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Raglan Lawyer Specialising in Conveyancing,Commercial,Trusts, Estates & Maori LandHouse calls by Appointment MondaysPh 021 432179 or 07 825 7166

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2nd and 4th Saturdays in Te MataFurther information: Raglan 825 8135

Parish Priest Fr Anselm Aherne: Frankton 847 56 88

Aloha Market Place - Sushi Takeaway. 5 Bow Street..................................................... 825 7440

Burger Shack Organic. Takeaway. 35 Bow St................................................................825 8117

Costas Licensed Pizzeria. Dine in, Takeaway & Delivery. 2 Bow Street.......................... 825 0976

Te Kopua Camp Store. Takeaway.Te Kopua Domain......................................................825 8761

Harbour View Hotel. Dine in & Takeaway. 14 Bow Street..............................................825 8010

Marlin Cafe & Grill. Dine in. On the Wharf.................................................................. 825 0010

Nannies Takeaways. 35 Bow Street............................................................................. 825 8842

Orca Restaurant and Bar. Dine in & Takeaway. 2 Wallis St...........................................825 6543

The Shack. Dine in or Takeaway. 19 Bow Street...........................................................825 0027

The Raglan Club. Dine in or Takeaway. 22-24 Bow Street............................................ 825 8288

Zaragoza . Restaurant. Cafe. Dine in & Takeaway. 23 Bow St.......................................825 0205

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CoverRaglan Area School Senior Ball 2010 “Alice in Wonderland”

Pictures by Linda Holmes

“A Rubbish Bags Dream”by Matua Dave – Okete Road to remind people to

put their blue rubbish bags out on the right day

I’m a little blue bagFull of rubbish in Rags

And I’m getting all sad and rejectedSO drop me off on time

Pile me up in a lineI hate feeling stink and rejected

On my own out all nightFair gives me a fright

When the dogs and possums are busyThey pull me about

Till my insides fall outThe sight of it makes me feel dizzy

So please light my fireTo landfill I aspire

But I am feeling quite down on my luckPlease send me ON TIME

I will be so sublimeJust to hear the sound of the truck

To see the man comeTo fly up with tonnes

Of other blue bags I am keenJust the thought of that ride

Fair fills me with prideIts so every rubbish bag’s dream

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Residents get the chance at an open day next Wednesday to discuss the controversial proposed Raglan structure plan – and detailed drawings prepared earlier, but only just revealed publicly, which throw new light on how Waikato District Council sees the centre of town developing.

The Raglan CBD blueprint was produced last year by urban design planner Kevin Brewer of Newmarket-based consultancy Brewer Davidson, and Whaingaroa Environment Defence chairman Malibu Hamilton complains it should have been released into the community before now.

Malibu says he’s disappointed to have had to do “quite a lot of digging” before finding the report, which shows much more detail than is in the draft structure plan and gives a “bit more of a rationale” to the council’s CBD plans.

The open day comes after the council recently extended the closing date for submissions by an extra four weeks to allow Raglan residents more time to consider the amendments proposed under variation 15 of the structure plan.

The council backdown came in turn after a heated public meeting where residents complained that there’d been no consultation, and too little time for them to have their say, on the proposed extension of the downtown commercial area east along Cliff and Wallis Streets.

Everything was right until the council lodged the variation without consultation, says Malibu, but then it “tripped over and lost the race”.

While the structure plan shows the proposed CBD expansion into Cliff and Wallis Streets – with a connecting road through and a 10 metre, two-storey height restriction – the Brewer report takes things further by earmarking the block for medium-density housing and visitor accommodation.

“Basically it’s tourist accommodation,” points out Malibu. The Brewer blueprint details specific unit dimensions, showing where and how it all could fit and even suggested maximum bed numbers.

Meanwhile the structure plan’s “green heritage” area on the old redoubt site in Wi Neera Street, Malibu says, is more fully explained in the Brewer report by graphics showing a green urban space on the historic site with the creation of timber boardwalks linking up both to the new Kopua footbridge and along the clifftop to downtown Bow Street.

Another proposal made clear by the Brewer report – and one not obvious in the structure plan – is the development of the existing carpark area at the intersection of Bow and Wallis Streets, outside Orca and a string of shops including the butchery, into a landscaped open plaza with an eventual connection to the Wi Neera boardwalk.

While Malibu says it’s “absolutely despicable” the community was not fully consulted and was kept in the dark on specifics, Raglan residents now get their chance at next Wednesday’s open day, which runs from mid-afternoon to early evening, to bone up on the council’s proposals and discuss them directly with council staff.

The open day will be led by council general manager strategy & support Tony Whitaker, and will include wall charts showing designs in the Brewer report. He describes the Brewer report as including urban design principles which “inform” the structure plan prepared by the council’s own planners.

Seven council staff will be on hand to talk to residents and answer questions one-to-one.

In a media release last week, council chief executive Gavin Ion emphasised the open day “gives the Raglan community an ideal opportunity to explore the options more fully

and ask questions from key council staff before making a submission”.

Raglan ward councillor and deputy mayor Clint Baddeley, in the same statement, urged the community to “consider all the issues and the impact on the future of the area”.

“This is an opportunity for Raglan people to have input on how we preserve Raglan’s character and contribute ideas to where growth may occur in a managed way,” Clint said.

Also up for discussion will be the likes of other proposed rules affecting the town centre business zone, and applying town centre policy to the redevelopment of the Raglan wharf.

*The open day runs 2.30-7pm next Wednesday at Raglan Town Hall. Submissions on the structure plan now close nine days later, on August 27, and the council emphasises that any submission already lodged remains valid and that anyone is eligible to have a say.

Edith Symes

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Vinnies and Waoku Lodge come together this month to serve a culinary treat for Raglan residents. On Thursday August 26th, Vito and Sharon combine for “Seafood Night”. Dishes taken from the acclaimed menu at Waoku Lodge and new dishes developed especially for this event will be served for the diners enjoyment.

Waoku Lodge has gained a following amongst visitors from across New Zealand and Australia who return to the Lodge specifically for the food and ambience at the Whale Bay location. Some lucky Raglan people have already had the opportunity to sample the Waoku Lodge menu and have recommended the food to friends; consequently the Lodge has received requests for bookings at their restaurant. BUT... there is no restaurant for public bookings as the Lodge can only serve their resident guests leaving many people disappointed!

Now there is an opportunity to sample the dishes that Lodge guests keep returning for. It seemed relevant to Raglan to offer a seafood menu and Sharon from Waoku Lodge will showcase two of the Lodge’s dishes whilst Vinnies owner and chef, Vito, will prepare two more seafood dishes. Sharon and Vito will combine to create additional new choices especially for this evening’s menu. There will also be a classic char-grilled steak and a vegetarian option, so all are welcome!

Reservations are advised as there is already a great deal of interest generated for this event. To book your table call 825 7273 (Wed – Sun) or 825 7072 anytime – remember numbers are limited!

Date: Thursday August 26thTime: 6.00 – 10.00 p.m.

Place: Vinnies, 7 Wainui Road, Raglan

Menopause, like puberty, is a natural period of emotional and physical change which affects all women, in varied degrees, during their life.

A disruption of the menstrual cycle is the first definite sign that the delicate balance between ovaries, hypothalamus, and pituitary gland which ensures fertility is beginning

to change. Most often women have their last period at around the age of 50, but for some women it may even end as early as 40 or as late as 60. Factors such as diet, smoking, hysterectomies, pregnancies and genetics determine the age at which a woman undergoes the menopause.

COMMON COMPLAINTSHot flushes (also lovingly referred to as

power flushes!), sleeping problems, fatigue, skin and hair changes, loss of libido & vaginal dryness are a few common symptoms of the menopause.

This is the ideal time to take extra care of you. Small changes in everyday life can help ease you through the change and enrich the experience. A new you awaits at the end of this journey!

HELPFUL TIPS

• Drink water regularly

• Avoid smoking

• Minimize coffee, tea, alcohol, saturated fats & refined sugars.

• Eat complex carbohydrates

• Exercise regularly

• Have more super foods such as maca, raw cacao, hempseed oil, spirulina, berries, sprouts and nettle (to name but a few)

• Laugh a lot!

You may even wish to make an appointment with one of the practitioners at The Herbal Dispensary for a tailor made treatment plan.

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Don’t Feed Your Pet Junk Food!Not all foods are created equal so make sure your pet gets the best diet possible! As vets we cannot emphasise enough the importance of good nutrition for your pet, to ensure good health. Diets need to be tailored to the specifi c needs of your pet to ensure they lead a healthy life.

There are many reasons why you should consider feeding your pet with pet food purchased from your vet.

Advice: Your pet’s dietary needs may change as they grow and age. Your vet/ vet nurse can offer advice on the best nutrition for all life stages of your pet.

Range: Vet-Only pet food offers a wide range of special diets, such as oral care, weight loss and hairball control.

Tailor-made: Large-breed dogs have different nutritional needs than smaller dogs and therefore need different diet formulations. Breed specifi c foods are formulated to help control or prevent some of the typical health problems of each breed. Your vet also has access to prescription diets designed for specifi c health conditions.

Much less mess to clean up: Quality food is highly digestible – therefore less mess and smell when your pet goes to the toilet.

Weight management: Obesity is the most common form of malnutrition in the pets of today. Feeding pets an appropriate quantity of food is very important. High quality food tends to make the animal feel full and satisfi ed with a smaller quantity.

Dental health: Dental problems are the second most common health problem that we see in our patients. Vet-Only pet foods have special features to help keep your pet’s mouth healthy.

Taste: Your pets will love it! Vet-Only diets have a high acceptance rate among pets. But for extra reassurance all our foods are 100% guaranteed. If your pet doesn’t like it we will refund the purchase price.

The link between good nutrition and health is well proven in humans and animals, so you want to feed the best food you can to your pets. We believe feeding a top quality veterinary diet will result in a longer and better quality life for your pet. If you are in doubt about the quality of the diet your pet is receiving, come and see us. We can advise on the best diet for your pet’s health.

Anexa, 40 Bow Street, Raglan P: 07 825 8390

Animal Health ColumnFor Raglan People + their Pets

Ask the Anexa team:Each month a member of the Anexa team answers readers’ pet related issues. e-mail yours to: info@raglanchronicle.co.nz

Phone: 07 825 8390 Fax: 07 825 890140 Bow Street, Raglan 3225.

Anexa Raglan ClinicOur team can be contacted at:

Raglan identity Norm Petri – better known around town as the Swan Man for his artistic creations out of old tyres – reckons “the maddest things” happen at his humble home on the corner of Snowden Place and Main Road.

And the latest “thing” is Norm’s green-lobed hen. He reckons he’s never seen the likes of it before.

Norm has a dozen or so crossbred chickens ranging free on his property. All have been fathered by a black rooster with red lobes and comb that he happened to pick up on top of the divvy one day.

“Sat him in the passenger seat next to the dog and he was no problem at all,” says Norm.

That rooster and one of his brown Schafer hens – with black lobes and comb – have together produced the little

brown offspring with a black comb like its mum but with pretty green lobes beneath its feather-covered ears.

“What the hell’s going on here?” thought Norm when he noticed the limey lobes.

The green lobes are for real, reckons Norm. He won’t hear of any suggestion they ’ve been spray-painted on for effect.

While the hen is still too young to be laying it’ll be interesting, he says, to see if any green eggs are produced to go with the breakfast bacon – or ham.

It’s not the first time Norm’s chickens have been in the news. And some of them are so tame, he says, that he could walk downtown with them on his shoulder. In fact he’s all but done that, leaving one of them among two pretend chickens on display at a local real estate office, just for fun.

Half an hour later when he returned to collect his “pet” she was still there, sitting pretty.

Norm, a Raglan resident for 25 years, is an animal-lover from way back and also has two dogs, a cat and three goats. However the rubber swans and pukekos which have made Norm’s ramshackle property a compulsory stop on the unofficial tourist trail are now a thing of the past because Norm can no longer get tyres without steel, which he cannot cut through.

Still, he’s determined not to become the latest victim of advancing technology and has reverted to making baskets, lampshades and even decorative hearts out of strapping tape – a pastime of his, he says, before recycling became trendy.Edith Symes

Raglan people and their pets

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My cat aged 18mths old is a pure bred female. I got her at

4mths old and she was not entirely house trained as we had

quite a few accidents.

We got there in the end but now I notice she has some odd

toileting behavior and I would be grateful for advice.

Basically my cat does not cover her poop and will just poop

outside in open spaces, mostly in the middle of the lawn. She

does not seem to seek privacy like most cats do and as you

can imagine the lawn is not an ideal place to choose.

Most of the time I resign to accepting my lovable cat with some

odd behavior but this week I’m fed up and would value any

thoughts.

Sue

Sounds like she’s marking her territory, when cats use their

faeces to do this its known as ‘middening”. This is always done

in open areas because its designed to be seen and smelled. It’s

the strongest “keep away” message that a cat can send, and

is usually a sign that they are feeling anxious that a rival (real or

imagined) is challenging them.

Have there been any changes within the home which have left

her feeling insecure? A new cat in the neighbourhood? Building

or roadworks?

This year I have promised our children that they can have a

couple of pet lambs so that they can be involved in their schools

Agricultural day.

I would be grateful for any advice as to how I go about getting

them these pets.

When is the best time to get them, how much space do we

need for them and what do we feed them?

Do they require any veterinary checks and what happens when

they get big?

Tracey

Good on you for encouraging your children to be responsible

pet owners.

Anexa have produced an excellent brochure which covers

all aspects of hand rearing lambs/calves for “Calf Club” may

I suggest that you call into the clinic and ask our friendly Team

for a copy.

Sat 14th August - 29 August 2010

Opening day, Sat 14th August

Open house 10 am – 6 pm

Come and meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments and korero.Nau mai haere mai whanau.

Julia has been working with fiber ever since she can remember. From childhood she started with cross-stitch oven cloths, to the work she does now. It has been a continuous learning experience.

She spent time in Asia and noted the complexity of the weaving of many different cultures. Fascinated by the interwoven colour and texture of the different fibres, especially fabric and baskets, and the often primitive and simple ways used to produce works of such beauty.

Julia attended the Nelson School of Weaving to learn the weaving process. In Tokomaru

Bay where Julia now lives she attended a six-month Maccess course where she learnt traditional kete weaving from Kimihia Doel.

“I felt privileged to learn these skills and others like the boiling and dyeing of the harakeke (flax). Harakeke is an amazing fibre and it’s potential to me seems limitless. It’s availability as a natural resource holds special appeal; to cut and gather one’s working material adds a depth, an earth and spiritual element to the process that is as important as the work itself.

The kete I weave today have evolved over time to be both contemporary and very functional. Wall hangings are a new dimension to my work.”

Raglan local Liz Hosking took home the title of Supreme Winner at Restyle 2010 in Hamilton last Saturday night for a creation made up of over 2500 bread tags. The mermaid-style gown entitled “Tag and Release,” was originally shown at Raglan’s ArtoWear Awards and has taken Liz over three years to make.

The eco-conscious creation was inspired by levels of plastic in the world’s oceans. “2.4 million pounds of plastic rubbish enters the ocean

every hour,” says Liz. “That statistic just floored me.” Liz designed the front of the dress to depict a wave, with coloured pieces representing the islands of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean.

Restyle is an annual Hamilton fashion show that encourages entrants to recycle waste to create wearable art. This is the first year that Liz has entered the awards and her win has inspired her to keep creating. “I’ve had so many ideas since Saturday,” she says. “Ultimately I’d like to be accepted for WOW in Wellington.”Emma Brooks

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Dinsdale Hammer Hardware is locally owned by the Jones family and is now the only Hammer Hardware store in Hamilton and the Waikato.

It has now been 3 years since Warryn, Debbie and Vanessa closed the Frankton store and moved their operation into the former Mitre 10 store at Dinsdale. This gave them the biggest Hammer Hardware store in New Zealand with a stockholding similar to any Mitre 10 store along with a garden centre.

Dinsdale Hammer Hardware can provide everything in basic hardware, handtools, electrical, plumbing, paint and accessories, power tools, car care, houseware, outdoor settings, garden hardware and garden care including garden sheds.

The Econe heater has been a big success this year, call in and have a look and see what everyone’s talking about.

Vanessa has her giftware section full of interesting gift ideas and is always adding new lines as they come to market.

A welcome addition to the staff is Lynne Crowter who joined the team early this year from the ITM group. She has 20 years of customer service and a wealth of knowledge.

Key cutting is a speciality and the team members are all competent at cutting keys, and will take care of your new key while you wait.

The Hammer Hardware group publish a monthly catalogue along with television advertising with the products, specials and all the new promotions, so look out for this in your letterbox or check it out online at www.hammerhardware.co.nz.

For all hardware and gardening needs call in and talk to the friendly staff at Dinsdale Hammer Hardware in the Dinsdale Shopping Centre. The shop is open seven days and don’t forget we stay open until 5.30pm during the week days and there is plenty of free parking.

Dinsdale Hammer Hardware accepts Grey Power and AA Rewards loyalty cards. All credit cards are accepted including Farmers Trading company, Q Card and Farmacard.

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In a Raglan garage a craftsman is keeping an old, slow tradition alive. Emma Brooks meets Raglan blacksmith Ash Lane.

Stepping into Ash Lane’s garage is a little like stepping back in time, for the tools of a modern day blacksmith are not dissimilar to those that would have been used centuries ago. In one corner sits his forge; a water-cooled design that runs on coal. Ash built it himself while he lived in the UK and flat packed it to bring back home. Along one side of the forge sits a neat rack of tongs, all of varying sizes. There’s another long line of hammers, an anvil and some impressive pieces of old machinery.

A blacksmith heats pieces of metal in the forge to working temperature. When the metal is hot it is taken to the anvil where it is bent, twisted, stretched and hammered into a specific shape. The more the metal is worked the more refined it becomes. A blacksmith also uses machinery since this enables them to work more quickly on a piece of metal. Ash owns a fly press and has recently purchased a power hammer from a friend of his father’s.

Born in Hamilton Ash went to the UK in 1994 with the intention of staying for a year. He ended up staying for fifteen. He met his wife Colette over there, started a family and made the decision to retrain as a blacksmith. Originally a panel beater Ash says he got tired of “putting things back as people said they should be.” Some time spent living in an old stone cottage in Devon, which contained lots of handcrafted, metal fixtures, proved to be the impetus he needed to make a career change. He applied to study blacksmithing at Hereford College, the largest blacksmithing school in Europe, and spent two years learning his craft.

Ash says metal is an incredibly versatile material to work with. “Anything you can make with plasticine, you can make with metal,” he says. He shows me a set piece that he made in college which demonstrates a variety of joining techniques, pointing out a rivet join, a wrap join, a collar and a tenon. “You can make nice finishing touches with metal,” says Ash. “It’s something you don’t get so much anymore.”

Ash works with different types of metal including mild steel, copper and stainless steel. However stainless steel is eight times as

expensive as mild steel and is much harder to work with. The cost of metal has soared recently but Ash says he finds much of what he uses at Xtreme Waste and scrap heaps.

Learning to work with hot metal at speed was something Ash said didn’t come easily. “I was used to working with cold metal,” he remembers. “I struggled a lot.” After just three months of study he was required to make a poker, by hand, in two and a half hours. Still he must have been doing something right – he was made top student for both of his college years.

Ash started up his Raglan forge last winter. So far he’s made a range of fire pokers, has crafted towel holders and key rings and created a coat stand for Raglan Community Theatre’s last production Over the Fence. He currently has some pieces for sale in Show Off.

Future plans are to craft items such as

curtain rails and door handles. “Finishing touches, things that you don’t notice straight out,” he says. He’d also like to do some more sculpture work. He has two metal bowls on show in a gallery in the UK and has sold his sculptures in the past. He’s also contemplating a move of his business – possibly to the Xtreme Waste site.

For now though Ash is busy with another project - renovating his family’s home. With that due to be completed by the spring he hopes then to be able to devote more time to his forge.

Last year it was beanies for kids – this year it’s singlets for babies.

And ladies from Raglan’s weekly knitting circle are being spurred on to knit as many of them as they can between now and the end of November, knowing that their brightly coloured garments will be delivered personally to needy

families in India in December … just in time for the cold winter months.

Ruapuke’s Atmavidya Schon – of the Parito Coastal Yoga Retreat – is one of a small group of yoga aspirants who is soon off to an ashram in the village of Rikhia where the wee garments will be gifted, she says, to underprivileged tribal villagers in a special ceremony known as Yajna that celebrates the giving and receiving of prasad or gifts.

“Our contribution of singlets will be gratefully received,” says Atmavidya who approached the knitting circle at Blacksand café last week, explaining the project and distributing simple patterns.

Although it was a yoga student from Hamilton who initiated the project, says Atmavidya, knitters from other parts of the country – Cambridge, Auckland, Whakatane, Christchurch and Dunedin – are also contributing to the cause.

“We have about 20 tops knitted so far,” she says, “so this is a wonderful start.”

Coincidentally knitting baby singlets for charity is a challenge the Raglan knitting circle had taken up recently anyway, in response to a newspaper article about “fish ‘n’ chip” babies in South Africa who leave hospitals wrapped in newspaper for warmth.

“It was really sad,” says local knitter Wendy Coxhead. “It pulled at everybody’s heartstrings.”

But after hearing that their wee gifts were “not getting where they were meant to”, those in the knitting circle have since sent finished singlets to both Waikato Hospital and Auckland’s Starship children’s hospital.

Now, thanks to Atmavidya, they have a new target market. “We’re happy to do it (knit for babies in India) because we know the singlets will get handed over to the right people,” says Wendy.

Keeping in mind that charity begins at home, the knitting circle have also been making scarf-like knitted collars to help the elderly at Raglan Trust Hospital & Rest Home ward off winter chills, says Wendy.

Still, if last year’s efforts – knitting beanies for the nationwide Kids Can project – are anything to go by, Wendy reckons Atmavidya can count on plenty of support from the knitting circle. One or two locals last year, she says, knitted between 50 and 70 beanies each.

*Patterns for the baby singlets can be picked up from the knitting circle which meets at Blacksand every Wednesday morning, from 9.00 till noon. Alternatively, people can contribute to the project by offering any brightly coloured eight or four-ply wool to be knitted into singlets. Financial donations are also accepted.Edith Symes

Raglan knitters turn focus to India’s poor

Forging a future from the past

Raglan’s Maida Barker by her own admission did “terribly” in music at high school – but she stuck with it and has since been described by New Zealand rock icon Dave McArtney, of Hello Sailor and Pink Flamingos fame, as both a charismatic performer and a composer of “startlingly original” songs.

It’s a reference from one of her better-known tutors a few years back when she was in Auckland studying at the Music and Audio Institute of NZ for a diploma in performance music. These days though it’s Maida’s turn to be teacher as well as performer and composer, as she showed recently when she passed on some of her songwriting skills to students involved in Raglan Area School’s music intensive.

“Community stuff,” she calls it. “I’m into that.”

Maida also sang at a spiritual gathering held in Raglan town hall last month for local identity Noni Balinska, and had a recent gig downtown at Matapihi where she was one of a dozen artists showcasing their work.

Back in summer, at the Yot Club in Volcom Lane, Maida opened as the support act for fellow Raglan songbird Anna Coddington, who was on tour at the time. The pair had vied for first and second place several years earlier at the former Tongue & Groove café with its Ten Guitars talent quest.

Maida’s used to being sought out as an opening act, having supported both longtime Raglan muso Midge Marsden and Graham Brazier – like McArtney of Hello Sailor fame – in successive years at Harbour View Hotel gigs. She also performed in front of 6000 New Year’s Eve revellers in downtown Raglan celebrating the new millennium.

But it’s the creative side she really loves. “My main passion is songwriting,” says Maida, 28, who grew up with three siblings in Raglan and has come back to her home town to live. She’s been writing songs for more than 10 years now and attributes the skill to genes – her mother Wanda, she says, is an “amazing creative and poetic writer”.

Even so it was actually stepdad Ross Henderson who got Maida started on songwriting when he bought her a guitar. The 13-year-old Maida had no idea how to play it but big brother Matt taught her what she calls the three “power chords” – E minor, G and A. “I just kind of started writing from there.”

Then came the terrible Hamilton Girls’ High School years when Maida – who loved music but couldn’t get her head around the theory – was saved by a “rock band tutor” who allowed her to practise loud music on drums and bass guitar.

But there was no formal training, she says, till she went to music school in Auckland for two years and was introduced to a whole

range of skills from songwriting to vocal and instrumental training. Maida picked up both a songwriting and best female vocalist award while there. That boosted her confidence and led to the formation of a band called Bad Olive which, in 2005, won Raglan Battle of the Bands at the former Aqua Velvet café.

Other performances as a solo artist close to home followed including those, in 2008, at Raglan’s Food and Wine Festival and a guest appearance at the revival of Raglan’s iconic Mudshark Monday. That same year she was also commissioned to write a song and perform it for Raglan Community Theatre.

And early last year she performed at Ruapuke for Tractor FM’s Boardies and Bikinis concert, with an older and a younger brother at her side.

But Maida wanted an adventure. She was tired of painting houses for a living in between all the songwriting and performance. “I was frustrated at not doing anything (more) with my life.”

So she cut loose last year and took off to see some of the world, travelling for six months through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. It was “quite scary”, she admits, but it all fell into place and she got to travel with her guitar and play for a living in bars. “It was an amazing experience.”

Now Maida’s back and getting on with the rest of her life, ever-conscious that music will always play a major part. So she’s taken up

nursing as a career and finds spare time between the fulltime study at Wintec to create songs and do gigs that come her way.

“It’s not about making money or getting famous or getting a record deal,” says Maida, “It’s just a creative (form of) self-expression.”

Ultimately however she would really like to put out an album. “Maybe after studying,” she muses.Edith Symes

Persistence paid off for Raglan singer-composer

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GRADE RESULT PLAYER/S OF DAY

5th Raglan Sprats Lost 0-6 Txema Mazet-Brown

6th Raglan Orcas Win 4-0 Jayden Willoughby

6th Raglan Sharks Draw 3-3 Ngakau Benseman

7th Tiger Sharks Draw 0-0 Levi White

7th Kingfishers Lost 0-2 Josh Salmon

8th Sea Snakes NA NA

8th Makos Draw 4-4 Whole Team

9th Stingrays Win 10-3 Brad Podmore

9th Morays Lost 1-3 Lennox Reynolds

10th Marlins Win 5-2 Corina Tweedie

Open Spartains Lost 0-2 Luciano

Raglan St John ambulance newsA column by St John Team Manager, Bush Barton.

All welcome At 59 Wainui Road

Ken Brown Ph 825 8028

• This Sunday –Worship 10am“Why We Need To Be Focussed On Heaven”• Mondays, prayer for Raglan 10.30am, 29A Cliff St.• Tuesdays, 7.15pm Bible study John’s Gospel• Thursdays, prayer for Revival.

Raglan volunteer fire brigade (rvfb) urgently needs 3 cars or vehicles for a demonstration and two day practical training scenario based course.

We will be assessing our operational readiness in scene management, glass management and interior person extraction.

But we need to find 3 cars that can be cut up etc, so please contact us now!

Contact CFO K Holmes 0274 713026or Training coordinator Dan Mills 825 8609.

Working with communities to protect what they value.

A new map of Raglan and Whaingaroa aims to encourage us to walk and cycle more.

Waikato District Council has funded Whaingaroa Environmental Defence (WED) to produce a double sided A3 leaflet for every Raglan letterbox, with copies also available at the Information Office and Bike2Bay. It includes maps, photos and suggested routes.

As the most up to date map of Raglan with an index of streets and showing little known paths, WED hopes it will find its way onto many walls and fridges around Whaingaroa as a handy reference

and a reminder that most of our journeys are short enough to walk, or cycle.

The map shows estimates of the time it takes to walk and cycle to and from the CBD; it takes under ten minutes to cycle to the CBD from most of Raglan.

Transport produces 42% of New Zealand’s carbon emissions, cycling and walking are healthy and CBD car parking is often a problem.

For these reasons WED and the Council hope the map will get more people discovering the joys of walking and cycling

The third Sunday is coming up with another top feature film for you to enjoy right here in Raglan.

Come along to the Old School on Sunday 15 August to watch My One and Only, all about life, love and the pursuit of husbands! Starring Renee Zellweger, Logan Lerman and Kevin Bacon, this highly rated comedy is a love story, a road movie and a coming of age tale all in one. According to the critics, Renee Zellweger is at her very best playing Ann Devereau, who leaves her philandering husband and takes to the road with her two sons in search of a replacement – wealthy of course.

Sounds a relaxing way to round off a busy weekend – cash bar and the usual range of homemade

snacks to add to your enjoyment. Sessions at 4pm and 7pm, tickets $10 on the door.

Greetings all,Thank you to all who supported St John in our recent St John Week appeal. It was fantastic to see the support and donations that Raglan gave to St John. Congratulations to Denise Babbington the winner of the St John Raglan RaffleJune and July were busy months for St John. We attended 27 call outs in June and 35 callouts in July. All were a mixture of medical and ACC cases. Winter seems to be the season for slips and sprains so this month I would like to offer some tips on how to treat soft tissue injuries (sprains, strains and bruises).Soft tissue injuries mean damage to muscles, tendons, joint capsules and ligaments. Signs and symptoms of soft tissue injury are pain, tenderness, swelling, bleeding into tissue, restriction of movement or loss of function.The aim of treatment is to reduce the bleeding into tissues which will lead to swelling and more pain and will increase the disability of the injured area. You can manage the pain of soft tissue injuries by using the RICE technique. Rest – Stop exercise immediately. This prevents further damage and reduces bleeding.Ice – Ice reduces bleeding, pain and spasm. Crushed ice wrapped in a damp towel, moulded over the damaged area is ideal. Wrapping the ice in a towel protects the skin and prevents ice burn. If you have sensitive skin, smear it with oil before applying the icepack. The pack must be removed after 20 minutes. During the first 24 hours apply ice every four to five hours.Compression – Ice cooling takes up to 20 minutes to penetrate deep tissues so wrap crepe bandages over the ice pack firmly but comfortably so that the damaged and surrounding areas are compressed. Compression reduces bleeding and swelling. Maintain constant compression for the first day or for as long as swelling persists.Elevation – By raising a damaged limb, fluids tend to drain into the body’s trunk and swelling of the injured area is reduced. Remember, after 20 minutes, remove the icepack, replace the compression bandage and continue with rest and elevation.I hope this has been helpful to you all.Please take care and have a great month.Bush

Raglan volunteer fire brigade

New walking and cycling map for Whaingaroa

Sunday Movie in Raglan this week

With the Raglan Film Festival 2010 coming up in October, the Raglan Community Arts Council plans to repeat the very successful ‘Red Carpet’ evening showcasing the work of local film makers.

Films made by Elsa Lye, Marianne Tuao, Bronwen Christianos, and Tapsell Enoka featured at the inaugural Red Carpet evening in 2009.

This year several names have come forward, but the organisers would be interested to hear of others – if you know of someone who either lives in Whaingaroa, or has done so in the past, or did some of the filming in the area, check whether they have already been contacted, or would like to be – then give Jacqueline Anderson, Arts Coordinator at the Old School, a call on 825 0023 or email jacqueline@ raglanartscentre.co.nz

Calling all film makers

RAGLAN JUNIOR RUGBY: SAT 7th AUGUST 2010RAGLAN JUNIOR RUGBY: SAT 7th AUGUST 2010GRADE RESULT PLAYER/S OF DAY6th Defaulted

7th Lost Sam Parker

8th Defaulted

9th Won 25-20 Te Kaha Broadbent-King Jakob Hesketh-Dowd Kyden Waitere

10th Won 25-5 Sam Robertson Keaton Neels

11th Lost 12-39 Deken Rooks Leroy Neels Ziggy Knuiman

12th Won 45-29 Corey Gillet Ziggy Knuiman

RAGLAN JUNIOR SOCCER: SAT 7th AUGUST 2010RAGLAN JUNIOR SOCCER: SAT 7th AUGUST 2010

Local body elections come up again in a few months, which raises the whole thorny question of democracy at the regional level.

A significant weakness in the system is low voter response at local elections. This is probably related to two factors. Voters know little or nothing about most of those standing for election and have only a hazy grasp of how local body politics work. National level government gets much more media attention and there is a perception, possibly false, that we know what is going on.

In Hamilton Kay Gregory was elected to council with a relatively high vote because she was known for her television appearances.

Now Lisa Lewis is said to be standing for Hamilton council and might even be elected because she is well known, mainly for being naked.

As for the actual workings of local councils my guess is that most of the work is done by bureaucrats who report on it in lengthy documents that councillors struggle through and vote on as best they can, using whatever expertise they possess in the area.

I may be wrong about the process but there is frequent distrust of the decisions reached, particularly planning proposals. This is where democracy falls down again.

Pressure groups rise up in protest claiming to speak for the community but there is no way of knowing if they are really representative. Raglan excels in such protests. A similar argument applies

to formal submissions to council. Only those with verbal confidence feel able to do so and others less confident may have valuable contributions to make.

Whatever you may feel about Michael Laws, his use of referenda in Whanganui is a sensible recognition of the weaknesses in local democracy. His referenda ask electors to rank project priorities but the process could also be useful for single contentious issues. You do not need high verbal skills to be heard, using such a format.

Referenda can be expensive but a little creative thinking might produce a simple process. For instance, Waikato District Council could pay the Chronicle to include simple voting forms, only in delivered copies of the weekly paper, with an all hours drop off point in town for the completed forms. I can see that that this process might be open to a bit of skullduggery but then that’s politics.

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WED 18 AUGUST @ BLACKSAND. RAGLAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BREAKFAST – NETWORKING, 7.30am.Speaker: Gareth Bellamy. Meet new people. Learn new skills. Expose your business. RSVP by 16thAugust: angela@raglanchamber.co.nz

THURS 19 AUGUST @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. Euchre. All welcome.

THURS 19 AUGUST @ COMMUNITY HOUSE. SurfsideYouth group van pickup 7.15pm. Enquiries 825 5199.SAT 28 AUGUST @ RAGLAN TOWN HALL. “Meet the Candidates” Meeting. 10.30am. The public is invited to meet the candidates standing for the Raglan Community Board and The Raglan Ward at a meeting on Saturday, 28 August 2010, in the Raglan Town Hall at 10.30am. Organised by the Raglan Residents & Ratepayers Assn. Contacts : 825 8041 or 825 8521

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FRI 13 AUGUST @ THE RAGLAN CLUB. Jerry Lee. 7.30pm. No c/c.

SAT 14 AUGUST @ ORCA. Jam on Toast- DJs, Mcs & Musicians- Koha entry.

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In MemorialLEE GeorgeDaphne and family would like to thank all those who sent cards and messages for the recent sad occasion in the loss of a loved husband and friend. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

Public NoticesTHE RAGLAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Our next meeting will be held in the Union Church Hall at

1.15pm on the 17August.Our speaker will tell us about the joys of Bonsai. For the Interest Table we would like ornaments made from a natural product i.e wood, bone shell or stone

The topic for the floral art is Our Raglan Coast. We always welcome new members so come along and enjoy an afternoon with us.

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Raglan Scout Hall as it currently stands on Cliff Street