maungaturoto matters issue 55 february 06

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Issue 55 February 2006 Maungaturoto, A Real New Zealand Town ‘Gettin’ on with it!’

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Congratulations to:-

Patti Ilsley on winning the Supreme Champion Award with her hand spun hand knitted wrap at the Alpaca Expo in Hamilton Ed’s Note: If you have never seen Patti’s work—make a point of viewing it - it’s superb!

To Maura and Peter Flower, who will be cele-brating their 1st Wedding Anniversary on 12th February. And to Alistair Banks and Merrilyn Petch on their wedding. Set in a very romantic atmos-phere as they exchanged their vows under the magnificent Kauri Tree at Colins Bush

Belated New Year greetings to you all. Welcome back to your Maungaturoto Matters first edition of 2006. Hope you all had a won-derful holiday. Congratulations really must go to Terrie Donaldson for the magnificent work she did on making the Christmas Parade such a suc-cess. Her hard work and dedication really showed on the day of the Parade. It was won-derful to see such a turn out of floats and the whole community getting in behind her. Even the weather decided to “hold the rain” for a while. Although the December “Matters” had been published prior to the parade, and this is the first issue since. It was excellent to see such glowing reports in other publications, com-plete with photos of well known faces. So with Terrie’s guidance I am sure that it will be even better this year! Congratulations to the Garden Club for taking the ‘best float’ award, and one must not forget the Business Association, whose support makes the parade possible. Due to other commitments I did not manage to see the Pantomime (first time I have ever missed a performance), but I hear that it was superb and congratulations to Dennise Brownlie on her wonderful production and our very talented Otamatea Repertory Theatre members for giving everyone an evening of magnificent entertainment. Even heard a cer-tain editor got a mention!!!! Very small edition this month, but I look for-ward to hearing all your news throughout the year. Eve


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MAUNGATUROTO CHRISTMAS PARADE FOLLOW UP

Wow!! What an amazing Xmas parade we had, it was great to see so many people en

masse in our little town.

Firstly I would like to thank all those who participated in the parade; it was great to see so

much colour. In all 20 groups and businesses were took part.

The concert at the Country Club was also well attended where the crowd was treated to

some amazing talent from the Dargaville Dalmatian group, the Otamatea Christian School, Karren Cullen

and Pt Y2K (I would recommend getting these guys for 18th’s, 21st ’s and socials, they are pretty great).

Thanks to the Country Club committee and Grant Eager for all the hard work they put in to make the club

look so amazing and for the bar staff and Brett in the Kitchen for the wonderful meals. The weather that

had behaved so well all day decided that it had waited long enough and the rain started to fall but luckily

the clubs great facility was able to provide an indoor alternative.

But I am getting ahead of myself; I really should start with the beginning of the day which started at

1.00pm with the market area and Saturday shopping. Although this idea started with a hiss and a roar after

2.00pm town grew fairly quiet till 5.00pm. I would like to thank those who had stalls and all the local busi-

nesses that opened, unfortunately the idea wasn’t supported by locals as much as we had hoped, maybe we

could condense the time down or not have markets and shops open, it’s a lot of effort for people to organise

sites and staff for little reward, something to think about for next year?

A thank you to Fonterra who donated drinks and ice-blocks which our helpful clowns distributed through

out the hot afternoon , to the Fire brigade for the free bouncy castle and photo’s which were very popular

(I have one on my fridge).

Santa’s grotto had a welcome return, at one stage there was a queue to see the big fella, if you missed out in

getting your photo let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

As with any event there are so many people who need thanking , many I have already mentioned but a few

special cheers to Jobby for organising the street decorations, Karen Smales , the Maungaturoto Business

Association, the marshals, St John, the Police, stall holders, all the local businesses, performers and all the

spectators.

I definitely think an evening parade is a step in the right direction and the concert was also great but I

would like your feed back, what did/ didn’t you like? What could we do to improve it? Or would you like

to be involved in helping organise a part of the parade this year? Give me a call; your input is always wel-

come.

Empathy and indifference are the greatest enemies of any small town, don’t let them get the better of our

great town and get involved!!!!!!!

Hope to hear from you soon.

The winners on the day were:

Best float – 1st Maungaturoto Garden Club

2nd The Congregational and Holy Trinity Churches

3rd Playcentre

Best business float – Maungi Tanks

Best Window – Dreams

Best decorated bike:

Pre –school - Aaron Lupton

Primary - Kavana Vaota-ua

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Lions at the Den!

Every Wednesday night in November and Decem-

ber, a group of Maungaturoto Lions (led by Derrick

Passmore and Bryce Cullen) have been steadily

resheathing the old Maungaturoto Scout Den in

Bickerstaffe Road with sheets of coloursteel. This

has been an example of various groups working

together for the community. The funds for the ma-

terials are coming from Lions, Rotary, ITM and the

Scout Committee.

By the way, Eileen Parsons and Wayne Maclen-

nan would like to thank all the customers and well

wishers at the Christmas Parade who bought sau-

sages from the Scout Committee barbecue. Readers

may be interested to know that the renovation of

the Scout Den started two years ago when Eileen

and Wayne placed an appeal in the Maungie Mat-

ters asking for a kind Samaritan to help fix up the

Den. The Lions team responded and Derrick Pass-

more’s boys are doing an excellent job aided by

Bryce’s cherrypicker and Derrick’s barbecue. The

next step will be to get young people using the

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REST HOME NEWS Hello from the Rest Home. We hope everyone’s Christmas and New Year were enjoyable. We all had a lovely December and January. Firstly the Christmas Parade which we can see from our sunroom and the visit from Santa and his helpers is always great fun. Our Christmas lunch with the Retirement village was lovely ad then Christmas itself with lots of presents from Friends of the Rest Home and other friends. The New Year sees us with a few new faces in the Rest Home and this has brought in even more people from the community to visit , which is nice. A big thank you to everyone who has given us wool for Helen to crocket into rugs, she is very pleased with the wool that has arrived already. The Rest Home is starting the New Year off with a new program to provide Day Care for the elderly. If you are interested please phone Debbie on 431-8696 Another aim for this year is for all residents to be able to get into town once a week for coffee, library or shopping. Ginny has already started this on Fridays but if anyone else is interested in helping on other days phone Debbie at the Rest Home. Have a great February, From all of us at the Rest Home.

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Children’s Day to move from October to March

From 2007, Children’s Day will have a head start on Mother’s and Father’s Day, Child, Youth and Family Minister Ruth Dyson said today.

Announcing a change in date for National Children’s Day from the last Sunday of October to the first Sunday of March, Ms Dyson said the change was being made to avoid Labour Weekend and take advantage of better summer weather.

“In past years, the last Sunday of October often fell on Labour Weekend, ruling out a number of potential organisers, participants and activities. The change of date will increase community par-ticipation and ensure that Children’s Day is an enduring event.”

As a result of the date change, there will be no Children’s Day in 2006.

Ruth Dyson said the change was being announced now so that people could plan ahead.

“People all over New Zealand work hard for months to make the event a success, and some me-dia have made Children’s Day a regular feature. We want to give everybody prior warning and work towards creating a Children’s Day that is even bigger and better in 2007.

“Beginning the year with events that celebrate our children and remind us that the best thing we can give them is our time and love will increase the impact of a day New Zealanders have widely embraced.”

Child, Youth and Family is the implementation agency for Children’s Day. For the last six years, it has been supported by the Children’s Day National Steering Group made up of government and non-government agencies.

For more information about Children’s Day, please contact National Children’s Day communica-tions advisor Tania Guenter, ph 04 918 9487 or 029 918 9152, email [email protected], or visit www.childrensday.org.nz

Contact Pip Desmond, press secretary, phone (04) 471 9342, 0274 575 894


DONATED KAURI DOOR RESTORED TO FORMER BEAUTY

The Kauri Museum’s project to build a full sized replica of an old Kaipara boarding house is on track and is now in its next phase of construction: Interior fittings and installation of interior doors. This is one of the many doors that Bruce Jeffery of Dargaville has kindly donated to The Kauri Museum for use on the boarding house project and it’s believed that the door originally came from a sale in Maun-gaturoto many years ago. The Kauri Door has been carefully restored back to its original condition by Kauri Museum staff member Bill Curtis and will be hung in the dining room of the new boarding house. The construction is due for completion early 2006 and then will begin the exciting task of populating the rooms with characters and antique furnishings from the local district. So if you haven’t been to visit The Kauri Museum for a while, make sure that you put it on your ‘to do’ list for mid this year and experience the old world charm re-captured for all to enjoy in our life sized replica boarding house. Editor’s Note: Photos of the door were sent but unfortunately could not be transferred into the Matters


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Hello Everyone,

Happy New Year to you all and we hope you all had a terrific Christmas. The weather was a bit treacher-

ous but it seems to have settled down in to beach style now that we are all looking at going back to work!

The Community House re-opens for business on the 31st January, of course we are always available, all

you have to do to access help is phone the house number 4319080 and leave a message, the phone is

checked regularly for messages.

We have a few great things on the agenda this year, so keep an eye on the local notice boards as well as the Matters.

There are ongoing workshops for 2006, contact the House for a brochure. The first programme for the year: Marie Flavell Parenting Programme, 2 days, Monday 13th Feb and Monday 20th Feb Time: 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Lunch is provided and also a creche The places are LIMITED to 15 so call and register 4319080 Marie is a facilitator of many years experience and well qualified. This is the first of 3 programmes - more about the others in the next Matters.

A new service, Community Health Plan, starts Thursday 16th February at 4 p.m.

This is a healthier lifestyle plan. The first session, we will be meeting the dietician,

district nurse and Sport Northland representative, putting into place a basic eating

plan and exercise programme individually devised for each person depending on

medical conditions etc. Although this is a free service for the whole community to

take advantage of so please come and join us, a gold coin donation would be appre-

ciated to cover the cost. Phone the house for more information 4319080.

KIDS BIG DAY OUT at Pahi, Sunday 26th February.

This is a great day for the whole family, bring the kids to enjoy the many activities that have been arranged. Colouring competition entry forms will be available early February from shops and schools. Many different events: mini golf, bouncy castles, Ruebens cubes, Rock climbing wall, Walnut the Clown, scavenger hunt, lolly scramble, free ice blocks, mainly music, face painting, children's afternoon disco, plus, plus, plus!! Lunches, teas and coffees will be available for a small charge All events and activities are free for all children Entry fee is 1 parent! Starts 10 a.m. In event of bad weather it will be cancelled Many thanks to S.K.I.P. for funding this event.

Good Old Days will be on the 1st March.

Well that's all for this time, hope to see you at the workshops, keep an eye on the notice boards around

town or call in to the Community House, we are always pleased to see you and answer your queries. Regards

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New Zealand Secondary Schools Track & Field Champs & New Zealand Secondary Schools Road Race

A small contingent of Otamatea High School athletes attended the NZ Secondary Schools Track & Field Champs and Road Race Champs in Auckland in December - a first for all involved. Stacey Martin (14yrs) overcame the first day jitters at Ericcson Stadium, and with a good luck autograph from field champion Valerie Vili in hand, gained 7th place (10.31 metres) in the Junior Girls Shot Put. Stacey achieved a 3rd placing earlier in the year at the North Island secondary schools champs and is en-couraged by the fact she is still eligible to compete in the junior girls’ event for the next 2 years. In the 100 metres Stacey could not to a PB but a time of 13.68 was 36th fastest from a field of 52 competi-tors. Bodean Mane (15yrs) building on his cross country running success during the year competed in the Year 9 3km Road Race. Bodean and Dad were up at the crack of dawn for a 7.50 am start in Panmure, Bodean finished a creditable 52nd from 97 competitors in a time of 10.49 minutes. The race was won in a time of 9.25 minutes. The Botello sisters ran well in their event with Lonneke 53rd in the Junior Girls 4km event from a field of 75. The winner taking the race in a time of 15 minutes, Lonneke completed the race in 17.44 minutes. Saskia also competed courageously in the Senior Girls 4km event finishing 59th in 20.15. Thank you to Sharon, Adam, Leon & Rixt for their support and look forward to doing it all again next year.


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Recent Appointments: Ms Heather Cawkwell

(Junior Classroom teacher, General Subjects) Miss Julia Godfrey (Chemistry teacher) Mr Adam Hague (Music and Drama) Mrs Catherine Pilkington (Librarian) Ms Lyn Griffiths (School Secretary) Mrs Gabriella Furjes (Office Assistant)

We look forward to the start of the 2006 aca-demic year and we extend a warm welcome to all new families, new students and new staff mem-bers. We also look forward to welcoming back continuing staff and students into our school community. Events Calendar up to 28 February: Stationery Shop open from

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Course (OHS) Tues 31 Jan PTCA 2nd hand Uniform Sale

OHS Hall 9am –3pm Thurs 2 Feb New Teachers and New Staff

Orientation Course (am) Hela Meeting (pm) Fri 3 Feb Teacher Only Day Mon 6 Feb Waitangi Day School Closed

Tues 7 Feb Years 7,12 &13 return Wed 8 Feb Whole school returns Thurs 16 Feb OHS Swimming Sports Sun 19 Feb Robertson Shield 1st X1Cricket Wed 22 Feb Northpower Girls’ Cricket New Families and New Teachers Welcome 7.30pm OHS Hall Thurs 23 Feb OHS Athletics Sports Tues 28 Feb South Zone Swimming Sports

Regards Elizabeth Perry Assistant Principal

Schools

Junior Prizegiving 9 December 2005 Congratulations to the top Junior Academic and Sports Students for 2005

From left: Junior Victrix Ludorum: (Top Girl in Sport) Stacey Martin First in Year 10:Top Academic Student overall Ellen Aiken Junior Victor Ludorum: (Top Boy in Sport) Ryan Cocking First in year 9: Top Academic student overall Thomas Scott-Smith Congratulations to: Student Representative on the Board of Trus-tees: Amanda Knightbridge


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Maungaturoto Matters Clubs & Organisations

MAUNGATUROTOMAUNGATUROTOAEROBICS CLUBAEROBICS CLUB

BODY BARBODY BARBODY BARBODY BARMonday Nights 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Maungaturoto Country ClubA rapid fat-burning class that uses adjustable weights to tone and condition muscles while raising metabolic rate

for rapid fat-burning.“The worlds fastest way to get in shape”

BOX STEPBOX STEPBOX STEPBOX STEPThursday 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Maungaturoto Country ClubA cardiovascular program that uses a height-adjustable step. Using simple-to-follow moves and inspirational music STEP allows you to train at the intensity you want without having to think too hard. A high-energy, athletic cardio blast that provides a range of benefits including muscle toning, calorie burning and lower body muscle definition.

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MAUNGATUROTOMAUNGATUROTOAEROBICS CLUBAEROBICS CLUB

BODY BARBODY BARBODY BARBODY BARMonday Nights 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Maungaturoto Country ClubA rapid fat-burning class that uses adjustable weights to tone and condition muscles while raising metabolic rate

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BOX STEPBOX STEPBOX STEPBOX STEPThursday 6.30pm – 7.30pm

Maungaturoto Country ClubA cardiovascular program that uses a height-adjustable step. Using simple-to-follow moves and inspirational music STEP allows you to train at the intensity you want without having to think too hard. A high-energy, athletic cardio blast that provides a range of benefits including muscle toning, calorie burning and lower body muscle definition.

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For more information phone Kim Allen (09) 4318-445Café open 6pm – 9pm Thurs-Sat

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Well all is quiet on the squash front as it is way too

hot to even contemplate being inside four walls

chasing a small ball around. A good chance for

‘squashees’ to take a well earned break—but no

excuse for slacking off on the fitness! Summer is a

great chance to hit the beach, hit the pool etc and

work off some of that post-Xmas flab. Keeping up

some good fitness habits now will make it that

much easier to hit the courts when the weather

cools off a bit.

No doubt some people will be mad enough to

play over the summer months so if you are

keen to learn squash, or want to sweat it out, just

call Kenny Finlayson, Heather Lupton

or Colin Storey.

Maungaturoto Squash Club News

February 2006

Thought for the week:

”It is not what you’ve got, but what you do with it that counts!”

MAUNGATUROTO GARDEN

CLUB

December meeting was held at Mar-

garet Mulholland’s home, Wednesday

14th.

Prior to our Christmas lunch a short

meeting was held when our Christmas

cheer collection was donated to the

Whangarei Native Bird Recovery Cen-

tre.

A competition to identify flowers and

plants from pictures, showed up our

knowledge or ignorance, but caused

many laughs and plants were ex-

changed by all members.

A look around Margaret’s garden,

with her many roses, was a must.

Next meeting will be held February

15th and will be a trip.

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Contact Ray Allen 09-431-8315


Clubs & Organisations

RSA NEWSLETTER

Golden invitation Members were pleased to receive in December a gold-printed invitation from the President to a special

Christmas Cocktail evening. It was a well-attended and happy event, and over drinks on the house, older

and newer members were able to catch up or get to know each other, and enjoy the endless plates of

‘nibbles’ that paraded out of the kitchen.

The President Yashni Kant, after welcoming everyone, expressed gratitude to the members whose hard

work over the past year had so strikingly improved the RSA building and atmosphere, contributing to a re-

markable increase in club membership to around 110.

Clubroom Renovations

Those who have been aware of the crashing and banging going on in the clubrooms

recently will be relieved to know that this will some time soon result in an upgraded,

upswept and up-hygiened kitchen area, notwithstanding a shoestring budget. Some

committee members are doing a sterling job here in their spare time, which is highly

appreciated.

Petanque or Boules

The mystery surrounding this addictive French pastime has finally been lifted by the appearance of a sandy

Petanque court just outside the Clubrooms. Not unlike bowls, the main difference is that the ball you pitch

towards the stationary jack cannot roll much because it’s on sand. So it is logical to pitch it slightly sky-

ward and hope it lands dead in front of the jack. This is why the game is fondly called ‘kerplonk’ (though

the players are definitely not called plonkers). Come and try this out before we all get terribly good at it.

Speed Pool - the idea being to sink all the balls in as short a time as possible. This gem of a game is popular with the

whizz-kids of all ages. Those of us who like to take their time in sizing up the angles, dis-

tance and lay of the table prefer to bore their competitors rigid.

Clubroom Hours The doors and bar are open on Wednesdays from 6.0pm, and Fridays from 5.0pm. All members, guests

and visitors are warmly welcome.

Phone RSA: 431 8313 or Ray Allen, Sec/Treasurer evenings 09- 431 4525


Paparoa

Line Dancing

Restarting for 2006 Thursday 9th February At the Paparoa Hall

Beginners 9 a.m

Intermediate 10 a.m Advanced 11 a.m

Tea and Coffee available

This is a low impact aerobic exercise Loads of fun and improves memory

and co-ordination

Tutor: Bev Baxter from Kamo, Whangarei

All Welcome

Come and join the fun!!

Contact

Rose Plunkett (09) 431 7418

MAUNGATUROTO BOWLING CLUB

Change of Day Now Tuesday morning roll-ups

Men and Women Every Tuesday

Commencing 9.15am

Includes coaching sessions for beginners

Spare bowls available

Mufti dress (but soft soled shoes must be worn)

New arrivals to Maungaturoto

especially welcome

Thought of joining a Bowling Club?

These friendly roll-ups enable you to Try before you buy

Contact: Jean Gillett 431-8515 Bob Edwards 431-8897

CARPET & VINYL LAYING

Trevor Dempsey

Ph/Fax (09) 431-8888 Mob (025) 283-8039

Clubs & Organisations

MAROHEMO HALL NEWS

Greetings for 2006! Firstly we must say congratulations to locals Alastair Banks and Merrilyn

Petch who were married in December and celebrated in style at the hall. We wish you

lots of happiness for the future.

Have you always yearned to help out in your local

community?

Wanted to belong to a committee that only had a

couple of meetings a year?

And do you enjoy parties, socials and dancing?

Well I have the perfect answer for you…… become

the secretary for the Marohemo Hall

Committee!!!!! Not only will you fulfil

all those wants but you would be helping

me out greatly as I head back into teach-

ing once more. If you are interested then

please call Heather on 4318565

Remember that our hall is available for hire and could well be the perfect spot for that party to

celebrate a new year. Our hall hire rates are very reasonable.


‘PigPost’ is a matured blend of pine sawdust and pig manure ready for the

garden.

Bernice Flower recommends PigPost!

Summer Special Offer

$80 delivered and $40 cubic metre

Maungaturoto/Paparoa area. Other quantities by arrangement.

It's what keeps

Maungaturoto green

‘PigPost’

- Phone -

Ariel Farm

431-7209

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FARM LIVING

King Kong Showing Now A real life version of this summer’s blockbuster movie King Kong is playing on our verandah. Starring in the role of Kong is Rex’s dog Mo who ripped a muscle in her foreleg. Post surgery she’s been confined to a pen, although ‘confine’ doesn’t exactly describe it. A few minutes after we shut her in she found the bars on the door were bite-sized and, in true Kong style, ripped a couple off and strolled out. Rex replaced them with boards which were effective for another hour or so until she worked her nose around the edge of a board and ripped it off, too. Fortunately we caught her shortly after each escape. Soon a trend emerged: each break out happened soon after Rex left the house. It was time to train the master not the dog. Pretty soon Rex was in the habit of growling at Mo (just like her long-suffering Mum Jess once would have) each time he left. “Grrrr, stay there Mo,” he would say as he jumped in his truck. Trouble was, sometimes he forgot and Mo would plot a getaway. As I was left with a broken pen and a dog who got herself in knots every time she was left on a chain, I was highly moti-vated to get the matter sorted. In the end I stuck notes on the steering wheel of Rex’s truck and on his quad that said “Remember to growl at Mo”. She finally got the message. Now her leg’s much better, but she’s still living here rather than at Rex’s parents’ place where their cat Fifi has her well sussed. Mo likes cats – to eat. Two of our four moggies are fascinated with her. Dot sneaks past Mo’s pen with her hackles high and little Tui seems to finally have accepted that Mo isn’t like her special friend Floss who loves cats, does gentle nose touching and bottom sniffing and thinks Fifi’s hissing and spitting are so unnecessary. The pen was built for Floss who got run over when she was a puppy. She had a pin put in her leg and was confined for six weeks. During the first few weeks I even had to carry her out to do her ‘toilet’. Let’s sum this up by saying that dogs are poor food converters. Floss loves being picked up and carried to this day. Now she’s as healthy as ever except when her tendency to be a garbage guts backfires. A few weeks ago she looked green round the gills as she followed me down the drive where she threw up among our baby natives on our beautiful new garden. I made a note to re-move her sick but Floss saved me the trouble (delicate readers stop now) by eating it up the next day. The next week she was in my car and devoured part of a white chocolate bar. When she spewed a while later I called the Vet Club which confirmed that only dark chocolate is toxic to dogs. I carried out an inspection of her stomach contents – delicately with the tip of my gumboot – and found that Floss had dined on a lamb’s testicle complete with orange rubber ring. Kate was next in the pen. She got run over and cracked her pelvis. The vet removed the ball on one hip and now muscle holds her leg in place. It sounds far fetched, but it works al-though Kate still favours her damaged leg. Like Mo, Kate wasn’t crazy about being locked up and, being similarly devoted to Rex, gnawed through the chicken wire on the door and took off after him and the other dogs on a nearby hill. The wire got replaced with bars which Mo tore off, then boards. One wall is still made of chicken wire which Mo, amazingly, never tried to chomp through. Hopefully there’ll be no more convalescents in the pen. But I suspect that as long as it sits on the terrace where it makes a hideous addition to our outdoor furniture and brings new meaning, courtesy of Mo the escape artist, to the expression ‘indoor outdoor flow’, it’s poten-tial space for invalid dogs. Mo will be better soon so when King Kong moves on at the end of its season it’ll be high time for the pen to go the same way.

Thanks to Rae for her contribution


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Community DirectoryCommunity DirectoryCommunity DirectoryCommunity Directory Community ServicesCommunity ServicesCommunity ServicesCommunity Services Emergency – Ambulance, fire Police 111 Ambulance 0800-61-00-66 Police 431-1150 Medical Centre 431-8576 Public Health Nurse - Claire Jaques (09) 439-7149 Care & Share Family Support 431-8227 Homebuilders Community Services & Family Help – Maungaturoto/Paparoa 4 31-9080 Kaipara District Council 0800-72-70-59 Dog, Stock & Noise Control 0800-10-58-90 Rubbish Collection 0800-57-72-48 Rubbish Mobile (Truck) 025-401-1475 Maungaturoto Community Centre Contact:- Lorraine Orford 431-8388 Maungaturoto Country Club 431-8326 Maungaturoto Library 431-8811 Maungaturoto Money Exchange 431-8028 Maungaturoto Pharmacy 431-8045 Maungaturoto Playcentre 431-8517 Maungaturoto Primary School 431-8106 Maungaturoto Rest Home 431-8696 Otamtea Christian School 431-8487 Otamatea High School 431-8230 Otamatea Marae, Batley Road 431-8337 Otamatea Reperatory Society 431-8728 Post Office 431 8315 Plunket Helpline 0800-93-39-22 Plunket Society 431-8187 School Dental Clinic 431-8163 Veterinarian, Vet Centre 431-8318 ChurchesChurchesChurchesChurches Anglican Church 431-8193 Catholic Church 431-8566 Congregation Church 431-8397 Presbytarian Church 431-7106 Community GroupsCommunity GroupsCommunity GroupsCommunity Groups Ararua Pony Club Contact President Bevan Haddrell (09) 431-8806 Arthritis Support Group 431-7405 2nd Tuesday 2nd month Craft Group Craft Group Craft Group Craft Group – different venues 431-8578 Last Thur. Of the month Cubs & ScoutsCubs & ScoutsCubs & ScoutsCubs & Scouts 431-8055 CWICWICWICWI (Country Womens Institute) 431-7405 Last Monday of the month 7.00pm Bahai FaithBahai FaithBahai FaithBahai Faith 431-8782 Friends of the Rest HomeFriends of the Rest HomeFriends of the Rest HomeFriends of the Rest Home 431-8248 1st Tuesday, 2nd month Girl Guides/BrowniesGirl Guides/BrowniesGirl Guides/BrowniesGirl Guides/Brownies 431-8530 Hockey ClubHockey ClubHockey ClubHockey Club 431-8530 Indoor BowlsIndoor BowlsIndoor BowlsIndoor Bowls 431-8055 Lions ClubLions ClubLions ClubLions Club, Maungaturoto 431-8689 2nd & 4th Monday (cont Alistair Banks) Maungaturoto Garden ClubMaungaturoto Garden ClubMaungaturoto Garden ClubMaungaturoto Garden Club 431-8611 3rd Wednesday of the month Rotary ClubRotary ClubRotary ClubRotary Club, Mangaturoto & Districts 431-8388 Tuesday nights RSARSARSARSA (Returned Services Association) 431-8313 Open Fridays 7.30pm ScrabbleScrabbleScrabbleScrabble 431-8136 500 Card evening500 Card evening500 Card evening500 Card evening 431-8117 Congregational Church Hall

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Wed.01st Maungaturoto Business Association Meeting Communit Centre 5.30pm Tue.07th Term 1 Commences—Primary School Tue.14th Valentines Day Dinner Country Club Sun.26th Kids Big Day Out—Pahi

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Community NoticesCommunity NoticesCommunity NoticesCommunity Notices Maungaturoto Business Association Meeting 1st Wednesday of the month Community Centre 5.30pm Maungaturoto Library Open Monday to Thursday 10.30am to 12.00 midday Friday 10.30am to 4.00pm Tae Kwon Do Mondays & Wednesdays 6.00-7.00p Maungaturoto Community Centre Line Dancing Monday evening to be advised Thursday morning 9.30am – Paparoa Hall Mainly Music Tuesdays 10.00am Congregational Church Hall Indoor Bowls Mondays 7.15pm R.S.A.

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