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1 Ed 394 Clevedon Roundup October-November 2019 Photo: Our newly painted District Centre Photo: Flooding near Tourist Road No. 394 October-November 2019 CLEVEDON ROUNDUP YOUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION NEWSPAPER PAGE INDEX A&P Show 1 & 5 Advert. rates & dates 3 Important Dates 3 Franklin Local Board 4 South AKL Choral concert 4 Valley Studio news 4 Early Clevedon Families 6 Clevedon Sports Club 7 Neighbourhood Support 7 Emergency prep. for pets 8 Before & After School care 8 Local Snippets 9 SPCA Jinx’s story 9 Clevedon CBA report 11 Christmas Parade 11 Wairoa Business Directory 11 Presbyterian Church 12 Anglican Church 13 Clevedon Lions 15 Watercare Update 15 Club News 19 Community Notices 20 Local trades & businesses 2, 10, 14, 16, 17,18

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No. 394 October-November 2019

CLEVEDON ROUNDUP YOUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION NEWSPAPER

PAGE INDEX A&P Show 1 & 5 Advert. rates & dates 3 Important Dates 3 Franklin Local Board 4 South AKL Choral concert 4 Valley Studio news 4 Early Clevedon Families 6 Clevedon Sports Club 7 Neighbourhood Support 7 Emergency prep. for pets 8 Before & After School care 8 Local Snippets 9 SPCA – Jinx’s story 9 Clevedon CBA report 11 Christmas Parade 11 Wairoa Business Directory 11 Presbyterian Church 12 Anglican Church 13 Clevedon Lions 15 Watercare Update 15 Club News 19 Community Notices 20 Local trades & businesses 2, 10, 14, 16, 17,18

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Accounting Services in Clevedon

Financial Accounts, Tax & GST Returns

Business & Personal Tax Advice

37 Papakura Clevedon Road

Ph 2929470 www.myersca.co.nz

LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS (paid advertisements)

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LIMITED ADDITIONAL COPIES Although you should receive your private copy in your letterbox, limited additional copies are available from Acorns,

Clevedon Co-op, Remax, With Relish, Orere Point Store, Kawakawa Bay store, Hunua Store and now the Clevedon Hub. A copy is also uploaded to the website: www.clevedon.co.nz

ISSSUE FOR CLOSING DATE Folding/Delivery Date Issue No

DECEMBER Thursday 28 November – 5pm Friday 06 December 395

THE HUB NEEDS YOUR HELP PLEASE ! Are you able to help our Community? We still need Volunteers for the Clevedon Hub

(at the Clevedon District Centre), a two hour commitment fortnightly (with flexibility). Information has been gathered and is constantly being updated

Pre-requisite is a passion for our Community. Please phone Sue on 2929049

IMPORTANT DATES New Sports complex – Official opening Sunday 3 November 12 noon (former

bowling Club building, Monument Road) – refer to page 7.

Clevedon A & P Show – Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 November (see p. 1 & 5)

Clevedon Christmas Parade – Saturday 30 November - 11am Entries for floats – contact [email protected] (refer p.11)

South Auckland Choral Society – Christmas at Crossroads concert – 1 December 2:30pm (p.4)

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Franklin Local Board Wairoa Team

Thank you everyone who voted. As you may well know, the results are that Angela and Malcolm will continue for a further term, while we farewell Amanda Hopkins and welcome Lance Gedge to the Wairoa Franklin team. Voter turnout for Auckland was at 35.2% and across Franklin Wairoa was the highest at 39.4% of the 3 subdivisions followed closely by Waiuku 38.8% then Pukekohe 36.4%. The new board had their first meet and greet with briefing from staff on Tuesday 15th, so straight into it. The inaugural meeting where members take their oath to public service is Tuesday 29th and then it will be into official council work.

We would like to acknowledge Amanda Hopkins who has been your Wairoa local board member for the 2016 – 2019 term. Many messages have been conveyed to us to pass on their thanks and best wishes to Amanda. Amanda took a keen interest in transport, so much so she began talking like a road engineer. You will see her advocacy work, along with Bill Cashmore’s, being done this road work season. Amanda also had a passion for sport and how different codes are funded and supported bringing a pragmatic and solution orientated view point and not shy of speaking what others might be thinking to get an issue out on the table. Always willing and giving of her time whether it be a planting day, beach clean up or community committee meeting we would like to sincerely thank Amanda for her contribution to Wairoa and we hope we can keep her involved in the community and stay connected.

Looking ahead it is important, if we are to be effective that team work is key. We look forward to working with Lance and have done so already in a small way when Lance was a board member in the very first term of Franklin Local Board. Back then Angela and Malcolm were Chairs of community groups and would attend the Wairoa Reps clinics, which are still going. Lance too has an interest in Transport and through is Chimney and Water Tank Cleaning business is travelling the rural and urban roads of Wairoa frequently. Over the next few months we hope you will see us all and get to know Lance if you haven’t already met him. It will take a little while for us to work out how we balance out the work load and maintain the momentum but we are committed to doing our best for Wairoa.

Remember if you see something needing repairing, removing or reporting please phone 09 3010101 or log it at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Valley Studios News… The months leading up to the end of the year are a wonderfully busy time for musicians, with exams, concerts and the mandatory Christmas Music! Invitation: With this in mind, it is time to start planning to exercise those vocal folds with St Andrew’s Clevedon Christmas Choir rehearsals commencing on Wed 6 Nov in the Church at 7.30 - 9.30pm to prepare for our fabulous annual Carol Service on Dec 15 at 7.30pm. All ages and stages welcome. Reading music is not a requirement – just enthusiasm and a desire to sing/play! Register your interest with Gina: 2928047; [email protected] Free Recitals: Seven students of the Valley Studio, King’s College, and Waikato University Conservatorium of Music will soon be taking Diploma examinations in singing for London-based Trinity College and Royal Schools examination boards and will be presenting pre-exam recitals in St Andrews on Sundays Nov 17th: 12.30 - 3pm; and Dec 1st: 12.30-4pm. Several singers are regular soloists at the early service. No charge and you can come for as long as you wish, but not suitable for very young children, sorry. Piano Tuning: Jonathan Mason will be in Clevedon on Mon Nov 4th and has 2 slots available. He will return to this

area in February. Contact Gina as above for more info.

Angela, Malcolm and Lance – soon to be your official Wairoa Local Board members from 29 October 2019

South Auckland Choral Society invites you all to their “Christmas at

Crossroads” concert on Sunday 1st December at 2.30 pm at Crossroads Church, 25 Broadway, Papakura

to celebrate the start of the Christmas Season with a programme of favourite Carols and Christmas music under our new conductor, Simon Felice, pianist Camila Oliveira, Simon James recorder. Organist and soprano soloist from Kings College.

Concert is followed by our generous home-made afternoon tea Tickets only $20 from Life Pharmacy, Roselands, Papakura, Choir Members

and at the door. Enquiries: Lorna phone 298 3536. [email protected]

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CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE

CLEVEDON VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION: 292 8612 Brigade is on station Tuesday evenings from 7:00PM Always keen to talk to people wanting to volunteer

CFO Mike Kelly 021 747 123 and DCFO Bruce Jones 027 488 2803

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 111

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Early Clevedon families: the Bells provided and written by Jessie Munro

The Bell family, still living along Monument Road where James and Helen Bell made their home in 1863, are another of Clevedon’s Scottish-origin families. James was born in Perthshire in 1832. He was a stonemason initially but studied in Edinburgh for his diploma in veterinary surgery. A childhood neighbour, David Bruce, was by 1853 a Presbyterian minister in Auckland, and this may have influenced James to emigrate, but he recalled that it was Charles Hursthouse’s 1857 two-volume promotional book, New Zealand, or Zealandia, the Britain of the South, which in 1859 led him to Auckland Province with its offer of 40 acres to potential settlers. Like others, he became dubious on arrival about the fertility of the prospective land, so instead he worked in Auckland as a stonemason, buying a small landholding in Remuera, which he soon exchanged for land in the Wairoa, at first in West Road. He was obviously optimistic about his new environment for he returned briefly to Scotland, making speeches urging others to take the opportunities in the new land. He helped his elder brother David to settle with his family in Pakuranga, thus establishing another branch of the Bell family in Auckland. Helen (sometimes known as Ellen) was born in 1836 and arrived as a child in Auckland on the Duchess of Argyle in 1842 with the new capital’s very first immigrants. Her parents, James and Abigail Gollan, were from Paisley, near Glasgow. She wouldn’t be far from her birth family when she married James Bell in December 1862 and moved from Tamaki to a farm on the Wairoa River, which James had just purchased, giving it the original Māori name for the location: Hukerewai. As newly marrieds, they were fortunate to have a house waiting for them. Previous owners Thomas and Jean Millar had erected a prefabricated house, and Alfred Thorp’s 1860 diary records cutting 15,000 shingles to roof it. The Bells’ married life began, however, during the difficult times of the 1863 Waikato War, and when the women were evacuated at one stage, Helen returned to her mother Abigail’s home in Auckland until it was deemed safe to return. Helen and James would have nine children, but three died young. Their eldest son died of peritonitis when he was only 16, just months before the birth of the youngest, who was named Alexander after him. The older Bell children married into local families: Abigail to Archibald McNicol, Mary and Margaret to brothers Cunningham and Robert Atchison, and James to Mary Sutherland. The Bell children benefited from a strong belief in education. Schooling in Auckland Province had been a rather ad hoc affair during the early years of settlement, with uneven provision. On 14 May 1869 James Bell was reported in the Daily Southern Cross, arguing in support of changes to come into effect with the Common Schools Act of that year: ‘That the country districts are neglected, improperly supplied and insufficient inducement is held for respectable teachers in general, there can only be one opinion.’ Since ‘education is the best legacy we can bequeath our children’, he said, Wairoa residents, ‘as parents, Christians and useful members of society’, should give the Act their support. After discussing the various aspects, James Bell’s conclusion was moderate and pragmatic. ‘We do not arrive at perfection all at once, and probably we may get the Act amended when the Council meets. Something needs to be done, and something is better than nothing.’ Daughters Helen and Margaret would complete the highest level at Wairoa South School and continue on to secondary education, the only girls then to do so, at the Ladies College and Grammar School in Auckland. In the 1860s James would purchase other land in Ness Valley and elsewhere. He was a successful and innovative farmer. His grandson Gordon Bell commented (with examples of implements) that James seemed to have the most up-to-date agricultural machinery in the district. In 1866 he was recorded as taking first prize in the Papakura Agricultural Association’s annual show ‘for the best 15lb cheese’. (It’s safe to assume Helen had some input in the cheese-making.) James Bell encouraged the arrival in 1866 of the first blacksmith in the Wairoa, Andrew Alexander. A blacksmith/farrier was essential in a 19th-century farming district. James lent the Alexanders £100 to buy 20 acres near the present-day Monument corner where they would have their home and smithy. He was also instrumental in promoting a local dairy industry. In March 1884 he sold a five-acre strip of land running from East Road down to the river for the Wairoa South Butter and Cheese Factory, said to be among the earliest in New Zealand. Helen was one of the 56 Clevedon women who signed the important 1893 Suffrage Petition, gaining women the vote. Three years later she died, aged 59, on 2 December 1896. James was 70 when he died on 10 March 1902. Their son Alexander David carried on the family farm. Before the A&P showgrounds were bought, the shows had begun in 1909 in the Bells’ front paddock and Buckland’s saleyard. A.D. Bell, as he was familiarly known, had a strong commitment to community and church life and for many years was Session Clerk (leading elder) for the Presbyterian Church. He was highly regarded as a fine farmer and stockbreeder and worked to promote the interests of farming communities in general. Local president at the beginnings in Clevedon of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, by 1911 he was on the first Board of Directors of the Farmers’ Union Trading Company (now Farmers), serving for 41 years, 15 as Chairman of Directors. In his 1943 chairman’s address to shareholders, reported in the 23 June Auckland Star, he emphasised that ‘while the profit motive was a reward for enterprise, the company had not lost sights of its obligations. Firstly, the company had sold goods at a competitive price and given the public value for its money. Secondly, it saw that its employees worked under the best conditions, for it realised that there was more in human associations than simply paying a wage without further responsibility.’ He became Manukau County Council Chairman in 1917, and it was largely through his advocacy that the land for Clevedon’s war memorial was acquired. Buying the property, settling with Manukau County to purchase a section of it as a council yard, having the memorial site dedicated as a public reserve, and erecting the monument was a long process. A.D. Bell finally took action when it seemed there was insufficient Council money available to pay for the chosen site. Family recollection is that he ‘said that he would take the honorarium that he was entitled to but had never claimed as Chairman of the County Council and use it to pay for the land’. Seven grandchildren of James and Helen Bell would live on farms in the district. Farming and community involvement have continued through following generations, and a memorial stone placed in 2013 at the entrance to Hukerewai commemorates the 150 unbroken years of members of the Bell family farming the same land in Clevedon.

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Clevedon Sports Club - Exciting times for Clevedon sports fans

The Clevedon Sports Club, a new joint venture of the Clevedon Soccer, Cricket, Rugby and Bowling Clubs, will be officially launched on Sunday November 3rd at 12 noon. The local community is invited to this family friendly event being held to celebrate the completion of extensions to the Bowling Clubrooms at the Showgrounds on Monument Road. There will be plenty of fun and games for young and old alike, including a sausage sizzle This is a a great opportunity to thank all the sponsors and supporters who have helped turn this imaginative concept into reality. A small dedicated group has created a new 'home' for the four sports clubs involved, including a much needed viewing pavilion and storage facilities. The Bowling Club has welcomed this development and it sees this new sports club concept as an opportunity to increase membership and interest in their game. The Sports Club is keen to involve the local community in the management of the club says Chairman Neal McKendrick.

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NEWS FROM OUR FRIENDLY CONSTABLE and NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT

In a landscape dotted with active volcanoes and rift zones with a history of serious flooding, snow, windstorms and more - part of the price we pay for living in paradise is knowing that New Zealand is a disaster-prone nation. This month we're here to remind our members and supporters that emergency preparedness isn't as much a choice as it is a responsibility for us all to look after ourselves, our family, our neighbours, and community. If an emergency were to strike today do you think your neighbourhood is prepared ? We will be sharing tips and advice to help you show your community through Neighbourhood Support that a little effort goes a long way to staying comfortable and safe no matter what life throws our way. If your households are already feeling thoroughly prepared, encourage them to reach out to their neighbours and see if they need a hand or exchange a list of skills and items they might be able to provide each other in an emergency. It's likely they'll find that the most important resource to have

on hand isn’t their neighbours’ stuff: it's their neighbours themselves.

Be prepared for anything,

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Before and After School Care at the Anglican Parish of Clevedon. 49 North Road, Clevedon

Provided by a non-profit organisation for many years Held in the Parish Hall and grounds

Before School Care: 7:30am with a “Walking Bus” to School at 8:30am After School Care: 3:00pm - 6:00pm.

Children are met at the School Hall Deck, by walking Bus. Afternoon tea provided, free play time, homework, crafts, activities and games

Enquiries and Bookings: Parish Office: 09-292 8763 www.clevedonanglicans.org.nz Endorsed by the Ministry of Social Development

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At the Clevedon Hotel & Pub site, Hallertau Brewery (of Riverhead fame) will be opening up their second

Brewpub there in late 2019.

Franklin Arts Trail is happening over Labour week-end over 3 days – check www.franklinartstrail.co.nz

The countdown is on until the opening weekend of Riverhaven Artland Sculpture Park on North Road, opening

weekend 25 to 27 January 2020.

Council has approved funds for a Clevedon Village pedestrian crossing, a raised crossing with two pedestrian

refuges with locations to be determined after surveys establish pedestrian desired lines

Watercare will not be doing waterworks through Clevedon Village until 7 January 2020 (see separate info p. )

Trucks comings and goings to the property on the left just as you enter Clevedon from Papakura (71 Papakura-

Clevedon Road), is for materials for our new Wastewater system. A pump station will be constructed there.

Estimated completion is April 2020.

Our Clevedon Farmers Market has won the peoples’ choice for markets last year, which was a great accolade.

The Hub is open for your visit 2-4pm daily (Mon-Sat). Any subject being addressed. Lots of information is

available on a large number of subjects of Community interest.

The book “Yesteryears” was originally published in 2009 and runs over 10 years of Roundup articles written by Fraser Murray. Warren Shaw dropped a copy into the Clevedon Hub – for reference. Copies are available for $20 from Warren on behalf of Clevedon & Districts Historical Society. Ph 2928069 or 021 941 280.

Also available through the Historical Society is the set of books, so wonderfully written by Jessie Munro: Voices of Belonging. Contact: [email protected]

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A STORY FROM THE SPCA: JINX THE LONG TIME RESIDENT

LOCAL SNIPPETS

SPCA’s Auckland Centre is searching for a home for its longest resident: a horse who has been in their care for 1594 days. The horse, Jinx, has unluckily been named the longest stay SPCA animal in the country. She has spent over four years in SPCA’s care.

Jinx does not have any special requirements other than the need for endless love. She arrived at SPCA Auckland’s Centre in June 2015 and she is now a beautiful 11-year-old looking for her forever home.

“Jinx has the sweetest nature, loves human attention, and is a very gentle pony. Although she can’t be ridden, she is incredible with young stock and is friendly with donkeys and goats,” says Fiona McDonald, SPCA Auckland Centre Rural Animal Technician.

Jinx has been at a fantastic foster home and has responded well to positive training. She would make an amazing companion for her new owner and any other horses as a paddock mate, best suited to a home that is experienced with horses where she can continue her training.

SPCA operates a no time limit policy for adoption animals, meaning Jinx will stay in SPCA’s care until she finds a family. Adoption fees are $230 and Jinx is has had full health checks, had dental work, up-to-date vaccinations, and full worming treatments. Anyone interested in adopting Jinx can contact SPCA’s Auckland Centre by calling 09 256 7300, or by visiting SPCA’s website at www.spca.nz

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Future Fitness and Health – BETTER – FITTER – STRONGER Professionally structured Fitness classes with the fun factor added. All fitness levels, ages – Guys and Girls

Conveniently at the Clevedon Community Hall - $12 casual, concessions available

MON 6.00- 7.00 pm. Total body weights class.

TUES 9.00-10.00 am. Nifty fifty plus – Cardio and weights.

WED 9.00-10.00 am. Pilates Body conditioning.

FRI 9.00-10.00 am. General Fitness session – Cardio & weights.

SAT 9.30-10.30 am. Pilates Body Conditioning Future Fitness is in it’s 20

th year running classes for our community!

Contact Andrea on

Phone:

027 388 4579 Email:

[email protected]

Find us on Facebook

LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS (paid advertisements)

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Editorial written & supplied by:

Clevedon Community & Business Association

Clevedon is changing - and it’s requiring some patience and a calm focus on what we will achieve as a Village. However a look through our history shows Clevedon is always changing. The Wairoa River is why our settlement is here. From the beginning it was our goods and people transport to and from Auckland via Tamaki Strait. The tangata whenua of the Clevedon area are Ngai Tai who are descendant from the Tainui waka. In 1854 an entry from Clevedon settler Hampton Thorp’s diary, after one of his first trips up the river, reads … as they “pulled up” the Wairoa River they “caught glimpses of the riverside gardens cultivated by Ngai Tai for the Auckland markets …” Clevedon – then called Wairoa - must have grown quickly as by 1859 it had a primary school and over the decades gained the other village requirements – pub, Post Office and Parish Church. The Wairoa River continued to take butter and cheese to Auckland and bought back holiday makers until local roads connected up with the main Auckland routes around 1950. The community thrived through the 60’s, building our “new” community hall, but, as with all NZ rural farming communities, struggled through the 1970’s. And our proximity to Auckland has kept us adapting with the city folk currently coming to Clevedon for, among other things, the markets and nearby beaches, walks etc., to attend weddings and events, and are now using us as a film location. Watercare has started construction work on laying water and waste water pipes through Clevedon which is fantastic We have to do it - for a lot of Clevedon people, this started back in 2007 with the Ormiston Report for the then Manukau City Council on the failings of the current wastewater solutions for properties in the Clevedon Village. The works will without a doubt cause disruption for the village and villagers but will also provide us an opportunity to focus on the great outcomes this will give Clevedon (Example one: No more smelly winter days in the Village!) And it does seem we have the sympathy of Watercare who have agreed to avoid works in the main township during our busy lead up to Christmas (including our Clevedon Christmas Parade Saturday 30

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November 11am – 2pm, Clevedon Main Street. For float enquiries, please email [email protected]) We would all agree it would be nice to feel we have some control over change. As mentioned many times in the Round Up, in 2015 the Clevedon CBA’s Design and Planning subcommittee started Clevedon Conversations, which asked the people of Clevedon if they had a magic wand, what would they like Clevedon to be like after subdivisions and development. This has crystallized into the Clevedon Village Design Framework which we launched earlier this year with a couple of successful wine and cheese evenings. We are now up to the last two stages of this project and we wish to continue it with the professionalism shown throughout. And this requires money. The Clevedon CBA plans to scratch together enough to cover the first step but we will have to go to the Clevedon community, businesses and friends to raise the further funds required to complete the project with a second step. We’ll be announcing soon how people can help.

Wairoa Valley Business Directory 2020

Production has started on the next Business Directory which will cover the wider Wairoa Valley area - including Ardmore, Brookby, Clevedon, Duder’s Beach, Hunua, Kawakawa Bay and Orere Point. All business and all community groups and associations, sports and recreation groups are invited to list their details.

This year the Directory will be delivered throughout both the R.D.2 and R.D 5 postal areas Please visit www.clevedon.co.nz/about -us to either:

Download and complete the membership form – your $120 includes a business directory listing.

Download the membership form, tick business directory only and complete details required for $50

Or, download the directory advertising form for a selection of colour advertising options from $150

If you are a community group or association, or a sports and recreation group, please contact [email protected] with your name and details for a FREE listing. This is a great opportunity to encourage locals to shop and do business locally, and the raise awareness of all our community

groups. DEADLINE 1st NOVEMBER 2019

Clevedon Christmas Parade Road Closures Our annual Clevedon Christmas parade is taking place on Saturday 30th November this year. We are excited to see you all there! A number of road closures will be in place from 11am as follows: 65 Monument Road to 42 Papakura-Clevedon Road 42 Papakura-Clevedon Road to 1 Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road 1 Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road to 49 Clevedon-Kawakawa Bay Road (Gate onto school fields). The roads will be closed until the parade rolls through, with all roads reopened by 1pm. Detours will be signposted Parking will also be closed along on the affected area of Papakura-Clevedon Road for the duration of the parade. If you have any questions about the road closures or anything else to do with the parade please email [email protected].

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LOCAL TRADE & BUSINESS (paid advertisements)

Clevedon Costumes & Vintage Apparel Costume Hire – Vintage Bridal Design - Alterations & Mending Services

Sewing workshops and private classes available www.graciematthews.com [email protected] bus: 09 292 3035

mob: 0220 182 711

Stressed – Anxious – Depressed Overwhelm – Grief - Trauma

A confidential service using gentle healing techniques. Releasing that emotional load can have the amazing

benefit of clearing the head, improving energy levels,

improving functionality.

Barb Starke Ph 021 1735743 [email protected] Facebook: tappingeft.nz

CLEVEDON BOBCATS LTD Owner Operator: Dennis Marx

Bobcat, 3ton Digger & Auger, 6 Wheeler truck.

Mobile: 0212758544 Email: [email protected]

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Information provided by Watercare:

Updates from Watercare October 2019

Pipeline work is underway between 116 Monument Rd and the Monument Rd / Hyde Rd

corner. This will continue until 20th

December (or 15th

weather permitting.)

Road sections will be reinstated as work progresses, in approximately three 500m long

segments.

Watercare will arrange signs advising visitors to the Sunday Farmers Market and the Clevedon

A&P Show to use Tourist Rd and will request personal to be present Sundays in case of traffic

light malfunctions.

Work in North Rd is due to start approx. the 1st week of November, after the Clevedon

Papakura Rd section has finished so as to not block both ends of the village. The contractors

Brian Perry Civil (BPC) is preparing a letter for affected North Rd residents.

Watercare has agreed to avoid works in the main township in December but will continue the

pipeline project in outlying roads.

Watercare will be testing a new emergency loud speaker at the Ardmore Water Treatment Plant

on Wednesday, 30 October at 12.30 pm and 1.00 pm.

The tests will be around seven minutes long and a siren/safety messages will be heard up to two

kilometres away. The loud speaker is designed to alert the immediate community to a chlorine

gas emergency (extremely unlikely).

The loud speaker is part of continuous safety upgrades at the plant.

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Information supplied directly by the nominated clubs

FIRESIDE BRIDGE CLUB CLEVEDON The friendly Clevedon Bridge club meets every Wednesday from 10.15 to about 2.15 at All Souls Church Hall Clevedon, for friendly duplicate bridge, with usually 7 or more tables. BYO Lunch. Contact Pauline 299 7433 or 0276105457

CLEVEDON TENNIS CLUB MEMBERS NEWS

Junior & Senior Tennis play is back on for the SUMMER SEASON *** Social play - Tuesday nights 7.00 pm & Friday mornings 8.30 am *** Interclub Teams started September *** Business House is on: Mondays 6.45pm start and Thursdays 6.30pm start *** All Coaching: contact Matt Jones http://www.mattjonestennis.co.nz

*** For Club information check website: http://www.clevedontennisclub.co.nz/ CLEVEDON PONY CLUB Clevedon Pony Club is holding our annual Ribbon Day on Labour Monday 28

th October which has classes from Lead Rein through to

Adults giving it a go, everyone is welcome and entries are on the day. We have a NZPCA First Start One Day Event for Junior riders under 17 years which is on 30

th November, offering the opportunity to have a go at Eventing, it consists of a dressage test, a round

of show jumps and cross country jumping in a controlled environment with the max height being 50cm. Entrys are available now via Equestrianentries.co.nz. We are always looking for new members so if you are interested in joining a fun group of people who all love horses come along on a Saturday Morning and meet us at the Equestrian end of Clevedon Showgrounds or visit our web page clevedonponyclub.org.nz or email [email protected]

CLEVEDON GARDEN CIRCLE meets 2nd Wednesday of the month. Contact: Paddy 2929383 or Kay 2928080

CLEVEDON CREATIVE ARTS GROUP has been set up for all "Creatives" in the local community and surrounding areas. We

meet weekly on Tuesdays 6pm-9pm at the Clevedon District Centre; to paint, sketch, chat and share knowledge with like minded people, be you a beginner or professional. On the 1st Tuesday of every month 6pm-9pm the wider community of Creative Artists (be you a Sculpter, woodworker, jewellery maker, glass blower, painter, whatever your passion) meet to share their artwork and collaborate with others. Together we aim to grow as a group and exhibit our works of art. Cost only $5 per person per meeting to help cover expenses.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING CLUB - Fun aerobic exercise, great music, social dancing. Jig and reel your way to

fitness. No partner or special clothes necessary, just soft soled shoes. Contact: Heather 267 6375, Les 299 6668, Glenis 2922 825

CLEVEDON BOWLING CLUB – see also Clevedon Sports Club (p.7) Clevedon Bowling Club plays bowls all year round every Saturday morning from 9am. All are welcome, young or old. Never played before? No problem, bowls and coaching provided. Contact John 021 203 9770 or [email protected] for

more information.

ARDMORE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB

Meetings: March – October, Thursdays 7.30 pm Ardmore School Hall. A small, friendly Club – Everyone welcome. All equipment supplied. Tuition given. Must wear soft, flat shoes. First evening no charge, then $2 per night mat fees including light refreshments. Annual Membership fee: $30. Contact: Shirley Greenbury: 021 147 4545 or Glenyce Bridgeman: 09 296 1115.

CLEVEDON SENIOR EXERCISE AT MC NICOL HOMESTEAD - Senior Exercise is a gentle exercise class

run by Cath Neike (personal trainer) designed to keep you mobile and active without any stress or strain. Held at McNicol Homestead at 9.15am every Thursday, $5 charge to cover costs Ph 021-349-417

CLEVEDON TAI-CHI Friday mornings 9-10:30am at Clevedon Bowling Club with Jack & Judy Zhang ph.2928 727

All ages welcome Health benefits Tai Chi. It's official, research has shown it is just as beneficial as Zumba.it helps reduce high Blood Pressure strengthens muscles, ligaments ,tendons, reduces stress, improves balance and concentration. Join us at Clevedon Bowling Club 9-10am Friday mornings rain or shine. $5 per session. Just turn up or call Carol on 2928727 or 0272928727.

CLEVEDON SCOUT GROUP Contacts: [email protected].

The group has recently taken over the management of Camp Sladdin. For any enquiries regarding booking , please email [email protected] or phone her: 09 8275519, mob 0212 868940.

CLUB NEWS

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Many thanks to our helpers & supporters in the production and distribution of this publication:

Richard, Michelle & team at RE/MAX Clevedon, for the time donated to printing the Roundup

Paul Morgan of Kiwi Print Ltd for the paper donated to print the Roundup

Acorns of Clevedon, our drop off point (& pick-up for distribution), Kawakawa Bay Motors and Kawakawa Bay Store, Hunua Store and Orere Point Store Our valuable advertisers, our supportive Community

And our many reliable Volunteers providing their skills & valuable time (edition, folding, distribution)

CLEVEDON COMMUNITY POLICING

please call 09 295 0200 Crime Reporting Line: 0800 697 778

Non Emergency report line : 105

In case of EMERGENCY, Dial 111

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Available Every Wednesday, 2pm

to 4pm at the District Centre On a rostered basis - Gwen Bull,

Jan Sinclair and Lesley Eisig (Ph no’s below) or 09 2928 758

Special Notices N.B. This is YOUR area to use and advise of special notices you wish to be published, such as Births, Bereavements, Marriages,

significant Wedding Anniversaries and Specials Birthdays.Please send these in to: [email protected]

Our deepest sympathy on your bereavement to the familiy of: June McClure

Congratulations to Jono & Holly Bryant on the birth of your daughter Sophie Rose

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Looking for a local Justice of the Peace? Gwen Bull 292-8758 Cliff Deery 292-2504 William Adams 292-2669 Lesley Eisig 292-9224 Rob Hurley 292-2263 Jan Sinclair 292-2599

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Wednesday mornings:10:00am – 1:00pm Thursday mornings: 10:00am - 12:00pm Saturday mornings: 10:00am – 12:00pm

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