene Buffett defeated Haydn Evans, Judith & Kevin (visitors) 27-5. In the Open games played this week the results were: Open Triples Final: Tim Sheridan, Shae Wilson & Moochie Christian defeated Ryan Dixon, John Groat & Ellie Dixon 21-11, in what was a fairly even game after 9 ends with Tim leading by 2, and with 4 ends to play the difference was only 4 shots, but Tim’s team were too strong over the next few ends to record a handy win. In the Open Pairs championship 3 games were played with the results being: Matt Bigg & Gary Bigg defeating Neil McWaters & Barry Jones 23-7; Culla Graham & Vivian Biggs defeating Mick Godfrey & Dave Murdoch 17-13; and Petal & Phil Jones defeating Stephen Mathews & Macey Deszecsar 20-16, great to see the Juniors playing in the Club competitions. In the Open Singles Semi-final played between Tim Sheridan & Ryan Dixon, Tim prevailed in straight sets 10-8, 11-3.

Last Wednesday a few games of social were played with the results being: Ester Sanchez, Tess Evans & Kitha Bailey defeated Ann Snell, Brian (visitor) & Esther Trickey 19-17; Mick Godfrey, Stephen Mathews & Irene Buffett defeated Haydn Evans, Kate Smith & Bill C (visitor) 25-7; and Graeme Woolley, Vivian Bigg & Brent Johnstone defeated Petal Jones, Norm Trickey & Pat (visitor) 20-12.

This weekend will be the final of the Mixed Triples on Saturday and maybe a few of the Open games will be played. Social bowls are played each Saturday and Wednesday, with visiting bowlers welcome to play.

DATES to remember: Sunday 9th December will be the Lions Club of

Norfolk Island Christmas party in the Club with all seniors welcome to come along for a terrific lunch.

Saturday 15th December will be the Closing Day for the calendar year for bowls as well as the presentation of trophies to the winners of the Championships played this year. Members are asked to bring along a plate for the Christmas table.

Over the next couple of weeks, the Club will be having a Christmas Hamper raffle with tickets on sale at the bar, as well as Leg Ham Raffles with tickets also available at the bar (only 100 tickets sold per leg).

With Christmas only, a couple of weeks away the Bowls Club Committee asks that Members and visitors to the Club take care on the roads when driving home after sampling the Christmas Egg Nog.

A reminder that the Wora Bowls Bistro is open for both Lunch and Dinner 7 days per week.

See you on the greens soon.

The Britney Quintal-Christian Memorial Mixed

Netball CompThe Britney Quintal-Christian Memorial Mixed

Comp will be held on Sunday 6th January. Each team may consist of up to ten players, at a set

cost of $100.00 per team which must be paid before the team can take the court. At any one time, four females and three males may be on the court.

Please email your completed form to [email protected] or returned to Heidi at Pinetree Tours, with the entry fee attached.

(Completed forms to be handed back no later than January 2nd so the draw can be organised.)

When driving.... be considerate

SLOW DOWN FOR HORSES!

The Golf ReportAs predicted a busy but enjoyable weekend down

at the Golf Club last weekend with the “Olive Cafe” Monthly Medal, Medal of Medals for 2018 decided as well as the Lisner Trophy playoff for 2018 plus the the “Olive” Christmas Tournament played over Sat & Sun finishing up Sunday evening with a sumptuous Xmas dinner. A big thanks to the House and Social committee for your work in organising the dinner. It was also “Hamper Day” and we thank the generosity of “Foodland” in sponsoring our major’ Xmas Hamper’ 1st prize won by Mat McCaskie, plus all the members who brought along contributions for the other Hampers won on the night.

Our very generous sponsor Naomi Thompson not only sponsors The “Olive Cafe” Monthly Medal and The “Olive” Cup but has added the Christmas Tournament to her list. A very big thank you Naomi from all the club members and supporters who really appreciate your commitment to the Golf Club! It was also great to see our long time sponsor, Johanna Lisner, along for the presentations and a big thank you to you Johanna for you support.

Competition Results:Last Saturday’s golf had a combination of Rd 12 of

the “Olive Cafe” Monthly Medal, the playoff for this year’s Medal of Medals, the playoff for the Lisner


Golf - continuedTrophy plus the 1st Rd of the 2018 “Olive”

Christmas Tournament, and a big field turned out for the day. Jared Magri won the Monthly Medal with 69 nett from Dad, David Magri on 70 nett and Jeht Nobbs 71 nett taking 3rd place on a c/b to James Walden and Tommy Greenwood. Terry Gray won the Lisner Trophy for December with a 70 nett from Pat McCoy 71 nett on a c/b to Caroline Miratana.

The Medal of Medals for 2018 went to Danny Nobbs and the Lisner Trophy playoff to Pat McCoy.

The Pro-Pin 4th went to Arthur [Arty] Keeping [68cm], the All-In 9/18th Cameron Feldman [400cm] , the Ladies 2nd shot to 6/15th Terry Gray [in the hole for an Eagle] and the Men’s 2nd shot to 1/10th Luke McLeod [264cm].

The “Island Plumbing & Gas” Putt Off continues to grow and today will be worth $75.

On Sunday, Rd 2 of the “Olive” Christmas Tournament, both Rd’s played as a Stroke/ Stableford event, came down to the wire in most positions. Mat McCaskie won the daily stableford with 40 pt’s from Andrew [Umi] Umlauft 38 pt’s and Beau Magri in 3rd on 38 pt’s on a c/b to Jeht Nobbs. Kerry Robertson had the best in the Ladies with a very good 43 pt’s from Honi Wilson 36 pt’s.

The Pro -Pin 4th went to Naomi Thompson [353cm], the All-In 9/18th Jeht Nobbs [240cm], the Ladies 2nd shot to 6/15th Honi Wilson [447cm] and the Men’s 2nd shot to 1/10th Cameron Feldman [210cm].

It was an “Eagle” Golf weekend with 2 eagles, the first to Terry Gray on Saturday with a 2nd shot to the green on the 6th hole and Beau Magri on the Sunday with a 2nd shot to the same hole, 6th. Well done Terry and Beau. Thanks also to Eric Hutchinson who sponsors ‘The Eagle’s Nest’ ball jackpot.

The overall results for the “Olive” Christmas Tournament were as follows:-

Men’s Gross - Blake O’Hara 156 nettMen’s Stableford - Jeht Nobbs 76 pt’sLadies Gross - Pat McCoy 173 nett Ladies Stableford - Caroline Miratana 72 pt’sWednesday’s Golf attracted a smaller field than

usual, another perfect fishing day, an Individual Stableford with Bonus points toward the “2 Drips” Ansbury Christian Cup. Kerry Robertson won the Ladies division with 34 pt’s on a c/b to regular visitor Christine Williams and Pat McCoy in 3rd place on 33 pt’s. Two very good cards from Ben Richards and Chris Magri with 44 pt’s each with Ben winning the day on a c/b to Chris with Paul [Shorty] Kiernan in 3rd place on 40 pt’s. The Pro-Pin 4th went to Danny Nobbs [265cm].

Social Golf News:With several players off Island this week and the

weather perfect for fishing reduced the size of our field last week. Tony Scicluna had the best with 17 pt’s. The Veteran’s Xmas party will be held after play on Tuesday the 18th Dec. So if you have played with the Veterans this year you are invited down to enjoy the occasion.

Friday’s Norfolk Island Mechanical Chook Run attracted another good field with first place going to one of our new young-guns Jesse Schmitz. Well done Jesse! Thanks once again to Dave and the team at Norfolk Island Mechanical for their ongoing sponsorship.

A good field of juniors also took to the course in the Junior Choc Run. Congratulations to Michael Shone who took out first place. Congratulations Michael! It’s great to see our juniors sticking with it and eagerly arriving every Friday afternoon for their comp.

What’s on this Week:Today’s golf is the postponed “Volkswagen

Scramble” elimination final with the winner to represent Norfolk Island at next year’s regional final in Queensland. A 4 person Ambrose with a field of 12 teams [44 players] ready to do battle so should be an interesting day. Tee off times are 8.30am and 1pm and as usual players are asked to have cards into match committee no later than 15 mins prior to tee off.

Members are reminded that there will be a Special General Meeting after presentation tonight which will only take a few minutes but we need a Quorum of at least 20 members present for that.

Tuesday - Veteran’s Golf - 9 holes - 3pmWednesday - Individual Stableford - 1pmFriday - “N I Mechanical” Chook Run - very social

9 holes - 3pm.Junior Choc Run - 4 Junior holes - 4pmSaturday - “Teachers Mutual Bank” Christmas Ham

Day - Stableford - 8.30am & 1pmOur Club is open Monday to Saturday from 11am

and Sundays from 12pm. Lunch and afternoon nibbles are available at ‘The Olive Branch’ Monday to Saturday from 11am-4pm.

Enjoy fabulous golf course and ocean views while sampling something from The Olive Branch’s menu, which changes regularly to take advantage of our fantastic local produce.

Tea, coffee and gourmet cheese plates are available every day along with a great selection of beer, wine, cider, pre-mixed drinks and spirits.

Finally... ‘A Thought for the Day’ “A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing

rubs it in like a computer”Good golfing everyone,

‘Squirrel’




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CASTAWAY RESTURANT AND BAR – Now Open – Bar 7 days from 4pm

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HOUSIE every Monday night at Paradise Hotel 6.30p.m. Lions Club of Arthurs Vale

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Perfect Christmas gift PERCEPTION KAYAKS Single $350; Double $450. Phone: 50040

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Logistics and Procurement Officer To excel in this position the applicant must have

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Ph. Lisa on 55234

CARE NORFOLK INC. provides in-home domestic and personal care, social support, minor home modifications, respite for carers, and disability support services for NDIS. All enquiries to Liat Baddock: 22396 or [email protected]

DINO’S RESTAURANT is open for Dinner on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and for lunch on Sunday. Phone 24225

LITTLE SINGAPORE (TASTE OF ASIA) NEW OPERATING HOURS: Starting from the 2nd of April, 2018 - Our operating hours will be 11AM to 8PM from Friday to Tuesday; and closed on Wednesday and Thursday. Little Singapore serves a variety of Asian Cuisines for both lunch and dinner. (Daily specials will also be available) Come and dine with us, or order takeout. Either way, we invite you to experience the Taste of Asia. We are a BYO Licensed Premise, located at The Strand Arcade, Taylor’s Road (opposite Pete’s Place) Phone number: 22426 (Closed on Wednesday and Thursday)

NORFOLK ISLAND GOLF CLUB is open for LUNCH AND AFTERNOON NIBBLES Monday to Saturday from 11AM to 4PM. Enjoy great food from The Olive Branch Café and fabulous OCEAN VIEWS from our undercover verandah. We are fully licensed with COLD BEER ON TAP, a GREAT WINE LIST and good selection of ciders and spirits. The club is also available for PRIVATE GROUP DINNERS and functions. EVERYONE WELCOME! Ph: 22354.

SERVICES AVAILABLE

FRUIT TREE PRUNING...... Garden and Lawn Makeovers or Maintenance, Water Pressure Cleaning of driveways and houses etc, all types of Garden / Farm / Work. QUALIFIED HORTICULTURIST available for all the above work and more. Call Malcolm on 52337. E. [email protected]

AUSTRALIAN HEARING will be visiting Norfolk Island again on 3rd December- 7th December at the Paradise Hotel and Resort.

For further enquiries or appointments please email [email protected]. We look forward to our return.

MEETINGS AND AGMS

NORFOLK ISLAND FISHING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be on Monday 10th December on the Leagues Club Verandah at 5pm.

Also, Secretary John C/B has EPERBS if anyone wants one.

The Annual General Meeting needs you to attend.

NORFOLK ISLAND

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NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NO. 49 Friday 7 December 2018

PASTURAGE AND ENCLOSURE ACT 1949

APPLICATION FOR PASTURAGE RIGHTS FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS COMMENCING 1 APRIL 2019

Pasturage Rights Applications In accordance with sub-section 5(a) and (b) of the Pasturage and Enclosure Act 1949 a cattle owner may on the form provided, and during the last 14 days of December in any year apply to the General Manager for a right of pasturage for the year commencing on the next succeeding 1 April. Application forms may be obtained from the Norfolk Island Regional Council’s website www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/council/council-documents/cattle, or from Customer Care, 9 New Cascade Road. Application forms can be lodged in person to Customer Care, or via email [email protected]. To be eligible to be granted pasturage rights, an applicant must be an individual who:

• is at least 18 years of age, and • must be an owner of stock.

There are a limited number of pasturage rights available. The Norfolk Island Regional Council allocates pasturage rights according to its policies and procedures, which are applicable at the time. The Depasturing Cattle Policy, amongst other things, details Cattle Owner Responsibilities and can be viewed at www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/policy-and-governance/council-policies under the 4. Services dropdown menu. Fees The fee payable for each head of cattle over the age of 6 months is $145.00 and is payable after an applicant is advised if they have been successful in securing pasturage right(s). NOTE: Pasturage right applications received by the Norfolk Island Regional Council after 31 December 2018 cannot be accepted.

Dated: 5 December 2018 ALISTAIR INNES-WALKER ACTING GROUP MANAGER SERVICES

SALE OF FOOD ACT 1950 RENEWAL OF SALE OF FOOD LICENCES COMMENCING 1 JANUARY 2019

Persons involved in the production and/or sale of food in Norfolk Island are required to hold a license under the Sale of Food Act 1950 [the Act]. All Sale of Food (SOF) licences expire on 31 December of the year in which they were issued, regardless of when a licence is issued within that particular year. New applications by purchasers of businesses or renewal applications by business owners who already hold an SOF license must be lodged in writing in the prescribed Form A, together with payment of the full applicable licence fee at the Norfolk Island Regional Council Customer Care Office before 31 December 2018. Application forms are available for download at www.norfolkisland.gov.nf or can be collected at Customer Care. Renewal payments can be made at Customer Care. Fees are as follows:

• Application fee $380.00 • Renewal fee $185.00

Dated: 3 December 2018 PETER WILSON TEAM LEADER WASTE AND ENVIRONMENT

SLAUGHTERING ACT 1913 RENEWAL OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE LICENCES COMMENCING 1 JANUARY 2019

In accordance with the provisions of the Slaughtering Act 1913, all slaughterhouse licences remain in force until 31 December of the year in which the licence is issued. Application forms are available for download at www.norfolkisland.gov.nf or can be collected at the Customer Care Office. Renewal payments can be made at the Customer Care. Fees are as follows:

• Application fee $380.00 • Renewal fee $380.00

Dated: 3 December 2018 PETER WILSON TEAM LEADER WASTE AND ENVIRONMENT

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NORFOLK ISLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL 2018—2019 CHRISTMAS CLOSURE AND EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS

December 2018 Jan

2019

Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1

Administration and Services

(New Military

Barracks, Kingston)

X X 8am–4.30pm X X X X X X X X

Telecom (9 New Cascade

Road)

X X 7am–3.30pm X X 7am–

3.30pm 7am–

3.30pm X X 7am–3.30pm

X

Customer Care (9 New

Cascade Road)

X X 9am–4pm X X 10am–

2pm 10am–

2pm X X 10am–2pm

X

Liquor Bond 10.30am–6.30pm X 10.30am

–6.30pm X X 10.30am–6.30pm

10.30am–6.30pm

10.30am–6.30pm X 10.30am

–6.30pm X

Waste Manageme

nt

7am–3pm X X X 7am–

10am 7am–1pm

7am–1pm

7am–3pm X X X

Pier Store, Commissari

at Store, HMS Sirius and No.10

Quality Row

11am–3pm

Pier Store only

11am–3pm

11am–3pm X X 11am–

3pm 11am–

3pm 11am–

3pm

Pier Store only

11am–3pm

11am–3pm

X

REO Museum

Shop X X 9am–

3pm X X 9am–3pm


3pm X

Research Centre X X 11am–

3pm X X 11am–3pm


3pm X

Library 10am–12pm X 10am–

1pm X X X 1pm–4pm X X 10am–

1pm X

Radio 7am–12pm

7am–11am

7am–4.30pm

7am–8:30am

7am–8:30am

7am–8:30am

7am–8:30am

7am–12pm

7am–11am

7am–8.30am

7am–8:30am

Visitors Information

Centre

8:30am–12:30pm

8:30am–12:30pm

8:30am–5:00pm X 8:30am–

12:30pm 8:30am–5:00pm

8:30am–5:00pm

8:30am–12:30pm

8:30am–12:30pm

8:30am–5:00pm

8:30am–12:30pm

X – Facility closed EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS:

Services / General Bruce Taylor (Group Manager - Services) PH: 52123

Waste / Sewerage / Public Health PJ Wilson (Team Leader – Waste and Environment) PH: 55254

Telecom / Customer Care Team Mick Donohoe (Team Leader – Telecom) PH: 22244

Electricity Aaron Graham (Acting Team Leader – Electricity) PH: 50230

Radio Darlene Buffett (Section Leader – Radio Announcer) PH: 54301

Dated: 6 December 2018 LOTTA JACKSON

GENERAL MANAGER

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT REQUEST FOR QUOTE 29/18

Council is seeking Quotes to provide Project Management Services to assist the Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC) deliver a significant Project – ‘Future Proofing Telecommunications in Norfolk Island’. The Project Scope will include developing and implementing project scheduling, which gives continual work flow for the overall project work program and ensures all components of the project are completed within the expected delivery timeframes and budget, and in line with funding bodies’ contractual requirements. The consultancy will assist the NIRC Project Manager in meeting the project objectives and in maintaining strong and beneficial partnerships between key internal and external stakeholders for the Project. Additional information relating to quote guidelines and scope of work can be found on the Norfolk Island Regional Council website www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/your-council/tenders-and-eoi Please note the following when responding:

Quotes to be marked: Norfolk Island Project Management Consultant RFQ 29/18 Closing date: Friday 21 December 2018 at 4:00pm Submissions: Quotes can be placed in the Tenders Box in the Registry Office, Council Offices,

Kingston or submitted by email to [email protected] Contact Person: Alistair Innes-Walker

E: [email protected] P: +6723 54002

Dated: 6 December 2018 LOTTA JACKSON GENERAL MANAGER

NORFOLK ISLAND WIFI HOTSPOT SOLUTION REQUEST FOR QUOTE 28/18

Council is seeking Quotes to provide a WiFi Hotspot solution that will provide internet access to Norfolk Island businesses, community and visitors to the Island, via wireless access points at various locations on Norfolk Island. The Project Scope will include:

• hotspot server/appliance equipment • outdoor and indoor access points that support bridged mode – if required • network switches – if required • local or remote installation • local or remote software training.

Additional information relating to quote guidelines and scope of work can be found on the Norfolk Island Regional Council website www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/your-council/tenders-and-eoi Please note the following when responding:

Quotes to be marked: Norfolk Island WiFi Hotspot RFQ 28/18 Closing date: Monday 14 January 2019 at 4:00pm Submissions: Quotes can be placed in the Tenders Box in the Registry Office, Council Offices,

Kingston or submitted by email to [email protected] Contact Person: Victor Cawit

E: [email protected] M: +6723 51699

Dated: 6 December 2018 LOTTA JACKSON GENERAL MANAGER

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS The next sittings of the Court of Petty Sessions is set down for Monday 10 December 2018 at 2:30pm in the Court House, Kingston.

Dated: 3 December 2018 ALLEN BATAILLE CLERK OF THE COURT

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NORFOLK ISLAND LIQUOR BOND WEBSITE REQUEST FOR QUOTE 27/18

Council is seeking Quotes for the design, implementation and ongoing support of a commercially based website for the Norfolk Island Liquor Bond. With annual sales of $4M, the Norfolk Island Liquor Bond will look to effectively employ this additional distribution channel to drive a further uplift in sales growth. The Project Scope:

• functionality: capability to manage sales transactions from beginning to end • usability: ability to update the website with business information as required • data integration: ability to interface with the existing data warehouse application • reporting: ability to generate sales activity reports and other management reports as required • look and feel: provide appropriate update capability for style formatting and hyperlinks as required • support: ability to update and maintain the website from an IT perspective as required • timeframe: an initial launch date of 28/01/2019

Additional information relating to the Norfolk Island Liquor Bond can be found on the Norfolk Island Regional Council website www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/services/liquor-bond Please note the following when responding:

Quotes to be marked: Norfolk Island Liquor Bond RFQ 27/18 Closing date: Wednesday 12 December 2018 at 4:00pm Submissions: Quotes can be placed in the Tenders Box in the Registry Office, Council Offices,

Kingston or submitted by email to [email protected] Contact Person: Howard Martin

E: [email protected] P: +6723 22106

Dated: 27 November 2018 LOTTA JACKSON GENERAL MANAGER

FUTURE PROOFING TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN NORFOLK ISLAND PROJECT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 26/18

Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the appointment of two (2) Community members to the Council’s Future Proofing Telecommunications in Norfolk Island Project Consultative Committee for the duration of the Project (current contract end date 31 August, 2020). The Committee will meet on a bi-monthly basis. The date of the first meeting is to be confirmed but is likely to be in late January 2019. The Group operates in accordance with Terms of Reference, which are available from Council’s website: www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/your-council/tenders-and-eoi The purpose of the Committee is to:

• provide a forum for idea generation, review, and advice, regarding proposed activities related to the delivery of the Project

• review and endorse recommendations to Council including, but not limited to; o the final scope and design and tender briefs to put to market o the selection of successful infrastructure and network tenderers

• have input into the redesign of the Norfolk Island Telecom business model • increase community awareness of the role and progress of the Project.

Members must be interested in the role of Telecommunications in the economic development of Norfolk Island and not for self-interest only.

Application to be marked: Future Proofing Telecommunications in Norfolk Island Consultative Committee EOI 26/18

Closing date: Monday 17 December 2018 at 4:00pm Submissions: Email submissions to: [email protected] Contact Person: Alistair Innes-Walker

E: [email protected] P: +6723 22001 Ext 130

Applicants should highlight their suitability for the role through the provision of a cover letter which details skills and interests applicants would bring to the role, resume and any other supporting documentation.


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HERITAGE AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST 24/18

Council is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the appointment of members to the Council’s Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee for the duration of the Term of Council. The Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee will meet on a monthly basis on the fourth Friday of the month at 4.00pm. The Committee operates in accordance with its adopted Terms of Reference which are available from Council’s website: www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/your-council/council-advisory-committees/heritage-and-culture-advisory-committee The purpose of the Committee:

• To advise Council on the Heritage and Culture Strategy and to actively promote heritage and culture in the Norfolk Island community.

• To assist with the formulation of a Heritage and Culture Strategy, including community consultation, organising and / or promoting cultural events, as well as making recommendations to the Norfolk Island Regional Council.

Membership required to replace a resigned member include: • One (1) Community Member

Members must be interested in heritage and culture as part of the whole of Norfolk Island and not for self-interest only. Application to be marked: Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee Membership EOI 24/18 Closing date: Friday 21 December 2018 at 4:00pm Submissions: Email submissions to: [email protected] Contact Person: Helen Brackin

E: [email protected] P: +6723 23788 ext. 188

Applicants should highlight their suitability for the role through the provision of a cover letter, resume and any other supporting documentation.


PLANNING ACT 2002 (NI) – SUBSECTION 43(1) NOTICE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

1. Development Application No.: DA 20/2018 Applicant: SL Bedford and WT Bedford

PO Box 777, NORFOLK ISLAND 2899 Location: Portion(s) Lot: 55 Sec: 21 Por: 59e Sh: 57, 121 Ferny Lane (a) Proposed Development: Change of Use to add Residence - Accommodation Unit as an additional permitted use at

the existing Residence – Dwelling House Zone: Rural Category: Permissible (with consent) Public Exhibition This Development Application may be inspected, during business hours, at the Planning Office at the Norfolk Island Regional Council, New Military Barracks, Kingston. Submission Any person may, during the period between Monday 26 November 2018 and Monday 10 December 2018, make written submissions to the General Manager about this Development Application. All submissions must state the relevant Development Application number. All submissions must be signed by at least one person making the submission. If a submission objects to the proposed development, the grounds for objections must be specified in the submission. Reviewable decisions Decisions made on this Development Application under the Planning Act 2002 (NI) are reviewable decisions within the meaning of subsection 78(1) of the Act.

Dated: 16 November 2018 JODIE BROWN SENIOR STRATEGIC PLANNER

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PLANNING ACT 2002 (NI) – SUBSECTION 43(1) NOTICE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS

1. Development Application No.: DA 18/2018 Applicant: AD and MN Tavener

PO Box 429, NORFOLK ISLAND 2899 Location: Portion 77m1, 10 Longridge Road NORFOLK ISLAND 2899 Proposed Development: Change of Use to add Residence - Accommodation Unit as an additional permitted use at

the existing Residence – Dwelling House Zone: Rural Residential Category: Permissible (with consent) Public Exhibition This Development Application may be inspected, during business hours, at the Planning Office at the Norfolk Island Regional Council, New Military Barracks, Kingston. Submission Any person may, during the period between Monday 26 November 2018 and Monday 10 December 2018, make written submissions to the General Manager about this Development Application. All submissions must state the relevant Development Application number. All submissions must be signed by at least one person making the submission. If a submission objects to the proposed development, the grounds for objections must be specified in the submission. Reviewable decisions Decisions made on this Development Applications under the Planning Act 2002 (NI) are reviewable decisions within the meaning of subsection 78(1) of the Act.

Dated: 16 November 2018 JODIE BROWN SENIOR STRATEGIC PLANNER

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CHURCH OF ENGLANDReverend David Fell.

Rectory: Headstone Road Telephone: 22293 / 53040“www.norfolkislandchurchofengland.com”

SUNDAY SERVICESWe are a warm and welcoming church whose desire is to focus on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We love Jesus, we love each other and we love Norfolk Island.8.30am St. Barnabas Chapel - A service of Holy Communion. Our children’s program, “Barnacles”, meets during this service. The service is followed by morning tea. 4.30pm All Saints Kingston - Evening Prayer followed by a Sing-Along of much loved and historic Pitcairn and Norfolk Island hymns. 10.00am All Saints Kingston - Morning worship on the first Sunday of the month.9.00am Church of England radio program VL2NI and 89.9FM

OTHER ACTIVITIES“Heart and Soul” - A prayer and praise night n the Parish Centre (4.30pm first Saturday of the month)Men’s and Women’s Bible Studies (contact the Rectory on 22293 for details)School Scripture - 12pm ThursdaysCombined Churches Prayer - 7.30am every second TuesdayWe are the church of the “open door”. Our two historic buildings, All Saints Kingston, and the St. Barnabas Mission Chapel are open 24 hours for sightseeing, quiet reflection and prayer.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHPastor Dion Fourie

Church & manse – 36 New Cascade Road | phone: 22201Email: [email protected]

Contact us for personal in-home Bible studies and resourcesSabbath church services – every Saturday- Bible study for children & adults – 9:30am- Main service – 11am- Singalong – 5:30pmGroup Bible study / Prayer meeting- Tuesday 7:15pmLadies’ arts & crafts- Tuesday 2pm – 4:30pmRadio broadcast- Thursday 5pm on Radio Norfolk AMSouth Pacific Islands Display CentreIncluding Pitcairn Island artefacts- Monday 2pm - 4pmTV channels- Nature & music – 351 (Reflect)- Sermons & health – 352 (Inspire)- Hope Channel - 353

Come Worship With Us.

MONTHLY MEANS FOR NOV. (All Years)MEAN MAX TEMP (oc) : 21.8MEAN MIN TEMP (oc) : 16.1AVERAGE NOV RAIN : 72.9

RAINFALL SO FAR FOR NOVEMBER : 143.4 mmRAINFALL FOR 2018 TO DATE : 1042.4mmAVE. RAINFALL TO END NOVEMBER : 1197.8mmMEAN ANNUAL RAINFALL : 1291.1mm2017 RAINFALL : 786.4

Rainfall measured 9am - 9am the following day

METEOROLOGICAL DATA DECEMBER 2018 DAY DATE M.S.L.Press TEMP. WIND RAIN SUNSHINE (hpa)9am MAX. MIN Dir’n KM TIMEThursday 29th 1010.8 22.3 16.4 NE 85 1528 0.0 Friday 30th 1005.5 23.8 17.4 WNW 57 1409 12.0Saturday 1st 1007.5 23.3 19.3 WNW 54 0054 0.0Sunday 2nd 1009.5 23.3 18.3 W 52 0710 0.0Monday 3rd 1011.2 24.1 19.3 NW 56 1641 0.0 Tuesday 4th 1013.1 23.1 20.9 NW 48 0051 0.2Wednesday 5th 1016.6 25.6 18.7 SSE 26 1850 0.4

COMBINED CHURCHES(Ministers Fraternal) ACTIVITIES

Prayer Meeting - 7.30am every second Tuesday. Phone 22606 for details.SRE - 12pm ThursdaysKids Club - 3pm to 4.30pm in the Uniting Church Hall on Thursday afternoons during school term. Friends, fun, Jesus. Afternoon Tea provided. $2UNIT Youth - 7.00pm to 8.30pm in the Church of England Parish Centre on Friday nights during school term. Loving life and seeking answers together. $2

ST. PHILIP HOWARD CATHOLIC CHURCHQueen Elizabeth Avenue Telephone 22763

Administrator Father Don RichardsonParish Council President - Dave Porter, for Baptism,

First Communion and Weddings please contact Dave 22162.Rosary - Sunday 8.30am (Preceding Mass) MASS - SUNDAY 9.00amPiety Stall open before and after Sunday Mass.

UNITING CHURCHCascade Road -

Rev. Hendrika de Nys Telephone: 22179 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust

in him” (Romans 15:13) SUNDAY 9th at 10 am: Second Sunday in Advent. Praise and Worship Service. Everyone is welcome to come to the service and then to stay for morning tea in the Manse.TUESDAYS at 4 pm: Radio Programme on VL2NI in the AM BandTHURSDAYS at 3 pm: Combined Churches Kids Club for children in Kindy to Year 5

OPPORTUNITY SHOPThe Opportunity Shop sells Good clean clothes, Small household

items, Bibles, “Hymns of Norfolk Island” booksUniting Church Souvenir Magnets Norfolk Island CDs

Hours: Monday to Friday: 9 am to 12 Noon & 2 pm to 4pm; Saturday: 10 am to 12 Noon

Closed Public HolidaysMEETINGS WITH JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

SUNDAY 2nd DECEMBER. 2.00pm Public Talk. 2.30.pm Bible Study.THURSDAY 7.00pm. Kingdom News Matthew 24 : 14

All Welcome No Collection Kingdom Hall, 22 Grassy RdFree home Bible study offered to people of all ages.Answers to Bible questions available on www.jw.org

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