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May the Forth BeMay the Forth BeMay the Forth BeMay the Forth Be
With YouWith YouWith YouWith You
(Not Star Wars)(Not Star Wars)(Not Star Wars)(Not Star Wars)
The pantomime for 2010 is coming to
your theatre with a galaxy of stars and a
weird collection of characters, sets and
props.
A hilarious romp through the strange
world of elections, skullduggery, triumph
and victory!
Show dates are: Sunday November 28 2.00pm
Friday December 3 7.30pm
Saturday December 4 2.00pm
Sunday December 5 2.00pm
Friday December 10 7.30pm
Saturday December 11 2.00pm and 7.30pm
Sunday December 12 2.00pm
Tickets from Tonysin Maungaturoto and throughiTICKET.CO.NZ. Adults $15 Scholars $10.
2011 Programme
ORT are seeking expressions of interest for the positionof director for the production of MASH in April 2011 andthe director for the production of Annie in July.
Please send your application and CV to ORT, PO Box35, Maungaturoto or deliver to Peter Matheson beforeNovember 17th. No late applications will be considered.
Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting was held on Thursday 21October and there are two new committee members forthe year.
Welcome to Fay Wilson and Nat Curnow and thanks tothose who stood for election.
ORT wishes to record the thanks to all members for theircontribution through 2010 and look forward to their contin-ued support for 2011.
Club Night
The club night for Friday October 1stunfortunately can-celled due to unforeseen circumstances and the commit-tee has decided to cancel the November night due to thepantomime rehearsals and if course it is the celebration ofGuy Fawkes that many members may wish to partake.
But club nights will resume in February 2011.
Correction
The committee would like to correct a comment which wasprinted in the column from Linking Hands about ORT put-ting on a film show in last month Maungie Matters.
This was incorrect and all accolades and tributes go toBRIAN DENT for his efforts in arranging the event. Goodon you Brian for supporting the community.
Christmas party time is approaching and your one may
have a theme to which we may be able to cater to yourdress up desires. It is truly amazing what there is, storedon the racks at ORT.
Contact Frances Yardley on 431 8737, or contact a com-mittee member.
Peter Matheson
OTAMATEA REPERTORY THEATRE
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Scrub Cutters
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Day in the country with Home & Garden Tour
That age-old pastime - a day in the country - will take on new and exciting possibilities at The
Otamatea High School PTCA Home & Garden Tour.
The Home & Garden Tour, being held on Saturday, November 20, includes 10 of theOtamatea areas most remarkable homes and gardens, each of which has a very differentcharacter.
Among the homes included are Lockwood and Alexandra Smith's renovated art-deco homeWoodleigh, the architecturally significant Haigh House, the Swiss-flavoured Zweisheim, themajestic natives and flowers of Bushy Park and the historic colonial homesteads of Batley Houseand The Pines.
Otamatea High School PTCA Chairperson Pam Chapman says that Otamatea, which stretchesalong the northern side of the Kaipara Harbour, has a distinctive character and is rich in history.
Many people drive through Otamatea without realising the treasures that abound just a few kilome-tres off State Highway 12. In pioneer days, it was at the centre of the kauri industry and pastoralfarms were established.
The areas character is well-represented in a cross-section of homes and gardens. There are re-cently renovated homes: Woodleigh, a 1914 villa, a 1900 homestead, and The Haigh House, builtin 1942 and moved from Remuera; several country homes each with a original and different per-sonality; two colonial homes, The Pines, built in the 1880s, and Batley House, built in stages from
1865, and beautifully-landscaped Bushy Park offering an easy ramble through established nativebush and around the lake.
Pam says the PTCA has organised the tour to raise funds for Otamatea High School and itsstudents.
During the day, light snacks and tea will be served at two homes and a coffee cart will be at one ofthe properties.
Floral Art will be displayed at four of the homes.
The houses will open at 9.30am and the last entry is at 3.50pm. Unfortunately there will be nodisabled access or entry for children under 14.
Tickets, which cost $40 are available from National Bank(Walton Street Branch), WhangareiWaipu Hammer Hardware (Waipu), Buy the Way (Kaiwaka), Otamatea High School(Maungaturoto), Paparoa Drapery (Paparoa), First National Roper Jones (Dargaville), MainStreet Interiors (Dargaville), Wellsford Sports and Leisure Centre (Wellsford).
There will be no sales on 20thNovember.
For more information contact Nikki Donaldson at Otamatea High School 09 4318 230 [email protected]
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CHRISTMAS PARADE UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!
December 4TH6PM
Well its only a month till the Christmas parade and community
concert and organising is in full swing!!!!
I already have a few floats entered but I need HEAPS more, I
also need stalls, marshals and helpers, if you fit any of these
please give me a call.
As I briefly mentioned last matters this year the festivities will
not be at the country club (although the floats will finish there)
but there will be a community concert at the High school.
This event needs schools, music groups and in general talentedpeople to perform; this part is being co-ordinated by the High
School. For this event to work we need ALL the community to
get behind it, Maungie has a reputation for being a bit apathetic
so lets get off our butts and make this a concert to remember!!!!
Give me or the high school a call if you are interested.
I am also putting a challenge to Maungaturoto to make this
town really look like its Christmas this year, houses, lawns and
shops should be aglow with the festive season!.
COME ON EVERYONE LETS GET INVOLVED, XMAS
IS ABOUT GIVING, HOW ABOUT GIVING THE GIFT
OF TIME AND MAKE THIS YEARS PARADE
GREAT!!!!!!!!
Terri Donaldson
09 4318 599
p.s
This year there will also be a Santas grotto in town closer to
Christmas, details will be in the next matters.
On Wednesday 20 October 2010, members met at the Commu-
nity Hall with a good turnout of members. There was an excel-
lent variation of competition entries and many different
Unusual Container entries for the decorative section.
Patti Ilsley gave us a most impressive demonstration of her card-
ing and spinning skills. We also admired the intricate and beauti-
ful samples of her knitting 2 shawls and a jacket, all from herspinning efforts.
Next month on 17 November meet at the Ambulance Station at
9.00 am and bring your lunch. We will be traveling by bus to
Whangarei for visits to Whangarei Quarry and Geoff Griggs
Day Lily garden. You will be advised of the final details of
costs by a committee member.
We are coming into summer and plants need to be well watered
if the weather is dry. Mulching helps to preserve soil mois-
ture. Mulch with bark, compost and grass clippings.
Newly planted shrubs and trees need watering well if soil is dry
and mulching will benefit them.
Roses will be in bloom and will be at their best this month. Trim
back shoots that have flowered to encourage more flow-
ers. They will benefit from fertilizer at this time as well.
Apply fertilizer to citrus and other fruit trees. Young fruit trees
need to have their first summer pruning. Trim out growth in the
center of the tree. Old trees carrying a heavy crop of fruit will
benefit from fertilizer.
Plant cucumbers, tomatoes, capsicums and celery. Dwarf and
climbing beans can be planted this month. For a continuous
harvest of beans plant at regular 3 weekly intervals.
(Garden hints from Maungaturoto Garden Club)
Maungaturoto Garden Club
GARDEN NOTES FOR NOVEMBER 2010
MAUNGATUROTOCHRISTMAS PARADE 2010
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSEFUNDRAISER
9 Hole Ambrose Golf TournamentAt Paparoa Golf Club
Saturday 13thNovember
Assemble from 9am, tee of 10amEntry $15pp, includes a light mealOn course refreshments available
Great prizes including our lucky draw fora weekend for two in Paihia
Courtesy coach available in theMaungaturoto Area
For more information or to book yourteam
Call in and see us at Fergus ApplianceSpot
Phone 09 431 8999 or 09 431 8999
Come along and have a fun filled day out
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Linking Hands Inc
A Busy Season at Otamatea Christian
School.
In the last few weeks we have hosted a cross-country event, a
debating competition and a school pet day.
We were pleased to have children and staff from the Christian
school in Wellsford visit and compete with us in both cross-
country and debating. They won the former and we won the lat-
ter. The weather cooperated and so did helpful volunteers.
School Pet Day was on a Saturday this year and we were thrilled
with the turnout on such a warm sunny day. As with every year,
some volunteers really went the second mile to make the event
very successful and we are grateful for their help.
We are always keen to involve parents and children together in
events that build close relationships, demonstrate character anddisplay the qualities we seek to instill in the children. Perhaps
the best evidence of such worthwhile occasions is when people
are reluctant to go home at the end.
We are currently exploring ways to enhance the distinctive nature
of our school and are planning to purchase more technology to
keep apace of the childrens interests and computer based talents.
We welcome enquiries from parents who would like to explore
the possibility of enrolling their children. We are able offer a free
diagnostic test for the children to identify their personal level of
education as our Schools learning program is tailored to eachindividual child. Please phone our Principal Lynette Bell on 09
431-8487 for information.
David Patterson
Board Chairman
This month I just want to talk about us and what we do.
Now you may say, havent we heard it all before but it seems
no, because people still come in and ask us...What do you people
do here?
So I will just run through all the things that linking Hands has to
offer to this and our surrounding communities.
Health Shuttle service
We run a transport service for all people of all ages to all and any
health related appointments; this includes appointments toWINZ, IRD and ACC.
We will pick you up from your home and take you to the hospi-
tal, doctor, clinic, optician, specialist, counsellor, or any other
health related appointment. We will wait for you however long it
takes and then we return you home again.
The service is free and runs by donations from the people that
use us along with funds from various funding organizations and
Trusts.
We will take you to Whangarei, Wellsford, Warkworth,
Maungaturoto and Ruawai
The areas that we pick people up from are
Ruawai, Matakohe, Tinopai, Pahi, Paparoa, Taipuha, Whakapi-
rau, Maungaturoto, Kaiwaka, Mangawhai, Waipu, Bream bay,
Ruakaka.
.We will also bring you home from Hospital if you live in any of
the areas we have covered above.
We have 3 cars and one 8 seater Health Shuttle. Unfortunately
the shuttle is off the road at the moment and will be for a couple
of months, we are doing major overhauls and are presently
waiting on funding to pay for it.
We have 20 volunteer drivers, 5 of which are from the
Mangawhai area
Volunteer cars are often used when we need to and the drivers
are reimbursed for their costs.
If you need to transport a larger group we have 2 volunteer cars
that are 7 and 8 seats.
Office services
Our office is in Maungaturoto, 131 Hurndall St. We have a com-
puter Internet service with 2 computers; we provide colour and
black and white copies, laminating of up to A4 size. Plus a seniornet tutor available by appointment. We have an available office
space for small meeting.
These services are all run by donations.
The latest addition to our service is our Book Nook.
This is 2nd hand books, DVDs, videos and jig saw puzzle.
These are all donated by the community and sold as an ongoing
fundraiser for linking Hands.
Family activity boostFAB
This is a special need outing for families that are in need of some
special time together; sometimes a family just needs to spend
quality time together. This can be due to family crisis, loss offamily member; economic times getting you down and unable to
cope anymore without a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.
This we do monthly and a family needs to be referred to us then
we take it from there. So if you have a friend that fits this or per-
haps a neighbor or just someone you know give us a call.
Ph 09 4318969
We run many other little things for the community some of
which are special requests, things that we do not wish to adver-
tise. We are here to help the needs of the people, and we do help
as much as we can. There are times we must draw the line and
keep to the boundaries but most of the time we manage to cope
with most requests that we get.I would suggest you give us a call if you think we can help and
we will have a look at your request.
Meantime have a great month. Regards Maureen.
OTAMATEA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
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WHITE RIBBON DAY
Today there are many great organisations which have days to
celebrate, days to remember and days on which to buy ribbons,
sometimes I find myself trying to decide which of these worthycharities I can support.
White Ribbon day will be celebrated by the Team of Homebuild-
ers with a free Sausage Sizzle outside the Community House
on Friday 26thNovember, we hope you will come along and get a
free sausage and a White Ribbon in support of those who strug-
gle with Family Violence.
White Ribbon Day is a good cause that is bringing change and
awareness into our communities around the whole area of Family
Violence. It is also one which you are not asked to donate any-
thing to, but I would encourage you to remember the twentyyoung women who have died at the hands of abusers since
Sophie Elliott was murdered by her partner 2 years ago.
Today as I write this there is a funeral service going on for yet
another young women, Carmen Thomas, who was killed, dis-
membered and buried by her partner. Too many beautiful young
women, too many bright and fabulous children abused and mur-
dered by their partners, and fathers, the very people who should
be protecting them.
Homebuilders want to acknowledge that there are good men in
our community, we are very grateful to each of you and for all
the good things you do for your families and for those aroundyou in the community. We especially thank those of you who
have supported us with the sausage sizzle, and those who support
us on the Board of Homebuilders
Late last month our new Counselling Rooms were opened and
dedicated in prayer. We are delighted to have this new facility to
offer the community.
Free Counselling is available if you would like to take advantage
of this service please ring the Denise at the office 431 9080 to
make an appointment. We continue to provide the other services
that you are familiar with such as the Family Support Workerswho visit homes to discuss a variety of family issues which peo-
ple have to face, Food Bank, and the Parents as Child Educators
program for young mothers and babies.
We have started holding Craft classes on Friday mornings from
10am 12pm from now until 10thDecember. The plan is to pro-
vide materials for you to make Christmas presents and Christmas
decorations, anyone is welcome and there is no charge. If youare interested you can just turn up at 10am any Friday or feel free
to ring and find out more about what we are doing.
Thats about it for this month, enjoy the warmer weather and we
will catch up with you again next month.
Blessings from Denise and the Team
To Die or Survive
Since Sophie Elliot was stabbed to death by Clayton Weatherston
20 other young women have died in incidents of domestic vio-
lence.
Thousands of others live in fear!
Reflections
(reprinted with permission from the book Lost & Found by New
Zealand author Jude Simpson)
I wonder how I used to get through each day, feeling depressed
and miserable beyond words. What had living in this world for
nearly two years done to me? Getting beaten then raped by the
man who was supposed to love me. Cleaning myself up and tend-
ing to my wounds and trying to look happy because hecant
stand seeing that miserable ugly face (within an hour of him
disfiguring it). I had an endless flow of tears running down my
face, but was told to stop snivelling.
I then had to cook the meal and feed the demanding monster. Im
bleeding, bruised and beaten. Im in pain. I find it hard to
breathe. Yet somehow I find the strength deep within my being
to keep going. Was this survival kicking in? Yes, I believe it was.
To disobey his demands would ultimately mean more of the
same. Please, no more! Ill do whatever you want. Ill stop cry-
ing. Ill smile and be happy. Just please, no more!
24 hour Domestic Violence Hot Line 021 886434
HOMEBUILDERS
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