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The Loud Shirt Day fund raising event being held throughout New

Zealand this Friday has special significance for Waiuku’s Zoe Thomson and her son Angus.

Funds raised on Friday help The Hearing House and the Southern Cochlear Implant Paediatric Programme to pro-vide free therapy to deaf kids around New Zealand.

Zoe and Angus travel to Hearing House in Green-lane for regular therapy for the bubbly one-year-

old, who was born profoundly deaf after contracting a virus in utero, a combina-tion of bad luck that Zoe says had pretty much the same odds as being struck by lightning. Angus was placed into inten-sive care amid fears he would be blind, deaf, and with limb and brain damage, but luckily, apart from his deafness, Zoe says he is meeting all development mile-stones. He may, however, never learn to speak, and this is part of the therapy pro-gramme being developed at the Hearing House. Additionally, Angus was the first New Zealand baby to receive publicly-funded cochlear implants for both ears

- a procedure which may go a long way to helping him learn to speak. On June 4 this year, his implants were switched on for the first time, and he could hear for the first time.

“He could even hear the best sound in the world, his own giggle,” Zoe says.

He is responding well to therapy, and raising awareness of the Hearing House cause is as important to Zoe as the funds raised themselves.

Businesses and individuals will be wearing loud shirts in support of the charity, and Zoe will be manning a stall at Waiuku New World on Friday.

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Water quality testing should be extended

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Well, it’s just a few days until the general elec-tion for 2014, an election which, regardless of the result, will be remembered as one in which policy gave way to innuendo, and one in which election promises were hurled around with seemingly little rational debate.

The National Party and Maori Party, as govern-ment and expecting, on polling, to be returned to Parliament, were quieter on the election sweeteners. But the parties that were further from the treasury benches seemed increasingly desperate to come up with almost any promise that may garner them a few votes at election time.

My very rough estimate (admittedly done during breakfast while trying to find a shirt and eat toast at the same time, because I actually have a job where I get paid to do actual, you know, work) suggests that if we have a govern-ment comprised of Mana, the Internet Party, the Greens, Labour and New Zealand First it will cost the taxpayer around 175 trillion billion dol-lars a week.

As far as I can tell, if we’ve got this combina-tion leading the country we will have instant electric trains everywhere, plus buses at the drop of a hat, 100,000 new homes, an increase in the minimum wage, free solar panels for every home, a ban on mining, fishing and oil explora-tion, faster internet, a ban on government inves-tigation (coupled with allowing hackers to steal private correspondence), and a ban on foreign-ers buying land.

Of course, these policies will cost a lot of mon-ey, but that’s ok, they have already suggested a tax on irrigation systems. This election period has been little more than a political version of cheap reality TV. The trouble is, we will still have to live in the real world after September 20.

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Waiuku Police are hold-ing the following items, found in;

July: small child’s pink bike, (Valley Road).

August: silver ring with paua colour flower, (Edgewater Parade), black boy’s bike (Axis Sport), (Sandspit Road walkway).

September: 9ct gold & diamond ring, (Bow-en Street), hearing aid, (Cemetery Road). To the person who ran out of petrol on Glenbrook Road, 27th August; Please contact the Waiuku Police to your advantage.

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In the Post Newspaper of 9 September there was an article extolling the Auckland Council’s beach water quality monitoring programme. If Franklin residents care to investigate this further (google brings up a map), they will find that there are very, VERY few monitored sites in west Franklin (2 out of a total of 69). My understanding is that there are fewer sites monitored in this area now than there used to be, prior to the amal-gamation.

I have raised this anomaly with our Local Board in the past, to no avail. The Awhitu Peninsula has many popular coastal beach-

es, including a Regional Park. Thousands of people visit these beaches every summer. Hundreds of baches line the coastline. Yet no monitoring at all now takes place at any beach along the whole length of the Penin-sula north of Sandspit.

Why not? We are part of Auckland, are we not?

Other residents who enjoy our coastal beaches may care to question this with Council - they may have more luck than me. I hope so.

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On Thursday 4th September, my partner and I had a meeting to discuss our situation. I had previously received a letter from WINZ, informing us that our pension had been cut in half. This means we can’t pay the rent or buy enough food to live on!

The reason being that I have a trust. We were mis-informed from the start. But su-perannuation IS means-tested when you have a trust! On asking for some help, we

were declined and told, nothing can be done for us! (Just a couple of old age pensioners I guess!)

Our wonderful neighbours at Glenbrook Reach have been dropping off food and bak-ing for us! It makes us feel very humble and very lucky to have such wonderful friends. You rock!

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Great crowds for book fair

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The Rotary Club of Waiuku held its annual monster book fair on the weekend, with large crowds perusing literally thousands of books, DVDs, puzzles and more. Buyers were queued at the Town Hall before the doors opened, and the venue, recently re-opened after fire damage, was ideally suited to the fund raising event.

Auckland Council and Auckland Transport are seeking feedback on several new bylaws, including one which will enable council to impose a total fire ban.

The draft Outdoor Fire Safety bylaw will enable Auckland Council to declare a tem-porary total fire ban in extreme fire hazard conditions anywhere in Auckland. Extreme fire hazard can be caused by extreme weath-er conditions such as high temperatures and low rainfall. The bylaw applies to sev-eral types of outdoor fires such as fireworks,

braziers, barbeques, sky lanterns, traditional cooking fires, and open air fires and incin-erator fires. It will determine what type of outdoor fires are allowed in urban and rural areas and the general conditions that must be met when lighting an outdoor fire.

Council has also introduced a draft Storm-water Bylaw which will require private devel-opers and council to comply with minimum standards under a new Code of Practice.

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Spark announced yesterday (Monday) that locals and visitors to Awhitu will notice improvement in mobile coverage and capac-ity in the area, as it has invested more than $175,000 on its infrastructure in the nearby Huia area.

Spark’s investment in the Awhitu Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) site responds to the increasing demand for mobile coverage on both sides of the Manukau Heads. It aims to target areas particularly around the inter-sections of Huia Road, Upland Road, Huia Dam Road and Manukau Heads Road as well as Lighthouse Road.

The site will give locals and visitors bet-ter quality voice, mobile broadband and text services over the Spark Mobile Network, which has been built specifically for smart phones. The improved mobile coverage is part of Spark’s commitment to open up ac-cess to mobile data and applications to rural communities. Spark is co-locating on every one of the Government’s RBI sites where it doesn’t already have coverage, and has an ongoing programme of new mobile site

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Conor Roberts, Head of Public Affairs for Spark says, “It’s important New Zealand communities are able to access mobile ser-vices and this investment will ensure those who live, work and travel through this area will be able to make the most of what the Spark mobile network can offer.”

Mr Roberts says rural communities and businesses have become increasingly reliant on mobile phones as their primary form of connectivity.

“Fast broadband and mobile services are crucial for the success of rural businesses, education, health providers, and in bringing rural communities together.” he says.

In this financial year alone Spark sys it is investing more than $5 million to co-locate on every one of the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative sites where it doesn’t already have coverage. This is in addition to its ongoing programme of new mobile site builds and upgrades to improve coverage and capacity.

Waiuku’s Beryl Bagueley may be 105 years old, but she was still one of the quickest out of the blocks to get her ad-vance voting in for this year’s general election. Beryl was at the Waiuku Netball Courts to get her vote in, having missed the last election when she wasn’t feeling well.

“Not to worry,” the then-102 year old said at the time, “I’ll vote in the next one!”

When Beryl was born, in 1909, New Zea-land’s Prime Minister was Joseph Ward.

Since then, Beryl has lived through the careers of a further 25 Prime Ministers. In terms of local government, Franklin County was yet to be enacted - it was not until Beryl was three years old that under the Manukau and Franklin Counties Act 1911, Manukau County was split into Ma-nukau and Franklin counties, both being formally constituted on 1 April 1912.

Police are warning peo-ple to be alert to opportun-ist thieves after an incident last Tuesday in Pukekohe. A woman visiting her daugh-ter was unloading her car of groceries, when someone stole her handbag which was in the passenger foot-well. Then a male has ap-

peared acting as the good Samaritan asking if it was her handbag. The male then attempted to get the women to follow him down a right of way to the roadside, where he said he saw two youths going through her bag and claimed he took it off them.

However, during this time,

someone entered the un-locked house and stole the woman’s credit cards and cash. The purse was found inside the house minus the cards and cash.

If anyone has information regarding this event, the are asked to contact Police on 09 295 0379.

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Waiuku College’s Year 12 catering stu-dents have been given the opportunity to work in partnership with Agave Res-taurant at Castaways on Thursday night to produce a three course meal in the

internationally-known facility.Public have an opportunity to sample

the skills of New Zealand’s chefs of the future, while enjoying the ambiance of the hilltop restaurant overlooking the Karioitahi Beach.

The students will be responsible for all the planning, preparation, table set-ting, service, cooking and kitchen hand

work. The menu is three courses with a set entrée and dessert and three choices available for the main meal.

“This will be a wonderful experience for the students and finishes off all the work they have done this year with the units of work they have been doing with Service IQ. This also gives them the opportunity to work in a realistic commercial kitchen environment,” one of their teachers said.

Some of the funds raised from the event will go toward the school and help to fund a new commercial refrigerator for the home economics room.

People interested in attending the evening can purchase tickets through the school office for $40 at 235 8139, although time is very short to get booked in.

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Boundless Grace – Free to all“Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.” Eph. 4:7.

The measure of the gift of Christ is “all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” This is true whether viewed as the measure of the gift which God made in giving Christ or as the measure of the gift which Christ Himself gave. For the gift that God gave is His only begotten Son, and in “him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” Therefore, from this standpoint the measure of the gift of Christ being only the measure of the fullness of the Godhead bodily and this being only the measure of the grace that is given to every one of us, it follows that unto every one of us is given grace without measure, simply boundless grace.

Viewed from the measure of the gift in which Christ Himself gives to us, it is the same, because “he gave himself for us.” He gave Himself for our sins, and in this He gave Himself to us. And as in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and as He gave Himself, then the measure of the gift of Christ on His own part is also only the measure of the fullness of the Godhead bodily. It therefore follows that from this standpoint also the measure of grace that is given to every one of us is only the measure of the fullness of the Godhead; that is, simply immeasurable.

Thus in whatever way it is viewed, the plain word of the Lord is that unto every one of us He has given grace to the measure of the fullness of the Godhead bodily; that is, boundless, immeasurable grace—all the grace He has. This is good. But it is just the Lord; it is just like the Lord to do that, for He is good.And this boundless grace is all given, given freely, to “every one of us.” To us it is. To you and me, just as we are. And that is good. We need just that much grace to make us what the Lord wants us to be. And He is just so kind as to give it all to us freely that we may be indeed just what He wants us to be.

The Lord wants every one of us to be saved, and that with the very fullness of salvation. And therefore He has given to every one of us the very fullness of grace, because it is grace that brings the salvation. For it is written, “The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.” Titus 2:11. Thus the Lord wants all to be saved and therefore He gave all of His grace, bringing salvation to all. The marginal reading of this text tells it that way, and it is just as true as the reading in the verse itself. Here it is: “The grace of God that bringeth salvation to all men, hath appeared.” All the grace of God is given freely to everyone, bringing salvation to all. Whether all or any one will receive it, that is another question. What we are studying now is the truth and the fact that God has given it. Having given it all, He is clear, even though men may reject it.

The Lord wants us to be perfect, and so it is written: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Desiring that we shall be perfect, He has given us, every one , all the grace that He has, bringing the fullness of His salvation, that every man may be presented perfect in Christ Jesus. The very purpose of this gift of His boundless grace is that we may be made like Jesus, Who is the image of God. Even so it is written: “Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. . . . for the perfecting of the saints. . . . till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”

Do you want to be like Jesus? Then receive the grace that He has so fully and so freely given. Receive it in the measure in which He has given it, not in the measure in which you think you deserve it. Yield yourself to it, that it may work in you and for you the wondrous purpose for which it is given, and it will do it. It will make you like Jesus. It will accomplish the purpose and the wish of Him who has given it. “Yield yourselves unto God.” “I beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.”

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When Christ gave His disciples the promise of the Spirit, He was nearing the close of His earthly ministry. He was standing in the shadow of the cross, with a full realization of the load of guilt that was to rest upon Him as the Sin Bearer. Before offering Himself as the sacrificial victim, He instructed His disciples regarding a most essential and complete gift which He was to bestow upon His followers--the gift that would bring within their reach the boundless resources of His grace. “I will pray the Father,” He said, “and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” John 14:16, 17. The Saviour was pointing forward to the time when the Holy Spirit should come to do a mighty work as His representative. The evil that had been accumulating for centuries was to be resisted by the divine power of the Holy Spirit. {AA 48}

Waipipi student a design finalist

“Counties Country Quilters is a group that is based in Pukekohe but has mem-bers from the greater Franklin area, and has been active for nearly 25 years. Every second year the group makes a quilt to raffle for charity, and this year the charity

is Breast Cancer Foundation, and the quilt, made of pink heart blocks

A Waipipi Primary School student has been named one of the finalists in a nation-al design competition which attraced over 200 entries from throughout the country.

Judging took place last Wednesday for the Brother Design Stars and Ella Faithful (age 9) was picked as a finalist in the Craft cat-egory. Her hot water bottle cover was well loved by the judges who commented on her unique style and use of upcycled materials.

Brother Design Stars is a national sew-ing and craft competition open to students in school years 7 to 13. There are two cat-egories students can enter. The first being a fashion category where they were asked to create a fashion item or outfit using the theme ‘Use Old, Create New’ and the sec-ond being a craft category where student have been asked to make hot water bottle covers.

As a finalist Ella will receive a Brother NS10 Sewing Machine worth $499 to kick-start her design career, a start-up Fashion Design Kit which includes; a $100 Spot-light voucher, high quality threads, sketch pad and pencils, sewing patterns, Grace: A Memoir (hardback, autobiography) as well as Fashion DVDs, a one year Cleo Magazine

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The century-old Pollok Cot-tage on Waiuku’s Tamakae Estuary Reserve has now become Franklin’s newest art gallery, as members of the Waiuku Independant Art Group display their wares. Peter Hook, Beth Jewell and Alby McCabe were at the Cottage on Saturday morning hanging some of the artwork, and the gal-lery will be open weekend afternoons until summer, when hours will extend. The gallery is beside the craft displays in Hartmann House.

is currently in Jacaranda Fabrics in Waiuku, with tickets $2 each or three for $5.

The group meet twice monthly, on the second Monday at 9.30am and fourth Monday at 7pm. They also hold workshops during the year to learn new skills and challenge them-selves. Next year is the group’s 25th

anniversary and they hope the exhibition will exceed their previous ones. They also have a stand

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• Below; Ella’s finalist-spot winning hot water bottle cover.

Countdown announced on Saturday it is recalling Homebrand Honey Poppas 425g sold in Countdown, FreshChoice and Super-Value stores nationwide from 14 July 2014 with best before dates of 03 JUL 15 and 04 JUL 15. This prod-uct is being recalled as it may contain glass and pose a health risk if consumed. Countdown has not re-

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Countdown, FreshChoice and SuperValue stores na-tionwide from 14 July 2014 with best before dates of 03 JUL 15 and 04 JUL 15. No other products are affected.

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Iconic New Zealand rockers Tom Sharplin and the Cad-dilacs and the Manukau Peninsula Playcentre will be holding a fundraising event on Saturday 1 November at the Matakawau Hall. Tom has strong family connections to the playcentre, and is pictured above with wife Trudi, daughter-in-law Sigrid, and grandchildren Indy and Se-quioa, who attend the playcentre. Tom called through last week for a singalong with the children, who enjoyed clapping and singing to some famous rock numbers. Ma-takawau has a small rural centre and it is seeking extra funds for some special projects, one being to upgrade its playground to have soft fall matting. The Playcentre open-ing hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30 am - 12 noon. Tickets for the Tom Sharplin show are $20 and the night will feature raffles and prizes for the best rock and roll dancers. Phone the playcentre on 2351075 for further information.

A recent Saturday even-ing saw a flurry of shoulder pads, leg warmers, fluro ties and big hair at Sandspit Road School - all for a cause which generated over $3000 to support local students.

The occasion was the triv-ia night and dance all with the theme of the 1980s - and some fairly cringe-worthy

costumes! The school hall was decorated with the 80s theme and the costumes ensured everyone was ready for a great night.

The crowd had great fun trying to remember the ma-jor events of the 1980s and a tie breaker had to be called on to separated the top two teams.

Eighties return for Sandspit School fund raiserFollowing the quiz eve-

ryone was ready to party the night away to local 80s themed band ‘The Fluros’ who kept everyone dancing and singing to hit after hit song from the era.

The Sandspit Road School PTA thanked The Fluros (www.thefluros.co.nz) who

donated their talent for the night and to Fuji Xerox and PB Technologies who helped with sponsorship.

The PTA raised just over $3,000 from the night that will go towards assisting the school to provide more re-sources for the students of Sandspit Road School.

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Tuakau’s Youth club has been struggling for some time and for a number of reasons. The club house on the Dr Lightbody Reserve in George Street, though ide-ally placed near park, sports grounds, playgrounds, skate ramp and basketball court, is small.

The lack of time volunteers have to devote to developing this resource to the benefit of young people, is a big stum-bling block.

Attendees at the town’s (and districts) fourth com-munity group summit, held on Monday September 8, de-cided enough is enough.

The youth club committee is to be expanded, more vol-unteers are to be called for, and if all goes well, there may one day be a paid coordina-tor. The latter was deemed to be crucial to the success of the youth club. The club also needs to be open more often.

The size of the building the youth club uses presents huge challenges: it is about as big as an average home’s kitchen. So, when the weath-er is bad and that is most of winter, nothing much hap-pens in the youth club.

Otherwise most activities take place outside.

At least twenty people from different community groups within the district turned out for the fourth community groups summit

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Below left: Leon Duke is greeted by Steelers mascot Steely Dan at the end of his run. Below right: Jai Herangi gets a high five from the Steelers at the end of his run.

On Friday August 22, Patumahoe School held an adidas School Fun-Run in conjunc-tion with their annual cross country event. Students raised over $5,000 by collecting sponsorship from family, friends and the lo-cal community for participating in the event which will be used to contribute towards astro-turf and upgrading their netball court facilities.

There was great excitement amongst the children with special guests from the Coun-ties Manukau Steelers and their mascot Steely Dan who came to support the runners on the day.

The Steelers ran alongside the children, cheered them on, gave them high fives and handed out spot prizes. The school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) also thanked the

children for their efforts for the fundraiser with a well-earned ice block after their run.

All children received a certificate for par-ticipating in the event and for raising $10 or more, received a prize.

Principal Ron Gordon is extremely proud of the way the students rallied behind the fundraiser.

“It was great to see so many families sup-porting our school by collecting sponsor-ship and the children participating on the day by completing the challenging course,” Ron Gordon said.

The adidas School Fun-Run programme provides an avenue for schools and commu-nity groups to raise extra funding while en-couraging students to participate in healthy lifestyle activities.

on Monday 8 September and another twenty who had wanted to be there had sent apologies.

The town’s youth centre committee were present as were representatives from the community patrol, po-lice, sports clubs, district council and the Ministry for Social Development staff.

There was a lawyer, a psy-chologist, several communi-ty board members, a sports coordinator, church people, a few young parents, and a teacher aide, who all ex-pressed a desire to help the youth club move forward.

During the previous sum-mit the need for the youth club to be reinvigorated was brought up, which is why Cr Jacqui Church, who or-ganised these summits, de-cide this summit was to be devoted to talk about what more could be done for the

youth and how this could be achieved.

The current youth club committee is busy devel-oping a constitution and is keen to involve other people and groups.

The youth centre is for all the youth in town and dis-tricts and intends to offer a variety of activities in the fu-ture: sports, art, craft etc. But more help is needed.

Those who have been trying to keep it going are few and they have jobs and families. Input from and par-ticipation by young people (around 12-18 years of age) is also most welcome.

Come and tell the youth club what you would like to do and what sort of activities you would be likely to take part in.

Anyone interested in help-ing the youth club grow and better serve the town and districts youth, and means individuals as well as groups, and can find a few hours a month to devote to this cause can contact Ms Bronwyn Watson 09 236 8911(D/N), 027 461 2095 for more information.

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Police are investigating the circumstanc-es surrounding how a 24 year old Otaua resident sustained a severe life-threatening head injury as a result of an assault.

On August 1 the man was at a relative’s ad-dress on Sapling Place, Pukekohe. He left on foot at around midnight. It is believed that he was heading to meet up with friends in the area.

Shortly after leaving Sapling Place and not long after midnight, he was found uncon-scious on the road outside the block of shops situated at the intersection of Princess Street and Beatty Road, Pukekohe, by members of the public.

Prior to him being located, yelling was heard outside the shops and people were seen running from the scene.

Police believe that he was attacked by 2–4 people who are believed to be residents in the area. One of the people seen running from the scene was described as male and dressed in black.

Paramedics attended the scene but the vic-tim was unresponsive and was not breathing without assistance. He received machine based assistance to breathe once at hospital.

He is currently in a rehabiliation unit where he needs extensive rehabilitation to be able to be independent again.

Police are appealing for information from anyone who may have seen the assault on the victim or seen people in the area of the shops around this time.

“It’s going to be a long road to recovery for the victim of this senseless assault,” says Detective Kiley Dalbeth. “We want to iden-tify the people responsible for this attack so that the victim can focus completely on his rehabilitation.

“We believe the offenders are local to the Pukekohe North area and we know that someone will know who they are. Anyone with information can contact the organisa-tion Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

“We urge witnesses or anyone with any other information to come forward as soon as possible.”

Detective Kiley Dalbeth can be contacted on 09 295 0359. Police encourage anyone with information to contact the organisation Crimestoppers to report information about crime anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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been hit by a theft during a fund raising working bee.

RAYD, (Rugby and Youth Development), is a group which over the past few years has purchased and renovated houses, selling them at a profit, and using the funds to as-sist the regions future sporting stars to com-pete overseas, to buy equipment, or to pay for specialised training or resources.

Sports such as yachting, swimming, soc-cer, rugby, netball, athletics and many more have benefited over the years, but last week-end (Saturday September 6), the group was hit by thieves.

A compacting machine which was being used on their latest project was stolen from a shed on the property, along with a wheel-barrow which was probably used to wheel it away. The group can not claim the loss on in-surance and have offered a $500 reward for information leading to the recovery of the item, (pictured at left). Anyone with any in-formation is asked to contact Waiuku Police on 236 5020 or phone 021 421 480.

Many Franklin residents would have had the oppor-tunity to visit the Franklin Arts Festival exhibition re-cently. What people may not know, is how much of a con-tribution the Pollok Arts and Crafts Co-op makes to the smooth running of the show.

For the last two years, its members have been respon-sible for the hanging of all the paintings in the town hall. Last year it was close to 400, this year, 500. A good curator tries to make the dis-play as pleasing to the eye as possible.

This is where committee

member and Co-op mem-ber, Deborah Illingworth comes in. She spends a day sorting the paintings out into their categories, and then tries to make ‘mini’ ex-hibitions of paintings with similar themes, colour pal-ettes and the like.

The ‘boys’ of the Co-op, Phil and Howard, along with a couple of other volunteers, then spend a day measur-ing and screwing, lifting and straightening until every-thing is to Deborah’s satis-faction.

Another Co-op member, Lois Templeton is also a new

committee member, and her responsibility this year was over in the NZ Steel gallery, helping to curate the textiles and ceramics. Along with this contribution, many of the Co-op also had their own work on display. Deborah once again triumphed, win-ning the prestigious ‘Con-temporary’ prize for her stunning oil portrait, ‘Han-nah S,’ (pictured at left.)

The Co-op is planning their own exhibition at the Pollok gallery. A traditional Labour Weekend competi-tion, this year it is entitled, ‘My World’. The theme con-jures up a whole range of possible subject matter, from the personal and small, to the global, from the histori-cal and social, to the ideal and fantastic.

All art entries must be in to the Pollok gallery by Tuesday, October 21, ready for opening night on Friday 24th. First prize is $500, and at the end of the exhibition, the ‘Viewers’ Choice’ also wins a prize. Entry forms can be obtained at the gallery or online at: [email protected].

People can also ring the gallery at 09 2352225 from Thursday to Monday, 10.00am to 4pm, for further information.

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For the past few months, members of the Pukekohe High School clay shooting group have been preparing for the New Zea-land National Secondary School Clay Tar-get Championships that will take place in Christchurch between Saturday, September 27 and Monday the 29th.

Members have been training for two hours every Wednesday after school at the the Auckland Metropolitan Clay Target Club in Helvetia Road, Pukekohe and, once a month they have been taking part in competitions around the North Island.

Team manager, Lianne Stanford, says eve-ryone has performed with credit at these events, which have taken place at Taupo, Matamata, Tauranga, Hamilton, Pukekohe and Thames.

“At Thames, Hannah Childs finished sec-ond overall in the girls section, while Regan Bernasconi and Ben McKenzie finished fourth and fifth respectively, in their sec-tions,” says Lianne.

She adds that, while there are 19 at train-ing each week, only 10 will travel to the Na-tionals, along with a Howick College stu-dent, Sean McGrath, who will complete the team. The full team is: Braden Laloli, Bran-don Nicholls, Jack Stanford, Hannah Childs, Regan Bernasconi, Murphy Waters, Ben Mc-Kenzie, Brayden Entwhistle, Dylan Kroef, James Smith and Sean McGrath.

Above: Members of the Pukekohe High School Clay Target Shooting Group practic-ing at the Auckland Metropolitan Clay Tar-get Club in Pukekohe.

This weekend is a massive occasion for the Pukekohe Hot Rod Club, which celebrates 50 years since the origin of the club in 1964. The feature event of the celebrations is the Hot Rod and Horsepower show, held at the Puke-kohe Indian Association Hall in Ward Street, Pukekohe. The show features a host of clas-sic cars and memorabilia and a special event on both Saturday and Sunday is a ‘Cracklef-est’ as cars from the Meremere Drag Strip start up and rumble their engines at 1pm.

Over the years the Pukekohe Hot Rod Club

has averaged about 150 members per year, so in 50 years there have been a lot of people being members of the club.

Anyone who has belonged to the club and is interested in getting together is invited to attend the club’s premises on Stadium Drive on Friday night for a mix and mingle from 5pm, and a chance to catch up with old friends from the group before all the action on the weekend.

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The growth of Franklin, and particularly the Puke-kohe area over the next few years has meant Auckland Transport is looking at ma-jor improvements to new bus services for Pukekohe. Announced yesterday (Mon-day), AT is proposing four new local bus routes run-ning every 30 minutes, sev-en days a week, connecting with trains at Pukekohe Sta-tion to make it easier to ac-cess other parts of Auckland.

AT says more people are using the train to Papa-kura and beyond because trains are quicker than the bus. Overall train services

for Pukekohe will improve. As electric trains are rolled out across all train lines, diesel trains will be used to create a shuttle service be-tween Pukekohe and Papa-kura. There will be increased evening services and a new weekend service will be in-troduced.

“Pukekohe is a growing area and we will be amend-ing bus routes to cater for the new communities and Special Housing Areas as they develop,” AT states.

For Waiuku Auckland Transport is proposing a limited all-day bus ser-vice with the possibility of

a weekend service. There are three bus route options proposed, travelling either to Pukekohe or Papakura. Based on public feedback one of these options will be implemented.

“With your input we hope to improve on the proposed bus routes. So if you live, work, study or play in Puke-kohe or Waiuku, now is the time to have your say on the future of public transport,” AT says.

Consultation over the pro-posals, and advertising for the new initiatives will be happening over the next few days and weeks.

Blue September is coming to Pukekohe on Wednesday in the shape of a newly re-stored and refurbished blue Mini on the Corys Charity Roadie. The road trip will be in Pukekohe at 11.30 on Wednesday.

Corys Electrical is one of the sponsors of Blue September, the Prostate Cancer Foun-dation’s annual aware-ness and fundraising campaign. Over the next two weeks, Cory’s Electrical general manager, Steve Priest, and commercial manager, Marcel Van der Park, will visit all 44 Cory’s Electrical branches across the country to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer. Last year they raised $35,000. This year, they have $50,000

in their sights. The road trip started in Kerik-eri yesterday and finishes up in Queenstown.

The duo will be driving in the comfort of a completely overhauled and done up Mini

Austin they bought on Trade Me. If you would like to support them, you can either donate $3 by texting 2447 or donate prizes by con-tacting any Corys Elec-trical. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in New Zealand

men and the third most common cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer and bowel cancer. More than 3000 New Zealand men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year and 1 in 10 will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Labour’s Hunua candidate Arena Williams has been busy this week talking to locals about Labour’s plan to electrify the rail to Pukekohe and invest in regional roads.

“I am proud that we have put together a plan to invest in public transport and re-gional roads in the Franklin area, and we want to make sure as many voters as possi-ble know about it,” Williams said.

Williams says Labour’s plan to electrify rail to Pukekohe will mean quieter, faster and

more frequent trains. Labour will also fund the much needed Central Auckland Rail Link immediately, so more trains can travel at peak times.

“It’s really important to me that Franklin isn’t left out of this game-changing infra-structure”, said Williams.

Labour has also promised it will re-prior-itise transport spending towards local and regional roads, away from big motorway projects.

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People living in rental ac-commodation are suffering from a lower level of health and wellbeing because of substandard conditions in their home, new research shows.

And homeowners who are struggling to pay off their mortgage are not much bet-ter off.

The State of the Home Survey, conducted by inde-pendent research company Buzz Channel, shows that renters especially are put-ting up with homes that are cold, less comfortable and continually mouldy due to condensation and damp-ness. They are significantly more likely to have mould ‘everywhere’ in their house, with almost half reporting it in the bathroom, and a third living with mould and mil-dew on curtains and walls.

Results from the survey show renters and home-

owners with a mortgage are similar when it comes to the impact the condition of their home has on their health, with a prevalence of persis-tent coughs, runny noses, sore and irritated throats, and red itchy eyes.

As a consequence those who rent and have a mort-gage take double the num-ber of sick days as those who own their own home mort-gage-free.

The drive behind the survey commissioned by HRV is to shed light on the poor state of New Zealand’s housing stock and increase awareness around creating healthy homes.

Other key findings in-clude: • 50 per cent of rent-ers and a third of those with a mortgage said the condi-tion of their home worsened the occupants health

• 37 per cent of renters and 28 per cent of home owners

with mortgage suffer wheez-ing and coughing compared to 15 per cent of home own-ers with no mortgage

• The financial costs of liv-ing in a mouldy, damp home are significant. Renters and those who have a mortgage are significantly more likely to suffer damage to carpet, walls, furnishings, clothes and shoes than those who are mortgage free

• Almost 60 per cent of all people surveyed said that living in substandard con-ditions adds to the level of

A new survey looking at how rural communities use fire to enhance their properties has been launched and organisers are keen to hear Franklin’s views.

Fire has been a traditional farming tool for managing crops and vegetation, however, lately there have been concerns raised about the appropriateness of using fire to manage land. Fire is used in the rural sector by a wide ranging group of people. Because it is such a useful tool in rural areas, research group Scion says we need to pro-vide guidelines for safe and sustainable use.

Scion is conducting a national survey around the use of rural fire and would like the community’s views on the issue. Scion is gathering responses from the gen-eral rural populace, to establish citizen support for, or concerns around rural fire use practices, especially how fire use might impact their lifestyle and business opera-tions. The focus of this project is to better understand how fire use is perceived, and the benefits and issues if land owners could or couldn’t use fire.

For further information go to the online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/Rural_Fire

Dwellings took one day longer to sell in August com-pared to July at 38 days, according to data released on Friday by REINZ.

Compared to August 2013, the median number of days to sell was four days longer. Six regions saw an im-provement in the number of days to sell between Au-gust 2013 and August 2014, with Northland recording the largest improvement of 12 days. Auckland saw its number of days to sell ease by five days.

For the month of August, Canterbury/Westland re-corded the shortest days to sell at 31 days, followed by Auckland at 34 days and Otago at 35 days. Northland re-corded the longest number of days to sell at 64 days, fol-lowed by Nelson/Marlborough at 56 days and Waikato/Bay Of Plenty with 55 days. Over the past 10 years the median days to sell for the month of August has aver-aged 37 days across New Zealand.

REINZ last week announced that there were 5,481 dwelling sales in the month of August, down 16.3% on August 2013 and down 7.0% compared to July.

The national median price was $420,000 for the month of August, an increase of $30,000 compared to August 2013, and an increase of $4,000 from July.

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) Chief Executive Helen O’Sullivan says, “The real estate market appears to be ‘idling’ as buyers and perhaps even more so, sellers, await the outcome of the September 20 elec-tion. Sales volumes are 7.0% down from July 2014, and are 16.3% down on 2013 levels.

“The upcoming election is not the only factor however, as this is the tenth consecutive month of sales volumes being below the prior year’s levels.”

stress in their lifeThe survey also gauged

New Zealander’s reactions to the prospect of a hous-ing warrant of fitness being introduced in light of the council-led rental WOF and the government’s state hous-ing WOF trials conducted earlier this year.

Nearly two thirds (63%) of those surveyed said they would be happy for their home to undergo a warrant of fitness check.

“It would tell me if the house is healthy [and] what needs to be done to it to make it healthy,” said one survey respondent.

However, 40 per cent of renters were wary of the WOF proposal for reasons ranging from fear of their landlord putting the rent up to not wanting to ‘annoy the owners’.

HRV chief executive Bruce Gordon said renters and those battling to pay a mort-gage get a raw deal when it comes to the state of the houses they live in and the resulting health and finan-cial impacts that has on them.

“These people are essen-tially at the mercy of their home, and with insulation, ventilation and decent heat-ing this can be addressed” he said. HRV sought specifics of a recent government trial of the WOF via an Official In-formation Act request but it was refused because it was still under consideration by Ministers.

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Local concerns over locking policies by Auckland Coun-cil for public areas have been answered by the council after complaints from local residents. In one instance a Waiuku service group found their vehicles locked into a carpark, and in another a local woman says she went to Kohekohe Cem-etery on Fathers Day only to find the gates locked at 3pm.

Council apologies for the first instance, in which the gates to the Massey park carpark were locked while Guide Leaders were in the building (after telling security contractors that they were there), but Council is at a loss to explain the locked Kohekohe gates, saying it’s not a place they lock.

“Council uses contracted security services to open and close gates at our parks and facilities – including cemeteries. Contractors work on a rotation system, locking or unlock-ing a series of gates in a specific time window. Gates should be open at or before (and closed at or just after) the open-ing hours specified in any signage or information related to the site,” a spokesperson said. “We appreciate hearing from the public when there are problems with this system and ask that people phone 09 301 0101.”

Noelene Mudgway, Manager Cemeteries South says the Kohekohe Cemetery gate is not on council’s locking sched-ule and access to the cemetery is available at any time.

“The padlock on the gate is old and doesn’t work and most importantly doesn’t lock, however from a distance could ap-pear locked when in fact it is not. We will be getting this lock removed.”

Malcolm Page, Manager Local and Sports Parks South, says of the Guiding incident: “We have changed the padlocks on this gate but understood that the scouts and guides had been issued with a key. This is our normal practice and al-lows users after-hours entry. We will follow this up.

“In these circumstances, the security company shouldn’t have locked the gate and we will follow up with them.”

A fourth tranche of 17 Special Housing Areas (SHAs) that would yield more than 8000 additional new homes across Auckland, including major developments in Papakura, has been announced by Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown.

“The Auckland Housing Accord was agreed 11 months ago and since then, it has facilitated thousands more sections to be developed and thousands more homes to be built. The latest tranche brings the total number of Special Hous-ing Areas in Auckland to 80, with a potential yield of up to 41,500 homes. This is the momentum and scale we need to improve housing affordability and supply in our largest city,” Dr Smith says.

The former Papakura Golf Course and the adjoining prop-erty at 117 Opaheke Road, which borders the new Opaheke Park, have been recommended to the Minister in the latest tranche.

Local Councillor Calum Penrose says: “It’s great to see this land being used to inject more people into our area. The de-velopment will have positive effects on the local economy and provide great new public amenities that will cater for all ages.

“This project will also enable housing development of a type and price point in an area of much demand. That has to be good for our community. The team behind the project have a reputation for being meticulous in their methods and will create stunning facilities that will take Papakura and the south forward.”

Sir Noel Robinson, the Principal of Motleon Limited who owns the properties, has embarked on a master-planned de-velopment that will integrate with Opaheke Park.

As part of the development, Motleon will pay to remove a public encumbrance on the former Golf Course property. That money will be spent on improvements and facilities at Opaheke Park to benefit the wider community.

Motleon is progressing detailed storm water modelling, and other substantial technical work, so that consent appli-cations for development of the land can be prepared. It is expected that around 350 homes will be built. Motleon is planning to hold public open days from 3:30 to 7:30pm on 22 and 23 September at Rosehill Intermediate school.

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Volunteers around the country have be-gun counting waterfowl on their local ponds – as part of a new ‘citizen science’ project dubbed Operation Duck Pond.

Fish & Game NZ has launched the project that aims to determine what pond habitat features provide the best breeding for mal-lard ducks and other species of waterfowl.

The organisation is appealing for New Zealanders around the country to join the project, pointing out it will not only help highly valued introduced species, but native birds too.

“With about 90% of New Zealand’s wet-land lost over the past 150 years, there’s a need to look at the role ponds play in the conservation of water birds,” project coordi-nator Nathan Burkepile says.

He says ‘citizen science’ is a U.S. term where local people, non-scientists, help in scientific work such as birds counts. “This is a great opportunity to be part of a fun pro-ject for anyone from a high school science student, to a primary school pupil helped by their family or teachers.

“We’re keen to hear from a wide range of people, including youngsters. Kids – de-pending on your age you may need to line up support from mum and dad, a friend or relation.”

Mr Burkepile says Fish & Game hopes that farmers and landowners, especially folk who hunt, take up the opportunity to help the organisation in actively managing these ponds.

We’ve had a great response to the small amount of information we’ve already re-leased, mainly via Facebook. “People seem keen to help – and we have some volunteers – but we need to get our numbers up.”

The project gives them a unique opportu-

nity to get involved and make a real hands-on contribution towards efforts to manage waterfowl and maintain or grow their popu-lations.

Mr Burkepile emphasises: “You don’t have to be a scientist!”

All volunteers will be given a set of simple instructions on how to go about the moni-toring, a manual telling them how to run the survey, “which means everyone round the country will tackle the project the same way, and volunteers will be able to gather the best data possible.”

Those taking part will be helping sustain New Zealand’s wildlife – both introduced and native bird species. “If you’re a univer-sity student studying biology or zoology, or a high school student planning to study those subjects, this is for you.”

Volunteers will gain some valuable experi-ence of observation and research methods, “and of course, it’ll look good on your CV.”

Operation Duck Pond involves establish-ing a network of people to closely monitor ponds across New Zealand beginning in September 2014 and running as a continual project to gather long-term data.

“There are ponds right across the land-scape used for various purposes including stock watering, irrigation, stormwater cap-ture, waterfowl habitat and, of course, sce-nic, aesthetic values.”

Mr Burkepile says that volunteers don’t need to own land with a pond to take part. “You can ask a landowner who lives nearby if you can monitor their ponds. If you’re a hunter who focuses on a particular pond, we encourage you to use that one.”

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Waiuku, and the Franklin region, lost one of its identities earlier this month, when, on September 5, Sydney Herbert Richardson passed away.

‘Syd’, and his family business of Rich-ardson’s Jewellers in Waiuku, was an in-stitution in the area, and, like his father before him, he continued working in the family business into, and past, his eighti-eth year.

As former employee and friend Judith Hull said:

“He lived within compartments, where he enjoyed his personal pleasures of mu-sic, family, his garden ,and his beloved cars, but most of all, his time in fact was his working life, the time he devot-ed to ‘the shop’.

“Syd held a lifelong fascination with time.”

Syd Richardson be-gan his working life with his father Herbie in 1947, the business having begun in Bowen Street before moving to the current premises at 34 Queen Street.

Syd was self-trained, a very well qualified professional who was admitted to the New Zealand Horologi-cal Society membership in April 1961 and the British Horological Society in January 1965.

He continued his studies and in 1971 completed a further course in Electronic Watches.

Following the death of his father, Syd and his wife Mary inherited the business, in 1985 and so Syd continued all his work-ing life in the watchmaker trade.

His son Mark joined him at the bench, and together they ran the business while Mary continued with her own career at Dr

Howdens Medical practice.The business comprised of three sec-

tions; the workshop; jewellery and fancy goods.

As Syd was a talented watchmaker, and with so much work coming in from all over New Zealand and overseas, he decid-ed to renovate the shop and began with the workbench space. When that was completed, the front of the shop became stage two.

Entering the shop was like a trip around the world, with English china and orna-ments, German cutlery , Lladro, Swiss

music boxes, pens, Bo-hemia Crystal, glasses and vases and Egyp-tian perfume bottles. Many Waiuku families relied upon Richard-son Jewellers to service their needs relating to engagements, birth-days, weddings, an-niversaries, and bap-tisms.

Collectively the shop served many genera-tions.

Jewellery and clocks were usually displayed in the smaller display window. In 1996 and

again in 2008 the business won National window displays with Olympic Swiss watches.

Richardson’s became the longest retail business operating under the original name. Syd was justly proud of the service that he gave to the people of Waiuku and surrounding district.

Up until just a month or so ago, he was still working in the shop which had, and which still, bears his family name.

Syd was interred in the Kohekohe Cem-etery, and is survived by his wife Mary, four children and five grandchildren.

Sydney Herbert Richardson 21.8.1932 - 5.9.2014

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Song, costume and celebration marked the centenary of the Waiuku branch of the BNZ last week. Groups from Sandspit Road School and Waiuku College’s Kapa Haka performed to a crowd of customers, friends and bank staff before the formal cake cutting. The cake cutting was performed by the banks youngest and oldest customers - 3-month old Daniel Kovati-Waru and mother Suit-keen Kovati, and Lily Archer, who is soon to turn 99. A special guest at the cake ceremony was Waiuku’s Dame Nganeko Minhinnick, pictured above at the event, along with bank manger Julie Taylor. Bank staff dressed in period costume for the day (right) and the speeches reflected the history of the bank, which at one stage employed 40 staff.


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Kariaotahi Lifeguards will be keeping a close eye on the Surf Life Saving New Zea-land Awards of Excellence this weekend, as they are finalists for one of the major awards.

The awards evening will be held at the Amora Hotel in Wellington on Saturday September 20, and Kariao-tahi SLSC are finalists in the BP Rescue of the Year

Every year, national and local awards are given to Surf Life Saving members to officially recognise them for their hard work and dedi-cation to Surf Life Saving in New Zealand.

Most awards are nomi-nated locally with winners then becoming finalists for the national Awards of Ex-cellence.

Some of the night’s top awards include NZ Lottery Grants Board Lifeguard of

the Year, DHL Volunteer of the Year and the BP Surf Res-cue of the Year.

As Patron of Surf Life Sav-ing New Zealand, the Gov-ernor General Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae will present a speech at the awards evening and TV pre-senter Stephen McIvor will act as MC.

Three national sports awards have already been presented at the 2014 New Zealand Pool Champion-ships on August 30. The three winners are unable to attend this year’s awards evening in Wellington as they will be in France for the Lifesaving World Champi-onships.

Along with the lifeguard-ing and sporting awards, there will be a number of Service Awards presented on the night and these will be announced next week.

Last Friday, Room Two from Awhitu District School held their fund raiser for camp. This year the kids in Room Two had been inspired to organise a mud run after participating in one ear-lier in the year. Teacher Miss Jeeves, along with Megan Hosking (one of the class mums), spoke about this and the idea was born.

After lengthy paper work and ap-proval from Awhitu’s Board of Trustees it was all set. The children helped Meg-an to design the course.

It ran from the Presbyterian Camp at the end of Hatton Road, onto the beach, through marsh and then into Megan’s land which held the best chal-lenges of all: the swamp and ‘The Hill’.

Hamish Simpson, (a Room Two Stu-dent) created a PowerPoint with infor-mation about the challenge and some photos of different parts of the course.

This was shown to a few schools to help promote the event. The rest of Room Two took out the information page and entry form and did letter box drops, ap-proached businesses and also their dif-ferent sports clubs that they belong to. Miss Jeeves emailed every school she could think of.

As one of the organisers said: “The Awhitu Fire Force were amazing. Not only did they provide us with a first aid station (from which we only had a request for one plaster!) but they also sent their 4wd down and Billy Tor-pey hosed down the entrants as they passed through to the finish line.

“The Awhitu Fire Force does so many amazing things for our community and we are extremely grateful to them for their help on Friday,” she said.

“All of this could not have been pos-sible without our amazing students (31

kids in Room Two), our parents and community.

“We had parents take the day off work on Friday to come and help, past staff members changed their day around so they could also come and help and we also had friends and fam-ily of staff members come along and work with us.”

There were 150 entries on the day, spread from seven schools, including two entrants from Titirangi!

From the entries and other fund raising on the day, the school raised just over $2000, which will be divided between the children of Room Two to subsidise their camp to Motutapu Is-land in October.

The school paid special tribute to local businesses, volunteers, teachers and the many parents who lent a hand to ensure a fantastic day out.

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More than 78,000 school children from around the country have started voting in the 2014 general election from inside the classroom, as they take part in the biggest Kids Voting programme ever held in New Zealand.

“Kids Voting is a programme for young New Zealanders that encourages them to learn about and experience an au-thentic election,” says Robert Peden, Chief Electoral Officer.

“Kids Voting gives students the chance to investigate and take part in an election using real parties, real candidates, and real issues. Our goal is that Kids Voting will help them grow to become the active, engaged citizens we all want to them to be.”

Kids Voting and the Commission’s curriculum-aligned teaching units were developed to help schools deliver en-gaging activities to encourage students’ understanding and enthusiasm for participating in their communities and the voting process.

“We’re thrilled to be delivering an engaging civics pro-gramme that reaches so many of our next generation voters,” says Mr Peden.

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A national pet store chain is getting in behind an effort to train more Mobility Dogs, animals which enhance the lives of disabled people in amazing ways.

Mobility Dogs are trained to assist with tasks which most able-bodied Kiwis take for granted, including fetch-ing the phone, taking shoes and socks off, switching lights on and off, and even paying for purchases across the counter. Each dog is trained specifically to meet their partner’s individual needs.

“Switching a light on and off is an easy, every-day task for most New Zealanders, however there are number of Kiwis for which this is a challenge. More than 12 percent of New Zealanders live with a physical disability and, of those, 25 percent re-quire help with daily tasks,”

says Nikki Marchant-Lud-low, Animates Services & Welfare Manager. Animates stores around New Zealand are partnering with Mobil-ity Dogs from September to October to raise funds to train at least one puppy for a New Zealander living with a physical disability, who is in need of assistance to per-form daily tasks.

“It costs more than

$45,000, and two years, to train one Mobility Dog to be ready for their partner, so we’ll be collecting donations from our customers in all our stores until 31 October.

“We’re aiming to raise $50,000 which will go direct-ly to the Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust for them to train and raise at least one new puppy to reach its full poten-tial as a Mobility Dog.

Jody Wilson General Man-ager Mobility Dogs, says Mobility Dogs provide in-valuable support to New Zealanders living with long-term physical disabilities, in-cluding muscular dystrophy, stroke, Parkinson’s, spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy. • Donate online at http://www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/RaiseAPuppy

Mobility Dogs far more than just a pet

A new behind-the-scenes kiwi experience is offering people the opportunity to get up close to kiwi chicks that have hatched at Auck-land Zoo as part of the kiwi recovery programme, Opera-tion Nest Egg (O.N.E.).

The experience will run from approximately Septem-ber to December each year, coinciding with kiwi hatch-ing season.

Auckland Zoo’s first three O.N.E. chicks of the season have recently hatched, the oldest at eight days old and the other two at just four days, and will soon join the 279 other kiwi chicks suc-cessfully released from the Zoo. Birds team leader Todd Jenkinson says combin-ing Auckland Zoo’s role in the O.N.E. programme with its reach as New Zealand’s most-visited zoo to deliver the behind-the-scenes kiwi experience is a great devel-opment to the conservation advocacy efforts for kiwi.

The O.N.E. programme in-volves taking kiwi eggs from the wild and hatching them in captivity, before reintro-ducing the bird into its origi-nal habitat.

When about four weeks

Jake Ryan and his Mobility Dog, Louis.It costs $45,000 totrain one of theseamazinganimals.

Behind the scenes with our Kiwiold, chicks are sent to a safe crèche – either a predator-free island or mainland sanctuary – until they reach around one kilogram.

Only then are they re-turned to their wild home; big enough to fend off most predators.

Auckland Zoo’s Kiwi Expe-rience is available Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Sat-urday, with a minimum age requirement of just six years.

For more information, visit www.aucklandzoo.co.nz .


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Men - Women - Children - All Ages. Excellent Self Defence, Fitness, Discipline (Traditional Okinawan Weapons, Sai Bo, Tonfa).

Dojos in: Pukekohe - Waiuku - Hokitika - Westport

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ARcHERYCubs: 5 - 12 Yrs • Juniors: 13 - 16 Yrs

• Adults: 16+ • Suitable for all ages • NZFAA instructors & club equipment is on hand

• NEW MEMBERS WELCOME •

Contact: Phil Dickey 021 1071149or Mike 021 256 4045 [email protected]

BAsKETBALLWAIUKU BASKETBALL ASSN

WOMEN’S SUMMER LEAGUE 2014/2015

Waiuku Basketball Women’s Summer League will be commencing on Monday 20th October 2014.

For those wishing to enter, entry forms will be at Gary Pye’s 100% Electrical, Waiuku. Teams must

consist of Year 9 and above. Entries must be returned by Wednesday 15th October 2014 with subscriptions.

Any enquiries please contact: Mrs J Edwards Ph. 2357571

BRidgELearn to play a challenging game

BRIDGE!!!!Perhaps the best card game ever

Lessons will be held ♠ Dates to be decided$50 for 10 lessons

The Franklin Bridge Club Rooms ♠ 20 Edinburgh St ♠Pukekohe

Contact Jim Buckland 239 1809for more information

cRicKETPlayer registrations for

2014/15 Season:Sat 20th & Sat 27

Any queries please contact: Pete Lovett 021 275 4337 ( A/H)

10am - 1pm Clubrooms Massey Park.

We have teams available for all age groups and abilities from Year 1 to Premiers

Classes for pre-schoolers, kids, teens and adults of all levels.Waiuku classes now available:Tuesday St Johns Hall, Constable RoadMEGA CREW 2014 AUDITIONS 26TH SEPTEMBER 2014

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Waiuku district Coordinator:Raewyn Johnston - Ph. 027 285 3629Pukekohe district Coordinator: Catherine Pollock - Ph. 09 236 3856

Gymnastics, Trampolining & TumblingClasses for preschool to 18 years old

School and Preschool group bookings availableRecreation & competitive programs

Booking essentialGate 2, 58 Station Road, Pukekekohe

09 238 8290 [email protected]

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LiFE sAVingThe summer patrols on the beach begin labour weekend, 1100hrs each day. Lifeguards will be on duty and we’d ask that people please swim between the flags.For anyone wishing to join the club and become a lifeguard, training starts Saturday 4th October. Training and qualification is completed before Christmas.For more information on joining and training to become a lifeguard, please contact Natasha Lawrence:PHONE: 021 058 9788EMAIL: [email protected]

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Lions

Waiuku Lions are ordinary men and women from all walks of life who are united in our desire to make a difference by contributing our personal time and talents

to fundraise and help our local community. Our motto is “We Serve”. The Waiuku Lions Club meetings are held on Monday evenings in the Lions Station on Belgium Street. These are the 2nd Monday of the month for business meetings

and 4th Monday of the month for dinner meetings which are less business, and more fun! Potential members are always welcome to attend these meetings.

Waiuku Lions

To find out how you can be a part of this great club, contact:Nick Herrold on 235 8794 , or email: waiukulionsclubs.org.nz

or look us up on Facebook under ‘Waiuku Lions’.

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Queen Street, Pukekohe. Ph: 09 238 9057

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16Th OcTOber – 11Th December 2014Categories: •Senior/College/Mixed/Junior (Yrs 7 & 8)Entry Forms available from BNZ or on website: www.waiukunetball.org.nzAll enquiries: [email protected] NETBALL CENTRE: Cnr Kitchener & Racecourse Rd

racingWaiuku Dirt Track Club Inc• 16th Nov - Practice • 30th Nov - Points • 14th Dec - Points• 11th Jan - Points • 24th / 25th Jan - Points and Waiheke Visiting• 15th Feb - Points & Meremere Visiting • 1st March - Points and Waihi Beach Visiting• 22nd March - Points • 5th April - Rain Off

For more info please contact Owen Bottomley (President) 021 544 749 or Email: [email protected] • www.waiukudirttrack.co.nz

GLENBROOK VINTAGE RAILWAY

wants youto be a part of Franklin’s premier

tourist attraction• Operating the railway • Maintenance of Rail

vehicles • Meeting interesting people

All Welcome, No joining fees

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Contact John Ballantyne on (09) 2667583 or email:[email protected] • Mac Gray (09) 2786393

Counties Manukau Grey Power looks after the interest of persons over 50

WE will be meeting at the Comrie Room in the Franklin Centre on the 26th November.

Make enquiries on our Electricity as you become a member. WE will be at the Pukekohe expo on the

10th October. Come & see us and make enquiries about joining.

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“ WHERE LEARNING IS FUN”Franklin U3A promotes continued learning into retirement by offering daytime classes in Art, Music, & Literature Appreciation; Film Studies ,

Philosophy, Physics, History, Famous People, NZ History plus Walking and Ethnic Lunching Groups.

A monthly meeting with a guest speaker is also held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month in the Franklin Bridge Club rooms in Pukekohe

For more information contact: [email protected]

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Group or Private Sessions, Juniors & Adults• Holiday Clinic October 1st, 2nd, 3rd

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• Performance Squads - Mon pm Wed pm Fri ambased at Counties Tennis Centre, Pukekohe

Contact: Darren 021 870 978 [email protected]

WoodturnErs

The Franklin Woodturners Club Inc consists of a group of people who

enjoy woodturning & working with wood. Everyone is invited to come and have a look at what we do. The Club meets every Thursday at 7pm

during the school term.

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* Junior Registration: Thur 18th & Fri 19th Sept 4:30pm* Senior Club Night: Every Tues 6:30 – 8:30pm* Junior Opening Night: Friday 17th Oct 5pm

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Auckland Council’s Sports Field Capacity Develop-ment programme has this year added more than 18,000 hours of playing capacity on the region’s sports fields an-nually.

Through the $16 million, 2013/14 programme of ar-tificial turf construction, sand carpeting, lighting and drainage projects, an addi-tional 353 playing hours per week have been added.

Cr Calum Penrose, deputy chair of the Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee, says the outcomes of this project are two-fold.

“The provision of good, useable sports fields is vital to the health and well-being of Aucklanders.

“Taking a region-wide and well thought out approach to that provision means that we are ensuring that supply meets the demand of our sports codes and clubs,” he says.

Mark Bowater, Manager of Local and Sports Parks for Auckland Council, says

Counties Manukau B representative rugby side will take on Bay of Plenty this Friday evening at EcoLight Stadium in Pukekohe.

The result of the match, which is curtain-raiser to the ITM Cup match between the Steelers and Canterbury, is another stepping stone in their quest to retain the Northern Region title they have held for the past two years.

The side, coached by John Bell and Rhys Cullinane, were unbeaten in the 2012-2013 seasons, although the wheel came off slight-ly during the first-up match this year at Pa-pakura when North Harbour pipped them in a torrid encounter with North Harbour snatching the game with time up on the clock to win 25-22.

Since then they have thrashed Auckland B 48-34 in what was possibly a highest score ever inflicted on an Auckland side by any Counties team.

Against Taranaki at New Plymouth and Northland at Whangarei, the Bs continued to turn on exhilarating rugby which John bell describes as “vintage Counties rugby”.

They demolished Taranaki by 45 points to 12 and convincingly dealt to Northland by 37-14.

This game was the curtain-raiser to the historic Northland defeat of Hawkes Bay and was played in torrential rain.

Counties turned on a scintillating display

of rugby despite the treacherous conditions, leaving their management team singing their praises.

“Considering the short turn around, from the Sunday before in New Plymouth to the Friday night in Whangarei, the boys went ex-ceptionally well,” said co - coach, John Bell.

“Their play for all of this season has been reminiscent of the traditional Counties teams.”

“Except for the little hiccup against North Harbour at the start, they have torn the op-position apart at will, scoring tries from any-where on the paddock.”

The Northland game saw the return of Steelers loose forward, Adam Cathcart, who has missed almost a year of rugby through injury. It was also a notable game for first five, Karl Ropati, who has been converted to the first five eighth position.

“Karl is normally a fullback but a few weeks ago we thought we would give him a shot at first five,” said John Bell, “and he’s go-ing extremely well in his new role.”

Bay of Plenty B has a talented team and deserves respect. They will obviously be looking at curbing Counties Manukau’s run toward a third Northern Region title but Bell and Cullinane will be looking closely at the challenge the visitors will pose and it is ex-pected the strongest possible run-on side will be selected.

Counties Manukau have secured the Rippa Rugby Cham-pionship title, defeating Canterbury 45-20 in a thrilling fi-nal of the two day national tournament in Wellington last weekend. Roscommon School from Manurewa representing Counties Manukau, opened with a rousing haka and quickly dotted down for the first try. From there, Canterbury’s Pap-aroa School was playing catch-up, as Counties Manukau scored nine tries to Canterbury’s four.

Counties Manukau co-captain Seifua Leatisolomua Pio put the win down to the team’s belief in themselves.

“We stuck together as a unit and we believe in each other. We pray before each game and pray for God to help us. We have been training in the holidays and the weekends too.”

Leatisolomua Pio’s co-captain Max Tipelu said his team was a family and they had come to the tournament with a positive attitude.

“We never thought we couldn’t win. We knew Canterbury would be tough to beat and we thought Auckland would be really good too. But we knew we would work together as a team and kept communicating,” he said.

Earlier, in the bronze final, Bay of Plenty, represented by Te Akau Ki Papamoa School, convincingly beat Manawatu (Riverdale School) 40-10 to take third place.

New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive, Steve Tew said the tournament was a fantastic success and praised everyone in-volved for helping creating a positive, fun event.

Waiuku College 1st XI Soc-cer won the Counties Manu-kau A competition and the Waiuku College Gold Junior A team were runners up in the Junior A Competition this season. To conclude the year, they had a game against each other last week. It was a hard fought match with the first XI winning 3-1.

It was a weekend of fun and high-class football as Waiuku AFC hosted its annual Copper Eights mens and womens tour-naments on Saturday and Sun-day. The unique tournament attracts teams from through-out the Auckland region and beyond, playing eight-per-side on a full field, which makes for some entertaining play and tired legs at the end! The day marked the end of ‘formal’ competition for the club for 2014, which is now looking at a season in the Northern League’s Division One for the first time in its history, after winning pro-motion a few weeks ago.

The club celebrates this achievement, plus the title win of Waiuku’s Over-35s side, among other special events at its prizegiving at the Waiuku Cosmopolitan Club on Sep-tember 27.

Many weeks of voluntary hard work from Club mem-bers ensured that the bowl-ing green and surrounds, gardens and clubroom were in ‘Tip Top’ order for the Patumahoe Bowling Club opening which was held on Saturday September 6.

Members and visitors started the day with morn-ing tea.

This was followed by the official opening of the Club with Club Patroness Mrs Dot Landon delivering the first ‘Kitty’ of the season fol-lowed by Life member and Patron of the Club Mr Eddy Gallagher who delivered the first Bowl.

With the green still damp with the recent rain it was decided to play an ‘indoor bowl’s competition, which

was enjoyed by all who par-ticipated. A shared lunch-eon completed a successful opening, and the club looks forward to continued com-radeship of fellow bowlers during the coming season.

Optik Eyecare were the sponsors of the Clubs first tournament of the season, which was held at the Puke-kohe indoor bowling rink on Tuesday September 9.

18 teams were welcomed to the tournament, with a composite winning team of Raewyn Renall (sk) Pam Howe 2nd and Kay Whit-ton (lead). 2nd place: from Pukekawa: Malcolm Sharp (sk), Bill Davidson 2nd, Ron Wellwood (lead). 3rd place: from Pukekohe: Don Ram-sey (sk), Trevor Bowden 2nd, Ken McKenzie (Lead).

Fun weekend caps off stunning season

Counties B looks to winto retain Northern title

Friendlyrivalry

Massive investment in sportsfields by Auckland Council

Ripper Rugby win for Counties

council has begun a review of the programme and ad-dressed the displacement of summer sports, due to con-struction.

“With one third of our ten year programme behind us, it is an opportune time to take what we have learned so far – our greater under-standing of sports field sup-ply and demand – match it with updated population projection figures, and re-fine our proposed future programme to better meet the region’s needs.

“Some projects from the draft programme will be deferred and some brought forward – this is about being

responsive, about optimis-ing the programme and, ul-timately, making best use of our fields.

“It also goes without say-ing that the summer season is the optimal time of the year to carry out construc-tion projects so new facili-ties, including cricket wick-ets and nets, are providing alternate locations for sum-mer codes,” he says.

The 2014/15 programme has a planned $23 million allocated to regional, local board and renewals funded projects. Currently design and consent work is under-way for the following year’s construction projects.

Patumahoe bowls opens


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ADULTSADULT ACCESSORIES - Adult toys, massage oil, lubes, Women’s Health & Sexuality Books & lots more available online: www.vibes.co.nz

AUDIO & VIDeO

AUDIO & VIDEO COPYING SERVICES. Specialising in Audio, CD, Video & DVD duplication & conversion. Phone: 235 3825 or 027 201 7436, or email: [email protected]

BOATINGREPAIRS - Dinghy or trail-erboats; fibreglass or wooden. All jobs consid-ered. Ph Tony on: 235 3545 or 021 598 662.

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CARAVANSLONG TERM - Free local delivery from $60 per week plus bond. Ph: 09 232 1814.

CLeANINGVACANT houses, win-dows, offices, carpet shampooing & exterior waterblasting. Plus main-tenance. FREE quotes. Ph Allan or Lynette: 09 235 9333 or 027 272 6249.

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3 Bedroom townhouse, down right-of-way. $385 p/w. Phone 021 272 3479.

ROOm offered, share house with one other. Central to Waiuku, $150 per week includes power etc. References essential. Phone 235 8486.

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ALLEY WAY9 Lounge suites from $90 * 2

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tables with chairs from $120 * 2 Round tables from $100 * 14 Large picture frames from

$5 * 2 Office desks from $50 * 9 Coffee tables from $10

WAIUKU DELIVERY $10.00

FIREWOOD - Bargain. Mac/pine. 4 Metres: $300 Delivered. 2 Metres $170. Ph/txt: 021 744 970 or 235 0065.

COCKY’S CORNER - For fencing & roofing iron, tim-ber, hardware, plywood, pavers, gates, garden sheds & more. 123 Queen St, Waiuku. Ph: 235 9880 or 235 2386.

DUSTbAGS / Woodchips $10 a bag or buy 10 or more bags for only $5 each. Phone: 235 2980.

fOR SALeWhEELChAIR for sale. Near new. $300- Phone John: 235 9243.

mObILITY Scooter - 2 years old. As good as new. $2,500 ono. Phone: 235 8939.

JOhN DEERE TRACTOR 4010. 203 Diesel 4WD. 1 owner, 400 hours. Hydro-Trans. Ex con, 1 owner. Hydraulic connections for F-Loader. Incl Sabre 1200 mower. $11 000 o.n.o. Ph: 09 239 2470.

fReeREmOVAL - Any old scrap metal incl. old batteries, expired gas bottles, old cars, lawn mowers, etc. Ph Martin: 021 128 5953 or 238 3005.

FREE drop off depot for all your unwanted computers, whiteware, etc. Recycle All Your Stuff Ltd. Unit 1 Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Road, Waiuku. Free pick up in Waiuku. Ph: 235 5769.

GARAGe SALeSATURDAY 20th Sep-tember. 164 Queen Street, Waiuku. Not before 8am.

SEPTEmbER 20th, from 8am. Household items & toys. 23 Norfolk Rise, Waiuku.

GARDeNINGROSEmARY - I will prune your rosemary bush for you, in return for the pro-duce. Upright as opposed to trailing varieties sought. Call Martine: 027 475 9580.

HAIR DReSSINGThE Cutting Room Hair Salon. 33 Breaker Grove, Waiuku. Ladies cuts from $30, Mens cuts from $25, Colours from $70. Hours: Tues 11-3pm, Wed 9-5pm, Fri 9-til late, Mon & Sat by pre-arranged appts only. Phone Steff: 235 7149.

HANDymANSmALL jobs - Painting, gardens, weeding, wood-work etc. Ask if I can do it! Waiuku based, good rates. Phone Wayne: 0210 293 4008.

HeALTHTAI-ChI QIGONG for well being. Church Hall, 43 Queen Street, Pukekohe. Thursdays, 1.15pm - $5; 5.30pm - $8, 7pm - $8. Teaching, practice, green tea. No booking required, just turn up.

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

GREEN ACRES - Clarks Beach. Covering Franklin area. Lawn mowing, gar-dening, garden clearance, hedges. clean, tidy and reliable. Call Brett 021 0211 7777 or 09 232 1276.

ClassifiedsLAWNmOWINGLAWNmOWING/ Garden maintenance. Jim’s Mowing for quality work from reliable, fully insured and police checked opera-tors. Call: 0800 4 546 546 for a free quote.

PeTSPOOChIE PARK – Holiday home for dogs. Inspection welcome by arrangement. Phone: 09 235 0052 (a/h) or 021 856 555. Email: [email protected] for further info.

PICTURe fRAmING

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

PUBLIC NOTICeS

WAIUKU Athletics Club Registration Monday 15th & 22nd Sep. 5.30pm - 6.30pm Waiuku Rugby Club Rooms. E: [email protected]

SeRVICeSDECEASED Estate House clearances and cleaning. Ph. 027 277 5026 for free quote. Waiuku Magpies 2nd Hand Dealers.

SITUATIONS VACANT

REqUIRED - Existing farm fences repaired. Suit semi-retired fencer. Waiuku - Otaua area. Phone John: 09 235 5079 or: 027 594 9868.

REqUIRED - Gardener/Weeder. Suit semi-retired. Waiuku - Otaua area. Phone: 09 235 5079 or: 027 552 9828.

ExPERIENCED Barista and chef required - Full Time. Good customer ser-vice skills and a warm, friendly countenance a must. Contact Michael: 021 186 1100. Cafe Alba.

TAROTTAROT Readings with Kat Mason. For an appoint-ment, phone or text: 027 684 7468.

TO LeASeOFFICE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Downstairs from $90 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

OFFICE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Upstairs from $110 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

WAREhOUSE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Small, Med & Lge. Easy access. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

WORKShOP SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Easy access. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

After a terrific response to our Don Gio-vanni giveaway, The Post newspaper would like to Congratulate Jenni Caldwell from Pukekohe who is the winner of the two A-Reserve tickets at Auckland’s ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre.

When The Post contacted Jenni, she was

thrilled to have won as she has never before been to the opera in New Zealand.

“Winning never happens to me.,” she said with a laugh, but she is already planning who to take with her.

Well done Jenni and thank you to all who participated in our giveaway.

9-9-14 Tuesday Haggle 1st Greg Lowe 42, 2nd Ken Letcher 40, 3rd

Alan Stichbury 39. Twos; Graham Hira, Nev-ille Keys, Greg Lowe.

10-9-14 Wednesday Ladies Haggle Div One; 1st Glennys Kerr 71, 2nd Jocylyn

Paterson 73. Div Two; 1st Yvonne Whittaker 72, 2nd Yvonne Hunter 77. Nearest Pin 0-22, Margaret James, Nearest Pin 23-50, Yvonne Hunter. Twos; Delia Fleming.

9 Hole Ladies Div One, 1st Jan Whitcombe 39, 2nd Fae

Douglas 40 c/b, 3rd Ngaire VanTilberg 40. Div Two; 1st Marjan Slappendal 38, 2nd Mona Francis 44, 3rd Nancy Rae 46.

11-9-14 Mid Week OpenSponsored By Barbs Bar Div One; 1st Gross Frank Mc Grath 75, 1st

Nett Leon Robbie 65. 1st S/fd Louis King 41, 2nd Gross Rory Kimber 76, 2nd Nett Todd Geayley 67, 2nd S/fd Eddie Grant 39, 3rd Noel Robbie 39, 4th John Morris 39, 5th Ste-phen Maynard 39, 6th Julia Kuggeleijn 39, 7th Neville Keys 39, 8th Moke Everitt 38.

Div Two;1st Gross Graham Hira 84, 1st Nett John Hamilton 66, 1st S/fd Andy Young 40, 2nd Gross Owen Yorke 89, 2nd Nett Mark Hammond 67, 2nd S/fd Sid Thornton 40,

3rd S/fd Robert Anderson 39, 4th Yvonne Whittaker 39, 5th Margaret James 36, 6th Wayne Nepia 36, 7th Ross Luke 36, 8th Mike Derecourt 36.

Ladies Longest Drive; Julia Kuggeleijn. Men Longest Drive; Div One Chris King, Div Two Eddie Grant. Nearest Pin; Div One Rory Kimber, Div Two Patrick Dowd. Twos; Rob-ert Anderson, Moke Everitt, Tom Kane, Rory Kimber, Todd Selwyn, Colin Sutherland, Jay Williams.

13-9-14 Saturday Haggle Nett Div One; 1st Todd Geayley 65, 2nd Frank

McGrath 66, 3rd David Bates 67, 4th Craig Chambers 67, 5th Chris King, 6th Leon Rob-bie 68, 7th Grant Wilcock 68, 8th Rory Kim-ber 69.

Div Two, 1st Dominic Olson 63, 2nd Owen Yorke 65, 3rd John Munro 68, 4th Wayne Nepia 68, 5th Lex Wilcox 69, 6th Andrew Fennell 69, 7th Paul Wells 70, 8th Ivan Van Niekerk 71

Best Gross; Div One Craig Chambers 72, Div Two Dominic Olson 79. Twos; David Bates, Matt Dunstan, Peter Helps, Rory Kimber, Chris King, Kerry Martin, Frank McGrath, Dane Morley, Ian Robb, Fred Watts, Bruce Whittaker, Darren Whyte.

The West Franklin region, particularly Waiuku, is known as the Sunset Coast for its dramatic evening sights. Darren Masters captured this stunning sunset from his Waiuku home earlier this month. Thanks for the great pic Darren!

Opera winner announced

Last week’s Waiuku Golf Results

Sunset Coast lives up to its name


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the training period is required.attributes that we are looking for are:

• Able to work closely in our team.• Friendly and willing to provide the best

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• Are you looking to take the step up to managing others in a busy Produce Department?

• Are you a current Manager looking for a change?

• Do you think you have what it takes to develop staff to reach their potential?

We are seeking an individual who will have commitment to excellence and strong organisa-tional and communication skills. They will also display high presentation standards, honesty and an excellent work ethic. If successful you will be responsible for the planning and coordi-nating of all facets of the day to day operations of the department and ensuring all staff are well trained to provide the best overall shop-ping experience for our customers. A minimum of 2 years previous produce experience is a must.

New World Waiuku is committed to offering a friendly focused working environment with a salary package that reflects the skills and po-tential of the successful applicant. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a team that focuses on providing great service and advanc-ing your skills, then look no further.

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Closing Date is Friday 26th September 2014

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SiTUATionS vAcAnTPatumahoe School Calf Club Day 20 September 2014 - Election Day!

Come see the animals, Homebaking, Sweets, Yummy Hot Food, Bouncy Castle and

Facepainting, Awesome Raffles

9 - 1pm All Welcome.Voting booth onsite, vote at the same time!

Beauty is more than a lovely face. It comes from deep within our soul. It knows no age, nor can anyone over-estimate its value to women or men. As a Trichologist, Beauty Therapist & Reiki Master with many years ex-perience, I would love to help you make the most of yourself, or help you with a problem.In a quiet, private & friendly home environ-ment, I offer you a place to be pampered, and honest, professional advice.For a consultation or treatment, phone:Jennifer Baker 09 235 7881 / 027 263 05122A Masters Road, Waiuku

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of the sad time of Maree’s passing.

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Pukekohe Athletics club Registration evenings

tuesday 23rd sep & thursday 25th sep 5.30pm - 6.30pm

Pukekohe Junior boys Rugby club, colin lawrie Fields.

All ages welcome. First club night:

tues 14th october 2014 coaching available.

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The board wishes to advise that a number of vacan-cies for 2015 have become available at Glenbrook

School. Since the last ballot for out of zone places in September 2014 the board has received a number of inquiries from parents of out of zone

students seeking to enrol their children at the school for 2015.

Because the board operates an enrolment scheme, details of which are available at the school office or on the school website it is required to fill any

vacant out of zone places by ballot in cases where there are more applications for enrolment than

there are places available. The board has determined that 5 places are

available for the new entrant level in the school for 2015. There are no places available at any other

year level in the school.The board is prepared to receive applications, in

addition to those which it already holds, so long as they reach the school by:

Wednesday 15 October 2014. If a ballot is required it will be held on:

Wednesday 22 October 2014. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the

ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.

Glenbrook School

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View Road School would like to Thank the following businesses for supporting our Quiz night:

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• Naturally Wood • Barb’s Diner • The Post Newspaper

Special Thanks to Mike Clune for being our quiz master

Winners of the raffle are:

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2nd Prize: tandem Hang gliding 81F green Diamond Nan Adams

3rd Prize: Vouchers at Tauponative 50 A Red Spade Errol Ross

Congratulations to our winners, Thanks to our sponsors , Michael Watts , The Post Newpaper, and

community for their support.

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In the last two episodes of News at Seven, my colleagues fromArnet Law and ChatfieldsAccounting have discussed the responsibilitiesand best practices of business owners in the event of sale of their business from point of view of legal and accounting requirements.This week we look at the responsibilities of an employer in the event of sale of a business.

As has been previously discussed, the Employment Relations Act 2000 is the foundation of Employment Law in New Zealand. While there are many other aspectsof legislation which affect employment this act is the cornerstone.In 2004 the Employment Relations Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 was introduced. This is designed to protect employees in the event of the sale, transfer, orcontracting out of all or part of the employer’s business.Initially the amendment only protected certain types of employees, mainly cleaners. However the act was constructed in such a way that, by December 2005, itbecame compulsory for every employment agreement to contain an “Employee Protection Provision”.This is now incorporated into the Employment Relations 2000 under Sections 69OJ and 69OK.The act itself is quite self-explanatory and requires employers to follow a process of negotiation with the new employer with a view to minimising as far as isreasonably practicable the impact of change on any affected employee. *Specifically the employer will negotiate with the new employer over;

a) the timing of any changes, with a view to the employer and, if appropriate, the new employer giving affected employees reasonable prior notice of thechanges and to give the affected employees the opportunity to consult with the employer about the implications of the proposed changes.

b) the provision of information to affected employees about the proposed restructuring, how it is likely to affect them and the options available to them.c) the right for affected employees, wherever practicable, to accept a position with the new employer which will be either be directly comparable to their

current position or, at the least, be a position to which they will otherwise be suited by reason of their skills, experience or qualificationsd) the establishment of a satisfactory induction process for employees who accept employment with the new employer.e) Subject to the commercial needs of the new employer, the employer will use its best efforts to negotiate the transfer of any affected employee to the

employment of the new employer.

There will be instances where the transfer of employment is not an option. This would be particularly apparent in smaller, “family” style businesses.In cases like this, unless there are specific reasons for exception, the employee should be consulted as redundancy is likely to be a consequence. The consultativeprocess, while straight forward, should be undertaken with the advice of a professional as flaws in the consultative process can lead to a claim further down thetrack.As with all matters of this nature, if in doubt, seek advice. Professional assistance will ensure that the legal requirements are addressed.

*This is not the complete act

next month / Arnet Law - Negotiating the sale or purchase of a business

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