maungaturoto matters issue 99 february 2010 part 5

8/14/2019 Maungaturoto Matters Issue 99 February 2010 Part 5

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CARPET & VINYL

LAYING

Trevor Dempsey

Ph/Fax (09) 431-8888Mob (027) 283-8039

LIST WITH THELIST WITH THELIST WITH THELIST WITH THE

PROFESSIONALSPROFESSIONALSPROFESSIONALSPROFESSIONALS

Jean Johnson Realty Ltd MREINZ

131 Hurndall Street

Maungaturoto

Office Ph 09 431 8410

Fax 09 431 8821

Sheree Hastings

Mob 027 309 5788

A/h 09 431 8849

P.O.Box 107

Maungaturoto

BUILDER AVAILABLE

Design

Plans

Decks

Additions

Alterations

New homes

30 years experienceQuality workmanship

Phone Tony

(09) 431 6964 or

027 477 5340


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Infant, Child & Booster Seats Available

Long or short term hire

We also have for purchase Child Harnesses,

Locking Clips and Ext. StrapsFor rental details Ph Karlene Storey

(09) 431 8890Brand New Infant Seats Now Available for hire

PLAYGROUP AND COFFEE MORNING

1st Thursday of the Month

At the Plunket Rooms on Hurndall St inMaungaturoto From 10am to Midday.

Please come along for a coffee and meetother parents and caregivers.

Toys and books are available for the children.

For further details Ph Jennifer (09) 431 6343

CAR SEAT

RENTAL SCHEMES

PaparoaLine DancingAt the Paparoa Hall

Thursday at 9.00am

This is a fun way to exercise bothbody & mind

A great way to socialise

ALSO

EXERCISE TO MUSICPAPAROA HALL

Tuesday at 10.30 am

Good all-round exercise

Another great way to socialise

and meet new people

Contact

Rose Plunkett (09) 431 7418

CONCRETE

If its concrete we do it

Full preparation and pour by

experienced local team

Subfloors Sheds Driveways Patios

Cowpads

Also retainer walls and fences

1.6 Ton Digger Available & Light

Truck

Phil Keen Contractors

027 659 2376


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Oh Drought!

I should have known. Right in the middle of editing andwhat happens????? A conspiracy by the Rain Gods, toyet again, foil my grand plans of great productions and allthat kind of rubbish.

Meantime...little did I know not so good things were goingon in the fishpond behind my house..I mean I should havedone something sooner about the living things that swamin that pond that was once meant to be where our watertank was going ..until they found out a spring was there -that is. So, it became a fishpond and home to loads ofgreen kermit types hell bent on calling those lily pads theirown personal tropical resort until, that was, the Rain Godsdecided it was time to turn off the tap so to speak. And inthe doing I end up with a kitset graveyard in my fish pond.Fish don't have legs but of course stupid here kept onthinking they'd be fine...ermm nope they weren't.

An instruction given by the Mad Bush Farm Management(with the bad attitude gleam) one boiling hot day ,to thelong suffering 12 year old worker to "Get the gumboots onand check the water level in the pond...or else all refer-ences to Twilight will be banned from this insane (poorexcuse for a..) farm. On pain of having the word "TwilightSaga" removed from the vocabulary and a permanent banon cute furry creatures...said long suffering 12 year oldworker went stomping off in the heat with hot black gum-boots, black t-shirt and short from with skinny legs hungout of them. The management should not have asked...

The 12 year old worker sent the 11 year old worker to no-tify the Mad Bush Farm Management (with an even bad-der attitude gleam due to the heat) that the Grim Reaperhad come to pay a multitude of gold fish a personalvisit..hence..a do it yourself Kitset Graveyard ...and without the Resource consent at that...HOWEVER all was notlost declared the 12 year old worker as she now clompedaround said silt laden murky pond in gumboots net in handfishing out....oh never mind..you don't want to know. Allwas not lost..movement....and one fish was caught.

Meantime Grandma had shown up during all of this sagaand she decided she's come and lend a hand. Grandma

supervised while the 12 year old worker continued to relo-cate the kitset graveyard in the pond and net as many ofliving gold fishy type souls as quickly as possible.. thatmeant the Management had to stop the editing of thegrand production (our local town newspaper) shove on theleaking gumboots...useful in summer as ventilation holesbut not in ponds...then decide what the heck to do with allof these darned goldfish. Meantime the cats had found the...kitset graveyard relocation... Solution? Swipe the oldbathtub from out of the tank paddock and use that for atemporary fishpond... lucky we have a spare trough... thesurvivors were grateful.

As for the 12 year old worker? She got her Twilight booksto read

- Mad Bush Farm

Federated Farmers drought line

reactivated

Federated Farmers welcomes the Governments rapidresponse today to declare the Northland region to be in a

medium scale adverse event. The Federation has re-sponded by reactivating its 0800 drought line (0800 376

844).Federated Farmers had hoped that rain would come butthings have now come to a head. Farmers will be reallyappreciative of the Ministers action, says Denis Ander-son, Federated Farmers Northland provincial president.Anyone who has been through the province would havenoticed how dry it is. Just over a week ago our soil mois-ture deficit was 130mm, which is well over double what weexpect at this time of the year.The main benefit of this declaration is that it provides ac-cess to relief measures such as giving Inland Revenueflexibility in treating farmers taxation commitments. TheMinistry of Social Development further helps familieswhose income and essential living needs have been badlyaffected.This declaration also offers grants to the Northland RuralSupport Trust so that it can offer practical support such asfinancial advice and welfare support. At times like this,there is a fair degree of psychological and social stress socounselling services would be very welcome.Federated Farmers is making its drought line, 0800DROUGHT (0800 376 844), available to all farmers. Atthis time, we need to pull together.0800 DROUGHT is primarily a feed line that matchesfarmers with surplus feed to those in need. Im also con-tacting Federated Farmers Grain and Seed industry group

to ascertain feed stock availability. This provides a furthertouch point with the Northland Rural Support Trust.I will send an advisory out to the Federations Northlandmembers shortly to alert them to the drought line and feedlist.It would be great to see water storage come to the top ofthe Governments infrastructure list as climate variationwill likely cause an erratic weather pattern. Storing theample rainfall we normally get would future proof our re-gion and the wider economy, Mr Anderson concluded.


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