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The much awaited AGM was held last week, where BlueScope Managing Director and CEO, Paul O’Malley, was to deliver an update on the game changing cost savings needed to keep Glenbrook operating. Steve Douglas

ll We have made good progress to date, delivering nearly $30 million cost sav-

ings already and should ex-ceed our target of $50 mil-lion savings required, says Andrew Garey ,New Zealand Steel General Manager. Paul O’Malley, in his address at the AGM, said “In New Zea-land progress made in both our flat product steel busi-ness and the iron sands ex-port business, is largely off-setting the impact of weak-er steel and iron prices. It is a tough economic environ-ment for the New Zealand business, with low steel and iron ore prices bringing sig-

nificant headwinds.”“The New Zealand team

is making good progress and they are also to be com-mended on their achieve-ments, which have enabled the Board to make the deci-sion to keep producing steel in New Zealand,” said Mr O’Malley.We spoke with General

Manager Andrew Garey who said “It is great news from the AGM but we still have work to do. The important point is that we must remain cost competitive.”

Andrew went on to say “At the BlueScope AGM, the Board has acknowledged the contribution of every-one at NZ Steel making progress more quickly than expected on our $50million cost reductions, with con-firmation that steelmaking at Glenbrook should con-tinue. This recommenda-tion comes with the condi-tion though that we must re-main cost competitive. We are still facing some really difficult times, and we have a number of projects still to

Glenbrook delivers on promiseN E W Z E A L A N D Steel has made good progress on delivering $50 million savings by FY2017 says Managing Director & CEO Paul O’Malley last week.

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We enter the ‘great fat debate’ and ask, ‘why are we so fat?’ Have we become greedier and less ac-tive? The research seems to think not. So what’s changed that’s causing so much obesity ? According to research the answer is very simple. It’s the food we eat. More specifically, the sheer

amount of sugar in that food and sugar we’re often unaware of. The scientific innovation by Japan in the 70’s, which led to the mass development of high fruc-

tose corn syrup (HFCS), an incredibly cheap, highly sweet, gloppy syrup, produced from corn, changed everything. Since then, HFCS has been pumped into every conceivable food: pizzas,

coleslaw, soft drinks, chocolates, meat; you name it, it’s probably in there too. It provides that ‘just baked’ sheen on bread and cakes, makes everything sweeter, and extends the shelf life from days to years in some products. Our bodies have lost the battle against the ‘sugar’ we can’t see other than in the mirror. We will

over the next few weeks be running a series of articles and sharing research that will help you make up your own mind. For now turn to page 8 for the latest news about bacon. Send me your comments: [email protected]

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Before the craziness that we like to call Christmas begins, Hunter-gatherer and I were able to sneak away for a week-end to the picturesque Coro-mandel, with our awesome friends, Zoe and Lance.

Yes, bossman Steve actu-ally let me off my chain from my desk!

We started on a high before we had left the house, with the gorgeous Northland couple announcing that they were ex-pecting their first baby! What a way to start a long weekend!

We were privileged enough to stay at the family bach in Cooks Beach. This consist-ed of two caravans and kitch-en/ablution block – your typ-ical Kiwiana getaway and we couldn’t have asked for any-thing more perfect.

It is a great feeling, getting off the grid and away from technology. No TV, no com-puter and leaving the phone in the car is quite a refreshing movement!

We went on many expedi-tions, with every day turning out to be an exciting adven-ture. From mountain biking to fighting the other tourists for a place on Hot Water Beach, to our group becoming the cen-tre of attention at a stag do in

a funky country bar - no day was the same!

But nothing could top the visit to the Lost Spring Spa. That was a real treat after sev-eral hours of intense biking and a great way to relax those muscles that had been forgot-ten about many years ago.

I also completely failed at the gracefully-running-into-the-waves motion and bit the sand, literally. Hunter-gather-er said I looked like whitebait trying to swim upstream – I’ll admit, the body hasn’t seen sun for a very long time.

What awesome memories to reflect on. The weekend away left me feeling pumped for this issue, and ready to tackle the five more to come before the end of the year.

Looking through this pa-per made me realise just how many talented youth we have in our community. I am sure there are plenty more out there, and we would love to hear from you to showcase your achievements!

Be sure to check out pg5 for young country singer, Jennifer Smith, who has just made her break on television – I am sure this won’t be last we see of her.

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Proverbs 1:8, Deuteronomy 5:16, Proverbs 23:22, Colossians 3:20, Ephesians 6:1, Luke 2:51, Ephesians 6:2-3, 2 Timothy 3:1-2.

“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” This is the first commandment with promise. It is binding upon childhood and youth, upon the middle-aged and the aged. There is no period in life when children are excused from honouring their parents.

This solemn obligation is binding upon every son and daughter and is one of the conditions to their prolonging their lives upon the land which the Lord will give the faithful. This is not a subject unworthy of notice, but a matter of vital importance.

The promise is upon condition of obedience. If you obey, you shall live long in the land which the Lord your God gives you. If you disobey, you shall not prolong your life in that land. {AH 292}

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With Auckland councillors considering the options for reducing the council’s debt, attention and investigation should be made into the financial prudence of the council’s greatest expense - Auckland Transport. The two consultancy firms recently hired by the council to identify where cost savings could be made, highlighted the expensive prime real estate premises that Auckland Transport are located in, overlooking the waterfront at the bottom of Queen Street and on Queen’s Wharf.

Why doesn’t Auckland Transport locate itself in the CPO building in Britomart, which it owns, and why must the transport control centre be located on Queen’s Wharf? There must be a cheaper location elsewhere in the city for staff to monitor computer screens. Does Auckland Transport have to own the city’s train service and pay a private operator to run them? Surely the state-owned KiwiRail, who originally owned the new electric trains, could operate the train service cheaper. The recent sale of the city’s now surplus diesel train fleet by Auckland Transport to a Mozambique buyer for just $5 million when it cost Auckland ratepayers $190 million to purchase and refurbish this rolling stock, also begs the question of getting the best return for ratepayers. R Anderson , Pukekohe

Spread the joy and Christmas spiritIt’s a special Christmas, at a time like this, so much hate and

suffering going on. Special because time for family, friends, loved ones and people of the world to get together. Give a little - Be with your family and put things aside for one time of the year. Say a prayer. Light a candle for ones that have passed on. Good comes to those that do for others. Peace, hope and love makes a merry Christmas, and just something small you do makes you feel good. So spread your giving and love. Happy Christmas to everyone. Joy Johnson, Waiuku

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The NZTA have reported that morning peak congestion periods on Auckland’s motorways are starting earlier for no apparent. The reason is quite obvious. Auckland’s population is growing at a rapid rate and together, with sky rocketing house prices and rents, people are having to live further out of the city and commuting in by car due to the lack of train services outside the urban fringes of the city.

Traffic regularly banks up to a standstill along SH16 through Kumeu and as far south as Drury on the Southern Motorway during morning weekday peak periods. Yet despite there being railway lines through these areas, there are either no train services or stations to serve them. An easy and effective solution would be for the NZTA and Auckland Transport to extend the reach of train services west to Helensville and south to Pokeno and Waiuku using some of the now surplus diesel trains that Auckland has, which would help ease pressure on the city’s congested motorways. Joan Williamson, Pokeno

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ll Georgia Kendall and Awhina Shortcliffe are both due to graduate from Waiuku College at the end of the year, with the Scholarship coming in handy for next year’s studies.

The AUT South Cam-pus Achiever Scholar-ship was established to recognise outstanding high school academic achievements, leader-ship potential and stu-dents’ contribution to their school and com-munity.

Up to 10 scholarships are awarded each year, with a value of $6,000 each. Scholarship recip-ients will enrol at AUT South Campus for at least the first year of their de-gree.

“When I found out I had received the schol-arship, I was over the moon! I couldn’t wait to tell my parents, grand-parents, friends, pret-ty much all of Waiuku,” explained 18 year old, Georgia.

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Gavin Arnet presents Life Education Chair, Paul Cressey, with a cheque to ‘adopt’ Pukeoware School.

Arnet Law adopts Pukeoware SchoolAs the Life Education mobile classroom rolls into Pukeoware School for its annual visit this week, the organisation has received some good news from a local businessman.

ll Gavin Arnet, a Trust-ee of the Life Education Trust Counties Manu-kau, saw an opportunity to assist the organisation by making a donation to Life Education in lieu of purchasing Christmas gifts for his clients.

“As a father of three young children, I can re-ally see the value in the health messages Life Ed-ucation is bringing to children and youth in the Franklin commu-nity. I wanted to help in some specific way, and by ‘adopting’ Pukeoware School and making this annual commitment, I feel that I am making a positive difference in the lives of these young-sters.” Gavin has chosen to donate $3 to Life Edu-cation for every student that attends the school,

and challenges other lo-cal businesses to do the same for a school near them.

Life Education Chair, Paul Cressey, was on hand to accept the donation.

“As a charity that has thrived in New Zealand for 27 years, there may be an assumption that Life Education receives government funding, but that is not the case. It costs Life Education al-most $18 to deliver its vi-

tal health messages and life skills to each child, but we charge the schools less than half that. The dona-tion from Arnet Law will assist us make up the funding shortfall that we need to find with every school visit we make and is much appreciated.”

The new Life Education Adopt-a-school pilot be-ing rolled out in Frank-lin and North Waikato is a way that local business can support local schools.

The donation amount can vary depending on the size of the school and all donations are tax de-ductible. General Manag-er, Michelle Kidd, is keen to hear from local busi-nesses interested in join-ing the programme.

Visits in Term 1, 2016 are booked for Pukekawa School, Bombay School, Valley School, Pukekohe Christian School, St Jo-sephs and Pukekohe Hill School.

people and communi-cations, Georgia is hop-ing to study a Bachelor of Business, a degree she sees as versatile and that will keep up with the ever changing world.

Family is the main motivator for 18 year old, Awhina Shortcliffe, and with their encourage-ment, Awhina hopes to study a Bachelor of De-sign.

“My family inspires me. They’ve been my day one supporters and have been selfless with their love, support and encouragement. Without their support I wouldn’t be where I am today. I have always wanted to be involved in creative industries from a young age and I believe that the Bachelor of Design of-fered at AUT will allow me to excel in my pas-sion.”

AUT South Campus Executive Director, Rich-ard Hall said AUT South Campus was looking for-ward to welcoming the high calibre scholarship recipients in 2016.

“The AUT South Cam-pus Achiever Scholarship is our way of giving back to the South Auckland community. An impor-tant aspect of the schol-arships is to allow these students to study locally, providing an opportu-nity for them to use what they’ve learned in their local community and inspire others”.

Above: Awhina Shortcliffe was stoked to be one of the first recipients of the AUT Scholarship .

a m o n g St studying and preparing for exams, two lucky students from Waiuku

have just been awarded the AUT South Campus Achiever Scholarship.

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Franklin Christmas Market

Where: The Concert Chamber, Pukekohe Town HallWhen: 5pm – 8pmWhat: Quality handmade items. “Unique, innovative, on-trend.”All ages, free admission.

Thursday 26th

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Where: Brook Campground of Awhitu Regional ParkWhen: Start time 10amWhat: The camp, ride, kayak and run event for the whole family and every level of sports person. Visit www.smim.co.nz for course details and to enter on-line.

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Where: St Andrews Centre, Cnr Queen & Kirk Streets, WaiukuWhen: Fri from noon, Sat from 10am and Sun from 11:30amWhat: Trading table, morning, after-noon tea & lunches available.Phone Alison 09 235 0866 for more information.Cost: $5 per person

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25 November, WednesdayWhere: Portobello RestaurantWhen: 6.30pmWhat: Speaker, Barry Holland. Cost: $35. Contact: Noelene 09 2391141 text preferred 021 148 0859 Email [email protected]

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26 November, ThursdayWhere: 40 Queen St, WaiukuWhen: 8:30am - 5:30pmWhat: Special customer shop-ping day. Get 20% discount on all purchases made on the day - ex-cludes prescriptions, vouchers & photographic services.

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29 November, SundayWhere: Waiuku Dirt Track, Hill Road, Aka AkaWhen: Gates open at 7amWhat: Swap meet and practise day, with activities for everyone to enjoy throughout the day.Cost: $5 per person with under 12 years free.

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1 December, TuesdayWhere: Waiuku Golf ClubWhat: Men’s & Ladies pairs. En-tries to Noel Bishop 09 537 5213. To raise funds for Paralympian Mike Johnson.

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2 December, WednesdayWhere: Hamilton Estate, WaiukuWhen: 10am - 1pmWhat: End of year fun day. Host-ed by Oscar Rocks @ NZRL, Waiuku

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5 November, SaturdayWhere: Pukekohe Indian Event Centre, 57 Ward Street, Pukekohe.When: Two shows on the day - 1:30PM and 6:30PM. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start.What: All crews performing, from the Mini Peeps (pre-school-ers) to adults as well as the Elite Crews. Cost: For information on tick-ets, visit their Facebook page.

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She may be only 15 years old, but Jennifer Smith is already making her mark on the Country and Western singing circuit.

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ll Not only has the budding young singer scooped the intermediate section of the regional awards, Jen-nifer has also returned from performing at Entertainer of the Year, and just finished recording a section for Maori TV’s, My Country Song. The Waiuku College stu-dent has had a busy year, and is nervous, yet excited

to see her performance on the television. “It took a little while to get used to the cameras, but the producers were quite happy as I on-ly required one recording.” To be selected for the show, Jennifer had to send in a recording of her original song. The programme will see her featured alongside the likes of renowned performer, Dennis Marsh.

Jennifer first began singing when she was eight years old in the school choir, and was in-troduced to country music around the age of 12. “I was a massive Taylor Swift fan and be-came hooked. A family member then intro-duced me to the Country Music and Western clubs, and the rest you could say is history.”

The young singer is now a member of Frank-lin and Papakura Country Music Clubs and can be heard singing at venues all over the greater Auckland area. Jennifer is a girl of many talents. Not only can she sing, but she can also com-pose her own songs, play the guitar, banjo, uku-lele and the violin. Between her exams, she was able to fit in a performance for the residents at Erin Park Retirement Home in Manurewa.

“I really enjoy learning new things and being able to perform for people. It makes me incred-ibly happy to bring them joy and seeing a smile upon their face.” For the rest of the year, Jen-nifer will be working on new songs, and hopes to shake up her routine to help qualify for En-tertainer of the Year again.

“I owe a huge thank you to my parents, fam-ily and friends who have helped me get this far. Bring on the New Year, as dad and I have some great new ideas that we can’t wait to perform.”

Jennifer will feature on Maori Television, Channel 5, on Sunday, December 6, at 8pm.

Antoine Ashman, Ben Davies and Nick Bates (B&T Pukekohe Manager)

Franklin students become published authorsEight young students have joined a star-studded team of athletes and artists to launch Home Sweet Home and Seven Hearty Tales, the latest book from the Barfoot and Thompson Young Authors Challenge.

ll The children’s colourful story-book features imaginative tales by young authors aged 7-13 years old, which includes Patumahoe School student Ben Davies and Glenbrook School student, Antoine Ashman.

Their stories feature alongside illustrations by some of New Zea-land’s favourite amateur and pro-fessional artists.

Ben Davies’ creative story, The Topsy Turvy Day that Showed Maximus the Right Way, has come to life thanks to rugby legend Keven Mealamu’s fantastic illustrations.

Antoine Ashman penned the story, Mr Cat, which was beautiful-ly illustrated by renowned painter, Tracey Van Lent.

Themed, There’s no place like Home, the stories are a heart-warming mix of tales about the im-portance of family and belonging, and were chosen from more than 1,100 entries.

The young authors then under-went a creative writing workshop with renowned children’s non-fic-

tion writer Maria Gill, who men-tored them and helped prepare their stories for print.

The book was launched on Wednesday night, as part of the Barfoot & Thompson Young Au-thors Challenge, and all proceeds from the book sales are donated to the Starship Foundation.

Ben and Antoine were blown away to see their stories illustrat-ed so professionally, and Ben was rather star-struck by his rugby idol.

Peter Thompson, Managing Director of Barfoot and Thomp-son, says he is immensely proud of the fact that the Young Authors Challenge has helped Barfoot

and Thompson raise a combined $165,000 for the Starship Founda-tion.

“The authors’ stories were a joy to read, and our amazing line-up of illustrators have done a marvellous job of bringing their tales to life. I am sure the book will be thorough-ly enjoyed by children for years to come,” says Mr Thompson.Through the Barfoot and Thomp-son Magic of Reading programme, copies of the book are also provid-ed to Starship Children’s Hospital and Whangarei Hospital’s Chil-dren’s Ward, and is given to young patients who stay overnight to read and take home.

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ll The recent appointment of Belgravia Leisure to manage Franklin Pool and Leisure, Jubi-lee Pool, and Whiteside Pool, has seen a number of positive chang-es and innovations that have greatly benefited the customers.

These changes to date include a change to no fixed term con-tracts (with no extra fees) ensur-ing more flexible and better val-ue memberships, no joining fee on all memberships, $300,000 of new equipment, exciting features in the pool area including bum-per boats, slack-line and new in-flatable’s and the exciting sport of bumper soccer.

Improvements that are due to be implemented over the next few weeks include Les Mills group ex-ercise classes, 24/7 access to the fitness centre for members, bum-per boats at Jubilee and Whiteside pools, discounted learn to swim lessons and free swim clinics by double Olympic Champion, Dan-yon Loader, at Franklin Pool and Leisure.

Belgravia Leisure will open the outdoor pools on Saturday, No-vember 28, from 10am, and a full schedule of events and activities will be available on their website www.franklinleisure.co.nz

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“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. . . . The manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.” 1 Corinthians 12:1, 7.

Paul declares that the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit were set in the church . . . “till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13. All men do not receive the same gifts, but to every servant of the Master some gift of the Spirit is promised.

The Lord has need of all kinds of skilful workmen. “He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastor/teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Ephesians 4:11-12.

In immediate connection with the scenes of the great day of God, the Lord by the prophet Joel has promised a special manifestation of His Spirit. (Joel 2:28) This prophecy received a partial fulfilment in the outpouring of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost; but it will reach its full accomplishment in the manifestation of divine grace which will attend the closing work of the gospel. . . .

At this time the special endowment of divine grace and power is not less needful to the church than in apostolic days. God will today endow men and women with power from above, as He endowed those who on the day of Pentecost heard the word of salvation. At this very hour His Spirit and His grace are for all who need them and will take Him at His word. The gifts are already ours in Christ, but their actual possession depends upon our reception of the Spirit of God. . . .

If they are connected with Christ, if the gifts of the Spirit are theirs, the poorest and most ignorant of His disciples will have a power that will tell upon hearts. God makes them the channel for the outworking of the highest influence in the universe. “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men

shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” Joel 2:28.

In His Word, God has committed to men the knowledge necessary for salvation. The Holy Scriptures are to be accepted as an authoritative, infallible revelation of His will. They are the standard of character, the revealer of doctrines, and the test of experience. . . . Yet the fact that God has revealed His will to men through His Word, has not rendered needless the continued presence and guiding of the Holy Spirit. . . .

During the ages while the Scriptures of both the Old and the New Testament were being given, the Holy Spirit did not cease to communicate light to individual minds, apart from the revelations to be embodied in the Sacred Canon. . . . And mention is made of prophets in different ages, of whose utterances nothing is recorded. In like manner, after the close of the canon of Scripture, the Holy Spirit was still to continue its work, to enlighten, warn, and comfort the children of God.

God has . . . promised to give visions in the “last days”; not for a new rule of faith, but for the comfort of His people, and to correct those who err from Bible truth. As the Spirit of God has opened to my mind the great truths of His Word, and the scenes of the past and the future, I have been bidden to make known to others that which has thus been revealed. There are those who will be glad to lull you to sleep in your carnal security, but I have a different work. My message is to alarm you, to bid you reform your lives and cease your rebellion against the God of the universe. Take the Word of God, and see if you are in harmony with it. Is your character such as will bear the search of the heavenly investigation? {FLB 292-3}

Dear reader; how do I, and how do you, measure up to this? We have our Master in Prayer and here is just a wee bit of his prayer as found in John 17:13-19 “And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” John 4:24 “God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.”

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Egg-citing times at View Road Schoolll The View Road School junior classes have been lucky enough to learn and study about chickens over the past term.Part of their study included having the Liv-ing Eggs programme in school. Ten fer-tilised eggs were delivered to the school along with an incubator and brooder box. The children had the privilege to see the chickens hatch and have enjoyed watch-ing them grow.Once ready, homes were found for the sev-en hen chicks with school families, while the three roosters were returned to the Liv-ing Eggs coordinator, who will re-home them on farms.“The language and learning generated from this programme has been extreme-ly valuable. It was a fun, hands on science unit that we have all enjoyed,” says teach-er, Trish Holmes.

Rumours at ease over fence at primary schoolWith the new fence surrounding Waiuku Primary School nearing completion, it is time to put the rumours that are flying around the township at ease.

ll Beginning just over eight weeks ago, the reason to build the fence around the school was quite simple. It was to ensure se-curity and safety of the precious assets it has within its grounds – the students.

“As a school, we want to en-sure that we have created a safe and happy environment for learning. And the fence around the school helps contribute to just that,” explains Principal, Si-mon Drewery.

“This is especially aimed for our smaller students, as the roads are just so busy. It also frames the school, giving it dis-tinctive boundaries.”

Mr Drewery also joked that it was to help keep the teachers locked in.

“We hope to now be able to create native bush areas and gardens within the school, and incorporate environment stud-ies into the curriculum.”

Once complete, the fence will be locked and secure outside of normal school hours, in an effort to provide even greater protec-tion over school property.

“The construction progress has moved along quite quickly, which has been a very pleasant surprise, especially in today’s times,” notes Chairman of the school’s Board, Craig Lucas.

Community and sporting groups that have regularly used the school grounds in the past will still be able to do so, by sim-ply by contacting the school and arranging access.From left: Principal, Simon Drew-ery and students Taylah Bever-idge, Riana Clayton, Nathaniel Payne and Calin Bush stand be-side the brand new fence that frames their school.

Waiuku’s talented artist and performer, Kirsty Faith Russell, who passed away from an ill-ness on September 15 this year, has inspired not only the community she lived in, but also The Hunua and Papakura Theatres. This week, the Hunua Theatre will be putting on one Kirsty’s pantomimes and do-nating the proceeds to the Franklin Memorial Hospital, whilst the Pa-pakura Theatre will also be donating to the Can-cer Foundation on be-

half of Kirsty. She was well known for her in-volvement with the local theatre group, after join-ing them at the age of 14, enjoying it so much that she continued to partic-ipate well into her adult years. She wrote, direct-ed, choreographed, act-ed, was a set designer, and created costumes, while enjoying every as-pect of theatre life. Born to perform, Kirsty was also an accomplished singer. No matter what her role, she immersed herself completely into

the task at hand, giving it her all. Her interest in art was always evident, but after developing breast cancer two years ago, her passion for painting mandalas began to grow.

Her beautiful crea-tions now grace the walls in many countries, in-cluding hospitals, com-mercial buildings, res-taurants, private homes and art galleries. She also worked as a teacher aid for a period, and was employed at the Waiuku Library. It was evident by the number attend-

Waiuku’s loss of a wonderful talent

ing her funeral, that she was loved and highly respected by so many people whose lives she touched. She is sur-vived by her three sons, Tom, Josef and Peter.


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College showcases budding entrepreneurs By Emma Sharplin - [email protected]

ll Tuakau College was a hive of activity last Friday, as the junior school students hosted their first Market Day, which was all part of their Unit of Enterprising study.

The students had to work in groups to design, produce and sell a product of their choice, with the aim to introduce the budding entrepreneurs to the business world.

Year Seven and Eight Dean, Mrs Preeti Wa-lia, explained that she had never seen the stu-dents so enthusiastic and hungry for success.

“These students took ownership and just ran with their ideas. They really wanted to succeed with their business, which was so great to see. We hope that by the time they go through to Year Nine and Ten it has helped create an idea of what they would like as a ca-reer, so that once they reach the NCEA levels, they can focus on subjects that will lead them to that.”

The students made their own decisions, solved problems, met deadlines and were able to engage with their local community.

“The Market Day was about an authentic, active and hands on learning experience. The

role of the teacher was to be a mentor and to be their facilitator. We have been working with the students in groups, listening to their ideas, monitoring their progress and helping with feedback and advice. This all helped the stu-

dents meet their deadlines and run a success-ful mini business enterprise.” Businesses in-cluded many food stalls, games and produce stands, as well as the traditional sausage sizzle and White Elephant.

This week’s WOW award goes to the unsung heroes of our community – the Volun-teer Fire Brigades. For starters, these brave men and women give up their time to not only help keep our community safe, but they also play massive roles when it comes to accidents and saving lives. Without their dedication and commitment,

there would be many people who wouldn’t be with us today.Nominate someone for a Wow award by emailing: [email protected]

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Above: Annette Morris, Operations Manager Steelsands NZCU hands a cheque of $850 to Karl Dickey, Vice President Coastguard Waiuku. The donated funds were raised at the 2015 International Credit Union Day, where an Adidas Men’s All Black 2015 Rugby World Cup Replica Home Jersey was raffled off.The proceeds were then split between Coastguard Waiuku and Whangarei.

Some of you may have noticed the increased po-lice presence focussing on traffic around town.

So expect to see more police doing check-points checking for alco-hol, monitoring speed and driving behaviour around town. This is all part of ensuring that all road users are safe lead-ing into the festive sea-son.

If, during the lead up to the festive season, you are attending a get to-gether or function, make sure you have a plan to get home safely. Have a sober driver, get picked up or arrange a lift home so you don’t have to run the risk of driving.

We have recently had some very serious and fatal crashes in the Coun-ties South area, and we don’t want any more.

You don’t want to be running the risk of en-dangering yourself, your passengers or other road users, so have a plan so you and the police don’t have some form of an unfortunate meeting on your way home.

We have also, in re-cent weeks, being do-ing vehicle checkpoints, targeting beach users, reminding them of the rules around driving on the beach and expect this to continue as well.

Police ReportBy Sergeant Graeme Wood, Waiuku Police

The Waiuku Independent Art Group will be holding an art exhibition every Thursday to Sunday for two weeks starting on December 3, 2015. Held in the hall behind the historic 19th Century Anglican Church building in Queen Street, Waiuku, opposite the Gull Petrol Station. For more information you can contact: Sonja Carlile (left) on 235 7837, or Peter Hook (right) on 235 9999.

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The Lightbulbs team came up with the concept of selling animal jars filled with lollies.

E x p e c t i f y o u ’r e stopped at one of these checkpoints to be breath tested, regardless of the time of day.

We have recently had several incidents of tag-ging or etching (scratch-ing of windows) around town. If you see anyone doing this let the Police know immediately, it is nothing but vandal-ism and lowers the tone of the town. It causes schools, businesses, home owners and the Council to spend money that could be spent else-where to remove it or re-pair the damage. Be safe.

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Secondly, bacon also contains protein, and while it may not con-tain as much as a cut of steak for example, a few slices provide a de-cent amount. It is also low in car-bohydrates and actually stops food cravings.

Thirdly, it tastes sublime. Your taste buds will reward you with feelings of mouth-watering joy that mung beans and quinoa just cannot provide.

Health buffs may disagree but I also believe that life is too short for intense exercise. You only have to look at the Aesop’s popular fa-ble ‘The Tortoise and the Hare’ for

inspiration. The story concerns a Hare who ridicules a slow-moving Tortoise. Tired of the Hare’s boast-ful behaviour, the Tortoise chal-lenges him to a race which he du-ly wins. In real life the Tortoise is al-so the true winner. They put min-imal effort into maintaining their figure and enjoy a life expectancy of 190 years, while the Hare con-stantly runs, eats grass, herbs and cereal crops, but only lives for five.

It was a sad twist of iro-ny that played out last week, when the super fit French Olympic tri-athlete, Laurent Vidal, passed away in his sleep from a heart attack, aged 31. On the exact same day the aptly named sing-er, Meatloaf, a man who is over twice the age and physique of Vidal, took to the stage in New York

to kick off yet another tour.This only highlights to me that

fitness, while it shouldn’t be ig-nored in maintaining a good life-style balance, doesn’t actually guarantee you longevity or hap-piness.

A little jog twice a week and some bacon for breakfast sounds like a good plan to me.

Last month I flicked on the goggle box and there it was - bacon. The staple Sunday morning hangover cure for many of Franklin’s residents including yours truly, has been condemned by the World Health Organisation.

By Tim Gregory

It’s hard to argue that bacon isn’t one of the world’s most delicious foods. But unfortunately, its repu-tation has been damaged over the years and is now being spoken about in the same negative light as cig-arettes and alcohol. For most people, it is consid-ered more of a guilty pleas-ure than part of a balanced diet. However, bacon is ac-tually healthier than the Medical Establishment would lead you to believe.

Let’s start with the un-speakable ‘N word’ of the twenty first century: Nitrates. Nitrates are NOT artificial compounds that are unique to this tasty treat. In fact our bodies are loaded with them and the biggest source of nitrates is actually vegetables.

Even our own saliva contains mas-sive amounts and they are natural parts of our bodily processes. That’s

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Neha Bansil’s cheerful patissierie, Cake Culture, opened in Waiuku’s Queen Street in July, but the idea for it began in England more than two years ago.

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Newly graduated as a pas-try chef from London’s fa-mously demanding Le Cor-don Bleu culinary school, Neha worked for a wedding designer. Making beautiful cakes for high end clients was satisfyingly creative. Howev-er, given her business admin-istration background and her family’s entrepreneurial bent, Neha soon dreamed of working for herself.

Originally from India, Ne-ha might have established a bakery in her adopted UK home if it wasn’t for the weather.

“You are huddled up in the kitchen, so you don’t get to see much sun anyway, and

then at the end of the day you come out and it is just dark and grey. I was looking to get out as soon as possible.”

A holiday visit to relatives in New Zealand convinced her to immigrate here a year ago for a better life. She began searching all around Auck-land for suitable premises for her business. In the end, she says, it was Waiuku that chose her, not the reverse.

“This particular shop came up on Trade Me. I saw the list-ing minutes after the vendor had posted it. I came in the next morning and it checked all my boxes. It’s got a place for me to entertain and a proper, clean kitchen in the back. And it’s close to my un-cle and aunty in Pukekohe. It just all worked out beau-tifully.”

It seems customers agree. Although only open for four months, several groups al-ready are making Cake Cul-ture their regular meeting

place, attracted by the range of traditional baked, gluten free, raw, organic, and paleo sweet treats.

But Neha and her assistant Chloe Dean are hard at work developing the company in-to more than just a high qual-ity bakery.

“Chloe and I make a per-fect team. She really under-stands my vision and has worked at cafés and patisse-ries for many years. And she is an artist. That’s what I want in my kitchen – people who are creative, because with food you have to be.”

Neha’s wide vision includes Cake Culture nurturing artis-tic talent in the community. She donated a Christmas tree to a local kindergarten for the children to decorate, and will display it in the shop window in time for Christmas. She is also looking forward to sup-porting young musicians by giving them the opportunity to play in the shop as custom-

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newsbitesProtest against Craddock Farms’ appeal

ll This Thursday morning, animal rights activists and locals from the community of Patumahoe will unite again to show joint op-position to a proposal to build one of New Zealand’s largest caged chicken farms.Craddock Farms want to build a colony cage egg farm in Patumahoe, however were declined by Auckland City Coun-cil to build earlier this year, based on concerns about odour affecting the township. On Thursday, Crad-dock Farms’ appeal will be heard in the Environment Court in Auckland. Activists and locals will be outside the court in a colour-ful protest to show their combined opposition.The protest begins at 8am on Thursday morning.

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A time of food and festivities, fun and anticipation

Unfortunately it is not like that for all of us. Some in Our community are unable to enjoy this time of year.

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Waiuku Family Support are looking for your generosity to help make this happen.To do this we are asking for donations of food and monetary contributions that can be left in the Christmas box in our reception area.

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Those who are close to her know just how hard it is to kept secrets from Lynne Campbell.

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ll But the staff, close friends, former colleagues and the children of Pokeno School managed to surprise their favou-rite teacher aide with a special assembly and chocolate cake last Wednesday, to cel-ebrate her 20 year milestone.

Principal, Blair Johnston, was blown away that she didn’t find out earlier. “It takes an amazing person to work in a school, and we believe Mrs Campbell is one of them. We are so fortunate to have Lynne in our school; however, it is the children that benefit the most from her huge heart, care and passion, and you can see just how popular she is, as Lynne is constantly flocked by chil-dren. We need people like her in all our schools and a huge thank you is needed for Denne Parkinson, for the foresight in hiring her as a teacher aide.”

Mrs Campbell has been a valuable gem of Pokeno School since 1995, when the opportunity of a teacher aide position became available.

Former Principal, Denne Parkinson, ex-plained how he first met Mrs Campbell, and how he was greeted with a ‘beaming

Mrs Campbell marks 20 years

Current Principal, Blair Johnston, Lynne Campbell, and former Principal, Denne Parkinson, celebrate Lynne’s 20 year milestone.

smile’ and ‘not so great parking skills’. “Ever since her first day, Malcolm (the caretaker) and I, still had to guide her into her car park. Mrs Campbell, thank you for being such a tidal wave of warmth.”

For the first time in 20 years, Mrs Campbell was speechless and couldn’t believe that her special morning tea had been kept a secret – even her hus-band was in on it. “I thought we were going to get in trouble, as we only have assemblies dur-ing the day if we have all been naughty,” laughs Lynne.

When asked what the secret was to being able to stay so long in one place, Mrs Campbell ex-plained that it was because of the children. “I am in my ele-ment as I never want to grow up. The staff, parents and the pupils make me smile every day. This has been such a wonderful jour-ney and my time here has made me so happy. It certainly doesn’t feel like 20 years, so they won’t be getting rid me anytime soon.”

All said with a cheeky smile, the community can rest assured this won’t be the last they see of the wonderful Mrs Campbell.

ll On Friday, November 20, Puke-oware School’s Jump Jam team, ‘MnM-Trix’, took to the stage in the Franklin Primary Schools Jump Jam Competition, held at Waiau Pa School.

The 12 member team were award-ed first place in the hotly contested Year 7/8 division. The win tops off a great week for the team, after they received another prize following their success at the 10th Jump Jam Challenge National Competition in Christchurch recently.

“The team were advised this week that they had also been awarded a Judges Choice Prize,” team coach, Tina Taylor said.

“Winning the Franklin competi-tion is the icing on top of the icing

Pukeoware’s MnM-trix win local jump jam competition

on a very big cake,” said team member Maddie Hardie. “The team have had an awesome time and we would like to thank our coaches, the school and everyone that supported us to be able to do this.”

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Looking back over the first five years of Auckland Council, Franklin Local Board Chair, Andy Baker, says it’s been an exciting and challenging time.

ll “Whilst there have been significant chang-es in how the council and communities interact, in general, I believe we have seen more positives than negatives for Franklin,” says Mr Baker.

Over the past five years, the board’s advocacy has produced some fantastic local wins:

Better public transport – more trains to Pukeko-he, including weekend trains and additional services at the ends of the day, community engage-ment on new bus servic-es to Waiuku and in Puke-kohe, the Pukekohe Town Centre upgrade, and the installation of a round-about at the Kingseat/Glenbrook Road inter-section to improve safety.

Community involve-ment – implemented a

programme to hand the management of a num-ber of rural halls to the community and sup-ported the refurbishment of the Clevedon District Centre.

Protecting the natu-ral environment – one of nine boards funding the Manukau Harbour Forum with the aim of improving and restoring Manukau Harbour.

Building the rural economy – ongoing re-vitalisation of Pukekohe Town Centre, including the town square.

Making it easier to get around - the board com-pleted the Omana walk-way and also installed the Pukekohe pedestrian rail overbridge for the V8s event in 2013.

“Understanding how the council operates and, in particular, the shared governance model, re-mains one of the great-est challenges. But effec-tive and cohesive local boards have a real ability to maintain a strong ‘lo-cal’ element to local gov-ernment.”

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But wAit! theRe’s MoRe At the BeACh!SUPER SIZED BACH! Designer features, magnificent views, this beach home is intended for the extended family to indulge in a piece of luxury on holiday. The home has three living areas, three double bedrooms including an annex with another entertainment area to the rear of the property this provides private living for three separate groups. You can also negotiate the furniture and be ready for your exclusive holiday this summer. Please call Julie for inspection times for this wonderful opportunity to create quality family memories. Call Julie to view.

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Join the BAnD wAGonA great little lifestyle starter on a very manageable 1.5 acres, room for a few animals, vege patch or even an orchard & great place for the kids! Three bedrooms, bathroom with separate shower and bath, separate toilet, 2 lock up garages with parking for up to 5 vehicles. All this and more approx. 15 mins from Waiuku. Peaceful surroundings with awesome views of the surrounding countryside and a glimpse of the Manukau Harbour. Our motivated vendor wants this lovely property sold - contact Daryl for viewing details.

455 Lees Gully Rd RX494807

Te ToRo $589,000

154 ponsford Rd RX365603Open Home: Sunday 12:00-12.30pmnAtuRe CALLinG Stunning rural property with lrg solid timber family home. Beautiful peaceful setting, views to the harbour & surrounding countryside. Approx 3ha of your own covenanted bush to enjoy, take in the bird life during the day or spot the glow worms at night. The four bedroom home boasts two living spaces, modern kitchen and open plan dining and lounge, two bathrooms plus a master bedroom ensuite. Double internal access garage plus freestanding double garage workshop. The flat grounds surrounding the home are fully fenced with heaps of space for the kids to play. Contact Daryl to view.

Te ToRo oFFeRs oVeR $725,000

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BAReLAnD - LiFestyLe, GRAzinG oR Both...This property has great potential to be developed into an attractive lifestyle property with a number of potential building sites. If you are looking for land that offers development potential and is not too far from town, then this property is worth checking out. To discuss the possibilities and to take a walk around contact Daryl.

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wellington zoo’s ‘Meet the Locals he tuku Aroha’ section opened in time for Labour weekend, which saw Customkit’s recently completed building take centre stage.

ll The team from Pukekohe’s Customkit were ap-proached to build an educational barn, which is based in the heart of ‘Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha’.

New Zealand is home to a diverse range of environ-ments which support a stunning array of plants and habitats, each with its own unique combination of species.

‘Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha’ aims to capture this unparalleled beauty and diversity and tell the story of New Zealand’s natural landscapes, unique wildlife, farm animals and native flora by taking visitors on a journey from the coast to the farm, and up into the bush and the mountains, collaborating stories from the community along the way.

The project is designed to raise awareness that in daily life, there are plants, insects and animals always under threat. Many parts of ‘Meet the Locals He Tuku Aroha’ are interactive, and designed for adults and chil-dren to learn through exploration and play.

Once fully completed, the area will be home to blue penguins, sheep, kunekune pigs, bees, eels, grand and Otago skinks, Maud Island frogs and kea.

The final stage of the project, a walk through Alpine habitat, will open later this year.

Customkit now in Wellington Zoo

Photo Credit: Wellington Zoo

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Broadband build progressing well in Waiuku and Pukekohe

llMore homes, schools and businesses in both Waiuku and Pukekohe now have access to world-leading fibre-to-the-premises un-der the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) programme, Communications Minis-ter Amy Adams says.

“By 2019, 75 per cent of New Zealanders will have access to fibre under the first phase of our UFB programme. Waiuku and Puke-kohe’s build is on track and we’re seeing good uptake across the region. Faster, more reli-able broadband will bring significant social, educational and economic benefits to this community,” Ms Adams says.

Under UFB phase one:Waiuku - The build is 59 per cent complete,

with 2101 homes, schools and businesses that can connect. The rollout in Waiuku will

be completed in 2017. Pukekohe - The build is 43 per cent complete with 3481 homes, schools and businesses that can connect. The rollout in Pukekohe will be completed in 2018.

healthy rivers feedbackll More than 1000 stakeholders and mem-bers of the public have now been involved in workshops and an online survey related to the project aimed at restoring and protecting the Waikato and Waipa rivers.

The workshops and survey were part of the Waikato Regional Council and river iwi-managed Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai project.

Some 235 stakeholders attended a recent day-long workshop, while a total of 245 peo-ple came to the scheduled community work-shops, amongst those 38 from Tuakau. An-other 561 people responded to an online sur-vey by the recent cutoff date. For more info: www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/healthyrivers

feedback changes timing of greenfield developmentllChanges to the timing of Greenfield land being made ready for urban development have been accepted in the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy, approved by the Auckland Development Committee.

The changes result from public feedback during consultation on future urban zones, totaling 11,000 hectares in the north, north-west and south of the region. This will provide around 110,000 dwellings.

The strategy covers mainly rural land to be available over three decades for housing and business development, and the bulk infra-structure needed for this development.

Main changes to the sequencing of land are Drury West (called Karaka in the draft strat-egy) brought forward five years to the first half of decade two (2022-2026) and Opaheke – Drury to be sequenced in first half of decade three (2032-2036), previously 2036-2041.


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The awards seek to acknowledge leading farmers and advisors while highlighting their oustanding contribution to agriculture.

ll According to Paul Luxton, Syngenta Terri-tory Head, Australasia, narrowing down the list of finalists was not an easy feat.

Bryan was drawn from an initial pool of more than 65 high-calibre nominees from across New Zealand and every

Australian state. He is a finalist in the Productiv-ity category of the Growth Awards.

Bryan, who is current-ly employed by Wilcox, is pleased to have been nominated for a Syngenta Growth Award. He’s hum-bled by the recognition and sees the award as a good opportunity to net-work with other success-ful people in the industry.

His approach to driving ‘sold-tonnes-per-hectare’ is to have a deep under-standing of each aspect of farm productivity to

ensure it is driven effi-ciently. Bryan’s productiv-ity, however, is not at the cost of quality. Accepting that market dynamics and requirements change constantly, his years of ex-perience in the potato in-dustry have given him an appreciation of what each different customer needs.

Winners will be select-ed by an independent and expert panel drawn from across the industry and will be announced at the Growth Awards dinner in Sydney in early Decem-ber.

Pukekohe farmer named as finalistB RYA N Hart, of Pukekohe, is one of twenty four of the most outstanding growers and farm advisers from across New Zealand and Australia to take home top honours in the 2015 Syngenta Growth awards.

Karaka Playcentre has been delighted to receive a new playhouse, courtesy of high school students who built the playhouse under the supervision of tutors at the Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT).

llThe project was developed, designed and created by high school students who are part of the Trades Acad-emy at M.I.T. The students work together in teams and run the project themselves, taking responsibility for the completion of the project.

“Students love this type of project and prefer this to working on small, individual workshop projects. They really appreciate that kids at places such as Karaka Play-centre get enjoyment out of their construction project,” says Jared McKay, Industry Manager for Carpentry at MIT.

“For many of them, this is the first time that they have had the opportunity to do something positive and lasting for local communities. This helps to show students the value of construction skills,” said Mr McKay.

The new playhouse has been well received by the chil-dren at Karaka Playcentre. “They have already got a lot of enjoyment out of it. The playhouse has become a focal point for a lot of imaginary group play by the children. They also enjoy sharing their morning tea together in the

School students build playhouse for children

playhouse, and painting it,” said Nao-mi O’Brien, one of the parents at Kara-ka Playcentre. “We are really apprecia-tive of the work that has been under-taken by the students and MIT in mak-ing the playhouse and gifting it to us.” Karaka Playcentre runs five sessions a week and is open to children from birth through to 6 years old. It is run by par-

ents and grandparents, and supports child-led play. If you are interested in visiting the playcentre, or for more in-formation, please phone 292 7675, or call Michelle on 021 951 886.

For more information on the car-pentry courses available at Manukau Institute of Technology, phone Jared McKay on 0800 62 62 52.

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Donna-Marie 027 527 0090, Marleen 0274 483 528

WAIUKUBare land NO COVENANTS Offers over $425,000Prime block of land of 4000sqm (more or less) on the main Road between Waiuku and Pukekohe, waiting for title. This bare block of land will make a beautiful place to build your dream home or you can relocate your dream to this site. ID osbs561

Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Only one left $285,000Nestled down a quiet right of way, there is plenty of scope for building your dream home. Situated in an established area of the Waiuku township. ID osbs548

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MATAKAWAU Marleen Ohms 0274 483 528

Life’s a beach $465,000A stroll to the water’s edge, handy to the local boat ramp. Situated at Matakawau. 3 bedrooms open plan living with single internal garage, carport and a separate double garage for small boat and tractor. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh869

WAIUKU Marleen Ohms 0274 483 528

Step onto the property ladder $469,000Golf, squash, netball and tennis all close to your door step. If you enjoy privacy this ppty is fully fenced with gardens lining the edge, plenty of fruit trees. 3 brms Open plan kitchen/dining with sep lounge. Bathroom has bath with a sep shower, sep toilet. Single gge with workshop and spa/bbq patio area for the summer bbqs. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh878


A place to call home $512,000This property has 3 levels dbl gge with storage and internal entry, 3 dbl brms master has semi ensuite, also an extra toilet and Sep laundry. Steps up to the next level to the spacious open plan living, slider from the lounge leading you out to the deck. Kitchen has wall oven and hob with range hood, waste disposal unit and a single dish draw. Heating/cooling and venting is by a heat pump and moisture master, new carpet throughout. Fully fenced back yard with plantings throughout the grounds. ID osbh879

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OTAUA / WAIUKU Ray 021 951 082

NO COVENANTS $249,000Opposite the Otaua School, a short drive to the river and forestry. You will find this 2.4 acre (approx.) bare block with an elevated building platform with great views. Compare the price of this bare block to a section in town. To view this exclusive listing phone Ray Lever. ID osbs563

Boundaries indicative only.Ray 021 951 082

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sitting tenant. Must be sold as a unit…but commercial sensitivity abounds. Price guide mid to high $500,000’s.

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Modern family living $529,000Brick and tile home with fully fenced section, low maintenance gardens yet very private. Patio area with shade sail. Views across the roof tops to the hills. This 4 bedroom home has open plan living, master has walk in robe and ensuite, double garage with internal entry and laundry. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh880

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

Can’t find what you want? Consider building Newly developed executive subdivision. Handy Waiuku township location. This opportunity will not last long, so be wise and secure your site now. Stage 1 - Sold Out; Only 4 Left in Stage 2. Priced from $260,000.Lot 5 – 515m2, Lot 6 – 507m2, Lot 7 – 522m2, Lot 8 – 479m2. ID osbs429

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

Cul de sac living $519,0003 Bedroom brick and tile spacious townhouse with open plan living. Master bedroom with direct access to bathroom. Great outdoor living with decking. Single internal access garaging on an easy care section in a great location. ID osbh875

WAIUKU Marleen 0274 483 528

Don’t miss this opportunity $535,0004 brms, open plan living with sep family room, bthrm has shower with sep toilet. Dble gge with a sleep out or hobby room in one part of the gge and room for a car the other side. Fully fenced with low maintenance landscaped gardens and garden shed. New heat pump and brand new carpet though out. Great location handy to Waiuku College and Waiuku town centre. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh881

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These enchanting 5 acres and home are located approximately 4kms from Waiuku. The meandering driveway is lined with cherry blossom trees, these lead up to a secluded 4 bedroom home. To the right of the home is a plantation of mature trees with some chestnut trees. The ancillary buildings could be used as a tack room or for vehicle storage. The property has a planting of mature blackwood and pine trees. If your dream is to immerse yourself in an idyllic country setting, this is a must see. Located less than 1km from the pony club, also in the area is the forestry and west coast beach. Properties such as this in such a charming location are seldom on the market long so don’t miss your chance. Call the vendors exclusive agent Ray Lever to arrange a time to view. ID osbf776 Ray 021 951 082

Oldé world charm $795,000WAIUKU

Nestled in rolling dairy farmland in the north Waikato I have a 3 bedroom weather board home offering open plan living with small deck off the living, cozy log fire for the winter months and a big section for the kids to play. Te Kauwhata is tucked away just off bustling State Highway 1, which connects Auckland and Hamilton - those cities are about an hour away in each direction so making this excellent for commuters. TK’s got all the shops you need for day-to-day life and also hosts an early childhood learning centre, Primary and College. Sport is a big part of village life with a golf course, football fields, squash courts, netball courts, a cricket pitch and a pony club to name a few. Take a drive out to Te Kauwhata and see this small village for yourself. Stop and have a coffee, have a chat to the locals and see why this is the perfect place to bring up your family. Long term tenant wishing to stay on. Enquries over $285,000 ID osbp372Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

Do I have a treat for you? $285,000TE KAUWHATA

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Top notch family home $369,000This home has had a complete re-birth both inside and out and it looks stunning. Open plan living with new gas fire, granite kitchen with french door leading out to a large entertaining area that looks out to your small orchard. The fully fenced property of 834m2 is perfect for children, with new double gates and front fence plus security cameras and a fully alarmed home giving a peace of mind to a family. New carpet, lino in the bathroom and toilet along with drapes and a hot water cylinder just to name a few. Three great sized room means loads of room to spread out. Plenty of off street parking with under house garage with basement/storage. ID osbp382

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

Quiet cul de sac $639,000This family home has 4 double bedrooms, master has walk in robe and ensuite. Open plan kitchen / dining with sep lounge. Fully fenced with double garage, gardens are ready for landscaping come and get creative. Set in an established cul de sac with lovely homes surrounding. Walking distance to the local school which is zoned for Sandspit Road. ID osbh874

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

Instantly appealing in good location $599,000Don’t miss this chance to secure this 4 bedroom, two level home. Living is upstairs with great views and decking for entertaining. 4 bedrooms downstairs, master with ensuite. Double internal garaging. All set on a fully fenced, easy care section in a cul de sac. ID osbh882


Living on the edge $545,000Handy location to Waiuku College and Medical Centre. Short walk to Waiuku town centre. This home has 4 double bedrooms, master has ensuite. Open plan living with sliders to patio/bbq area. Set in an established subdivision of quality homes. Phone Marleen for viewings. ID osbh877

WAIUKU Marleen 0274 483 528

Living the lifestyle dream $865,00018 acres set into 14 paddocks approx. 7 minutes from Waiuku. Currently grazing sheep, goats, horses & alpacas. Triple car gge with plenty of other shedding for animals & feed. House has 4 bdrms, ensuite. Modern kitchen & bthrm with new carpet throughout. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbf778

WAIUKU Ray 021 951 082

Original homestead farm $1,295,000An original 3 bedroom villa sitting on a north facing plateau with amazing northern rural views and 66 acres. Situated between 2 roads with an additional pole barn & enclosed storage shed, this property is currently a grazing beef. Previous production has included 90 round bales & 1000 squares. This is only the second time in a century that this desirable property has come on the market. Located 9.5km from Waiuku Super Value. Positive GST implications for perspective purchasers. Well worth viewing. Call Ray today. ID osbf772

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

Building for sale $PBN1 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. Phone Marleen to discuss further. ID osbb010

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Waikato District Council won’t be extending refuse and recycling services to Pukekawa households at this stage.

Service Delivery General Manager, Tim Harty, ex-plained that over recent years, Pukekawa residents have asked Council to provide the same rubbish and recycling service that other communities in the Waika-to District receive.

In September this year, Council asked Pukekawa ratepayers and residents if they wanted a weekly kerb-side, pre-paid refuse collection, a weekly two crate re-cycling collection, and a phone-in inorganic collection collected from their property once a year. Mr Harty says in order for the new service to go ahead, 65% of respondents needed to say yes.

“Following community engagement and informa-tion sharing, we received 286 responses. 167 voted Yes and 119 voted No. That’s only 58% support which means the service we offered won’t be going ahead. The proposed service would come at a cost of $1.50 for a pre-paid sticker and $127.83 targeted rates charge per dwelling. This may have been a factor in people’s deci-sion not to support the new option.

“Council has a commitment to support our com-munities in their bid to be free of waste. While this idea didn’t get the green light, we’re still discussing other ways to promote waste minimisation in the Pukeka-wa area.” However, Mr Harty says residents do need to be aware of changes to their current refuse and recy-cling service. “As part of our long term plan consulta-tion we asked the community to choose their preferred refuse and recycling level of service. They chose Option 1 which means that until 30 June 2016, households will continue to get a monthly recycling collection and will be asked to continue manage their waste in the same responsible way they do now.

It certainly looks like it from a recent Facebook post of a Shang-hai wholesale fruit market. Not only is the seller stating that these apples are from New Zealand, they are also packaging them with one of the options for the new flag.

The photo shows New Zea-land’s brand, Mr Apple, in box-es in the background, which led to speculation that they knew something the nation didn’t. The Post contacted Mr Apple directly, where we were told by the man himself, Ben McLeod, that the two were not related.

“The ‘Mr Apple’ branded box is in the background of the photo, and not related to the counter-feit product in front. The Shang-hai wholesale market is full of multiple fruit brands and pack

types, which sit alongside each other in fruit stalls,” explained Mr McLeod.

“Counterfeit packaging and branding has been an issue in China, and is often difficult to po-lice. I would say in this instance the likely scenario is that some-one in China has seen via social media the flag options for New Zealand and chosen the one they like, and then incorporated it into their tube design.”

Mr McLeod said that New Zea-land has a very strong image in China.

“There are those that will ex-ploit that to leverage more busi-ness. Therefore, it would be rea-sonably safe to say the flag has not been changed before the referen-dum.”

ll Bombay, Buckland, Mau-ku, Paerata, Parkside, Patuma-hoe, Pukekohe East, Pukekohe High, Pukekohe Intermedi-ate, Pukekohe North, Puni and Waiau Pa Schools are part of a group of twelve schools who will be working with 4443 students as part of the Pukekohe Com-munity of Learning. This is the second Community of Learning that has been established in the Electorate, with the other one in Waiuku.

Haydon Brill, Principal of Puni School, is managing the formation of Community for Learning in the Pukekohe area and it is planned to be in opera-tion at the end of the first term in 2016. “This means local kids in Hunua will benefit from shared teaching practices and exper-tise, with teachers working alongside each other on goals to help improve educational

outcomes in the classroom,” Andrew Bayly said.

“I’m proud our schools realise that together they can achieve even more for our kids. Across the country, 793 schools have now committed to working to-gether to raise student achieve-ment – this will impact on nearly 135,000 Kiwi kids.”

“This is about a third of New Zealand students who will now benefit from their schools shar-ing expertise and resources.” These school communities are funded through the Govern-ment’s $359 million Investing in Educational Success initiative.

“The communities will work together on challenges they identify for their children. Na-tional is focusing on improving performance in the schooling system to ensure every child has the opportunity to succeed,” Andrew Bayly said.

Has China predicted NZ’s flag?

Praise for local schools

MP, Andrew Bayly, with Haydon Brill, Principal of Puni School


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Held over this weekend November 27, 28 and 29, there will be many activities taking place to keep everyone entertained.

ll Doors open on Friday from noon until 5pm, Saturday 10am- 7pm, Sunday 11.30am – 4pm. Each year, there is a different theme to the annu-a l e v e n t , with this y e a r b e -ing about the nation, Aotearoa. An approx-imately 13 metre map has been created and will take centre place of the hall, amongst oth-er spectacular displays.

An ANZAC tribute in re-membrance of the Soldiers who gave their all for New Zealand will be on display, and the Franklin Rose Show will be

held in the St Andrews Cen-tre Auditorium, where their competitions will be open to anyone wishing to enter their beautiful blooms.

The renowned Wildboy will be present, and sign copies of his recently published book for those who are interested.

The Franklin Cake Decorat-ing Club is showcasing their

unique flow-ers made from icing, while at-tendees will be serenaded by the perform-ing artist, Den-nis Marsh, who will be playing both Saturday

and Sunday afternoons. Talented pianist, Solberg

Birgisdottir, will also be play-ing beautiful tunes through lunchtime over both days.

Refreshments will be avail-able for purchase throughout the weekend.


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The holiday season is often accompanied by worries about not being ready in time. As the festive season is approaching fast, here is a list for those in charge of organizing Christmas. It will help you make sure everything goes off without a hitch.

1. Establish your budget. This is always a good starting point. It feels awful to regret all your spending once the holidays are passed.

2. Create checklists. Plan your menus, gifts, indoor and outdoor decorations, and schedule your beauty ap-pointments well in advance.

3. Set your tasks. Each of the previous lists brings its own share of things to do, so it’s important to list them clearly along with a time frame in which to do them.

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Inset Photo: Jeremy Butcher with a big 3kg trevally, caught near the ‘tripod’ in the Papakura Channel in October. Above left: Arron Parker with a healthy looking gur-nard from the West Coast in November. Above Right: Graham Wallis with an 8.2kg whopper of a snapper caught from the harbour last month.

Fishing has certainly improved in the last month. Deep water is working well for the coast and most are having success between 50 and 60m.

ll Gurnard tend to hold their condi-tion better off the coast in the warmer months than those staying on in the har-bour and there are good catches of them to be had amongst the snapper schools.

The best technique I’ve found for deep water is to use a dropper rig with a trace of at least 60lb, and 8/0 recurve hook with a streamlined bait only hooked through once at one end. Let the fish bite a few times before cranking the reel a dozen times and you should hook up. The harbour has im-proved hugely in the last month, especially for snapper and treval-ly. It can be a challenge to avoid small snapper at this time of year, but using at least 6/0 hooks will allow them to be released unharmed. If there are plagues of undersized fish it’s best to move. Survival rates for small fish are q u i t e high if they

are handled properly but big fish need special care if they are to be released successfully. If the fish has an inflated swim bladder, is

gut hooked or has bulging eyes, it’s best to dispatch it quickly and add it to your catch. Many people with the right in-tentions, thinking they are protecting breeding stock, release these big fish only for them to die within days. Un-dersized fish must be returned dead or alive. The regulations for the Manukau and Auckland’s west coast allow recre-ational anglers to take 10 snapper per angler and the minimum size is 270mm. Other rules apply, please learn them be-fore you go fishing! Kingfish are starting to show up in the harbour but mostly they are undersized. They are a much hardier fish than snapper and survive

recapture very well. Please remem-ber to follow the rules of the sea when boating and learn what those rules are, particularly those for lifejackets

(pfd’s) but be aware that different rules apply for differ-

ent areas. I’d like to also thank Coastguard for

their work in run-ning a bar crossing day on the 14th, the next

one will be in February. If you aren’t a Coastguard mem-ber and you own a boat, you should seriously consider joining. Take care, Smudge.

Hunting area # of Koi Carp Av Weight

Waikato River 1021 2.84 kg

Whangamarino 300 2.46

Lake Waikare 172 1.71

Lake Whangape 151 2.18

Lake Waahi 80 1.84

Lake Hakanoa 43 1.89

Kimihia 12 1.95

Total 1948 2.49 kg

fishing bites2015 World Koi Carp Classic report

ll Light winds and fine weather both days and this resulted in some excellent tallies being weighed in. We had 58 entries and they shot 1948 koi carp with a total weight of 4.84 tonnes which is our 4th best re-sult ever. The team winners this year were Bob Gow from Ngaruawahia and Reuben Mills from Hamilton with a total weight of 515 kg of koi carp (just over half a tonne!). The biggest koi carp went to Mark Turn-er from Port Waikato with an 8 kg fish, winning the Waikato River Authority Trophy while the Fulton Ho-gan – HEB Cup for the best koi carp by a junior went to Angus McMillan.


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Above: The winners of The Myrtle James Triples held on Tuesday, 17 November at Waiuku Bowling Club. 1st, Merle Bungard (skip) Sam Compston and Richard Sheehan. Runners up, Andrea Williams (skip) Moira Tracy & Raewyn Teague. Mix and Min-gle this Friday from 4 pm.

Despite the blustery conditions, the monthly tour-nament at Waipipi was successfully held on Thurs-day 19th, thanks to our generous sponsors. The winners of play were: 1st, Pukekohe - Glynn Tunley, Alan Spacey and Clive Kendall; 2nd, Clarks Beach - Julie Starnes, Alan Starnes and Margaret Walkley; 3rd, Waipipi - Dave Hook, Eric Gillot and Mal White.

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Counties Manukau Rugby pays tribute to Jonah LomuCounties Manukau Rugby Football Union paid tribute to Jonah Lomu who passed away at the age of 40, last Wednesday.

ll The former Wesley College student and Wey-mouth Rugby Club player exploded onto the rugby scene, and became the biggest star world rugby has ever seen. The for-mer All Black and New Zealand Seven’s Com-monwealth Gold Me-dalist helped put Coun-ties Manukau Rugby on the map. He played both forms of the game for

Counties Manukau and represented the Coun-ties Manukau Steelers from 1994 to 1999.

“We are devastated by the loss of Jonah and our thoughts and prayers go to Nadene and their two sons Brayley and Dhyreille and the rest of Jonah’s family and friends,” says Counties Manukau CEO, Andrew Maddock.

“He was a legend of the game who did so much for the sport on a global level. There will simply never be another player like him.”

Rest in Peace Jonah.

The annual Regional Scouts Shooting Competition was held recently at the Waiuku Pistol Club Range, in which thirteen teams took part.

ll The competition started back in 1983, as the Inter Youth Shooting Com-petition, which was held annually be-tween Sea Scouts, Sea Cadets, Young Mariners and Boys Brigade units.

This year’s competition was run by Leaders from Tuakau and Districts Sea Scout Group, who took over from the Leaders of the Papakura Sea Scouts.

The competition is held on a twen-ty five metre range using .22 rifles, with

each competitor firing twenty rounds at their two targets, under the close watch-ful eyes of the range master and his as-sistants. After inserting a special plastic safety catch, which were supplied by the Arms Officer from the Manukau Police, they collected their targets and return to the briefing room to obtain their results.

Tuakau and Districts Sea Scouts man-aged to take out second place in every event. Retiring this year was the long serving Waiuku Pistol Club range mas-ter for the competition, Rob Carter, and the Auckland Region of Scouts New Zea-land would like to record their thanks for his personal support and help over the years.

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Runners and walkers braved the trying weather conditions over the weekend and took part in

the annual Port Waikato Challenge. Competi-tors could either run or walk 8km or 16km, through the picturesque landscape of Port Waikato, with every participant being pre-sented with a hand painted shell medal. Thankfully the rain held off until the end of the day, and $2,800 was raised for the local

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Awhitu Social Club Inc. has made an application to the District Licensing Committee at Pukekohe for the renewal of a Club Licence, in respect of the premises situated at 15 Hamilton Road, Awhitu known as Awhitu Social Club. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is as a Social Club. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence are Friday 5pm - 1am, Saturday 12pm - 1.30am, Sunday 12pm - 10pm, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve 8pm - 12am. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the offices of the Auckland District Licensing Agency at 82 Manukau Road, Pukekohe. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee, Auckland Council, Private Bag 92300, Victoria St West, Auckland. No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.

Temporary road closureQueen St (between King St and Kirk Street), Kirk St (between Queen St and Domain St), Domain St (between Kirk St and Court St), and Court St (between Martyn St and Queen St), will be closed from 1pm until 3pm, and Bowen St will be closed from 9.30am until 5pm on Saturday 12 December 2015 for the Waiuku NZ Steel Christmas Parade.

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