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A local family in grief over the death of a father and husband were shocked to ar-rive at the Waiuku cemetery last week to find the grave awash with water.

An emotional Susan Hughes, pictured left with family friend Peter Shadbolt, said it was awful to see mourners standing in the grave bucketing water out before the ceremony for her father, Doug Field.

Reverend Les Ferguson, who has offici-ated funerals at the cemetery for 16 years says the situation should have been avoid-ed, and says it’s ironic that senior council staff are on hundreds of thousands of dol-lars a year, but there doesn’t appear to be enough money to buy a pump for Waiuku Cemetery.

Susan and other mourners have written to council demanding answers, and says she was angry to be told by contractors at the cemetery that they had been waiting since 8am that morning for a pump.

“They knew it was full of water, they should have done something,” she said. “I would have thought any normal hu-man being would have thought about the trauma my family endured watching wa-ter bucketed out and seeing the muddy sludge I had to leave my Dad in.”

Catherine Moore, Manager Auckland Cemeteries, said the situation was very unfortunate, at a difficult time for the family, and said heavy rain earlier in the week, plus the low-lying nature of the Wai-uku Cemetery meant some groundwater had seeped into the grave.

The funeral party itself had arrived ear-lier than expected at the cemetery, but had phoned earlier to notify contractors of the earlier arrival.

She acknowledged that council con-tractors working to empty the grave with a bucket when mourners arrived wasn’t a good look, and said there is not a pump specifically available for Waiuku.

She said there is a pump available at Manukau, but it is expected that contrac-tors have access to a pump if required. She said part of the investigation into the situ-ation would be to discuss with contractors what equipment they have available.

For Susan Hughes, it’s too late. She says she feels pain and guilt over the burial, but hopes some good will come from raising her concerns.

“I just hope that this means that no oth-er family has to ever go through this,” she says.

Concerns by Pukekohe residents over what they believed was illegal dumping of waste by Auckland Coun-cil contractors have been heightened by independent laboratory tests.

The tests of sediment from the site show significantly higher levels of heavy metals than on nearby land.

The dumping of water as part of the council’s sediment removal activi-ties took place in mid-July in Rowle Road, Pukekohe. Local resident Gan-ges Singh took photographs of the truck dumping the waste, (pictured at right), and contacted Auckland Coun-cil.

Auckland Council’s Manager Storm-water, Craig McIlroy said the dump-ing was legal, and that “the contractor discharged decant water (essentially

clean water with minimal sediment or contaminants). The remaining level of contaminant in the discharged wa-ter was 0.1 per cent.”

Mr McIlroy added that the contami-nant level was very low “and far less than the contaminant run-off from the adjacent market gardening activi-ties.”

But Pukekohe Citizens and Rate-payers Chairman Ian McDougall says he had samples of the sediment at the dumping site tested, and those tests show substantially higher levels of heavy metals than on nearby agricul-tural land. He had a further test done on the agricultural land to compare the heavy metal levels.

He says the dumped sediment was disgusting, and smelled terrible, add-

ing that it looked nothing like the ‘clean water’ suggested by council.

Arsenic and Cadmium levels were similar in both independent tests, but Chromium levels were double at the dump site, Copper levels were a third higher, and lead levels were three times higher at the dump site.

Nickel levels were more than dou-ble, and Zinc levels in the samples were nine times higher where the storm water sediment was dumped than at the nearby field.

Mr McDougall says he also ques-tions why, if there was nothing wrong with the dumping, that the stream it was dumped into was cleared by council contractors shortly after com-plaints about the incident.

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I’ve also had a crack at a number of new fees and charges being introduced by council, which appear to be a way to suck more money from the region while pretending rates haven’t increased that much.

But one area where I think we could spend more money would be to increase the number of elected representatives in our regions, fund them better, and give them a chance to actually question decisions made by the governing body, and advocate in a better way for Franklin.

Currently, the chairman of the Franklin Board is paid $73,400 a year. An elected member of the Board gets $38,300. Okay, there are expenses, meeting allowances and extra payments for Hearings and the like, but that’s the base pay as set down by the Remunerations Authority.

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He adds he has concerns for the environment, par-ticularly as water flows from the dump site flow past Ward Street, into the Buckland stream and eventually into the Waikato River. He also says it is his understanding that prior to amalgamation with Auckland Council this kind of waste was trucked to a facility outside Franklin - not dumped beside local properties.

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site in Pukekohe to avoid permitting contractors to discharge water from catch-pit cleaning activities into streams. Council says in the July incident, it granted a variation to the contractor to dispose of decant water at the Rowle Rd site as it is immediately upstream from a stormwater treatment pond. The nearest author-ised treatment site is in East Tamaki.

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“This area clearly needs a trade waste disposal site,” he said.

The council is working with Watercare to confirm a new approved trade waste disposal site in Pukekohe to help improve the efficient removal and treatment of decant water.

• The Post sought a num-ber of answers from Auck-land Council over the test-ing of the dump site, over the variation to the resource consent, and over what oth-er sites in the area are used for this kind of dumping, but Council were unable to answer these prior to our deadline.

It’s one of the biggest events on the Frank-lin calendar, but Waiuku’s Town Centre Man-ager Sharlene Druyven is hoping thought-less people in the exclusion zone near the fireworks spectacular won’t put Blast to the Past at risk.

Saturday evening is likely to see close to 15,000 people in Waiuku township for a mar-ket and entertainment evening culminating in a fireworks spectacular shortly after 9pm. However last year there were concerns about people hiding in the Lady Jane Franklin Re-serve below View Road School, and further trespassing could mean the event is held up.

Police and volunteers will be out in force to check the area, as strict safety guidelines are in place, and Sharlene adds she hopes people stay out of the marked areas rather than spoil the event for others.

The Blast to the Past commences from 6pm on Saturday, with roads in the area closed earlier in the day, and plenty of enter-tainment on offer for the crowds.

“Come and browse the local art and crafts and variety of food stalls in the town cen-tre, local fare at the cafés and restaurants or some shopping,” Sharlene says.

“Enjoy live entertainment including a ‘Cher’ impersonator, live local band ‘The Project’, ‘Fire It Up’ fire dancers, ‘Groovit’ elite dance crew and a kids carnival, before the huge 20 minute fireworks display at around 9pm from Tamakae Reserve.”

Blast to the Past is a free community event, but organisers have asked that people sup-port a local charity with a gold coin donation when they see the collectors around. This year’s charity is the Waiuku Community Pa-trol, (commonly known as the Night Owls), who are halfway through their fund raising efforts for a new patrol vehicle.

Patrons are asked to remember the event is run within the liquor ban area.

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Sharlene says she is grateful for the sup-port of a number of organisations who have made this event possible, particularly Top Hat Magic, Waiuku New World, the Franklin Local Board and the Waiuku Business and Development Association.

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A traditional line for aspiring actors and entertainers is ‘Don’t give up your day job’ but Waiuku’s talented Louis Newall, (pictured right), has managed to combine his day job with his passion for theatre.

Louis works at Waiuku New World, and on Sunday the national supermarket company launched its new television advertisement for its sponsorship of the Netball New Zea-land Series, with Louis as one of the stars.

Louis has long had an interest in theatre and has trained with Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, as well as acting with the Waiuku Theatre Group and recently made his debut as a director with the group.

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Franklin residents have four weeks to give feedback on public transport changes pro-posed by Auckland Transport, and to get the message out, a revamped bus is bringing a roadshow to Saturday’s Blast to the Past in Waiuku. The specially-fitted bus is designed to act as a mobile meeting room for Auck-land Transport staff to meet with those keen to see local transport options improved.

The AmBUSador as it is known, made its first appearance at the Franklin Mar-kets last weekend, and will be parked in Waiuku’s main street from 6pm on Satur-day evening.

Locals keen to have their say on new transport options for the region are urged to meet the team on the bus, or to attend ‘Drop In’ information days on Thursday Oc-tober 9 at Franklin: The Centre between 3pm and 7pm, or at the Franklin Markets on Sat-urday October 11 from 8am to noon.

AT New Network Manager, Anthony Cross says, having the AmBUSador gives AT more flexibility.

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Andy Baker, Chairman of the Franklin Lo-cal Board, says “Improved bus services con-necting to trains are something people in Waiuku and Pukekohe have been demand-ing for a long time so it is really pleasing to see this consultation.

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services. These would run every 30 minutes throughout the day and connect with trains at Pukekohe Station.

A bus between Pukekohe and Wesley College/Paerata will be retained. How-ever it is proposed to remove the bus route between Wesley Col-lege/Paerata and Pa-pakura.

Later this year, a new hourly weekend train shuttle to Papakura will commence, and a later evening train during the week from Britomart will be added to the current timetable.

At Waiuku, residents are offered three dif-ferent bus routes to choose from. A service to Papakura through Kingseat, running eve-ry two to three hours and every hour in peak times; a service to Papakura through Drury running every two to three hours and every hour in peak times; or a service to Pukekohe running every one to two hours and every 30 minutes at peak times.

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Why the The Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade attended 14 callouts in August, including four motor vehicle accidents and four medical callouts. Chief Fire Officer Colin Riddle congratulates the crew who attended a medical callout in Frank Knight Place, where a swift response and CPR produced a positive result for the person concerned.August 1st; 07.19am, Gleeson Rd: Power wires down3rd; 11.08am, Frank Knight Pl: Medical, ambulance from Pukekohe4th; 17.56pm, Boiler Gully Rd: MVA, Car rolled5th; 23.14pm, Kitchener Rd: Medical, Ambulance from Middlemore8th; 12.44pm, Glenbrook Rd: Medical, Ambulance from Manukau9th; 23.01pm, Masters Rd: MVA, Car rolled13th; 08.58am, Awhitu Rd: MVA, Car rolled14th; 18.39pm, Tahuna Pa Rd: Gas Heater on fire14th; 22.00pm, Martyn St: Loose iron blowing in the wind24th; 19.36pm, Sandspit Rd: MVA27th; 11.29am, Racecourse Rd: Faulty Smoke alarm30th; 00.25am, Mission Bush Rd: Controlled Burn30th; 01.49am, Mission Bush Rd: Controlled Burn out of control31st; 03.05am, Kaiwaka Rd: Medical, ambulance from Pukekohe

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Prizegiving proposal!Left: Desiree Rickard was stunned and delighted on Saturday even-ing after partner Wally Wakeling popped a surprise proposal at the end of the Waiuku Soccer Club’s prizegiving. As the formal awards concluded, Wally took over the microphone, called Desiree onto the Cosmopolitan Club stage, then, to gasps and cheers from the audience, went down on one knee and proposed. Desiree ac-cepted, to loud applause, and the moment capped off a celebration which was already momentous following the club’s first-ever promotion to Northern League Division One this year.

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Creationist or Evolutionist, Part 1We are going cover the subject of evolution. First of all, I will read to you what evolution is; then as we follow along, you can see whether or not you are an evolutionist. These statements are all copied from a treatise on evolution, written by one of the chief evolutionists; therefore, they are all correct, so far as they go, as definitions.“Evolution is the theory that represents the course of the world as a gradual transition from the indeterminate, from the uniform to the varied, and which assumes the cause of these processes to be imminent in the world itself that is to be thus transformed.”“Evolution is thus almost synonymous with progress. It is a transition from the lower to the higher, from the worse to the better. Thus progress points to an increased value in existence, as judged by our feelings.”

Now notice the particular points in these three sentences: evolution represents the course of the world as a gradual transition from the lower to the higher, from the worse to the better, and assumes that the process is imminent in the world itself thus to be transformed. That is to say, the thing gets better of itself; and that which causes it to get better is itself. And this progress marks “an increased value in existence, as judged by our feelings.” That is to say, you know you are better, because you feel better. You know there has been progress, because you feel it. Your feelings regulate your standing. Your knowledge of your feelings regulates your progress from worse to better.

Now in this matter of progress from the worse to the better, have your feelings anything to do with it? If they have, what are you? Anyone who measures his progress, the value of his experience, by his feelings, is an evolutionist, with a form of Godliness but denying the power. Now I read what evolution is, in another way; so that you can see that it is infidelity. Then, if you find yourself an evolutionist, you know at once that you are an infidel. “The hypothesis of evolution aims to answer a number of questions respecting the beginning, or genesis, of things.” It “helps to restore the ancient sentiment toward nature as our parent and the source of our life.”

One of the branches of this sort of science, that has come most toward the establishment of the doctrine of evolution, is the new science of geology, which has instituted the concept of vast and unimaginable periods of time in the past history of our globe. These vast and unimaginable periods, as another one of the chief writers on this subject – the author of it indeed – says, “is the indispensable basis for understanding man’s origin” in the process of evolution. So that the progress that has been made has been through countless ages. Yet this progress has not been steady and straight forward from its inception until its present condition. It has been through many ups and downs. There have been many times of great beauty and symmetry; then there would come a cataclysm or an eruption and all would go to pieces, as it were. Again the progress would start from that condition of things and build up again. Many, many times this process has been gone through, and that is the process of evolution-the transition from the lower to a higher, from the worse to the better.

Now what has been the process of your progress from the worse to the better? Has it been through “many ups and downs?” Has your acquiring of the power to do good-the good works which are of God-been through a long process of ups and downs from the time of your first profession of Christianity until now? Nevertheless, in spite of all the ups and downs, you start in for another effort: and so through this process, long-continued, you have come to

where you are today, and in “looking back” over it all, you can mark some progress, you think, as judged by your feelings-is that your experience? Is that the way you have made progress?In other words, you are an evolutionist? Don’t dodge; confess the honest truth, there is a way to get out of it. So if, when I am describing an evolutionist, so plainly that you see yourself, just say so, admit that it is yourself, and then follow along the steps that God will give you, and that will bring you out of it all. But I say plainly to you that, if that which I have described has been your experience, if that has been the kind of progress that you have made in your Christian Life, then you are an evolutionist, whether you admit it or not. The best way, however, is to admit it, then quit it, and be a Christian.Another phrase of it: “Evolution, so far as it goes, looks upon matter as eternal.” And “by assuming” this, “the notion of creation is eliminated from those regions of existence to which it is applied.” For I read further that evolution is: “It is clear that the doctrine of evolution is directly antagonistic to that of creation… The idea of evolution, as applied to the formation of the world as a whole, is opposed to that of a direct creative volition.”

That is, evolution, as defined by those who made it-that the world came, and all there is of it, of itself, and that the principle that has brought it to the condition in which it is, is imminent in itself, and is adequate to produce all that is. This being so, in the nature of things “evolution is directly antagonistic to creation.”Now as the world and all there is of it. You do not believe that it all came of itself. You know that you are not an evolutionist as to that, because you believe that God created all things. Every Christian should believe that God created all things-the world and all there is in it. Evolution does admit that; it has no place for creation.Whether you are of this kind or not, there are many of them, who believe that we must have God forgive our sins and so start us on the way all right, but after that we are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Accordingly, they do fear, and they do tremble, all the time, but they do not work out any salvation, because they do not have God constantly working in them, “both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Phil 2:12-13.

Now in Heb 11:3 it is recorded that it is through faith that we understand that the worlds were framed-put together, arranged, built- “by the word of God: so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.” The earth which we have was not made of rocks; men were not made of monkeys, apes and “the missing link,” and apes and monkeys and “the missing link” were not made of tadpoles, and tadpoles were not made of protoplasm originally away back at the beginning. No! “The worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

Now why is it that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear? Simply because the things of which these are made did not appear. And the reason those things did not appear is because they were not at all. They did not exist. The worlds were framed by the word of God, and the word of God is of that quality, it has that property about it, which, when the word is spoken, not only causes the thing to be, but causes to exist the material out of which the thing is made and of which the thing consists. You know also the other scripture, that “by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth… for he spake and it was.” Psa 33:6-9. AT Jones

Local garden lovers have a special treat this weekend with the opening of what will be the final Gardenza Spring Festival for owner David Brundell. The show, and plant sale, will be David’s last before taking up his role as curator of the new botanic garden in the Cook Islands. Gardenza, known as the ‘Garden with Attitude’ has been a work in progress for 30 years and features acres of subtropical plants and man-made lakes at 450 Glenbrook Beach Road. The festival opens on Saturday and continues until Oc-tober 12. Entry is free.

International musicians Loren Bar-rigar and Mark Mazengarb will be per-forming at Onewhero’s OSPA Theatre on October 17 as part of a nationwide tour.

The pair have toured extensively within the USA and Europe, and have been invited to headline festivals in both Europe and the USA. All three of their duo albums have won awards, and the title track of their second stu-dio album ‘Onward’ won best instru-mental at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2013.

The show is on Friday October 17 at 8pm in Onewhero with tickets $20 from River Traders Tuakau.

This Friday marks the start of the Waiuku Vil-lage Quilters’ biennial exhibition, held at the Waiuku War Memorial Hall.

The show runs until Sunday and features over 100 quilts and wallhangings as well as stunning embroidery. Patrons will also have a chance to enter a raffle for one of three hand-made quilts, or to purchase the items on display. The Wai-uku group are displaying the craftwork they have produced over the past two years and are looking forward to meeting the many visitors expected at the show.

The group has been together for the past 15 years and has around 40 members, but more are very welcome. The club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month, and mem-bers say anyone can join - regardless of their skill levels or previous quilting experience.

The show runs from 10am to 4pm Friday and Saturday, and until 3pm on the Sunday. Entry fee is $5, with school-age children with a guardian free, and the ticket price includes entry into a grocery hamper draw. For further information, or to enquire about joining the group, visit the exhibition or phone Anne John-ston, 235 9165 or Joyce Quick, 235 9703.

Left: Anne Johnston with some of the exam-ples of quilting which will be on display at this weekend’s exhibition.

They have backed performers in X Fac-tor NZ and New Zealand’s Got Talent and now Waiuku residents have the opportunity to enjoy the a cappella music of the Stellar Singers from Auckland this Sunday.

For the first time this mixed voice ensem-ble will perform at the popular Sunday @ St Andrews concert series on October 5 at St Andrews Centre. Members range in age from 16 to 60 and represent the interesting ethnic mixture of Auckland.

Directed by visionary musical director Bri-an Lee, the singers embrace every genre of music, including jazz, contemporary, choral, gospel and pop. Most started singing at their

school or church and have wanted to con-tinue their hobby at the next level.

Apart from their own concerts and Praise Be recordings, the Stellar Singers have been involved with Sing Aotearoa 2013 and per-formed with V8 and the Korean Cultural Society, Josh Groban, Andy Stankovich for Elvis, One Night with You 2014 and Coca Cola Christmas in the Park.

The hour-long concert begins at 2pm and the $5 entry fee includes afternoon tea. Sun-day @ St Andrews is brought to you by the St Andrews Community Trust and the Waiuku and Districts Combined Churches (Method-ist and Presbyterian.)

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An Auckland Council decision now means the Franklin Local Board can now object to alcohol licence applications in its area.

Until last week’s Governing Body meet-ing, local boards did not have the author-ity to engage in legal proceedings such as objecting to an application for an alcohol licence. Like any party objecting to a li-cence application, local boards will be re-quired to follow strict criteria outlined in the Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

An objection by any resident, business, local board or agency must be filed with the District Licensing Committee (DLC) within 15 working days of the first pub-lic notice announcing an application has been made.

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Due to subsidence on Koheroa Road linking SH1 to SH2 near Mercer, access is closed indefinitely to heavy vehicles.

Waikato Council consultants are doing further investigation and monitoring to ascertain the cause after which they will provide options to repair the road. This may take a few weeks. Heavy vehicles have been notified that they cannot get through Koheroa Road and warning signage was expected to be in place late last week.

Council announced last week that its Regional Strate-gy and Policy Committee will consider an item on manag-ing pests in the Hunua Rang-es Regional Park at its meet-ing on Thursday 9 October.

The Committee will look at a report which details the ef-fect of significantly increased rat, possum and stoat num-bers in the Hunua Ranges.

The report also highlights the limitations of current pest control methodology to manage high pest numbers, and the impact this will have on the breeding success of threatened species and dam-age to the forest canopy

The report includes a pro-posed change to the current pest management method-ology, including considera-tion of aerial application of 1080 bait.

Committee Chair Council-lor George Wood says coun-cil is faced with a challenge in the Hunua Ranges that requires a well thought out solution.

“We have been briefed on the problem, given the op-portunity to get our heads around the options and are now preparing ourselves to make a well-informed deci-sion. The best outcomes for our region’s largest area of

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In the wake of a general election in which one party was founded on a campaign platform of banning 1080 bait from New Zealands forests, Auckland Council has announced it is considering using the poison in the Hunua Ranges.

native forest are driving this decision,” he says.

1080 was first produced in the 1940’s by synthetically replicating sodium mono-fluoroacetate, a natural sub-stance that plants use to de-ter herbivores. Initially, it was developed as an insecticide.

Its use has been contro-versial, with environmental groups split as to its effec-tiveness and risk levels.

Forest and Bird say the use of aerial drops of 1080 have allowed the kokako to recov-er markedly in recent years, and local Landcare groups support the view that it is an important tool for pest con-trol in isolated areas.

Department of Conserva-tion use 1080 to control pests like opossum, rats and stoats in National Parks and state forests, but opponents say the poison also kills native birds like robins, tits, more-pork and kea. It is also deadly to livestock, deer and dogs.

However a joint project between TB free New Zea-land and the Department of Conservation (DOC) showed no effect on native ruru (morepork) following an aer-ial pest control operation in Southland this winter.

1080 has been used in Hunua in the past, around 20 years ago, and supporters say it led to a regeneration of native bird life in the area.

Opponents raised issues at the time about the threat of the poison to the Hoch-stetter’s frog populations in the Ranges.

The Hunua Ranges Re-gional Park covers 17,000 hectares, and includes the 1,100 hectare Kokako Man-agement Area (the last natu-rally occurring kokako popu-lation on the mainland, with 55 breeding pairs.

The four dams in the Hunua Ranges water catch-ment area provide around 65 per cent of the region’s water supply.

Use of 1080 to reduce the numbers of pests like rats and possums have been hailed as helping the recovery of the kokako. Picture by Mike Locke.

A Franklin company which ran quad-bike tours has been fined $120,000 over the 2012 death of an Australian tourist, who died af-ter her quad bike rolled on a public road, but the fine will never be paid as the company is now defunct.

Chelsey Callaghan was part of a ten per-

son quad bike safari run by Riverland Ad-ventures Limited on 11 October 2012. She was discovered lying on Klondyke Road, Tuakau, by another member of the tour. Ms Callaghan had just rounded a corner on the gravel road. Her quad bike was lying on its side and her helmet was found two metres away. She suffered severe head injuries and died 10 days later in hospital.

Riverland Adventures is in liquidation. At its sentencing last week at the District Court at Manukau the judge accepted the compa-ny will not be able to pay the $120,000 fine. Ms Callaghan had no immediate family so there was no reparation order made.

A WorkSafe New Zealand investigation identified numerous safety issues includ-ing included inadequate training and a lack of supervision, inappropriate helmets and poor maintenance. Other issues included a lack of an emergency plan, including emer-gency communication and appropriate first aid equipment.

Riverland Adventures was found guilty of failing to take all practicable steps to ensure that the hazards associated with use of the quad bike did not harm Ms Callaghan.

WorkSafe’s Chief Inspector Keith Stewart says Chelsey Callaghan’s death was a trage-dy, and Riverland Adventures had to be held to account.

“The size of this fine sends a clear message to companies offering these sorts of activi-ties about the duty they have to keep their customers safe.

“As a paying customer, Ms Callaghan had every right to expect that Riverland Adven-tures was doing everything it could to keep her safe – but it wasn’t. The catalogue of safe-ty failings, from the provision of inadequate helmets to once-over-lightly training and a lack of maintenance, cannot be excused.

“Even though this company is in liquida-tion and is no longer operating it is impor-tant that it was prosecuted and convicted. Chelsey Callaghan deserved nothing less,” says Keith Stewart.

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In today’s era you could be forgiven for thinking the term ‘community spirit’ is a lost ex-pression. Romanticised words from a generation where eve-rybody knew everybody. Keys were left in cars.

Neighbours were on a first name basis and they would even feed the cat while you went to the bach.

Good souls amongst com-munities can appear on the surface to be rather thin on the ground, replaced by people placing their own self-interests ahead of others in need.

However the Franklin com-munity is a region peppered with good souls. Never was this illustrated as vividly as last year when Pukekohe father of two Robbie Ritchie was faced with the harrowing prospect of having his brave life cut short.

At the age of 14 Robbie was diagnosed with a rare brain condition, leading him to endure two decades of spo-radic and distressing seizures caused by having abnormal blood vessels in his brain.

Specialists in New Zealand advised him that the seizures would intensify and become increasingly more life-threat-ening if nothing was done.

New Zealand was not a treat-ment option for the family and the only hope was potentially life-saving surgery in Europe.

With hospital and surgery fees at astronomical levels it appeared an impossible dream for any hard-working middle

class Kiwi family. Things were looking grim for

the Ritchies. But help was on the horizon.

Word of Robbie’s plight spread throughout Franklin.

From the lighthouse at the top of the Awhitu peninsula to the sandy banks of Kaiaua and eventually beyond through the power of social media, the $200,000 target was reached within the critical time frame.

We had all helped save a life together and community spirit had prevailed. With over a year to reflect on the boundless lo-cal generosity that helped save him, Robbie has a renewed fondness for his home.

“The way our community pulled together is something I’ll never forget” he says, “It reminded me a lot of the way I saw Pukekohe in 1990 when I was in Standard Four”.

It was also a period of con-trasting emotions for Robbie. He’s been given a shot at a bet-ter life, but the surgery itself carried its own set of risks.

“The hardest part was saying goodbye to my sons, not know-ing if I’d ever see them again. I hope I don’t ever experience anything like that again”

Having survived the cutting edge operation, Robbie re-turned home in a far healthier neurological state. The surgery was a resounding success.

“I’ve gone from having over 90 seizures per year to just four in the last 12 months so it doesn’t get much better than that. It is like a huge weight has been lifted, knowing I will be around for many more years to

Robbie giving back - one dollar at a time

Pukekohe’s Robbie and Jacqui Ritchie, creators of One Dollar Warriors.

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watch my sons grow and to an-noy my wife even more”

Now it is time for Robbie Ritchie to return the favour.

Along with his beloved wife Jacqui, the pair have started up a new non-profit organisation that they hope will change oth-ers lives one dollar at a time.

“One Dollar Warriors is a way I can give back. It’s a way of helping other Mums, Dads and children to get the life-saving treatment they deserve when it’s not available in New Zea-land, even if it comes at a cost.”

The concept is simple but ef-fective. Members of the com-munity give $1 each to any of the nominated causes. Power in numbers has already seen immediate success.

“We have only been running for a month and a half so far and in that time we first sup-

ported Shona, who our Warri-ors raised over $40,000 towards treatments for her battle with a brain tumour that are not funded in New Zealand. We have also urgently supported Heath who has two brain tu-mours that doctors here can-not remove. Our Warriors have already raised over $30,000 in just a couple of weeks to help Heath reach his target of $150,000”

And when questioned about long term ambitions for the cause, Robbie hopes every New Zealander eventually jumps on board.

“Our long term goal is a big surprise. But it will only be pos-sible if we can grow our clan of Warriors to a size that reaches every shore in this country.

“Come on New Zealand, let’s save some lives together”

Calf Club season is in full swing around the district and rural schools are getting ready for what is not only a social high-light, but a chance to raise funds for a va-riety of projects. Otaua School is gearing up for its event on Saturday October 18, with lambs, calves, goats, chickens and other animals along with a variety of stalls, raffles and entertainment for visitors. Home baking is always a feature of local calf clubs, and Otaua will be no exception while a special part of this year’s displays will be the scarecrow projects the young-sters have been working on.

Registrations are open for a 125km charity walk starting in Orua Bay, travel-ling around the Manukau Harbour and ending up 24 hours later at Huia in the Waitakere Ranges. The route takes in stunning scenery, ambling lanes, steep hills and thigh-crunching climbs.

The walk is on November 8 and 9, and registration closes on October 17. It is limited to 50 teams of five individuals who each walk a relayed 25km section over the course of a day in an attempt to each raise at least $1000. The overall to-tal is then donated to causes including Awhitu School.

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Countdown on Saturday issued a voluntary recall of Macro Brazil, Almond and Cashew spread 250g sold in Countdown, FreshChoice and SuperValue stores nationwide. The recall applies to all batches of this product.

This product contains traces of peanuts and may pose a risk to customers with a peanut allergy if consumed. Consumers who are not allergic to peanuts can continue to consume this product. Consumers should return the product to their near-est Countdown, SuperValue or FreshChoice store for a full refund. Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice. Call the toll-free customer service num-ber for more information on 0800 40 40 40.

Above; among the locals enjoying the Waiuku College students’ creations at Agave Restaurant were, from left: Bryan Pipe, Kathleen Hamilton, Helen and Dick Parsons. From right: Nancy Jane, Betty Hamil-ton, Noeline and Ken Letcher. Funds from the evening went towards new equipment for the school.

Waiuku College’s Year 12 catering students recently worked in partnership with Agave Restaurant at Casta-ways to produce a three course meal in the interna-tionally-known facility.

The students were respon-sible for all the planning, preparation, table setting, service, cooking and kitchen hand work. The menu was three courses with a set en-trée and dessert and three choices available for the main meal.

The event concluded the students’ work they have done this year with the units of work they have been do-ing with Service IQ. It also gave them the opportunity to work in a realistic commer-cial kitchen environment. Some of the funds raised from the event went towards helping to fund a new com-mercial refrigerator for the home economics room.

A meeting in Pukekohe on November 4 will give Fonterra shareholders a chance to meet and question the candidates for the forthcoming Fonterra Directors’ Election as part of a series of national Roadshow meetings.

This year there are six candidates standing for the Board of Directors. They are Gray Baldwin, Leonie Guiney, David MacLeod, John Monaghan, Garry Reymer and Grant Rowan. Profiles of the candidates will be sent to Fonterra sharehold-ers with the voting papers on Friday, 17 October and will also be displayed on Fencepost via www.fonterra.com. The Puke-kohe meeting is on Tuesday, November 4, at 7.00pm at the Counties Function Centre at Pukekohe Park.

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It’s been a privilege to work within the township of Waiuku over the past 12 years. We have seen some great changes in the town over our time here, and we have been

proud to have been involved as Waiuku New World built its new store.We have worked with many, many wonderful people and suppliers, but most of all,

we are proud to have been part of this community. We have enjoyed supporting hundreds of worthy causes in our region over the years, and as we move into

‘retirement’ we will cherish the memories of what must be one of the most generous, caring and community-minded towns in New Zealand. We thank you.

Lex and Karen Mills

To our customers, staff, friends, and the people of the Waiuku region:

Please note: Waiuku New World will be closed from 4.30pm on Sunday, October 5for the purposes of stocktaking and change of ownership requirements.


Property Law Specialists Rural, Residential and

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PROPERTY MATTERS$3.3 million for Paerata property

Watercare chief executive retires

Home affordability improves againHome loan affordability improved in August for the

third consecutive month as lower interest rates and re-duced mortgage payments more than offset a slight rise in house prices.

The Roost Home Loan Affordability reports show na-tional affordability improved with 61.1% of one median income needed to pay the mortgage on a median priced house in August, down from 61.8% in July.

There were improvements in 12 regions including Auckland Central, Manukau, Waitakere, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, Porirua and Queenstown. How-ever, there were affordability declines in another 12 regions including Auckland’s North Shore, Wellington, Hutt Valley, Dunedin, Nelson and Napier.

Competition between banks in the fixed-term mort-gage market saw average two-year fixed mortgage rates drop to 6.13% in August from 6.33% in July. That saw weekly mortgage payments down $4.48 from July to $505.38 in August.

Stand-alone retail proper-ties have again led the mar-ket in sales at Bayleys’ latest Greater Auckland auctions held in the city recently, but multiple tenancies have not had the same support from buyers, including a well-sit-ed commercial property in Tuakau.

Bayleys’ commercial and industrial director John Church said the auction pro-ceedings reflected the classic idiom of commercial prop-erty investment.

“Well built, modern, stock in good locations, with a strong or nationally-branded tenant in place on a solid lease all sold well. And re-tail is certainly flavour of the month among investors,” Mr Church said.

While single and dual ten-ancy retail offerings in north Auckland sold after strong bidding, a bigger retail block just a short distance away re-flected the market’s appetite for stand-alone strata-title

Developments in Paerata and Papakura are among four new substantial subdivision sites which have been placed on the market for sale simultaneously.

Two of the sites are north of Auckland, while south of the city is a 4.2 hectare rural property at Paerata near Pukekohe - classified under Auckland Council’s Special Housing designation within the Wesley zone which will contain some 4500 homes on completion.

Another site is a 3,694 square metre corner site in resi-dential Papakura with the potential to bulldoze the exist-ing dated dwellings and replace them with multi-level terraced units on 200 square metre plots.

Three of the properties are being sold through tender, while the Paerata landholding has a price tag of $3.3 mil-lion plus GST.

Watercare Services Limited chief executive Mark Ford, who oversaw the $116 million Franklin water develop-ment project, is retiring following ill health earlier in the year. Watercare chairman, David Clarke, says Raveen Ja-duram will continue in the role of acting chief executive until the Board appoints a successor to Mr Ford.

“Since Mark was first appointed chief executive in 1994, Auckland’s water and wastewater infrastructure has become significantly more robust and resilient; able to cope with the demands of a growing population and increasingly strict environmental standards,” says Mr Clarke, adding Mr Ford’s legacy includes many complex and significant projects including the delivery of the pro-ject to connect Franklin towns to the metropolitan sup-ply, overcoming long-standing quality and supply issues.

He also oversaw the $500 million upgrade of the Man-gere Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated resto-ration of Manukau Harbour wetlands and surrounds as well as the commissioning of the Waikato River water pipeline and treatment plant.

Tuakau property passed in at $917,500

units. It was a similar story at a multi-tenanted block in the heart of the rural town-ship of Tuakau, which mir-rored those urban results.

The property, at 60 George Street, offers a mix of busi-nesses and a solid annual return, but the market has

shown a preference for sin-gle or dual tenancies rather than a mix.

The 1615 square metres of building structure hous-ing six independent tenan-cies and generating a total of $89,980 plus GST of rental income per annum was

passed in at $917,500.However, there is still

strong interest in the prop-erty, according to Graeme Moore of Bayleys Counties.

Graeme says there were two bidders actually at the auction and although it was passed in at $917,500 the property is currently still available by negotiation.

“There is still strong inter-est from multiple parties but nothing finalised yet,” he added.

Within the retail sector, food service, convenience, and grocery outlets were in hottest demand at the auc-tions. Headlining the day was a block of six retail ten-ancies in Howick. The 571 square metre building on 660 square metres of land returned a combined annual income of $121,749 plus GST and sold for $2.4 million at a yield of 5.06 percent.


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A truck load of recycling was dumped in Aotea Square last week to highlight to Aucklanders how important it is to recycle right. The event kicked off a month-long focus on recycling, and also marks the beginning of Make the Most of Waste – a two-year campaign to step Aucklanders through changes to waste services in com-

ing years, and achieve the aspirational goal of zero waste by 2040.

The event used the contents of 35 recycling bins, dumped and then sorted on the spot by council staff. The event highlighted wrong items that can be found in the average household recycling bin.

Some of the most common wrong items in re-cycling include: plastic bags, medical waste and sharps, food waste, material such as clothing and curtains, and batteries.

Last year Aucklanders recycled around 117,000 tonnes of glass, plastics, paper and cans, but around 10% of the material collected in recycling

was rubbish.

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Residential management team Al-len Realty have highlighted some of the issues facing landlords - and say noisy tenants can be a real problem.

Unfortunately for the landlord, rather than complain to the police or noise control people from the council, affronted people will often complain directly to the landlord about the noise coming from their tenant’s rental property. There are no easy solutions to this problem but it is a problem that needs to be managed with care.

Section 38 of the Residential Ten-ancies Act 1984 (RTA) confirms that a tenant is entitled to quiet enjoy-ment of a property. Section 40(2C) requires that tenants will not in-terfere with the ‘reasonable peace, comfort, or privacy of any other person residing in the neighbour-hood’. Section 326 of the Resource Management Act defines excessive noise as “any noise that is under hu-man control that interferes with the peace, comfort and convenience of any person”.

It is difficult to terminate a ten-ancy due to noise and this can gen-erally only be done by the Tenancy Tribunal.

A landlord is not allowed to issue a notice to terminate a tenancy in retaliation for something. Noise can be associated with this so landlords should avoid issuing a 90 day notice to terminate due to noise as there is the potential for a claim against them.

However, they can apply to the Tenancy Tribunal for termination but they are unlikely to get termi-nation of a tenancy due to noise for one or two complaints.

There should be a history of events recorded, including complaints from neighbours and multiple noise control breach notices, and notices that the landlord may have issued. The most important issue to consid-er is efficient tenant selection at the beginning to ensure that the right tenant is selected the first time, to minimise the potential for any prob-lems like noise.

Subcontractors owed money are to get better protection for payment for work done in changes to the Construction Con-tracts Act.

“It is unfair that electricians, plumb-ers, painters, plasterers, tilers and other subcontractors can miss out on being paid when contractors or developers use retentions money inappropriately. We are going to change the law and require re-tentions to be held in trust to help ensure contractors and their subcontractors get paid for the work they do,” Building and Construction Minister Dr Smith says.

Retentions are payments withheld by the developer and main contractor from subcontractors to ensure any faults or repairs can be put right. The law change will mean the developer or main contrac-tor has a fiduciary duty to the subcon-tractors to hold the money in trust. The issue was highlighted with the collapse of Mainzeal where about $18 million of sub-contractors’ retention money was lost.

Osborne’s

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Julie QuiltyPh 09 235 7139 0272 292 243

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4 Bedroom, 2 level family friendly home on aspacious fully fenced section close to the harbour with water views. In-ground swimming pool & large rumpus with lots of outdoor entertaining areas. Call Julie Q to view. ID: osbh810

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Osborne’sFor Sale

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districts Leonie Gillott0274 985 722

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Do up or maybe subdivide$312,000

Compact road front section$190,000

Ray: 021 951 082

Julie Quilty: a/h 09 235 9324, 0272 292 243

This well used villa sits on a 1123m2 section. Currently tenanted with tenants who would like to stay on. Priced right by overseas vendor.Call Ray. ID: osbh802

Not many of these left in Waiuku. Easy access to a compact road front section to build a low maintenance home. Central Waiuku position.Call Julie Q to view ID: osbs552

Considering building the dream?

Leonie: a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

With the growing demand for Auckland properties, Waiuku is becoming a more desirable place to get value for money. Buy & build now while it’s still affordable. Your choice of residential sections with services ready to go, or bare blocks for the larger dream, ready for your builder’s spade.

R.O.W section 618m2 $185,000 osbs549Sites from 500m2 $230,000 osbs429Sites from 2500m2 $255,000 osbs548

Sites from 0.5Ha from $295,000 osbs5220.5Ha site $230,000 osbf6421.09Ha+ sites $340,000 osbs550

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This delightful 2 bedroom unit catches a lot of sun and is in a sought-after area. Not many of these on the market so hurry to view. Phone Ray. ID: osbh803

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Priced at $389,000 & $399,000. 2 bareblocks, 1.82Ha & 2.22ha approx. 4.5km from Waiuku. Come create your own oasis.Fantastic views which must be seen. Titles pending.Phone Ray ID: osbf725 & osbf726

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Beautiful bungalow$415,000Over ¼ acre section lovely 4 brms, open plan lounge/dining with sep kitchen. Fully fenced, kid & pet friendly. May have potential to subdivide. Why delay when you can act today. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID: osbh764

Marleen: a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

Vendor wants sold! $299,000 Summertime & the living is easy $489,000

Leonie: a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722 Julie Quilty: a/h 09 235 9324, 0272 292 243

3 Brm low maintenance unit. Open plan living, single internal access garaging. Currently rented for $340 per week. Don’t delay, ring now! ID: osbh796

3 bedrooms fully furnished bach at Matakawau on Awhitu Peninsula. 2 mins to beach. Shed for the boat. Lots of family fun. Call Julie Q to view. ID: osbh543

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Country Living$334,000

Ray: 021 951 082

Country living without the hassle of farming. Unimpeded views to the west over the Waiuku River andManukau harbour. On Glenbrook side of Waiuku. ID: osbf596 & osbs534

Osborne’sFor Sale

osbornerealty.co.nz Osborne Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 09 235 7139 11 Bowen Street, Waiuku

Runoff or lifestyle$650,000 + GST, if any

Modern family living489,000

This 16.2 hectares of desirable northfacing property is located 6.5km from Waiuku main centre. This property has road frontage on two sides, allowing ac-cess to a number of building sites.To view please phone Ray. ID: osbf680

Zoned for Sandspit Road School & handy to Sandspit beach & Waiuku town centre. This low maintenance home has 4 double bedrooms + study. Lovely indoor/outdoor flow to patio area. 2 living areas, internal entry from double garage. All set in a quiet cul de sac. Phone Marleen toarrange a viewing. ID: osbh808

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Secure your superannuation $PBN + GST if anyAttractive 56.91 Ha approx on the tip of the Awhitu Peninsula just 30 mins from Waiuku. Proposed subdivision scheme commissioned for 25 lots under Rural Plan change 14. Vendor wouldpotentially consider swap for dairy unit in upper Waikato. ID: osbf682

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Family fun$439,000Check out this 3 bedroom home. An open plan kitchen / dining area with a hall leading to a sepa-rate sunny lounge. The morning sun streams in the kitchen and dining, then through the bedrooms and into the lounge. The 24hr boat ramp is nearby and with a secluded sandy beach at the rear of the property, this property is priced right and is extremely desirable. ID: osbh753Ray: 021 951 082

Building for sale$600,000 + GST1 Building which currently has 3 tenants. Situated right in the heart of Waiuku Town Centre and close to the Manukau Inlet. Motivated vendors would like to move on to other ventures. PhoneMarleen to discuss further. ID: osbb010

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Living the country life$685,000Set on 2 acres, this property is ideal for sheep, chickens or even calf club. Heated saltwater swimming pool for the warmer days. Lovely indoor/outdoor flow, open plan living with3 double bedrooms, master has ensuite. Double garage + office space. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID: osbf713

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Enjoy the space $PBNPlenty of room for the kids in this 2589m2 section. The 4 bedroom home sits nicely on the well located section. Room for the toys in the extra man cave that is fitted with power, telephone, auto garage door and concrete floor. To view before your friends do, phone Ray. ID: osbh807

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KNIGHT & DICKEY TRANSPORTPH: 09 235 9189

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MENZIES CAR PAINTERSPH: 09 235 9334

GARY HUNTER PLUMBINGPH: 09 235 2297

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Building projects supporting local sporting talentRugby and Youth Develop-

ment, or RAYD as it is better-known, was formed in 2006 by a group of sporting enthusi-asts from around the Waiuku area.

The aims of the group to-day are the same as when the organisation first began - to provide grants and funding to enable local youngsters to achieve to their very best in their chosen sports.

Those recipients of grants

through the past eight years have performed with distinc-tion, and have covered almost every sector of sport within the local region.

To date, there have been grants made to individuals and groups participating in sports as diverse as Multisport, Youth Yachting, Swimming, Rugby, Soccer, Cricket, Junior Boys Rugby, Junior Golf, Waka Ama, Athletics and more.

To raise the funds for the

group, RAYD has built two houses, upgraded a unit in Waiuku and most recently renovated a View Road, Wai-uku property.

The projects over the years have been supported by a huge range of local individuals and businesses, and RAYD takes the opportunity to thank all those who have enabled RAYD to make such a difference to the sporting endeavours of our young stars of the future.

There are also many other individuals and businessses whose support has been invaluable. We would particular-ly like to thank Emma and Edward Holmes, Peter Tia, ‘RJ’ Jamieson, Damon Jakeman, Jimmy Summerville, Michael Scott, Leo Faber, Patricia Fenton of Barfoot & Thompson,

Peter Hamilton, Sandsy and Speedy of Likely Lads Concret-ing, The Waiuku Yacht Club, Cathy Fraser, Graham Walters, Janeece Thompson and all those whose help and support made the project possible. On behalf of Waiuku’s young sportspeople, we thank you.

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Rugby and Youth Development, (RAYD), in association with McConnell Stafford Bush and Associates and BNZ

Pukekohe would like to thank those businesses andindividuals who assisted with the completion of our pro-ject home at View Road, Waiuku. Your efforts have ena-

bled us to continue supporting talented young sportspeople from throughout the Waiuku region.


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Shop local in Franklin

Franklin County took its name after the existing Parliamentary electorate of Frank-lin. This had evidently been named in hon-our of Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. Lady Franklin had visited Robert Maunsell’s mission sta-tion at the Waikato Heads in 1841.

The first Franklin county elections were held on 22 June 1912, and the newly elected council met for the first time in the Puke-kohe Masonic Hall on 4 July 1912. The first county chairman was a Mr W.C. Motion.

The original Franklin County included to the east the Hunua Ranges and the coastline as far as Waitawa Bay. On the same day that

Franklin County was formed, Pukekohe be-came a borough. The first borough elections were held on 1 May 1912. William Dunn, the first mayor, retired for health reasons after a few months, and was succeeded by Mr C.K. Lawrie.

In 1914 the people of Waiuku and Tuakau formed their own town districts. These be-came independent town districts soon af-terwards, that is, no longer formed part of Franklin County. Mercer, which also became a town district in 1914, remained within the county until dissolved in 1962.

On 1 January 1955 Waiuku and Tuakau both proudly gained borough status.

We’ve come a long way!

It was 102 years this year that Franklin County was established. On the same day, Pukekohe became a borough, something which wasn’t to occur for Waiuku and Tuakau until 1955. Above is looking down Pukekohe’s King Street in 1913, a year after it become a borough.

Today, Pukekohe, and the Franklin region, offer vibrant shopping experiences coupled with rural living and a true sense of community. Franklin is the best of all worlds, and as local

residents, we can do our bit to keep it that way by supporting our local retailers.


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Do you know your dining etiquette?Watching the rugby with a beer

and a pizza at home is one thing, but if you are invited to one of the many fine restaurants in Franklin, how do you make sure you aren’t breaching your host’s sense of dining etiquette?

Our ‘traditional’ dining etiquette for restaurants and more formal home dining occasions is derived from long history in the United King-dom. While New Zealand is develop-ing its own dining culture, as a gen-eral rule, you can’t go too far wrong if you follow these tips:

The host or hostess takes the first bite unless he or she instructs other-wise. The host begins after all food is served and everyone is seated. Food should always be tasted before salt and pepper are added.

Applying condiments or season-ing before the food is tasted is viewed as an insult to the cook, as it shows a lack of faith in his/her ability to pre-pare a meal.

In religious households, a fam-ily meal may commence with saying Grace, or at dinner parties the guests might begin the meal by offering some favourable comments on the food and thanks to the host.

The fork is held with the left hand and the knife held with the right. The fork is held generally with the tines down, using the knife to cut food or help guide food on to the fork. When no knife is being used, the fork can be held with the tines up. Under no cir-cumstances should the fork be held like a shovel, with all fingers wrapped

around the base. With the tines up, the fork balances on the side of the index finger, held in place with the thumb and index finger.

When eating soup, the spoon is held in the right hand and the bowl tipped away from the diner, scoop-ing the soup in outward movements.

The soup spoon should never be put into your mouth, and soup should be sipped from the side of the spoon, not the end.

Your knife must never enter your mouth or be licked.

Food should always be chewed with the mouth closed. Licking one’s fingers and eating slowly can also be consid-ered not polite.

On formal dining occasions, it is ac-ceptable to take some butter from the butter dish with your bread knife and put it on your side plate (for the roll). Then butter pieces of the roll using this butter. This prevents the butter in the dish getting full of bread crumbs as it is passed around.

Knives should be used to butter bread rolls but not to cut them - it’s acceptable to tear off a mouthful at a time with your hands.

All wine, red, white and sparkling, is held by the stem of the glass. Wines should be served in the sequence “white before red, light before heavy, young before old”.

Pouring your own drink when eating with other people is acceptable, but it is more polite to offer pouring drinks to the people sitting on either side of you. It is impolite to reach over some-one to pick up food or other items.

Diners should always ask for items to be passed along the table to them. It is also rude to slurp food, eat noisily or make noise with cutlery.

When you’ve finished eating, and to let others know that you have, place your knife and fork together (fork on the left), with the prongs (tines) on the fork facing upwards, on your plate.

Napkins should be placed unfolded on the table when the meal is finished.

Vote for your best cafe and you may win a car

Organ donors and coffee

Voting for the 2014 Café Of The Year award is un-derway and there are six cafes in Franklin registered. If your favourite cafe is an entrant, you can vote for them online and go into a draw to win a Renault Clio Expression valued at $26,990.

The local cafes entered are Waiuku’s Café Karma, LK Café and Café Alba, while in Pukekohe is Columbus Coffee, in Tuakau is the Tuakau Bakery Café and in Karaka is the Red Shed Palazzo

This year, 1,123 cafés entered the competition, up 463 from the 660 who vied for the title in 2013.

Go to www.nzcafeoftheyear.co.nz to check out if your favourite has entered. Then you can vote any of four different ways - via txt, Facebook, online and the special Café of the Year smartphone app.

Public voting is open until October 27 when the 18 regional finalists announced.

The finalists are then judged by an expert panel to find the NZ Café of the Year.

Promoting conversations about organ donation is behind a campaign being run by Organ Donation New Zealand alongside local coffee shops.

‘Speech bubble’ stickers in six different colours are being printed to fit on top of takeaway coffees, high-lighting the benefits of organ donation and encour-aging people to ‘start the conversation’ with their families. The promotion is being run on the same day, Saturday October 11, as the European Day for Organ Donation and Transplantation. In New Zealand, over 1 million people have indicated their wish to donate organs on their driver licence. However, only a few of these will die in circumstances that makes it possible for organs to be donated for transplantation.

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• WarmedGoatsCheeseandBaconSalad$20Served on a crouton, with a mixed leaf salad, bacon lardons and drizzled with a honey mustard dressing

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• FreshSnapper$27 Beer battered, Crumbed or Pan Fried with roquette fries & tartare sauce or A Cajun Spiced Snapper, accompanied with salad and a cucumber mint raita dressing

• ScotchFillet$40 300 grams of Scotch Fillet served with a grilled Por-tobello mushroom and roast baby onions, blanched greens and mashed potato with a mushroom sauce

• BraisedLambShanksingle$20double$32 Lamb Shanks braised, served with a medley of roast vegetables with wilted spinach and finished with Gremolata

• LinguinewithScallopandBacon$26 Fresh Linguini Pasta tossed with Scallops, bacon and spinach in a rich Parmesan cream sauce, topped with sliced Parmesan cheese or For our vegetarian customers we can offer; Zucchini and Goats cheese finished with a lemon olive oil

• MapleandJuniperVenison$30 Venison Denver steak infused with Maple and Juniper, roasted medium rare served with roasted vegetables, leek and potato mash finished with chocolate infused red wine sauce

• SlowRoastBellyofPork$28 Our famous Franklin Crispy Pork Belly, slow roasted and served with beer braised chick pea cassoulet and blanched greens topped with a spiced apple sauce

• FilletofRoastNZSalmon$30 Served with a tomato and basil risotto with fresh roquette and topped with Café De Paris butter

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• BeerBatteredFish Fresh battered snapper strips served with fries, salad and tomato sauce

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• LemonPepperSnapperBurger$24 Fresh snapper, coated with Lemon Pepper served on fresh toasted Ciabatta bread with salad leaves capers and crunchy red onion smothered with homemade tartare sauce

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The food industry is moving fast, so take the changes and run with them, says a leading Kiwi chef.

Michelin star chef and MasterChef NZ judge Josh Emmet shared his experience and observations of the local and global restaurant scene at Hospitality New Zea-land’s conference earlier this month.

Josh asked the 250-strong audience whether fine dining was dead, and did it matter that it’s dead?

“Most people would say yes it is dead,” he says,

“But I don’t think it is. The landscape has changed completely but I think it’s for good. I don’t think there is ever a time when fine dining will be gone because there will always be a special occasion. And what defines fine dining, do you wear a tie, is it white linen table cloths?

“There are three-star Michelin restau-rants around the world serving food off cruddy old tables in backwater restaurants that take hours to get to.”

“Everything has changed. Nothing seems to make a lot of sense, there’s not a lot of structure and definition anymore, but I think that’s a good thing. We need to embrace it and run with it.”

Emmet said globally, the dining scene has changed, with the global financial cri-sis being one of the biggest game changers.

“It’s not that people didn’t want fine din-ing though, they were just spending less.”

While there’s now an environment where food trends and ideas spread quickly throughout the world – the cronut being a good example – there are significant dif-ferences between countries in what diners want in a restaurant.

Star chef asks: is fine dining dead?

Emmet said when they bundled up the package of a Gordon Ramsay restaurant from the UK to New York, the language be-tween the two countries proved about the only commonality.

“We learnt pretty fast that these were very different cultures, in what people wanted and how staff interacted with guests and what they ordered. You have to learn to adapt and adapt fast.”

Hospitality New Zealand Deputy Chief Executive Sara Tucker says that Emmet’s experience working throughout the world, and now owning restaurants in New Zea-land, has shown that adaptation is key to survival and success in the hospitality in-dustry.

“There’s no question things change fast in this industry, and while that’s certainly frustrating, it can work to operator’s ad-vantage if they do as Josh suggests, and embrace it. Our conference, as always, has been a great opportunity for hospitality business owners and staff to get together and share their experiences in facing the challenges that changes can bring.”

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Around 15km south of Waiuku, sur-rounding the mouth of the Waikato River and with views to the west across Karioitahi Beach, the Waiuku Forest is undergoing a transformation.

Access to some of the roads within the forest has been restricted, as log-ging contractors remove thousands of tonnes of pine before new mining op-erations commence on the ironsands that lay beneath the forest canopy.

Owned by Crown Forestry and man-aged by New Zealand Forest Managers, the forest covers 1508 ha and is planted in Pinus Radiata. Abutting the forest, and slightly to the south is the New Zealand Steel Iron Sand Mining opera-tion.

The forest has played a major part in Waiuku’s history, and was the subject of land confiscations from local iwi in the 1800s. Some areas of the forest were returned to Ngati Te Ata, and among those areas are burial grounds which are protected from any logging or min-ing activities. In 1932 the Public Works Department planted marram grass & lupin to reduce sand encroaching on to adjacent farmland and pine plant-ing began in 1935 to further protect the area.

Now, as preparations begin for new mining areas for New Zealand Steel, Sunvalley Logging have brought in a range of valuable and rugged machin-ery to remove the trees.

Sunvalley owner, Neville Stanaway, has had 37 years in the logging indus-try, and has seen his industry change in innumerable ways.

One of the biggest changes in re-cent years has been prompted by a combination of efficiency and safety, and that has seen the introduction of mechanised logging which operates at a speed which almost has to be seen to be believed.

Taupo’s Haydon Goater is the fore-man for the Waiuku Forest operation, and he says the team will be in action for around another eight to ten weeks, as it completes the contract to log around 110 hectares.

At the heart of the operation is a ma-chine called a harvester, which com-bines felling, trimming and cutting to size in one operation.

Rotorua’s Grendon Beazley owns the harvester operating at Waiuku, and also owns another vital machine, the forwarder, which ferries the logs from where they are felled to the waiting log-ging trucks. Grendon’s company, radia-ta Harvesting, contracts to Sunvalley Logging.

The contrast between how the forest is logged today and how it was logged in the days of men with axes - or even chainsaws - is like night and day.

The harvester has a multi-tooled cutting head, which swings from the boom of a tracked vehicle, similar to a large digger.

The head has metal plates which grasp the tree, then a chainsaw swings from under the head and cuts the tree, before the machine lifts it from the stand of trees. Flipping the tree on its side, rollers with rows of metal teeth slide the cut tree through the cutter head, woodchips and bark flying as the smaller branches are trimmed from the trunk. Computers within the head de-termine the length of the logs, and they are cut to size (later to fit into shipping containers), before being dropped into a pile for the forwarder to collect.

It takes less than a minute to fell, trim and cut to size a pine.

The team of foreman Haydon, Gren-don on the forwarder and Rotorua’s Kelly Smith manning the harvester can fell, stack and load onto trucks some 500 trees a day.

As Neville Stanaway says, it is a far cry from the days of chainsaws. The team can reap 160-180 tonne of timber in a day, while a five or six man team with chainsaws would have been doing well to clear 30 tonnes in a day.

But, he adds, it’s not just about speed, it’s also about safety. Logging can be a dangerous job, but with the combina-tion of the harvester and forwarder, those involved in the logging need nev-er set foot on the ground in the work

area. Both Grendon and Kelly are in secure cabs with roll-over protection, and when the logs return to the loading area, Haydon loads them from another enclosed cab.

Safety is paramount.Even for the photographs for this fea-

ture, our reporter was required to wear a high-visibility vest and hard hat, and was accompanied by forestry staff who were in constant communication with the loggers through hand-held radios.

As Waiuku’s forest ranger Peter Grey explains, this emphasis on safety is why access to some roads in the forest has been curtailed.

But despite the danger, he still en-counters some people who choose to disobey the signs and enter the logging area. Locks have been tampered with, fences have been cut, and people have attempted to create new access areas from the beach. He shakes his head at their actions, noting that if someone does end up getting injured, it could mean major reductions in access for other people.

The forest as a whole, which covers around 1500 hectares, has long been a playground for the people of Franklin. Fishermen, horse trekkers, motorcycle riders, trampers, extreme sports en-thusiasts, art lovers and bird watchers - even dirt track racers - have enjoyed the use of the forest.

Even now, with logging going on, new access routes have been arranged to ensure people still have access to parts of the forest which are safe.

All entry to and from the logging area is communicated by radio, and even the logging truck drivers have to open and then re-lock the gates with each trip.

As logging continues, and then min-ing operations start, this particular area of the forest will be closed for pub-lic access. But there is still a vast area of forest to explore and enjoy. Peter, and those involved in the logging opera-tions, just hope those few individuals who choose to breach the secured ar-eas don’t spoil it for others,

Safety uppermost as loggers clear pines for miningAccess has been closed to some areas of the Waiuku Forest for safety reasons as logging contractors clear 110 hectares ready for ironsands mining. The Post Newspaper’s Nigel Ward was given access to

have a look at some of the machinery and processes in place to complete the operation safely.

Above: the forwarder and harvester working in tandem in

the Waiuku Forest last Wednesday.

Taupo’s Haydon Goater, with 26

years in logging, is the foreman for the

Waiuku project.

The harvester cut-ting head, which in

one operation, fells,

trims and cuts to length the pines.

The harvester in operation. From

tree to logs in under a minute!

Another load of logs ready for export

leaves the Waiuku Forest.

Above; Grendon Beazley on the forwarder delivers another few tonnes of logs. Below; forest manager Peter Grey, Mike Power of Crown Forestry, and Neville Stanaway of Sunvalley Logging.


Journey of alifetimefor Waiukustudents

The Spirit of New Zealand is a 43m tall ship owned by The Spirit of Adventure Trust that offers, amongst other events, a 10 Day Youth Development voyage as a team building and leadership development programme.

During a voyage, trainees learn much about themselves and their ability to become leaders. Learning about the sea and how to sail a tall ship is simply a by-product of the development programme.

The whole voyage is based on experiential learning, or in other words - learning by doing. Trainees are faced with all sorts of challenges and take part in many activities on the ship, on the water and on shore.

For Mathew, being able to partake in the Spirit of Ad-venture was a great opportunity:

“I had heard so many positive remarks about the effect it has on people from a personal growth and development point of view. Always up for the challenge and already be-ing a member of Coastguard, I signed up for the 10 Day Youth Development voyage without a moment’s hesita-tion,” he says.

“All packed and ready to go, I headed off for an early morning start from Auckland Harbour, not knowing what to expect. After familiar-ising ourselves with the boat and each other we were divided into groups of 10, each of our groups with a crew member. We were assigned to Jesse, who was the same age as us and who had already completed a few trips on the Spirit of Adventure.

“He was an awesome guy and helped all of us to get along. Anchors up, sails up and we began our journey which would ultimately take us to Great Barrier Island.

“Day one started with a bang. We had to be up at 6am and start our day off with a swim. This was to be-come our daily routine along with raising the flag and pre-paring our plans for the day.

“During our journey, we were all given turns to have night watch instruction, which meant having to stand the night watch in two-hour shifts in pairs. Our responsibilities were to make sure everyone was safe, listen

out for maydays from other ships and patrol the boat. It was really cold and to top it off, also rain-ing, having to watch out not to slip on the deck. I enjoyed the leadership role in protecting the boat as well as the one on one conversation you could have with your peer on shift.

“On the evening of day 3, there was a storm warning (Mum tells me the weather was real bad back home), and as a result, special lanyards were put onto our beds. In case the weather got worse, we would be strapped in to stop us from falling out of our bunks. I slept okay as the boat, being as large as it is, was not affected by the waves, the only problem was the banging of the anchor chains against the boat blowing in the wind.

“We sailed to Great Barrier where we spent the majority of our trip. At Port Fitzroy, we had chances to climb the mast and sail the luggers (small sailing boats). We ended off our day with a barbecue on the beach.

One of my many highlights was the two-hour hike to the hot pools high in the forest, on the way seeing a

waterfall and New Zealand’s beautiful nature. “On leaving Port Fitzroy, we passed beaches

and did our part for nature by cleaning them. We began our journey home and

on the ninth day were given control of the vessel and we had to elect

our crew. With great delight I was given the role of ship engineer. “We sailed the vessel without the crew and passed the Co-romandel on our way back to

Auckland. We were successful and overjoyed with our accom-plishment. The trip helped me to open my eyes to the amaz-ing beauty of new Zealand and allowed me to meet an amazing bunch of people who I hold dear to my heart. It allowed me to grow as a person and reach out to others. It was something I will never forget and wish everyone could do.

“In parting, this trip has changed my life and I will always remember the amazing people I had the honour of spending 10 days with. I would do it again in a heart beat!”

Waiuku Coastguard member and College student Mathew Douglas was one of several local teenagers who recently enjoyed 10-day trips aboard The Spirit of

New Zealand, on nautical adventures to experience sailing in a tall ship.

Enjoying the view: Morgan, Bonnie, Matt & Emma

Thumbs up after the morning swim

Climbing the Mast

At Port Fitzroy preparing for our hike to the hot pools

Each year between 1000 and 1200 young people aged 15-18 years, from a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds throughout the country, participate in the Spirit of Adventure Trust’s Youth Development programme. To find out how to be part of a trip, or for more informaation, contact the Trust on 09-373 2060 or email [email protected]


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Waiuku Golf proudly hosts close to 40 of the country’s top professional golfers, as they chase $10,000 in prizemoney. The full field includes local amateurs, sponsors, and special guests, and will provide some of the best

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Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer is calling on Mayor Len Brown to break his silence on plans to force the Warriors out of Mt Smart to North Harbour Stadium and for the big games, Eden Park.

“I support much of the work RFA is doing around its stadium strategy. However Auckland’s ratepayers should be very concerned that they may soon need to fund an expensive legal fight against the likes of Eric Watson, co-owner of the Warriors. Watson, along with Warriors club chairman, club CEO, the club ambassa-dor, and most of the club’s fans are furious at the lat-est developments, with legal action and a bitter public battle now imminent. With this in mind, the Mayor now needs to step in.

“We’re told keeping the Warriors at Mt Smart will cost ratepayers $70m but no one believes that, includ-ing the Warriors who’ve said they’ve never asked for such an amount. Ratepayers at least deserve to know what the realistic cost of keeping the Warriors at Mt Smart would be.”

Mr Brewer says the Mayor has enjoyed the corporate hospitality of the Warriors and in 2012 Mr Brown de-clared: ‘As a Warriors fan, I would like to see Mt Smart stay the home of league’.

“It looks like this is all going to get much worse be-fore it gets better. The Mayor’s spin-doctors are natu-rally keen to keep him out of it. However on this occa-sion any leadership Len Brown can offer to help calm all this down is more important to Auckland than his own personal political future,” says Cameron Brewer.

The first tournament of the new season for the Clarks Beach Bowling Club was held on Thursday Sep-tember 25, and the season promises to be something special, with an innovative points system offering cash prizes at the end of the year.

Club officials said the Green ran well for this time of year but a cold southerly wind made conditions rath-

er unpleasant.“Our tournaments this

season are being run as usual with the winners each month gaining lovely meat packs made up for this month by New World Wai-uku,” a spokesperson said.

“But also there is a points system which will accrue over the season. At the end of the season the winners will share a very generous

prize of $1000 for first, $500 for second, $300 for third and $200 for fourth.”

Sixteen teams of three have pre-registered for this competition, all with their own team names. The win-ners of the September tour-nament were:- First. Hou-dini. 2nd. Don A Maters, 3rd. Pee Jays. Sponsors for the first tournament were Waiau Pa Automotive Solutions.

Tuesday Haggle1st Frank McGrath 40, 2nd John

Munro 40, 3rd Robert Anderson 37.Wednesday Ladies Haggle Captains Trophy; 1st Jocylyn Pat-

erson, 2nd Margaret James.9 Hole Ladies Div One; 1st Gweneth Baird 16;

2nd Jeanette Hargraves 14; 3rd Fae Douglas. Div Two; 1st Marjan Slap-pendel15; 2nd Nancy Rae13; 3rd Noeline Letcher 11 c/b.

25-9-14 Thursday Haggle Div One; 1st Frank McGrath

40, 2nd Wayne Nepia 39, 3rd Cam Fleming 39, 4th Dennis Baker 39. Div Two;1st Alan Stichbury 43, 2nd John Munro 41, 3rd Ross Luke 40, 4th Robert Anderson 40. Twos; Kevin James, Frank McGrath.

27-9-14 Saturday Haggle Div One; 1st Luke Dillon 40, 2nd

Frank Van Der Ploeg 39, 3rd Nev-ille Couts 38, 4th Kerry Martin 38, 5th Dave Yandall 38. Best Gross; Div One Aaron Balfour 77, Div Two Wayne Nepia 86. Twos; Neville Coutts, Neville Keys, Kerry Mar-tin, Wayne Nepia, Caine Robbie, Bob Tripp, Fred Watts, Windleburn Brougham.

A recent Waiuku College Rugby League camp at Wes-ley College ended with a 13-10 win over Pukekohe in the playoffs for third and fourth. Coach Tony Tietie travelled from the Mangere East Rug-by League Club to coach and manage the team, and or-ganisers say the outcomes for the young players have

been very valuable, and a massive bonus for the Wai-uku Rugby League Club. The club is gearing up to have more grades in action as it readies for next year’s junior grade enrolments. Further generating interest in the sport, over recent times Tony has been visiting a number of local primary schools to

promote rugby league drills, skills and health. Three lo-cal schools have been par-ticipating; Waiuku Primary, View Road School and Sand-spit Road School.

As part of this programme a Junior School Competition will be held on Thursday, October 30 at Waiuku Pri-mary School.

Waiuku league finishes strongly

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Counties Manukau B rugby representative team defeated Waikato B 34-17 at Bruce Pulman Park, Papa-kura on Saturday, to take the Northern Region Champion-ship title.

In doing so, the John Bell/Rhys Cullinane-coached side finished ahead of Auckland and North Harbour to retain the Coronation Shield for the third consecutive year.

It was the toughest game of the season for the home side which scored three tries to two, enduring a strong chal-lenge from Waikato, which displayed its usual hard, for-ward-oriented rugby.

Counties Manukau, play-ing the union’s traditional open-style, were lethal in broken play and this proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Once again it was the fly-ing Pukekohe winger/goal-kicker, Sione Fifita, who fea-tured in the points scoring with 24 of the 34 points, tak-ing his personal tally for the six games played to 135.

“But,” said John Bell dur-ing the after-match celebra-tions, “It was a team effort that got us through and we are very proud of the boys.

“They have been a great bunch and we have always encouraged them to play traditional Counties rugby. They have had fun too and the last thing we told them before going on the field against Waikato was, if you want to win the Coronation

Shield again, attack!”That is precisely what

Counties did but they be-gan the game by losing their first five, Karl Ropati with injury in the opening min-utes. Then Waikato shocked them with a converted try by number 8, Josh Tyrell.

It took a while to settle but the home side gradually built a lead of 24-7 at half time. Fullback, Sione Molia and Fifita scored tries with Fifita converting both as well as kicking four penalties.

Waikato were first to score after the the break with a penalty goal by second five, Jason Robertson but Coun-ties replied almost imme-diately with a try by winger, Andy Muirhead which was

converted by Fifita who kicked another penalty goal shortly after.

A try right on the whis-tle, by Malcolm McLeod for Waikato, provided a little re-spectability for the visitor’s scoreboard, making the final score 34-17.

In taking the Northern Region Championship for three straight years, Coun-ties Manukau B has lost only one game in that time – against North Harbour in the first-up this year – but more importantly 22 of their players have been called up to represent the Steelers.

“We have also had some of the Steelers come down after injury to regain their con-fidence so the B team has

been very beneficial to the the players’ development,” said John Bell.

The victorious team was: Robert Katu, Vance El-liot, Lewis Kapatene, John Kawau, Courtney Roberts, Josh Allen, Jamie Gilbert-Clark (captain); Mark Ta-laese, Karl Ropati, Ethan James, Andy Muirhead, Tyrine Lefau, Sione Fifita, Sione Molia, Michael Lea, John Tu’angafasi, Troy Aber-nathy, Villiami Raraese, Joe Dawson, Luke Graham, Josh van Lieshout.

Above: the Counties Ma-nukau B rugby team, three-time winners of the North-ern Region Championship. Photograph courtesy of Richard Spranger.

Northern region title for Counties B

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ACCOUNTING & Taxation Services - Call Rise Chartered Accountants. Ph: 09 235 7455.

ACCOUNTING Payroll GST with End of Month and End of Year Taxation Financial Services. Call PME Accounting Payroll Solutions 235 0461 / 027 439 2737. [email protected]

ADultsADULT ACCESSORIES - Adult toys, massage oil, lubes, Women’s Health & Sexuality Books & lots more available online: www.vibes.co.nz.

beAutyMAKE UP - Permanent. Eyes, eyebrows and lips. Look great this summer. Ph: Tania at the Salon 09 236 3735 or 0277 222 778.

boAtinGREPAIRS - Dinghy or trail-erboats; fibreglass or wooden. All jobs consid-ered. Ph Tony on: 235 3545 or 021 598 662.

cARAVAnsLONG TERM - Free local delivery from $60 per week plus bond. Ph: 09 232 1814.

cleAninGVACANT houses, win-dows, offices, carpet shampooing & exterior waterblasting. Plus main-tenance. FREE quotes. Ph Allan or Lynette: 09 235 9333 or 027 272 6249.

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Virus Removal,Repairs, Internet,

Broadband, PC Sales,Data backup, TuitionGreat ‘In Your

Home’ service . . .Jon 235 5300Mob 021 111 4122

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DECEASED Estate House clearances and cleaning. Ph. 027 277 5026 for free quote. Waiuku Magpies 2nd Hand Dealers.

FoR HiReFIREWOOD splitter. Phone: 235 7733 or 021 305 111.

FoR RentWAIUKU - 2 bedrooms. No smokers, coats ok. References req. Available from 12th October. $290 pw. Ph: 021 134 5059.

FOUR bed family home. Quiet, established cul-de-sac. Large private section. Good school area, close to town. Lawns mowed. $400 p/w. Please phone: 0273 466 227.

FoR sAle

31/3 BoWEN ST, WAIuKu NEXT Door To MITrE 10,

ph: 235 7715

ALLEY WAYNew Queen Size bed mattress & Base $595 * Excellent condition King Size beds available * Pine adjustable shelf bookcase $195

* Light pine colour also, new pine bookcases * Pine hall table 4 drawer $280 * Lounge suite

3x2x1 $120 – 2x1x1 $50 * Green 3 piece suite $195 * Leather

couch $145 * Small Formica table $45 * Full size pantry $120 *

Lazyboys $55 each * Bedsettee $75 * Oak dressing table $95 * Mahogany dressing table $50 * Bike stand for training inside on

your mountain bike $75

FIREWOOD - Bargain. Mac/pine. 4 Metres: $300 Delivered. 2 Metres $170. Ph/txt: 021 744 970 or 235 0065.

COCKY’S CORNER - For fencing & roofing iron, tim-ber, hardware, plywood, pavers, gates, garden sheds & more. 123 Queen St, Waiuku. Ph: 235 9880 or 235 2386.

BIRD Sale - Canaries, Burke Parrots. Take your pick, make an offer. All must go! Phone 235 2452.

JOHN DEERE TRACTOR 4010. 203 Diesel 4WD. 1 owner, 400 hours. Hydro-Trans. Ex con, 1 owner. Hydraulic connections for F-Loader. Incl Sabre 1200 mower. $11 000 o.n.o. Ph: 09 239 2470.

FReeREMOVAL - Any old scrap metal incl. old batteries, expired gas bottles, old cars, lawn mowers, etc. Ph Martin: 021 128 5953 or 238 3005.

FREE drop off depot for all your unwanted computers, whiteware, etc. Recycle All Your Stuff Ltd. Unit 1 Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Free pick up in Waiuku. Ph: 235 5769.

GARDeninGROSEMARY - I will prune your rosemary bush for you, in return for the pro-duce. Upright as opposed to trailing varieties sought. Ph Martine: 027 475 9580.

HAiR DRessinGTHE Cutting Room Hair Salon. 33 Breaker Grove, Waiuku. Ladies cuts from $30, Mens cuts from $25, Colours from $70. Hours: Tues 11-3pm, Wed 9-5pm, Fri 9-til late, Mon & Sat by pre-arranged appts only. Phone Steff: 235 7149.

HAnDymAnSMALL jobs - Painting, gardens, weeding, wood-work etc. Ask if I can do it! Waiuku based, good rates. Phone Wayne: 0210 293 4008 or: 235 3466.

HeAltHTAI-CHI QIGONG for well being. Church Hall, 43 Queen St, Puke. Thursdays, 1.15pm - $5; 5.30pm - $8, 7pm - $8. Teaching, practice, green tea. No booking required, just turn up.

House sitteRHOUSE Sitter available. Female, late 40’s. Refs available. Contact: 0211 522 673. Waiuku Area.

lAWnmoWinGTOPCUT LAWNMOWING - Reliable, clean & tidy job. Experienced operator. Ph Fred 09 235 5280, 021 902 552.

GREEN ACRES - Clarks Beach. Covering Franklin area. Lawn mowing, gar-dening, garden clearance, hedges. clean, tidy and reliable. Call Brett 021 0211 7777 / 09 232 1276.

LAWNMOWING/ Garden maintenance. Jim’s Mowing for quality work from reliable, fully insured and police checked opera-tors. Call: 0800 4 546 546 for a free quote.

petsPOOCHIE PARK – Holiday home for dogs. Inspection welcome by arrangement. Ph: 09 235 0052 (A/H) / 021 856 555. Email: [email protected] for further information.

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THE Framing Shed. Quality custom picture framing. 31 Victoria Ave, Waiuku. Tues - Fri 9 - 5 or by appointment. Ph Allie: 235 0939 / 027 253 4577.

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www.tekura.school.nz

The Correspondence SchoolTeacher Aide 5 hours per week

We are seeking a suitable, reliable person to work with a 13 year old student in his home environment in Waiuku. This fixed term position involves providing support with his distance education programme, with a focus on increasing literacy and numeracy skills. Hrs are to be worked during school term time. (Max hrly rate $17.20).For further information please phone Lin Muir, 0800 65 99 88 xtn 8321 or email [email protected] To apply please visit our website www.tekura.school.nz and go to ‘Working Here’.Applications close 4pm Wednesday, 8 October 2014.

to leAseOFFICE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Downstairs from $90 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

OFFICE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Upstairs from $110 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

WAREHOUSE SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Small, Med & Lge. Easy access. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

WORKSHOP SPACE - Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd. Easy access. Ph Sam: 021 671 960.

tuitionDRUMMING Lessons - Full set up in Waiuku, no need to have a kit. Beginners to intermediate, theory, rhythm & grooves. Ph: Paul on 021 145 4478.

WAnteDTREES WANTED - Gum & Macrocarpa. Also tree felling & shelter belt removal. Ph/txt Chris: 027 212 4590 or 235 0065.

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RESIDENTIAL and com-mercial. Professional Service. Competitive pric-es, free quotes. Ph: Colin 027 965 2094.

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GARLANDSFlowers & Gifts

2/31 BoweN St, wAiukuPhoNe 235 0643 oR 021 998897

Call in & see us!

Beautiful Flowers lovingly made to

your personal requirements.

Phone : 09 235 9307 Fax : 09 237 0054Email : [email protected]

Open Monday to Friday • 8.30am - 5.30pmSat • 9am - 2pm and Sun • 10am - 2pm

40 Queen Street, Waiuku

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Fill the grid so thatevery row and every3x3 square contains

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Waiuku CollegeEffort and Excellence | Titiro Teitei

INFORMATION EVENING for STUDENTS and PARENTS

OF YEAR 9 2015Haere Mai, Nou Mai, Haere Mai

DATE: Wednesday 15th October

TIME: 5.45 pm startVENUE: Waiuku College Hall

Year 8 students and their parents\caregivers are invited to this information evening about the teaching and learning programme for year 9 students in 2015.

• 5.45pm – Principal’s welcome• 5.50pm – Guided tours of the school• 7.00pm – Principal’s presentation (including

BYOD information)• 7.30pm – Question & answer time (Principal &

senior staff)

Representatives from Noel Leeming and Gary Pye’s 100% Electric will be present.

Extra enrolment packs will be available.(Students and parents\caregivers of year levels

10-13 are also welcome.)

Sunday@ St AndrewsOctober 5, 2pm

First time in Waiuku

Stellar SingersEntry $5 includes afternoon tea

St Andrews Centre85 Queen St, Waiuku

Meeting 7pm, Monday 6th OctoberBaptist Church, Victoria St West,

PUKEKOHEFor more info contact

Mac 027785 9737Marian 0274 844 667

FRANKLIN PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

of New Zealand

Temporary road closureKemp Rd, Waiuku shall be closed from 9.30am until 5pm on Sunday 19 October 2014 for the MG Car Club Kemp Road Hill Climb.

This closure applies to all except authorised and emergency vehicles. For further information, phone Auckland Transport on 09 355 3553.

aucklandtransport.govt.nz

Mainly Music every Monday morning at 10am at the cornerstone community

centre, 8 Valley road, Waiuku ph: 235 7341 or visit our website: www.cornerstonechurch.org.nz,

Sunday gathering 10am, Waiuku college Hall.

Pukeoware Community Hall Annual General Meeting

Pukeoware Hall Wed 22nd October, 7:30pm.

All Welcome. Ph Mandie: 235 8352

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Glenbrook Residents & Ratepayers Committee advise their Annual General

Meeting To be held on: Monday 13th October, 7.30pm

at their hall by the boat ramp. All welcome.

All enquiries, phone Geoff: 235 5774.

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PUMP & WELL SERVICESPLUMBING - DRAINAGE - CONCRETE

S U P P L I E S

For all your water requirements call and seeKevin & Jo Gubb ph 09 235 8268

14 Constable Road, Waiuku

Take My CardYour A-Z of Trades & Services Contact us: 09 235 7835

CONCRETE

PUMPS

ACTUAL CONCRETE

Phone John 021 501 438

For all your concrete requirements

SEPTIC TANK CLEANING0800 482 532

027 476 1306PETER CHURCHILL PLUMBING

Registered Plumbers

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•Regular & One off cleans •Spring cleans •Windows & Ceilings

•Commercial & Domestic•Fully Insured, Owner/Operator238 7701

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Value for money guaranteedFor a free quote, call Len 021 - 682 028

Painter DecoratorResidential & Commercial

all about Your local company

repairs and supplies for al l glass

6 COURT STREET WAIUKU

(Opposite Police Station)

Mobile free 0800 226 884235 2572

PH 238 50550800 10 35 35

103 Manukau Road, Pukekohe (Right next to Bunnings Warehouse)

Windscreen Repairs & Replacement

auto glass* Mobile Service, Franklin wide *

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PAINTINGROOFS & EXTERIOR

TexTuRed CeilinGs - sPeCiAlised COATinGs

Hard wearing coatings for most surfaces.Terraces, Garage floors, Block walls etc. Epoxy

coatings - Airless Spraying, Roofs Painted

Phone Bruce Cameron 0274 988 412

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

Hedges, Tree Work, Rubbish Removal, Rotary Slashing, Schools, Industrial sites & section clean ups

Kris ButcherM: 027 247 0084 • A/H: 235 0666

ANY SIZE LAWN FRANKLIN WIDE

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STORE IT ALLAll sizes 021 293 6250

Hosking Place, Waiuku

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Counties Caravan RentalsCaravan Hire

Phone Lynette & Jeff Millen

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LAWNMOWING & GARDENING• FREE QUOTES •

•Gutter clearing •Pruning/trimming •Weeding/spraying •Rubbish removal

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Madsen Lawrie ConsultantsLAND SURVEYORS14 Hall Street, Pukekohe Ph 09 238 6369

Fax 09 238 2448

Email [email protected] www.madsen-lawrie.co.nz For free consultation contact David Lawrie or Dan Madsen

ElectronicsWa i u k u

Authorised Panasonic Service• TVs & Antennas• Video and Hi Fi Stereo

• Registered & Licensed Servicemen

Phone 235 7059

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TV & VidEO REPaiRS

NEW TO WAIUKU

Lawnmowing Plus Ltd

8 Years experience * Fully insured * Regular or casual * Free quotes * Competitive rates * Pensioner rates

Ph: 235 6050/ 021 278 8618

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PAINTING: Colours that talkColours have a huge influence on the mood of a room — they can either awaken or soothe the senses. Once you identify the effectyou’re after, you’ll be able to choose the perfect colours for every room in your home. Need some peace and quiet? Blue invitesyou to relax and sleep. Green is comforting; it promotes harmony and is an excellent antidote to fatigue. A marriage of blue and greencreates a relaxing atmosphere, perfect for a bedroom or reading

room. Want to create some punch? Energizing and daring, orange bright-ens the mood, stimulates creativity, and whets the appetite — great in the kitchen if you’re foodie, but not if you’re on a diet! Playing with white and cream as a background for orange encourages movement and action. Illusion or reality? Colours can outsmart the eye and change our percep-tions. To enlarge a space, opt for a single colour on the walls, mouldings, and ceiling. White or pale colours that reflect light and brighten the room are preferable. Now all you have to do is to choose the colours that best suit your needs and personality.

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