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A thirst for adventureA former Waiuku resident is making her way in international adventure sports, completing a gruelling dog sled race in Michigan.

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Barring a major shift in voting habits in the Hunua electorate, Karaka’s Andrew Bayly will be the Hunua MP after the election later this year.

The National Party last week announced Andrew will be its candidate for the Hunua electorate at the 2014 general election, an electorate which has been overpoweringly National for many years. Andrew Bayly was selected at a meeting of local party members in Pukekohe on Thursday night.

“I congratulate Andrew on his success. He is an outstanding candidate who will advo-cate strongly for Hunua,” said Regional Chair Alan Towers.

“National is taking nothing for granted in this electorate, and I know Andrew will run a strong campaign to keep Hunua’s strong voice in the National Party.”

Andrew said he was honoured to be se-lected and looking forward to the challenge ahead.

“It’s a great privilege to be selected to con-test the Hunua electorate this election,” said Mr Bayly.

“Our large and diverse electorate has been well-served by Dr Paul Hutchison, and de-serves to keep a strong voice in John Key’s National Party at the next election.

“I will be working hard to get out and about to win the support of Hunua communities over the coming months.”

Andrew and his wife have raised three sons in Franklin. He co-founded a strategic advisory firm that lists governments, local authorities, NGOs and Australasian corpo-rates among its clients. He has led multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects across the health, infrastructure, property, food and agriculture, economic development and ter-tiary sectors.

Formerly an Officer in the New Zealand Territorial Army and British Parachute Regi-ment, Andrew is comfortable in the out-doors and the boardroom. He dragged a sled 112 km to the South Pole in the summer of 2012/13 and is a keen mountaineer, having conquered many mountain peaks including Mt Cook.

Andrew was born into a farming family and his father, Phil, is a respected racehorse owner/breeder. With his twin brother Paul, he has owned a 4,500 acre hill country farm and a range of other businesses, including an award-winning composting and recycling environmental business that services horti-culturalists and orchardists.

As a trustee of Enterprise Franklin Devel-opment Trust, he led the initiative to further develop a motorsport hub in the Frank-lin area, assisting the Manukau Institute of Technology to establish a satellite campus in Pukekohe.

During his corporate career he has been

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Shake-up on cards for Waikato whitebaitersThe prospect of non tangata whenua

whitebaiters being restricted from fishing on areas of the Waikato River has been raised in a 46-page technical report compiled in a joint project by Waikato-Tainui and the Waikato Regional Council.

The report identifies a number of areas which it states is to ‘enhance our collective understanding of the use of whitebait stands and fisher behaviour’, and states Waikato-Tainui’s primary interest in the project is to provide unfettered access of tribal members to their traditional fisheries.

‘Stopping the encroachment of non tan-gata whenua fishers into areas traditionally used by members of Waikato Tainui is one part of this overall aspiration,’ the report states.

A council release stated the report is the result of an initial scoping project to better understand the complex and inter-related resource management issues around white-baiting in the lower Waikato River.

“With more people comes increased pres-sures for space to build stands, an increase in the number and size of baches and associ-ated pressures such as sewage management, and a growing amount of whitebait being taken,” the council release states.

“Stands are structures used for netting whitebait within, or on the banks of, rivers

and coastal areas. As efforts to better manage the fishery and related issues are developed, people are being urged to ensure that no new stands or buildings are constructed unless they comply with all relevant district and re-gional council rules.”

Rahui Papa, Chairman of Waikato-Tainui tribal executive – Te Arataura, says: “The Wai-kato River is regarded as our tupuna and is home to some of our most precious fishery resources which we have a duty to protect and maintain for current and future genera-tions.”

Waikato-Tainui and Waikato Regional Council have also completed a comprehen-sive Port Waikato whitebait stand survey and the subsequent new report on the issues raised. Those involved with Waikato-Tainui and the regional council in looking at the is-sues raised by the report include the Huaki-na Development Trust (representing local marae), the Department of Conservation, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and Waikato District Council.

Key issues raised in the report include:• the need to take a look at how a range of

whitebait-related issues are managed• ensuring mandated fishing rights are up-

held• the need to ensure that sewage is not be-

ing discharged into the river

• ensuring that rules relating to whitebait stands and baches are followed

• making sure there is a healthy river and a good environment for whitebait at Port Wai-kato.

Some of the initial actions being taken in response to the report include:

• Regional council staff are talking to the council about options for undertaking addi-tional compliance monitoring next season, particularly with regard to unlawful sewage discharges

• The regional council will, through its long term plan development, look at what extra measures may be required over the next three years

• Waikato-Tainui, the Waikato River Au-thority and the regional council will look at opportunities for habitat restoration to im-prove whitebait spawning areas.

The survey by Waikato-Tainui and the re-gional council has found there are around 870 whitebait stands in the area compared with about 500 stands registered with the regional council, as is required. The survey has also identified seven waahi tapu (sacred sites), three whitebait spawning grounds and around 40 kilometres of actively used customary Maori fishing areas alongside the riverbank where stands may or may not be present.

the chair and a director of several compa-nies, including independent chair of the board of New Zealand Financial Planning. Andrew is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management, the NZ Chartered Institute of Corporate Management, and the UK Char-tered Association of Certified Accountants.

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Auckland Council’s approach to its policy over the sale of legal highs in its area masks the fact that, as our elected representatives, it, along with central government, has dropped the ball over this issue.

Communities up and down the land voiced their opinions clearly that they wanted to be able to ban the sale of these products in their districts. Hunua MP Dr Paul Hutchison chaired the select committee that oversaw the legisla-tion, and stated very clearly that it would give communities the chance to say whether they wanted the products available.

Now, councils are saying their hands are tied.That may well be the case, but Auckland

Council has chosen not to advocate for its community and demand the law be changed. Instead, it says its public nuisance bylaws will cover usage of the drugs.

This is a halfway measure, and not what our communities have asked for.

Franklin residents should have the right to choose whether these products should be avail-able. If our community says no, we should have the tools to ban their sale.

For MP Peter Dunne to suggest that councils have been tardy in implementing their respon-sibilities is an insult to not only councils, but the ratepayers within our district.

Napier Mayor Bill Dalton says “The govern-ment has absolutely wimped out on this one.”

He is absolutely right, but that failure in the legislative process is now being effectively en-dorsed by Auckland Council throwing its hands in the air and saying nothing can be done.

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Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says the council shares the community’s concerns about the social im-pacts from psychoactive substances and will continue to work with social agencies to minimise those impacts.

A cross-council working party of elected members and staff met this week to discuss the issue and have agreed that a proactive approach was the best way for-ward.

“The reality is we cannot ban the sale or manufacture of these substances – and we have been left with very few regulatory options,” she says.

“But I want to assure the community that we hear you and we will do what we can, including working with agencies like the police and the Ministry of Health.”

Cr Hulse says it is also important the community is empowered to take action and that, whatever the solu-tion, it needs to be done in a cohesive and meaningful way so that it does not end up causing another set of issues elsewhere.

One of the first steps being undertaken is speeding up the development of the council’s Local Approved Prod-ucts Policy (LAPP) by several months, with a draft policy expected to be ready for public feedback in late July and the final policy adopted by November this year.

The Government’s Psychoactive Substances Act al-lows councils to develop a LAPP to determine where retail outlets selling these substances can be located.

Once adopted, the Psychoactive Substances Regula-tory Authority within the Ministry of Health will need to consider Auckland Council’s policy when assessing future licenses.

Over the next few months those developing the LAPP will be engaging with a wide range of stakeholders in-cluding local boards, treatment providers, health agen-cies and the police.

On 26 May 2014 the Auckland Council and Auckland Transport public safety and nuisance bylaws become operative.

These bylaws will make it illegal to use or sell mind altering substances, including legal highs, in a public place – even if they have been purchased from a li-censed premise.

“We already enforce this is some parts of Auckland which had similar bylaws so the introduction of a re-gion wide bylaw is an important step forward,” says Cr Hulse.

In the meantime Auckland Council will continue working with police to manage issues like the behav-iour associated with this activity and enforcing the by-law.

It has also made a submission to the Ministry of Health proposed regulations and will look to develop information for the community outlining the correct agencies to go to for help and further information.

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Council says its hands are tiedover legal high legislation

• The Psychoactive Sub-stances Act allows councils to develop a policy that will place rules about where these products can be sold. Coun-cils cannot ban these stores or substances and the Act states that the policies cannot be so onerous that it is in effect a ban.

• Only the government can ban the products or the sale of these products.

• The Psychoactive Sub-stance Regulatory Authority within the Ministry of Health is responsible for issuing retail licenses – not council.

• The Ministry of Health produced a paper of draft regulations on Psychoactive Substances, which council has made a submission on. The Psychoactive Substances Regulations will provide the operational detail on how the Act will work.

• No new licences for prem-ises will be issued until MOH has implemented their regu-lations which are likely to be mid-2015.

• The Auckland Council and Auckland Transport bylaws come in to effect on 26 May 2014 and will make it illegal to use mind altering substances – or legal highs – in public.

• Mind altering substances are any psychoactive sub-stances that are synthetic or naturally occurring and may alter moods / emotions, in-toxicate or induce pleasurable sensations. It also includes glue sniffing.

• Although these substanc-es are available for purchase from licensed stores, if you smoke, consume, inject or sell on to other people in any pub-lic place, you will be in breach of the bylaws.


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Several talented young musicians will take the stage for the next Sunday @ St An-drews concert in Waiuku on May 4.

Well-known pianist and music teacher Kay Shack-lock, (pictured right), will re-turn to Waiuku with a num-ber of students from her Green Room Piano Studio in Cockle Bay.

Kay has a strong asso-ciation with a number of Auckland choral, chamber and drama groups and has a firm connection with the Auckland University School of Music as an accompanist. She enjoys a special per-forming partnership with noted soprano Gina Sand-ers and is one half of a piano duo alongside either Peter Watts or Dr John Wells.

Among the students to perform are classical voice students Stephanie Dow and James Roberson, folk duo Sophie Bialastocki and Josh Naley from Pakuranga Col-lege and pianist Stephanie Yao, a student at McLeans College.

Light chamber music from Kara and Ashley Croudis-Bonniface and a rendition of the famous ‘Shepherd on the Rock’ by Shubert from the Rock Trio will enhance the programme.

Timothy Shacklock will be heard on both bass and cello and a number of piano students with ages ranging from eight to 18 will perform solos and duets.

The concert starts at 2pm and will be followed by af-ternoon tea, with a cover

Buckland, Patumahoe, Pukekohe and Valley Prima-ry Schools will now go on to the Counties Rippa Finals on 25 June after being crowned Champions in their pools of Rippa Rugby at the Franklin Primary School Zone day.

Fifty eight teams compet-ed at the fun event held at Colin Lawrie Rugby fields on Tuesday 15 April which fea-tured both Rippa Rugby and Ultra Rip.

The talent on display was of a high standard and the players thoroughly enjoyed the games, showing great sportsmanship.

Referees were provided by Waiuku College, Pukekohe High School and the MIT Di-ploma of Sports course with

Waiuku’s population is set to increase threefold on Mothers Day, as thousands are expected to descend upon the town for a fes-tival which last year attracted 15,000 people.

Waiuku is once again hosting the popular Steel ‘n’ Wheels Festival on Mothers Day Sun-day, 11th May. This a fun day out, with free entry for the whole family.

Organisers say the displays will be even bigger and better than the massive event that last year effectively doubled the town’s popu-lation for the day.

“Come along and view the huge array of collectible vehicles, from classics, hot-rods and vintage cars to army memorabilia, midgets, motorcycles and more.

“Other attractions include MASH Heli-copter rides, Dragster fire-ups, V8 chainsaw,

Phoenix Dragster and a NZ Warbirds Air dis-play.”

Visitors and locals alike can enjoy Waiuku’s hospitality with entertainment for the whole family, live music from Tom Sharplin, local band Split Second, Claire Kendall and the Waiuku Country Music band, cafes & restau-rants and a huge town market. The market brings a wide range of arts, crafts, clothing and eateries.

“Ladies, come and be spoilt at the Pam-per tent and listen to some soothing sounds from local solo artist Claire Kendall, while your menfolk browse the car exhibits!”

This is a free fantastic day for the fam-ily and there promises to be something for everyone. Last year’s festival attracted over 15,000 people.

The man whose vehicle was found crashed into a tree at the intersection of Buckland and Tuakau roads has since died. He was 74. The Counties Manukau Police Serious Crash Unit is still looking for any information on the vehi-cle’s journey prior to the crash. Anyone who saw the black Isuzu Bighorn registration WE8279 before midday yester-day is asked to contact Constable Amy Weston on 09 261 1302 or to provide information anonymously contact the organisation Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Counties Manukau Police District Licens-ing Unit (DLU) have reported a pleasing re-sult following a weekend of Controlled Pur-chase Operations.

A Controlled Purchase Operation is used to test a licenced premise on its integrity when presented with a minor trying to buy alcohol (under Police instruction). So far this year (since July 2013), 462 CPOs have been con-ducted and the team has found 22 failures.

In one week 80 CPOs took place in south-ern Auckland areas, says Sergeant Matt Tier-ney of the Counties Manukau Police District Licencing Unit. “None of these licencees failed, which is extremely pleasing to see. We have found that persistent testing has ensured that the local licencees understand the consequences of breaking their licence terms and in turn we have received a high level of complaince.”

Licencees that are caught in breach of the conditions of their licence and the law will

receive varying suspensions for both their managers’ certificates and the premise’s li-cence.

The length and type of suspensions de-pends on the offending and how many times the licencee has been found to be in breach of their licence terms.

“We advise all liquor licencees to remem-ber that selling to a minor is a serious breach of the Act. We take failures seriously and won’t tolerate repeat offenders,” says Ser-geant Tierney. “We commend all licencees who understand the importance of adhering to liquor licensing terms.”

450 CPOs were conducted in Counties Manukau last year which was an increase of 379% from the previous year and this num-ber is set to be exceeded before the end of this fiscal year (June).

“Due to the high number of checks, local licensees know they are likely to be checked and are more vigilant with their sales.”

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The Counties Rippa Finals will be held at ECOLight Sta-dium on Wednesday 25 June and will have the Franklin winners and other Cluster winners from Manurewa, North Counties and East

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Soon after the earthquake in Christchurch, the Rotary Club of Pukekohe announced that all the proceeds from their annual Golf Tournament in April that year would go to-wards a project in the Christchurch area

Companies and individuals in the lo-cal area got behind the project and nearly $20,000 was raised at the tournament

An association was formed with the Rotary Club of Christchurch West and a playground was planned for the West Spreydon School.

With $20,000 from Pukekohe Rotary, $20,000 from Christchurch West Rotary and more than $20,000 from the school, the building of the playground got underway.

Hundreds of hours of hard work was put in by members of the Christchurch West Rotary Club, by parents of the children attending the school, and by university students and residents in the community

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Former Waiuku student Jasmine Shine is taking her skills and thirst for adventure around the globe. She completed her Diploma of AdventureTourism Management in Queen-stown last September and headed over to McMillan, Michi-gan, North America, and has spent the last few months do-ing dog sledding day and overnight tours for tourists.

The overnight tours include sitting around an outdoor fire and Jasmine cooking a meal for them. With tempera-tures plummeting to – 30 degrees (one of the coldest win-ters in 30 years) she had to quickly hurry and buy warm clothing as NZ clothing was not adequate.

Jasmine works with six other guides, all American, and spent her first month before the snow fell preparing and training the dogs and doing odd jobs. One day, while chain-sawing and loading firewood onto a trailer behind a tractor, they ended up 2km from base up a very narrow road with dense trees on both sides. After numerous attempts none of the Americans could back the 500m to get the trailer and tractor out. After watching their attempts Jasmine quietly went over, got on the tractor and backed the tractor the full 500 metres, much to their amazement.

Jasmine quickly gained everyone’s respect and was given all tractor driving duties after that!

She has a pack of 21 husky dogs she looks after and knows each of their names by heart. They are very strong and one day she took out the bosses dogs in the lead, only to have them not stop on command. With an oncoming sled she swerved her sled off the track and around the oncoming sled, only to clip the other sled and get thrown off. The number one rule is “never let go” as the dogs will not stop for you. She hung on for dear life and was dragged 100 me-tres. Somehow she managed to get onto her knees and pull herself back up on the sled and carry on. The other sled and people behind her couldn’t believe their eyes.

Jasmine has had encounters with wolves, skunks and snow rabbits. One day when she was out on the trail she saw a mole curled up by a tree (moles are blind). She picked the little cutey up only for it to latch onto her fin-ger which proved rather painful. She tried her best to get it off and was swinging it round and round like a shot put thrower until finally it let go and went flying through the air for about 10 metres.

A couple of weeks ago she went out on a run on a trail with three of her dogs. She fell into a soft snow drift up to her hips. She could have manoeuvred her way out but Bradshaw, her favourite dog, backed up to her, she grabbed his collar and he pulled her out to safety.

Jasmine finishes in a week and is doing a road trip with a couple of the other guides through Canada and ending up in Alaska where she will work for the next few months on a glacier in the tourist town of Seward. Her new job will include taking people for tours on the glacier, ice-climbing, mountaineering and multi-day activity tours.

Top: Jasmine Shine competing with her team in a dog-sled race in Michigan and, left, working as a New Zealand glacier guide.

An array of kick-off times to suit football fans of all ages has been confirmed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015.

The seven football federations will all host games in their region and registered foot-ballers get first access to the tickets during an exclusive three week window, beginning April 28.

Waikato Stadium will host three double-headers during group match play. The first is on Sunday 31 May with kick-off times at 1pm and 4pm. The next pair of matches is on Wednesday 3 June at 4pm then 7pm, and then afternoon football continues that weekend with a 1pm and 4pm double-head-

er on Saturday 6 June.Waikato-Bay of Plenty Football Federation

Chief Executive Peter Arndell says: “This will be fantastic not just for the football fans in our region but all of the local community. To have an event of this size and stature at Waikato Stadium is a real coup for our region and we really need to get in behind it.”

A great night’s entertainment is in store when Hamilton hosts a Round of 16 match on Thursday 11 June which kicks off at 7.30pm.

Waikato Stadium also takes centre-stage on ‘Super Sunday’, 14 June, when it hosts one of the four quarter-finals.

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In this third article, we will explore the future spiritual concept of “Passover,” that is the reality of death passing over us, and with a strong and mighty arm, Yeshua/Jesus comes back to rescue his own and Exoduses them from Egypt/Sin/This World and transports his children, or translates them from Planet Earth to the Heavenly Canaan or Promised Land.

Part one showed us the connection between Pharaoh and Satan, as having the same agenda, and that is of oppressing God’s people, trying to hold them as captives, who should now be crying out for deliverance from Sin and suffering, and for Yeshua/Jesus to come back quickly.Soon there will be a battle between Yeshua/Jesus as he returns to Planet Earth to Exodus his people and this will be just like it was in ancient times. Pharaoh/Satan will try to stop this but will fail and God with a mighty and strong arm will redeem his people, as so many numerous prophecies tell us, God is moving in to free his people who have been held in this captivity long enough, time for them to now live in a Heavenly Promise Land.

First we will have a Moses/Elijah/John the Baptist factor, this will rouse God’s people, Satan will get very worried and will increase the op-pression, just like Pharaoh did, but he will fail, his kingdom will crumble just like Egypt did. The book of Revelation is loaded with snapshots of what is happening in the various factions, but God is always victorious and his people are freed from sin and slavery and death (1 Cor 15:55).It is interesting to note that the first thing Israel did upon entering the Promised Land, was to stop and Passover. When the redeemed get to Heaven, they also stop for a Banquet, called the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev 19:9) which has a wee inkling of also being a Passover, as it has so many similarities when you look at all the verses together about this feast.

The Passover similarities are vast, to be able to Exodus, one must first be covered by the Blood of the Lamb; same imagery as in the first Passo-ver (Rev 7:14). One must do as it says in John 6:53 “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.” This is all Passover meal connotations, and the

Last Supper all wrapped up in a bundle.Put simply, one must be eating Yeshua/Jesus on a very regular basis (Reading and Studying scripture daily) and as it says in Leviticus 17:11 “For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.” Blood = Life, so Yeshua/Jesus must be your life and your all, what keeps you going moment by mo-ment, just like your blood does. How far do you think you can run if you drained all your blood out?? Dead, no life, so there is no life outside of Yeshua/Jesus. He must be your focus and your all on a moment by moment basis. As it says in 1 Thes 5:17 “Pray without ceasing;” if prayer is that critical to the Christian walk, then how critical is eating and drinking in Yeshua/Jesus?? Remem-ber last week’s article about the Tree of Life.

Remember Matthew 25:1-12, about the wise and foolish Bridesmaids. Lack of Oil (Holy Spirit) was a major factor, but those who could not gain entry were barred by this, Matt 25:12 “But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you,

I know you not.” The problem is that they knew all about Yeshua/Jesus, but they had no personal intimate relationship with him. How is your re-lationship with Yeshua/Jesus? Your life depends upon this, is Yeshua/Jesus more dearer and closer than your closest friend/spouse? He really should be, now is the time to go to him and fix it. John 6:37 “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” Yeshua/Jesus will never reject you if you will but come humbly before him.Years ago there was a children’s game called “Hide n Seek”, where somebody did the seeking while all others hid. The seeker hid their eyes then counted down to zero, at zero the cried out “coming ready or not.” Then they went seeking. Yeshua/Jesus so soon is going to cry out the same sentiments “coming ready or not,” are you ready? Is your life right before your God?

Remember at the Original Passover, every individual was dressed and ready to walk at any second of time. Question; How are you with our Saviour, washed clean, life in order, fruit of the Spirit producing bumper crops, all the little duckies all in a row and always ready? How about this verse 2 Corinthians 6:2 “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)”

God has called, how will you answer? There was a question asked some time back and it goes like this, “If you were arrested for being a Chris-tian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” Would you be convicted?

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To commemorate the centenary of World War One, ‘Te Hokowhitu a Tu’, an historical exhibition paying homage to the Maori sol-diers of the Great War opens today at Frank-lin Art Centre until 3 May, with a particular focus on soldiers with links to the local area.

‘Te Hokowhitu a Tu’, the motto of the Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion, shares the story of the Maori soldiers who fought and served in foreign battle.

The exhibition displays intimate re-cords of war includ-ing proud portraits of young men ready to depart New Zea-land’s shores, copies of Auckland Weekly News and Alexander Turnbull Library col-lections of war-time photographs depict-ing life in the trench-es, life at home, and, the fatal consequenc-es of war.

‘Te Hokowhitu a Tu’ shows a time of sacrifice, conflict, and the highest level of patriotism.

The exhibition runs from 22 April – 3 May and is open Monday-Friday, 9:30am – 4:30pm and Saturday 9:30am – 2:30pm.

New Zealand had an enlistment of 120,000 in the Great War, with 103,000 soldiers serv-ing overseas. Of those, more than 2,000 were Maori and made up the Native Contingent, and then later, the New Zealand (Maori) Pio-neer Battalion. The Native Contingent was the first Maori unit of World War One, and was the first Maori unit to fight for New Zea-land.

They sailed for Egypt in February 1915. Not all Maori in the war had gone as part of the contingent, some had been serving in provincial infantry battalions, while others served with the Australian Imperial Force and, a few with the British Army.

Because of the severe casualty rate from Gallipoli, the Native Contingent was re-formed as the Pioneer Battalion; and for the remainder of their war participation was in

a supporting role, digging trenches, building roads and railways and, performing other duties behind the front line, sometimes un-der heavy fire.

This however, did not relinquish the unit of casualties, many falling victim to gassing, shelling, diseases such as tuberculosis, ty-phoid and dysentery, and, gunshot wounds.

In the face of this however, Maori soldiers who served in World War One acquired a

reputation as hard-working, cheerful and exceptionally brave soldiers, ad-mired by the allied forces.

Not all Maori agreed with the war. In the Waikato, Princess Te Puea Herangi was a vocal opponent to Maori supporting the war objectives of the British Empire.

Having suffered from the effect of land confiscation only 50 years prior, and heeding a com-mand by her ances-

tor King Tawhiao that Tainui should never again take up arms in war, she discouraged her iwi from voluntarily enlisting.

As an effect, very few Maori soldiers in the Franklin district enlisted for battle.

The government response to dramati-cally falling rates of volunteering Maori was a general order for conscription, introduced in 1917.

Those who refused to serve, were impris-oned. World War One saw 336 Maori men killed on active service, and more than 700 wounded in battle. This number did not in-clude those who died of illness at base, or in transit to war.

There were more casualties after the war ended as men succumbed to the long-term effects of wounds or illnesses suffered in the course of active duty. In March 1919, those who were left, sailed home on the Westmo-reland, arriving to parades and receptions throughout the country.

Above: a detail from the exhibition at the Franklin Arts Centre this month.

Special exhibition commemorates the role of Maori in the Great War

To commemorate the centenary of World War One, Te Hokowhitu a Tu pays homage to the Maori soldiers of the war, of the Native

Contingent and Pioneer Battalion.In a special tribute to soldiers, the hand-writ-ten military files of two local Maori soldiers, Private John Henry Tupara Pickard, a black-

smith with connections to Tuakau, Pukekohe and Waiuku, who died in battle, and Private Tame Tahi, a labourer with connections to

Taranaki and Waiuku, who died of pneumo-nia before departure, are shared as intimate

records of the reality of war.

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The Commerce Commission has granted clearance to BlueScope Steel (NZ) Limited to acquire Pacific Steel Group’s rolling mill and wire mill manufacturing operations in Auck-land and its New Zealand long steel distribution, marketing and sales operations from Fletcher Steel Limited.

BlueScope manufactures and distributes flat steel prod-ucts such as steel slab and sheeting. Pacific Steel manufac-tures and distributes long steel products such as billet, rein-forcing bar and wire.

BlueScope will be the only manufacturer of these products in New Zealand as a result of the acquisition. However, the Commission is satisfied that the proposed acquisition will not have, or would not be likely to have, the effect of sub-stantially lessening competition.

The Commission found that the products manufactured by BlueScope and Pacific Steel did not overlap and did not exert any competitive pressure on each other. Products sup-plied by BlueScope and Pacific Steel can be sourced through imports and the import price strongly influences the prices that BlueScope and Pacific Steel are able to charge.

Auckland Rural Fire yesterday announced the fire season will officially change from restricted to open, meaning fire permits are no longer required for fires lit on private land within the rural fire area.

The open fire season applies across the entire Auckland region with the exception of the populated Hauraki Gulf Is-lands that remain in a restricted fire season, and the conser-vation Hauraki Gulf Islands, that remain in a prohibited fire season.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Bryan Cartelle commends Aucklanders for taking extra precautions during another hot, dry summer.

“Even though some restrictions have been lifted fires should still be managed responsibly during an open fire sea-son. If you wish to light an open fire in a rural area you should locate it well away from trees, long grass and any structures and always keep at a manageable size.”

During an open fire season, complying fires must;• be used in a safe and considerate manner• be lit and be of a size that burns out during daylight hours• not be a land clearing fire• have no green vegetation included• have no rubber or plastic items or toxic materials includ-

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The Auckland rental market has experienced a steady year, with a four percent increase over the last 12 months, while average prices in the Franklin area are well below the average for Auckland as a whole.

Figures released by Barfoot & Thompson show that the av-erage rent in force for a three bedroom property in Auckland in March was $464 a week.

“We have seen a steady, moderate increase in rental prices across Auckland, which is good news for the tenants,” said Kiri Barfoot, a director of Barfoot & Thompson.

“It would be easy to make the assumption that higher property costs across Auckland would be passed on through the rental market, but this is not happening. Landlords have long recognised the value in retaining good long-term ten-ants. While the past 12 months has been solid, the rental market is not immune to wider market trends. As demand for property in Auckland continues to increase and we wait for new consents to be completed and come into the market, the rental sector will experience even greater demand and it is inevitable prices will rise.

“We are already seeing larger numbers of people choosing to rent rather than join the property ladder. The 2013 Census indicated that less than half the population now own their own home and that Auckland has the second lowest rate of home ownership in the country.

“LVR restrictions brought in by the Reserve Bank in Oc-tober, along with the anticipated rise in mortgage rates and the increasing demands on the Auckland property market, are some of the reasons we are seeing more people opting to take a long-term perspective when renting.”

The most expensive location in which to rent a three bed-room home is the Eastern Suburbs, where the average weekly rent is now $541 while the least expensive location is Frank-lin and rural Manukau, where the average rental cost is $365.

Another Charity Dinner and Auc-tion to raise funds for the Tuakau am-bulance station will take place at the Cosmopolitan Club on Tuesday 17 June and to make it happen organisers say a lot of sponsorship is needed.

The evening will also celebrate 50 years of Tuakau Rotary in the commu-nity.

The five course dinner needs princi-pal sponsors and people can also con-tribute to the promotional costs or be a donor of an item to be auctioned off on the night.

The menu sponsorship is recognised on the ticket, posters, website, screen, and announcements on the evening. Menu stages includes Canapés, Ap-petisers, Soup, Main, Dessert, Cheese board.

Tuakau Grain, Mercer Cheese and Fonterra are sponsoring a course each, with the investment requested being

$2000. The Tuakau Cosmopolitan club are donating the use of their venue and are sponsoring the welcome drinks.

Everyone attending gets a numbered ticket, and an auction placemat with a list of auction items.

Contributions are welcome to spon-sor the printing and/or promotion.

Auction items are welcome and do-nors get recognition on the auction placemat and at the time of auction on screen and in pre-promotion, on tickets and emails.

“The Ambulance station develop-ment started at this dinner last year and much progress has been made and funds raised (so far $40,000),” says Richard Gee, president of the Rotary Club. The total cost is likely to be close to $400,000 for the first response vehi-cle and the fit out of the ambulance sta-tion building, he says.

“We need this in Tuakau desperately

and it is close,” Richard adds.A first response four wheel drive vehi-

cle has been set aside by St John, and is currently being fitted out with gear and volunteers are being trained.

It is hoped the vehicle will start op-erations in a few weeks time.

A place to safely store it has been found and plans are underway for a building site for the eventual building of a permanent station.

Tickets for the Charity Dinner cost $130 (for two people) and participation is limited to 150 people. The night will also celebrate the fact that Rotary has been part of the Tuakau community for the past 50 years.

To sponsor, buy tickets or donate items for the auction, please contact any members of Tuakau Rotary or Tu-akau Rotary President Richard Gee; 0274 720410 or 09 236 9414 or [email protected]

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The annual Pa 5000 Fun Run fundraiser will be held this Sunday, and organisers say registration will be open on the day.

This event is held every year as a way to raise funds for the Waiau Pa Netball Club. The funds go towards sports equipment, uniforms, fees and hall hireage for practice.

The course around Clarks Beach streets covers 5km, with the start and finish held at Torkar Road Reserve by the Clarks Beach Yacht Club.

It is described by organis-ers a family event, catering

for all age groups with the walkers beginning at 10am, and the runners starting at 10.20am.

Trophies will be awarded to the following categories - runners men and women; Masters men and women; Junior boy and girl; walker and for the first club netball-er to finish.

Registration is open up until Thursday, April 11, and costs $10 per person. However, registration will be open on the day, with a late fee of $5 added to the origi-nal cost. Juniors are $5 each.

Registration forms can be

obtained either through the Waiau Pa Netball Club web-site, Waiau Pa GAS-Hammer Hardware or for further in-formation, contact Jan on 09 232 1396 or email [email protected] .

Michael Whitehead ran 15.52 to take out the Men’s trophy and Amanda Brace-well secured the Womens with a time of 19.14. The first netballer home was Sarah Dolan.

Prize giving, spot prizes for participants, bbq sausages, raffle and drinks for sale will also be part of the day’s events.

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John Moffitt has been a member and a coach at the Pukekohe Athletics Club for 38 years, and just last week, was awarded a prestigious award for his dedication to the club and sport.

Presented last Tuesday evening by the Rotary Foun-dation of Rotary Interna-tional, John was awarded the Paul Harris Fellow Award, which is regarded as one of the highest awards given within the Rotary Founda-tion.

The Paul Harris Fellow award is given to those who show appreciation of tan-gible and significant assis-tance given for the further-ance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.

John was nominated by friends, and was completely taken by surprise when his name was called.

“I knew I was going to an presentation function, but I didn’t even realise that it was for me. I was definitely taken by surprise.”

John says that the reason for his long standing com-mitment is due to the fact that he enjoys seeing the young athletes enjoy them-selves.

“You see them estab-lish morals, set goals, and take on huge responsibility. Training and being a part of the Pukekohe Athletics Club helps create a discipline for these athletes, which I be-lieve benefits them in later

in life. They are in charge of their own accomplishments, and it is so great seeing them come away with results.”

John has been involved with the Pukekohe Athletics Club for nearly forty years.

He competed as a junior during the Peter Snell and Murray era and achieved personal best times of 47.8 seconds for the 440 yards, and 1 minute, 48.3 seconds for the 880 yards.

However, after sustaining a serious knee injury, John never made it to the senior ranks.

Instead, John has focused his passion of the athletic sports into coaching, and has since coached athletes to world titles, New Zea-land representation at world championships and Com-monwealth games, as well as national and provincial titles.

The highest achievers under Johns command in-clude Heidi Alexander, World Champion in Duathlon, Samantha Blanch, World Champion in EXTERRA, Mi-chael Whitehead, represent-ed New Zealand in the 800, at the World Junior Champi-onships in Czech Republic and Mark Ball, former Frank-lin Mayor and New Zealand Champion over 400m hur-dles, as well as selected in the 1990 Commonwealth Games Squad.

Many of John’s athlete’s have gone on to be great in others sports, including All Black, Mike Brewer, who is said to have shown great promise as a decathlete if he hadn’t become an All Black.

John is currently training

up to 25 athletes at the Puke-kohe Athletics Club, and re-cent results show they are making their marks on the circuit.

John’s statement about athletes reflects on the re-sults that has been achieved from his own athletes over the past 40 years.

“I believe athletes with the ability to run, jump, throw and, who are prepared to give it a fair go and, who have

the dedication, will achieve the dreams of the athletes they see at the Olympics. It doesn’t matter what sport they compete in - anything is possible.”

John says he is seeing a lot of up and coming talent ris-ing through the ranks, and says he will not be slowing down any time soon.

“I really get a kick out of seeing these young athletes enjoy themselves.”

Waiuku gardener Bruce Sayer says he has grown a few large vegetables in his time, but this 1.5kg kumara came as something of a surprise. Bruce says he’s been growing kumara for a couple of years and puts his recent success down to a combination of the recent hot and humid weather, plus liberal doses of liquid manure.


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Improved economies of scale from the amalgamation of the eight local au-thorities have helped Auckland Council maintain services at reduced cost, says a council report on efficiency savings. Council says average rates increases have reduced year on year from previ-ously anticipated rises while capital works are nearly double that of the for-mer councils.

Annual operating savings to June 2013 were $131 million and are budg-eted to be $188 million by June 2018.

“The benefits of amalgamation be-come more evident with each year,” said Councillor Penny Webster, chair of the Finance and Performance Committee.

“We’re running a ruler over every-thing we do as we manage ratepayers money,” she said.

Ammiel Elia is an Argentinian journalist on a working holiday in New Zealand with his partner Caro-lina. Currently in Waiuku, Ammiel explains why he and Carolina have traded one of the world’s busiest cit-ies, Buenos Aires, for a slice of rural New Zealand:

“Why Waiuku? I mean, among all the places in the country, how did you end up here?” That same question keeps popping up in almost every conversation we have with the peo-ple we meet, specially when they find out we are a couple of a 24 years old architect and a 23 years old journalist with working holiday visas.

After landing in Auckland on March 21st, we worked at Big Bay motor camp, in Awhitu Peninsula.

During our three weeks stay there, we visited Waiuku five times and that was enough for us to fall a little bit in love with it.

What specially surprised us was that people looked happy and we were looked after with a smile in eve-ry shop we went into.

Where we come from, a four mil-lion people capital city, it is very dif-ficult to trust a stranger or to find one offering himself to spend two hours of his day just to help you, five min-utes after having met you.

Living in a the twentieth floor of one of the ten buildings of a block makes it almost impossible to get to know your neighbours.

Nevertheless, a week after hav-ing moved here, we already feel like we know half the population, all of whom have helped us somehow, whether it was giving us a drive to get somewhere or suggesting a new shop where we could try to get that job we are still waiting to find us.

Our bodies, however, haven’t

warmed up to the kiwi life. Since we got to New Zealand, we’ve had to exchange our toast with jam for bacon and eggs for breakfast and suddenly we’ve been stolen four hours a day.

Folks have supper at the same time we are used to have a tea with cookies, and they all go to bed when we haven’t even started cooking dinner.

What used to be afternoon has be-come night, and we are lonely owls with

nothing to do between eight and twelve!As everything, being in Waiuku has

its good and its bad aspects, but it has been beautiful so far.

In the end, we think that changing our walks among high buildings and noisy in traffic jams for ones along quiet neighbourhoods has been a good trade.

Ammiel is on the lookout for work in the local area during his stay. His con-tact is 021 1089 773.

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April is always one of the more settled months of the year and it is not unusual for this month to turn on some top fishing.

While the great weather has finally come unstuck at least we can console our-selves that as a community we really do need some rain.

Locally the fishing has been very good with the harbour holding some great snapper, gurnard, trevally and kahawai. I often get asked when snapper leave the harbour and when gur-nard arrive.

Typically snapper fishing continues well into June if not July in deeper water and gurnard really start to turn up in numbers from May onward.

Gurnard in particular can be caught in very shallow water as they forage for crabs and shrimps on the muddy banks as the tide flows in.

I seldom fish deeper than 10m for gurnard, often in only 2m of water.

Of course you will catch them in deeper water and they get caught in very deep water but as autumn turns to winter I prefer to fish light

gear in the shallows. I generally use a dropper

or flasher rig using small baits of pilchard, mullet or skipjack tuna.

I’m about to start planning for the Counties Sport Fish-ing Club’s annual Grunter Hunter competition.

This is open to all anglers and is scheduled for June 1 at Te Toro. T

here will be some major prizes up for grabs, remem-ber one lucky angler took home the $1000 first prize last year and we are looking to put at least that much up again for the heaviest gur-nard.

Marlin and tuna are still being caught over the coast and snapper are plentiful.

By the time this current weather pattern has passed I’m hoping that at least the snapper will stay around, although they may start to move out a little deeper.

As we get into winter spiny dog fish tend to arrive in plague proportions and that is when I usually call it quits on snapper fishing but we should have a good month or two ahead of us yet.

- Smudge

The reduction in the recreational snapper bag limits by the Government is discriminatory and unjust says the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations of NZ (CORANZ).

The Government has cut the bag limit in the Snapper 1 fishery, which extends between North Cape and Cape Runa-way, from nine fish to seven and raised the minimum size of fish to 30 centimetres, up from 27 centimetres.

Andi Cockroft CORANZ co-chairman said the government had cut recreational bag limits by approximately 20 percent yet left the commercial catch quota untouched.

“That is unjust and arguably discrimination against the recreational fishing public,” he said.

“That the change took place on April Fool’s Day seems sig-nificant and insulting to the one million strong recreational public.”

Mr Cockroft said any damage to the fishery was caused by bulk catching methods of commercial fishing and not the “rod and reel” recreational anglers.

The Fisheries Act called on the government to manage the fishery for “social, cultural and economic” reasons and to share any measures responsibly between sectors.

“CORANZ has no argument with reductions if justified but it does have when the Minister favours one sector - in this case commercial - above the recreational public,” he said.

“Everyone recognises the need for a wise use of the re-

Business owners and community organisations around the Manukau Harbour can find out how to improve their on-line visibility at a presentation by tourism researchers on 30 April.

The Manukau Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) has commissioned AUT University’s New Zealand Tourism Re-search Institute (NZTRI) to conduct research into the recrea-tion and tourism potential of the Manukau Harbour, which is supported and funded by the nine Local Boards of Auck-land Council that make up the Manukau Harbour Forum.

Researchers have finished the first phase of the project, reviewing the online presence of tourism and recreational activities located near the harbour.

Their audit identified gaps in the information that can be found online about businesses and experiences on offer, and the way that related web content is linked.

That means online searches give an incomplete picture of the offerings around the harbour in centres like Onehunga and people using the web to look for information struggle

to take a useful ‘digital journey’ through what the harbour and surrounding centres have to offer. Fortunately, there are some simple ‘fixes’ that will make a difference to the online experience, says NZTRI researcher Carolyn Deuchar, who will share tips on how businesses and communities can boost their online visibility, and therefore become easier to find.

The Onehunga presentation is the third of three communi-ty-based presentations around the harbour where research-ers have been encouraging communities to understand the research, get value from its early findings, and contribute to the body of information the researchers will analyse.

The second phase of the research comprises online sur-veys for Manukau Harbour locals and visitors about what the harbour means to them.

The survey is open until September to allow for the collec-tion of low season data and researchers are keen to gather as many responses as possible from those who live around the harbour and from people who have recently visited the area.

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Please note these dates are subject to change and are weather dependent. For more information contact:

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Grunter Hunter!Based at Te Toro. June 1.Great prizes up for grabs!

Entries available at www.csfc.co.nz

Left: Jordan Hamiltonwith a typical harbour

snapper caught in April. Right: Scott Parker with a good gur-

nard caught in the recent CSFC Family Day where he won two

second places.

source and to sustainably fish but to discriminate against the Kiwi fishing public by leaving the multi-tonnage commercial catch as it is, is unfair.”

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An Easter egg hunt for children at St Brides Church in Mauku was a hugely successful event according to organiser John Mackle. “The weather was kind and the children were well behaved” he said. “I had calculated for five eggs per child and topped up the bags for anyone who didn’t get their share,” he added. Given the success of the exercise it will become an annual event at St Brides Outreach Ministry, which John organises.

Left: with organisers of the St Brides Easter Egg hunt were youngsters Jane Matheson, Jacob and Tyson Forbes, Laura and Paige Eggleton, Tamzyn Butcher, Jackson Gordon and Hannah McSorley.

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I would like to nominate Lee Lochore of Tuakau for a WOW Award.Three weeks ago I rang Lee for advice about a badly injuried Tui hopping around my garden. He could not fly and in the winter weather I knew he would soon die of the cold, or hunger, or both. Lee instantly said to catch him but beware of his razor sharp claws and bring him over to her home a.k.a. the Tuakau Bird Rescue. I really thought that the poor bird would probably die however I took him over just in case there was hope. We arrived and Lee was so welcoming and reasurring and her present patients all looked so contented and well fed that I had no qualms about leaving the poor bird with her. A couple of days ago she rang to say he was alive and well, hopping about, singing but he would never fly again due to the injuries to his wing. That was O.K. said Lee, he could live “happily ever after” with the other two permanent resident Tuis at her place.I think Lee deserves a WOW Award for her tireless Bird Rescue work. What an amazing person!

- Antonia Craig

A Yorkshire flag flying over the Kentish Ho-tel, over 60 people attending a luncheon at Pukekohe, and a live Skype link between the Waikato mayor Allan Sanson and his coun-terpart in Skipton, Yorkshire, are just some of the events planned for Yorkshire day this year.

The Yorkshire Day in New Zealand cel-ebrations will be split be-tween Pukekohe and Wai-uku for the first time to provide out of area people an opportunity to attend and to provide a new pro-gramme of activities.

On Sunday July 28 the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club will play host to the Day between noon and 4pm.

The afternoon will commence with regis-trations at noon and then into the restau-rant for a traditional meal of fish chips and mushy peas. The guests will then retire to the main hall for some short Yorkshire mov-ies projected on the large screen.

Activities including the cutting of the York-shire cake, singing, a raffle and a quiz with Yorkshire prizes will follow. One of the new inclusions this year will be a presentation of

stories from a Yorkshire Policeman - a local version of the “Heartbeat” TV programme !

Guests are reminded to bring along York-shire memorabilia for display, there will also be items from Yorkshire on sale including flags of various sizes.

Guests wishing to stay longer are invited to stay and have a smorgasbord evening

meal in the Club’s restau-rant - however booking is essential.

The following Thurs-day is August 1, Yorkshire Day, and will be celebrat-ed at Shires Restaurant in Waiuku from 6pm to 7pm with a Skype link with Skipton in Yorkshire where the civic parade and festival is being held this year. Like last year’s event, when a link with

Scarborough was made it will feature local people, council officials, returned service-men, community leaders and youth from both ends of the link.

Finger food will be served and for those wishing to stay on afterwards a full meal will be available.

Bookings for either event are requested as soon as possible, call 235 7050 for details.

Between August 7 and 23 a BreastScreen mobile unit will be parked at the Waiuku Medical Centre.

Talk to your doctor or call 0800 270 200 for more info; as they say, early detection is the best protection.

Under 50, screening re-duces your chance of dying from breast cancer by about 20 percent. Between 50 and 65, that goes to 30 percent. and for women aged 65-69, it is reduced by about 45 percent.

For more than two years Amber-Lee Lawrie has been waiting patiently for a chance to get back into team sport, ever since the 14-year-old was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma (a tumour on her spine that has caused paralysis below the waist).

Last month, thanks to Halberg Dis-ability Sport Coordinator Maia Lewis (Counties-Manukau) and two col-leagues, Amber-Lee has overcome the barriers to participation by joining Auckland’s first-ever wheelchair bas-ketball programme.

“I’m really enjoying wheelchair bas-ketball and being in the six-week pro-gramme as I am finally able to fully par-ticipate in a sport with others like me,” Amber-Lee says.

“It means I am equal with the others on the team, and because we’re all in wheelchairs I can talk about difficulties I have with them and they understand.”

Her teammates understanding com-bined with the chance to play sport competitively again is just what the

Waiuku College student has been look-ing for. A keen sportswoman prior to be-ing diagnosed, netball and touch rugby were Amber-Lees sports of choice.

But having to use a wheelchair for mobility after developing paralysis, she has been unable to participate because “much of the school sport is on the field and is not suitable for a wheelchair”.

The six-week programme was held every Tuesday at the Auckland Spinal Unit in Otara.

It’s not just about training though, as the programme culminated in an Auckland-wide competition between players from the same programmes be-ing run by the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation in North Harbour and Waitakere.

All physically disabled young people 21 years old and under were welcome to take to the courts in the wheelchairs provided and give the sport a go.

“Amber has been waiting patiently for an opportunity like this to come up in her region, so it is awesome to see

Amber-Lee getting involved in a team sport again and really enjoying it,” Lew-is says of the programme she helped organise alongside fellow Disability Sport Coordinators Chris Smith (Auck-land and North Harbour) and Stacey Roche (Waitakere). Held in collabora-tion with the Auckland Wheelbreakers, the wheelchair basketball programmes were also held at The Trusts Stadium in Waitakere, and at the North Shore Events Centre.

“The Auckland Wheelbreakers have really come on board and see it as a great opportunity to grow, nurture and develop future players,” Lewis says.

“By providing quality coaches for programmes in Counties-Manukau, Waitakere and North Shore the Wheel-breakers are also really helping to re-move the barrier of long distance travel.

“Their experience and skills are also a fantastic resource for physically disa-bled young people to draw on as we move to establish a really competitive league in Auckland.”

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Post MotoringYour fortnightly motoring guide..

After finishing up at West-ern Springs last month a bit worse for wear, the Awhitu-based Team Torpey Sprint-car team decided there was just enough in the tank for one last blast. And what bet-ter place to venture to than Stratford for the Taranaki Sprintcar Championships.

Beginning the weekend with a morning trip into Mi-tre 10 Stratford, the team, and driver Glenn Torpey, was looking forward to an epic weekend.

Taranaki had turned on the stunning weather and awesome mountain views ready for a night of racing.

Torpey rolled the Mitre 10 Trade Racing machine into grid three for Sprintcar 10A’s Taranaki debut. Easily, Tor-pey sustained his third posi-tion and pulled off the same feat in Race Two.

With two easy third plac-es in the bag, the Mitre 10 Trade Racing team lined up in second on the grid for the main event – the Feature Race. Torpey managed to get the early jump on rival Tony Uhlenberg who started in grid one. Torpey stole the lead into the first turn, stood on the gas and muscled the car further and further away from the pack.

An absolutely ecstatic Team Torpey crew was glued on the side line to witness the flying orange and black

Holden Racing Team has unveiled a stunning Anzac-themed livery, ahead of this week’s ITM 500 Auckland.

The race meeting at Puke-kohe Park Raceway runs over the Anzac Day long weekend, so it was fitting the team uncover the one-off design at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance.

It is the second year run-ning the HRT Commodores pay tribute to the ANZAC spirit, with both Holden VFs running a special livery last year at the same event.

Holden has paid its re-spects by moving its famous lion and driver logo to make way for the RSL’s Anzac Ap-peal Rising Sun logo – now

on the front door and roof of the car. The front-quarter panel now features a silhou-ette of Anzac diggers, along with the words of remem-brance ‘Lest We Forget’.

The Appeal logo will also be printed on both HRT driv-ers’ race suits, which will be auctioned off after the event at Pukekohe with proceeds going to the RSL and its New Zealand counterpart, the RSA.

“Holden is proud to sup-port the ANZAC tradition, with our official factory rac-ing team again running a special tribute in New Zea-land,” GM Holden’s Motor-sport and Sponsorship Man-ager Simon McNamara said.

The seventeenth running of the Pukekohe 6 Hour is proving to be one of the ma-jor draw cards for the forth-coming Mahindra North Is-land Endurance Series, with many drivers aiming to put their name on one of the most prestigious trophies of the modern era of New Zea-land motor racing.

With entries across all classes for the event, there could be 45 cars on the start-

monster brought home in first place with more than a quarter of a lap gap ahead of second place.

A thrilled Torpey jumped out of the car and happily stayed in his hot race suit ready to be up on that po-dium. He became the first of any Mitre 10 Trade Rac-ing driver to come home as a champion.

“Mitre 10 Trade is thrilled to be a part of Sprintcar rac-ing, we love sponsoring a unique and fun event that

many of our customers en-joy. Glenn and his team have had a great racing season and we look forward to more of the same winning action next season”, says Mitre 10 Trade General Manager An-drew Cochrane.

“It is absolutely awesome to win the Taranaki Sprintcar Championship for the Mitre 10 Trade Racing team, what a way to finish the season, especially after last week at the Springs,” says Glenn Tor-pey.

“Again, I have to thank our awesome sponsors Zealand-ia Horticulture, Colour Worx, CRC, Lucas Oils and most especially Mitre 10 Trade for enabling us to get here.

“I am just so glad after everything each of these companies has done for us that I am able to give some-thing back to them.

“I also have to take my hat off to my hard working crew. It has been a team effort from them all to get the job done.”

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The list of previous win-ners of the much coveted trophy reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of New Zealand mo-torsport legends with the names of Owen Evans, Paul Manuell, Andy Booth, Ray Williams and Angus Fogg on the trophy. Multiple winners over the years also include Miles Pope, Bill Farmer, Mike Weeks, Ray Williams and Craig Innes.

The race is unique in New Zealand as it starts in day-light, running through twi-light and coming to a close in the dark.

Although the six hour en-duro is the one all of the top drivers want to win, a ver-satile format for the event means drivers can opt to do a one hour or three hour race within the overall six hours.

The Mahindra North Is-land Endurance Series is a three round competition with one and three hour events at Taupo and one, three and six hour events at Hampton Downs in addition to the first round at Pukeko-he Park.

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The Easter round of Counties Power Club rugby proved to be the closest scoring round this season with matches starting on Thursday night.

In sporting results it doesn’t get any closer than a draw and that’s exactly what happened between Pukekohe and Bombay with their 25-all score.

Both sides scored two tries and two penalties each and are on equal points on the table, but Pukekohe sit in third with their points for and against differ-ence.

It was a tight tussle with plenty of turn over ball. Bombay starting the scoring with Ki Anufe slotting two penalties. Their hooker Shaun Muir scored his side’s first try from a Pukekohe line out. Pukekohe played catch up and closed the half time scored line with two tries and a penalty to reduce their deficit to 13-12 at halftime.

In the second half Bombay scored almost straight away when Prop Sam Aiono crashed over the line which was converted by Anufe. Pukekohe replied with a converted try of their own which made it a one point game again. In the last ten minutes Pukekohe had the op-portunity to score with a few penal-ties but Bombay had the last say of the game with a try to winger Sepuloni Tau-

fa to even the score and end the match. Pukekohe’s tries were scored by Manoa Lesavua and George Crichton who col-lected two with Sione Fifita on kicking duties for the day.

In another one point match, One-whero beat Waiuku 17-16 to hold on to their second place on the table with five wins. It was a tight battle all way. Wai-uku started the scoring with a try to Wil-lie Heperi and Onewhero replied with a converted one of their own by Elijah Koaneti. Waiuku hit back with another try to their halfback Joe Dawson. One-whero’s Nathan Langsford slotted a penalty to even the score up at 10-all.

Waiuku’s Luke Graham converted two penalties to give them the lead and secure his place at the top point’s scorer on the PGG Wrightson Leaderboard and head into the break at 16-10.

In the second half Onewhero replied again with an individual try to Nathan Langsford which he converted to give the hosts a one point lead, which they did not relinquish.

In the Counties Power Game of the week it was the lowest scoring battle of the year in the Premiers with Wey-mouth edging past Drury 6-5 to col-lect their third win of the season. The difference was how the points were

scored. Drury scored the only try when Tevitamamoeaki Pupu went over the line and Weymouth’s Tolovae Ape slot-ted two penalties to give them the one point advantage and take the valuable points. The PGG Wrightson Player of the Day was Mike Butcher who led from the front with his impressive effort.

Patumahoe had a solid 37-21 win over Manurewa to give them their third win of the season. Patumahoe’s points came from two tries by Vaha Fili and Raumati Morgan, Siosiua Pole and Vernon Comley with Jonny Wilkin-son kicked three conversions and two penalties. For Manurewa Michael Lea scored two tries and Ahsee Tuala one with Matthew Ferguson slotting one conversion.

Ardmore Marist had their fourth win of the season with a 29-5 win over Papa-kura. In the wind affected game it took the new look Ardmore Marist team with a large number of U21 players a while to get going.

In the highest scoring match of the week Karaka kept Te Kauwhata score-less when they racked up 95 points against them. In doing so, they retained the Counties Power Cup and their place at the top of the table with their 100% win record.

It was a windy but fine night on Thursday evening when Waiuku made the trek up the hill to Onewhero, eventually running out the victors in a low-scoring match.

Onewhero had the advan-tage of the wind in the first half but Waiuku scored first (unconverted) through their experienced forwards.

A short time later One-whero slotted their first penalty to make the score 5-3. After ill discipline from Waiuku, Onewhero pressed the line from a reversed pen-alty and then were awarded another penalty which was successfully kicked, to take the lead 6-5. However, Wai-uku were dominant in the lineouts, scrums, rucks and mauls and they took the lead back just before halftime with a well worked move that resulted in a try to Brad Tuck-

er (unconverted).In the second half, Waiuku

failed to take advantage of the wind despite strict in-structions from the coaching staff.

Dallen Olsen made several good breaks but handling errors and ill discipline saw these go unrewarded.

Finally, a long kick down the field resulted in a ruck which gave Waiuku a penalty that Bayden Morey slotted.

Late in the half, another long kick saw the forwards chase well and again apply pressure for another fine try.

Onewhero were kept in the game by numerous penal-ties.

With seconds to go they put pressure on Waiuku’s line, who failed to kick for touch and Onewhero gath-ered a late try which was converted to give a final score of 18-13 to Waiuku.

Waipipi Bowls has recently concluded a successful sea-son recently.

The results of the Barfoot & Thompson tournament played indoors at Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club The win-ners were: Richard Beatley, Sharon Perry, and Katie Gar-rett (Papatoetoe). 2nd: Chris Walker, Glyn Sunday and Len Cornley (Pukekohe). 3rd: Jim Garrick, Norm Hartland and Des Matich (Manurewa).

After a very successful 2013 – 2014 season the fol-lowing is the list of Waipipi’s club champions.

Consistency Singles; (Gla-dys Kelleway Trophy)

Winner: Colin Hull, Run-ner Up: Roy Hopping.

Mens Pairs; (Ing Whittaker Cup), Winners: Roy Hopping & Tony Hickey, Runners Up: Frank Hagenson & Colin Bry-ant.

Mixed Pairs; (Westhead Cup), Winners: Roy Hopping & Pat Steger, Runners Up: Nola Hook & Mal White.

Mixed Triples; (Gordon Westhead Memorial); Win-ners: Ron Adams, Tony Hick-ey & Colin Bryant, Runners Up: Frank Hagenson, John Inkster, Paul Pace & Pat Ste-ger.

Mens 5yrs & Under Sin-gles; Winner: Eric Gillott, Runner Up: Colin Bryant.

Ladies 5yrs & Under Sin-gles; Winner: Pat Steger, Runner Up: Jan Harrison.

Mens Singles; (C.E Hop-ping Cup); Winner: Roy Hop-ping, Runner Up: Dave Hook.

Ladies Singles; (Aylward Cup); Winner: Ann Thom-son, Runner Up: Nola Hook.

Club Championship Sin-gles; (Arthur Shuker Memo-rial); Winner: Roy Hopping, Runner Up: Colin Hull.

The Waiuku Golf Club has announced the May Mid-week Open is to be spon-sored by the Post Newspaper and features over $1000 in prizes across two divisions, and with prizes for gross, nett and stableford sections.

The club has had excel-lent turnouts to its midweek opens in recent months, with well over 100 golfers at some of the events, and is hoping for another great field on Thursday May 8. The course has greened up quickly with recent rain and is expected to be in ideal condition.Bookings are available by contacting Waiuku Golf.

Tuesday Haggle 1st Robert Anderson 41,

2nd Frank McGrath 41Twos: Frank McGrath Wednesday Ladies 18 Holes Least Putts Div One ;1st Mary Hull 28,

2nd Joy James 29, 3rd Jocylyn Paterson 32

Div Two, 1st Yvonne Hunt-er 25, 2nd Coral Harman 27, 3rd Gaylene Bethell 31. Near-est The Pin, Joy James.

9 Hole Ladies S/fd Div One: 1st Fae Douglas

17, 2nd Carol Craig 13, 3rd Bev Laurent 11. Div Two, 1st Jan Whitcombe 19, 2nd Mar-jan Slappendal 17, 3rd Sha-ron Paterson 13 c/b

Saturday Haggle Div One, 1st Frank McGrath

40, 2nd Courtney Maddern 40, 3rd Phil Thompson 39, 4th Kerry Martin 38, 5th La-lakai Matu 37.

Div Two:1st Alan Bancroft 45, 2nd Ross Tindle 38, 3rd Peter Johnson 38, 4th Roger Read 37, 5th John Munro 37.

Best Gross: Div One Court-ney Maddern 72.

Div Two; Peter Johnson 86Twos: Les Edwards , John

Ferregel, Peter Johnson, Frank McGrath, Jonathon Morley, Leon Robbie, Garry Wassell.

Franklin racing drivers showed their talents in the recently-concluded Motorsport New Zealand Formula First Champion-ship.Waiuku’s Cory Holmes, pictured left, finished second overall in the championship, ahead of Pukekohe driverTaylor Crockerton in third.

Being a Waiuku soccer supporter means expecting the unexpected, and in two matches in the Northern League on Easter Weekend, Waiuku didn’t disappoint. On Saturday the team was thumped 5-0 by a mid-table Tauranga City side, and were scheduled to face league leaders Forest Hill Milford on Monday. Waiuku put Satur-day’s result behind them and played a gritty, determined match, edging the visitors 3-2 to stay well in contention for a promotion spot in the league this season.

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SUDOKU No.1339

Fill the grid so thatevery row and every3x3 square contains

the digits 1 to 9

How to solveSudoku!

Solution No.1338

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4 7 25 6 8 77 3 5

7 9 38 5

2 6 59 4 1

8 4 2 52 6 9

4 6 2 8 5 1 3 7 97 1 3 6 4 9 5 8 28 5 9 3 7 2 6 1 45 7 1 4 9 3 2 6 89 4 8 7 2 6 1 3 52 3 6 1 8 5 9 4 76 9 7 5 1 8 4 2 31 2 4 9 3 7 8 5 63 8 5 2 6 4 7 9 1

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The new ACC regulations have prompted Wolfe Hearing in Pukekohe and Papakura to offer a free trial of any hearing aids for 30 days!! – no strings attached – for the whole of May. Under the new ACC regu-lations any ACC claimant will be able to get at least a basic pair of hearing aids at Wolfe Hearing for FREE.

In the past, the cost of a pair of hearing aids has put some people off getting hearing aids – even when they were part funded by ACC. The new regulations en-courage ACC applicants with hearing loss to shop around for two quotes on hearing aids to compare prices.

Audiologist and business owner, Angella Wolfe (B.A, M.Aud (Hons) MNZAS) be-lieves this is a great thing. “Whilst some audiology companies might be a bit nervous about prospective clients shopping around for different hearing aids, we at Wolfe Hearing welcome it. We pride ourselves on offer-ing the best service and most competitive prices – so we have no hesitation in provid-ing a quote and advice on the cost of hearing aids.” We encourage anyone who

has been declined in the past or who couldn’t afford hearing aids to come in and see us to discuss how the up-coming changes will benefit them. Wolfe Hearing are holding special drop in days and will also be available any time in May to carry out a free 30 day trial of hearing aids. Many other companies offer a limited 7 day trial, however, we at Wolfe don’t believe this is enough time

to get used to hearing aids and doesn’t allow for the complexities of fine tuning required to match the hear-ing aid to a person’s degree of hearing loss. This is why we decided it would be better for our customers to experience any model of hearing aid over a longer period of time.

Wolfe Hearing is an estab-lished audiology company with four clinics in Puke-kohe, Papakura, Cambridge and Te Awamutu and have been around for 10 years.

One of the major advan-tages of coming to Wolfe Hearing is that we are fiercely independent. Many audiol-ogy clinics in New Zealand are now owned by a hearing aid company – a bit like a drug company owning your GP clinic! Well at Wolfe Hearing, we are not!! We stock hearing aids from Siemens, Widex, Oticon, Resound, Phonak, Bernafon, Starkey, Unitron – to name a few.

We are experts at fitting any of the different brands of hearing aids and are happy to give you an honest opinion on the pros and cons of vari-ous models. It also means we can shop around for the best price. To ensure you don’t miss out phone Wolfe Hearing to secure an appointment during May or visit the Puke-kohe or Papakura clinics during their drop in days.

Free hearing aids at Wolfe Hearing under the new ACC Regulations

We also offer: • FREE hearing checks • FREE hearing aid checks • FREE advice • Appointment necessary

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40 KING STREET, PUKEKOHEPH: 09 239 2687

Wolfe Hearing Audiologist Columba Park enjoys help-ing clients to hear again. “Being an audiologist gives me the opportunity to im-prove people’s quality of life. Hearing aids help to improve communication so finding the right solution is very important,” says Columba.

“At Wolfe Hearing you will always receive top quality care and ethical advice.” Angella Wolfe says her big-gest concern at the moment is that people are leaving it too long before getting their hearing checked. “I see many retired farm-ers, builders and contractors who have waited until their

hearing gets really bad before coming in”, says Angella. The new regulations will help reduce the financial barrier, and make hearing aids more accessible to a greater num-ber of people.

The drop in days at Wolfe Hearing are especially useful to anyone who has been put-ting off getting their hearing aids checked. If you can’t make it to the drop in days you can call for an appointment any time during the month of May. Talk to Angella or Colum-ba at Wolfe Hearing and take advantage of their great offer of a free hearing aid trial for 30 days!

Special offer available for the month of May. Drop in days: Papakura - Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th May Pukekohe - Wednesday 21st & Friday 23rd May

Angella Wolfe (B.A, M.Aud (Hons) MNZAS) and Columba Park (MAud. (Hons), BSc. (Hons) MNZAS) .

Post Newspaper 23 April 2014

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