King Country
A flood of money
By Andy Campbell
Almost $7 million will be invested over the next five years to prevent repeats of flooding which struck Te Kūiti twice last year.
In January 2023 a total of 200mm of rain fell in one day. In October one day saw 45mm dumped on the town.
Waitomo District Council has now adopted proposed remedies supported in the long term plan submissions which require $6.7 million over five years.
The council is reviewing cost estimates for stormwater modelling in Te Kuiti before finalising a contract to be awarded in the 2024/25 financial year.
Of two options presented for discussion in the long term plan, community support was for stormwater modelling, building
retention ponds and improving the stormwater network capacity.
The other option suggested not doing much at all.
One submitter thanked the council for the improvement works done so far as they believed a difference had been made already.
“Wingwalls” have been installed to catch more water that comes down open drains. Catch pits have been added. In some places single catchpits have been expanded to double catch pits.
A stormwater pipeline project on Carrol Street and the grouting of the old pipeline under the railway tracks were completed in April.
The project involved re-routing stormwater flow, which was initially going under the railway line, into the 1800mm main from PlaceMakers, and later discharging
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New mural for aquatic centre
By Paul Charman
A renowned contemporary artist was in Te Kūiti last week working with a group of young people on a giant mural at the Waitomo Aquatic Centre.
Graeme Hoete (Mr G), who is based in Tauranga, is part of a team which has worked with youngsters to paint murals in 12 New Zealand towns over the past three years.
“It’s all about working with youngsters from our smaller communities throughout the country. They paint murals which have messages of hope, within the context of local story,” Hoete said.
“We have a passion for young people whose early years are spent in our smalltown environments. I was bought up in Kawerau so understand what life is like living in one of these.
“With my art career I have done stuff right around world now so I’m just trying to share my story with these young artists, hopefully to inspire them.”
Te Kūiti had popped up when plans were being made and towns suggested at the beginning of the project,
“So, we engaged with Ngāti Maniapoto and the opportunity to paint a mural at the Aquatic Centre flowed from that.”
Hoete said the process had involved
learning a lot about local history and stories, which led on to the choice of a subject for the mural.
“The basis of this design is kawau mārō, which is the battle formation of Ngāti Maniapoto, a vee-shape based upon the shag in flight.
“The meaning behind it could be described in a phrase like, ‘together we can all move forward’.
“This has the connotation of unity and persevering in tough times so that we can win our battles. This is the key aspect of the design.”
Following two days of painting the mural the work was dedicated at a ceremony on Friday afternoon.
The fire service pumps water off a Duke Street section following last October’s flooding in Te Kūiti.
Rhyvah Kukutahi and Tamorangi Clayton-Lake prepare to fill in some fine details on the mural.
Photo: Paul Charman
Tracing history, off the map
By Paul Charman
Two Auckland women out to trace family history in the southern King Country last month found some of the places they hoped to visit had, “fallen off the map”.
Cousins Robyn Edwards and Debra Christensen spent a weekend searching for remnants of their family history in back blocks near Ohura and Matiere.
Some locations of interest, including Nihoniho on the Ohura Rd and Tatu on the Forgotten Highway, are now devoid of buildings and road signs.
“In fact, there is nothing to show Tatu ever existed. So, we did a fair bit of detective work but also had some lucky breaks,” Robyn said.
left to show where Nihoniho stood.
“Amazingly one of the few locals we met, a Matiere resident named Karl Adam, stopped and direct us to what’s left of the old Nihoniho school building. We would never have found it otherwise.”
Thanks to a few family stories the women could remember and the Papers Past Website, they had built up a rough picture of the life and times of their grandfather’s people (the Christensens), who arrived in New Zealand from Denmark in 1870, and their grandmother’s people (the Beatons), who arrived from the Scottish Highlands in 1901.
“Most of the Beatons were devout Scottish Free Presbyterians; the Christensens seem to have been a lot more worldly.”
“Conditions in the southern King Country were hard when they arrived more than 100 years ago, but possibly better than what they’d come from. For example, the only transportation in the King Country back then was by bullock cart.
“It was a great weekend; the isolation and stark beauty of that lovely hill country will stay with us a long time. Like everyone who starts to research their family history, we now realise there are many missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle.
“But this was a great experience - its only made us want to find out more.”
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“We knew our grandfather Edwin Arthur Christensen attended Nihoniho School and that his two sons Edwin and Ronald (my dad and Debra’s dad respectively) did the same. But there’s little
A common theme of the two pioneering King Country families was how poor they had been in their native countries, where it would never have been possible to have owned land.
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Given recent events and the national exposure of our district lately, I have just put some thoughts into writing, hoping it makes sense and provokes some positive contemplation.
What is it that makes Te Kuiti a great place to live? I believe that this might best be answered from the understanding that no matter where any of us might go in the world to experience foreign cultures and to see spectacular buildings and landscapes, it is always “the people” that make a place “special”. On this basis, it is my belief that Te Kuiti could easily be the envy of any small town in New Zealand (or even the world).
Sadly however, it is equally true that it is also “the people” that ruin a place.
This is evident in the fact that more people prefer to visit “safe” countries that have arguably Christian values of “always treat others how you would like to be treated” ; with fewer people wanting to visit those places where such sensible and reasonable values do not exist. In the absence of such values, evil practices generally flourish. For example, a country could have the most spectacular scenery or natural beauty, but if there is the possibility of increased danger (say, of being kidnapped or harmed), many people will avoid it.
So whilst our town has many great, kind and caring People making it special, there are those who choose to commit all manner of evil acts, by exploiting and harming others, usually for their own selfish gains or pleasures, thus ruining everything for everyone else.
Maybe it is time for us to collectively grow up and put away all such evil practices, unless of course we want Te Kuiti to remain a small town that few people want to visitexcept to get fuel and a pie.
David Dickinson Te Kūiti
Robyn Edwards by what remains of the Nihoniho School, where her grandfather, father and uncle received early education.
Matiere resident Karl Adam gave directions to Nihoniho School.
As this road sign shows, driving in the southern King Country is not to be taken lightly.
Photos: Debra Christensen
Danger: ice
Police are warning motorists to beware of icy roads and remove ice from windscreens. It follows a crash last week where a car was “totalled” after skidding on ice at Oparure Road, Waitomo. Another vehicle also involved a crash is thought to have had a frosted-over windscreen.
“A little pot of water goes a long way on a cold morning,” sergeant Jimmy Walker said.
Stage call
On-Stage Te Kūiti has put out a call to people who would like to be involved with its planned production of Mamma Mia. OnStage is celebrating its 70th anniversary and will host a reunion in October.
Road open
Waitomo District Council says Taumatatotara West Road is open again after several months of rehabilitation. The road, near the west coast of the Waitomo district, was a victim of Cyclone Dovi last year and required extensive restoration.
Man charged
A man has been charged with causing harm by posting digital communications after police received a complaint that a 61-year-old Te Kuiti man had been harassed online on July 2. The arrested man also faces charges of unlawful possession of firearms and criminal harassment and has been remanded in custody to appear in court in Hamilton next week.
Stepping up
Work on new steps up to Brook Park - Motakiora in Te Kūiti has been completed. The work was needed after a slip at the front of the pā site prevented access.
Kākā release
Three kākā – sisters Rakaunui, Te Kawa and Raumati – who were hatched at the Ōtorohanga Kiwi House have been released at Cape Kidnappers under the watch of Cape Sanctuary, a privately owned and funded 2500ha wildlife restoration project.
Cold home get warm tidings
The Lines Company (TLC) has announced a boost to community funding aimed at keeping King Country homes and families warm.
For the next three years, TLC will donate $450,000 a year to Maru Energy Trust, an independent trust which helps make homes warmer, drier and healthier.
The funding is an increase of $300,000 a year and will take its contribution to about $2 million to the programme.
Maru Energy Trust chair Brian Hanna said the increased TLC funding would turbo-charge the Trust’s work.
Since it was established in 2018, Maru has insulated more than 900 homes across the King Country and installed more than 400 heat pumps.
Of those, 341 insulations and 165 heat pumps were in the Waitomo and Ōtorohanga districts.
An assessment indicates around 2500 more homes across the TLC network may still be eligible for free insulation and 1500 more could qualify for free heat pumps.
That means there were still people living in cold, damp homes and that wasn’t good enough, Hanna said.
“The extra TLC funding will be a massive stepchange because we can do
‘Our big goal… is to have all houses across the King Country insulated and warm within the next decade’ – Brian Hanna
a lot more work, faster. Our big goal – and I think its achievable – is to have all houses across the King Country insulated and warm within the next decade. If we work together, we can make a huge difference to local families and to the health and wellbeing of our community.”
Maru also receives funding from Ōtorohanga and Ruapehu District Councils, Trust Waikato, New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, Waitomo Energy Services Customer Trust (Wesct), King Country Trust and the Ōtorohanga Charitable Trust. Its work is supported by the government through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. For every dollar Maru puts into the programme, the authority provides $9 worth of value.
Waitomo district councillors voted last year not to continue to support the trust financially.
TLC chief executive and Maru Trustee Mike Fox said authority funding was available for the next three years so the timing was right for TLC to make a major
investment into Maru. The money came from the sale of the company’s whollyowned subsidiary, Influx, last year.
The Waitomo Energy Services Customer Trust is a TLC shareholder and supported the funding decision, its chair William Oliver said.
“With the 9-1 funding Maru can leverage from EECA this is a real opportunity to help those with uninsulated homes energy efficient heat pumps. This is a huge initiative to improve our community’s health, in particular for tamariki and for older people.”
Brian Hanna said the TLC funding boost could double the number of homes insulated and heat pumps installed over the next three years.
But the Trust will continue to aim higher.
“I’m hoping others will also come on board to help, either with cash grants or via donations of goods or services. Attracting community partnerships and asking people and groups to work together will be a big focus for the Trust going
forward.”
Residents can see if their homes qualify for free
insulation or heat pumps by going to the Maru Energy Trust website.
Support commended after hunting death
By Paul Charman
A hunter police described as “an older man” died after apparently experiencing a medical incident in bush at Kiritehere, near Marakopa, early last Friday.
The search and rescue coordinator for the incident, Senior Constable Ross Moratti, said the man had been hunting on a friend’s property and his family became concerned when he did not return home.
His grandson went to look for him and was able to track him using pig hunting dogs’ tracking collars.
The grandson found the man and activated a personal locater beacon just before 4am.
This initiated the despatch of a rescue helicopter from New Plymouth, and the crew found the grandson as he signalled with a torch through the dense tree canopy. They could not land due to the rough terrain, and there was insufficient visibility to winch the hunter out. The chopper flew to Te Kūiti Airfield to await daylight and police contacted the Waitomo Search and Rescue Group, who headed to the airfield.
In the meantime, the man’s grandson, who had managed to get back to phone coverage area, contacted police to confirm that the older man had died.
Following the normal procedures after a death in the bush, the police then decided to carry the man’s body out.
Senior Constable Moratti and Constable Josh Eichmann, were joined by five search and rescue volunteers, two farmers and members of the man’s family. They were in the bush from mid-morning till mid-afternoon on Friday.
“It was a tough job,” Moratti said. “I can’t speak highly enough of those who helped us with this recovery. These volunteers comprised both men and women, old and young.
“I was raised in Ōtorohanga and farmed out the coast for 15 years, I still call it home and it’s refreshing to see that these guys still demonstrate old-fashioned rural community values.
“These volunteers do a great job, supported by their families and employers. It was a huge effort from everybody.”
Te Kuiti homeowner Sarah Anderson has been supported by Maru Energy Trust to install underfloor insulation and a heat pump.
Talking water, not mergers
By Andy Campbell
Waikato mayors including Waipā and its King Country neighbours, will be meeting soon to discuss a water services entity.
And Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter is warning of pitfalls.
The water service entity is required by the Government because the Waikato has to have a water services plan in the next couple of months.
“It’s not a given by any means that there will be a unified approach across the Waikato, because there are winners and losers,” Baxter said
He said 27 per cent of the revenue is created by Hamilton city ratepayers, but 50 per cent of the infrastructure spend over the next 10 years will be in the city.
“If that is the case, if those figures are accurate, the other councils will be subsidising Hamilton’s infrastructure and their three waters,” Baxter said.
“And what is the chance of Ōtorohanga having any real impact on itsactual costs... but it having a massive impact on our rates?
“I don’t think an
agreement on what is the best way going forward at the moment is going to be universal.”
He said the core issue was that local government was not adequately funded – it received just two per cent of the national tax take, he said.
“Any sort of amalgamation until the funding model changes will just be a dead duck,” he said in response to Waitomo mayor John Robertson’s repeated calls to look at a merger with Ōtorohanga.
“It is inevitable that one day there will be amalgamation between neighbouring councils, and one I would suggest will not be led by local government.”
Baxter thought amalgamations did not have to be determined politically. Amalgamation might be services led rather than by changing political boundaries.
Ōtorohanga and Waipā recently collaborated on a pipeline contract that brought savings of scale to both councils, he noted.
“I think in the interim closer working relationships, greater collaboration, sharing of IP and ensuring optimum efficiency is the key focus
currently,” Baxter said’
“The joining of Ōtorohanga and Waitomo per se, through lack of scale is not going to deliver on the savings which our communities desire or need.
“Amalgamation of the two councils? I’m not seeing it, I’m not feeling it.”
At a half hour meeting with King Country/Taranaki MP Barbara Kuriger last week he told her the coalition government – on the back of the last government, was killing local government, and localism.
“You came in with a mandate that’s all about localism, devolution of responsibilities and powers, empowering local communities; he said.
“All you have done is taken further funding away from local government, the last nine months since you have been in power. You are killing us.
“You are making local government fracture, there is no real closeness and camaraderie as there once was.
“You think about it where you have got sovereign citizens holding up elected members and arresting mayors and CEs because
they have no trust in the delivery of services.
“When our rates increases were two and three per cent, communities were reasonably happy with us because we could actually do that.
“You throw inflation in that the increase in CPI and all of a sudden your rates increases are between 10 and 20 per cent across the country.
“And people are really angry. And I don’t blame them.”
A flood of money
into Mangaokewa Stream to eliminate any damage to the railway line due to leaking.
The new pipeline starts from a manhole opposite George Street to another manhole opposite PlaceMakers, next to the railway line.
Inspections of the critical stormwater reticulation network, such as open channels, wingwalls and screens, will be monitored before, during, and after heavy rainfall events.
Work is in progress for the supply and installation of a flood level sensor on the open channel in Ngatai Street, as well as on three other sites. The sensors will provide real time water level monitoring inside the open channels.
Remedial work before any forecast heavy rainfall will be implemented as soon as possible after getting approval from Council 3
Waters staff.
Work is also underway to test the value of retention ponds in a couple of locations. These would be dry most of the time, but would fill in major storms to slow water entering the lower areas of town during significant rain fall.
These are considered for the back of Hill Street properties and the Ward Street Reserve. Easements or purchasing of land will be discussed with the property owners once the design has been completed.
A contractor will connect 12 property service laterals to the newly installed stormwater line on Edward Street. This additional work will allow rainfall from properties to flow through their downpipes directly to the stormwater pipe network, and not flood their homes.
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Ski community dismayed
By Paul Charman
A decision by the receivers of the Whakapapa skifield which ruled out a pan-iwi bid for the asset has been met with dismay in the Ruapehu ski community.
Parties interested in taking over beleaguered ski area were given a June 10 deadline to get their bids in but a pan iwi group representing tribes with an interest in the mountain asked for a time extension.
The receivers, Calibre Partners, turned down the six-week extension request last month and following a letter of protest from the pan iwi group, Calibre restated its refusal.
It is unknown what bids are still being considered by Calibre Partners and the company did not return calls from the News. Media stories have speculated remaining bids include one from partners of New Zealand-based investment firm The South Island Office.
Ruapehu Skifields Stakeholders Association president Rob Eller said putting together the pan-iwi was complex and called Calibre’s refusal to grant an extension a disgrace.
“Iwi have been mistreated
in this process since day one. They have often been the last to know about what has been going on and at times dismissed by the agencies running the process.
“I feel iwi are the best fit with the kaitiaki of the mountain and a view of
forever, not the next end of financial year dividend.
Eller said the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which had been in charge of the liquidation of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, had shown itself biased toward
corporate ownership.
“Keep in mind the old RAL company was community owned for the entity throughout its 70-year-history.”
He said with little examination of perpetuating the community ownership
model, MBIE gave ownership of the Turoa Skifield to Pure Turoa.
“Where is the proper structure and process for a business of this size, which is so intertwined with the success and welfare of the central North Island businesses?”
Sam Clarkson who runs the Skotel Alpine Resort was also dismayed at how the pan-iwi group had been treated.
“Iwi asked for an additional six weeks extension – that’s all – so what was the problem?
He suggested the only possible answer was that the receivers had a predetermined agenda.
The Government had allocated $7 million for the receivership process “so it would seem that Calibre could have afforded to have waited a few more weeks”.
“The best thing for us would be a thriving Central North Island economy, which would see the Crown get its money back overand-over through GST, PAYE and lower beneficiary payments.”
Above all, Clarkson said excluding iwi was just “wrong-headed”.
“Whoever gets to run Whakapapa will need consenting from iwi for things like, for example, putting in a new lift. So wouldn’t it make sense to give the running of the skifield to iwi, who get the final say on what goes on in the skifield anyway?”
The Whakapapa ski area.
‘We could have made it work’
By Paul Charman
A spokesperson for the pan-iwi group which declared an interest in taking over the Whakapapa Skifield said they do not understand the decision by the receivers, “to squash our bid”.
Calibre Partners denied the pan iwi group a sixweek-extension to finalise their bid. The deadline was June 10.
“The receivers had enough in the way of money and resources to extend the deadline a few weeks, so we could get our bid up and going,” spokesperson Jackson Tutahi said.
“It would have been a good opportunity for the iwi bid to be in there, because we would have been in it for the long haul. We could have made it work.
“We have just finished doing our 25year development plan and we’re the only entity left which is going to put our capital into the Ruapehu region, to invest in upgrading the infrastructure. We are the only ones interested in upgrading and investing in this region to get the place going.”
He said projects in the works included housing, a new marae and a salmon farm at Waimarino (National Park). There were also mining opportunities in the area.
Tutahi claimed some of the skifield infrastructure was in poor shape, partly because RAL had exceeded numbers of daily visitors allowed under concessions from the Department of Conservation.
“I think it was (supposed to be)
3000 a day in terms of carparks but they were also using their own shuttles to get people up there. So it wound up more 4000-5000 people a day when they were only allocated 3000. So over the years they have done this the infrastructure has been completely diminished.”
For example, Whakapapa had a sewerage problem due to having visitors over and above permitted number, he said.
The pan-iwi group decided to get involved because they were begged to do so by members of the ski community.
“There was pressure on us from the locals to get involved, the socalled ‘skiwis’ were telling us to do it.
“We knew it wasn’t the actual direction our iwi was going because there was a lot of other things popping up in the area, such as infrastructure upgrades and mining opportunities that are going to be happening in that area soon.
“There’s a lot of other things going against that place that we were aware of as pan iwi, starting with the effects of climate change.
“Thanks to climate change you’re going to have diminishing returns yearon-year, as the ski seasons are going to be shorter. Some in our group were saying do we really want to take this problem on?
“However, because the skiwis wanted us to be the kaitiaki (guardians) over that asset and because we were already doing a 25-year-plan and putting money into the area, we decided to get involved.”
‘Operational is not working
By Chris Gardner
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has deflected Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s plea for help.
General manager Helen Hughes turned to Potaka for help in May, before revealing to The News last month that a cash flow crisis could force the closure of the world’s largest predator proof fence near Cambridge by the end of August.
The project lost $1.5 million worth of DOC funding over four years and needs $500,000 to continue providing predator-free habitat for rare and endangered native species like takahe, kiwi, and kakapo.
Potaka told Stuff last week Hughes’ plea for help was a Department of Conservation (DOC) operational matter and the department was doing the best it could with a limited budget. DOC was directed to find 6.5 per cent savings from its budget to meet the coalition Government’s savings target.
“I am pretty disappointed by these words, because clearly operational is not working,” Hughes, who has been in the job nine months, said.
“Operational is not coming to the party, and operational is not
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making the commitment. We need central government to assist.”
Potaka’s press secretary Jaed Nicoll said “we don’t have a comment to make here, sorry… the best place to ask about this issue is the Department of Conservation.”
DOC Waikato district operations manager Jane Wheeler is looking at options to support the project.
Karāpiro-based Minister for Community and Voluntary Sector Louise Upston, National MP for Taupō, said in a statement that she hoped a solution could be found.
“A lot of staff time and countless volunteer hours have gone into planning, building, and maintaining Maungatautari.
“The economy is going through a tough time right now, but this project got off the ground because of the vision, hard work, and generosity of donors. Those things still exist in the community.
“My colleague Barbara Kuriger is working with the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Board to explore all options for support, including through the Department of Conservation.”
Kuriger accompanied Potaka to Maungatautari in May when he learned of its cash flow crisis.
Meanwhile, the project has
received its first significant donation since going public about its cash flow crisis.
Len Reynolds Trust has funded several thousand dollars.
“We see this as an investment in an internationally recognised taonga with a proven track record,” said chief executive Melissa Gibson.
“That’s amazing,” Hughes said.
“Absolutely incredible.”
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari is dropping admission fees for children over the school holidays, in the hope they will learn to love the place. Children 16 years and under visiting the mountain must be accompanied by a paying adult with a $30 Sanctuary Explorer Pass.
“We are hoping that loads of families come to the sanctuary,” said Hughes.
“The parents will pay; they will come and experience and grow to love it and they want to return.”
Maungatautari chief Helen Hughes
Jackson Tutahi
GARDENING
FOR BLOOMING BEAUTIES AND PLANTS THAT THRIVE
Health: time to talk
By Chris Gardner
Former All Black Steve Gordon will encourage men to talk to each other about their health at Te Awamutu Community Menz Shed’s inaugural men’s heath expo.
Gordon, a former Te Awamutu College pupil who was an All Black from 1989 to 1993, will give a half hour talk at the free event at the end of the month the Baptist Church in Teasdale St.
Top tips for pruning roses
Katrina Christison Tidy Gardens
July and August is rose pruning time, so here are my tips for easy pruning.
Make sure your tools are clean and sharp so that you don’t spread disease, and your cuts are nice and clean cuts not jagged from blunt tools.
Nice clean cuts have less chance of bugs entering and spreading though your roses making them unhealthy.
Get your sprays mixed and your fertiliser close by. After pruning is the perfect time to give your roses a good spray with liquid copper and super shield mixed together and a good feed with rose fertiliser and some sheep pellets.
The copper is a fungicide and bactericide spray which helps fight black spot and the super shield is systemic fungicide and insecticide which means that it can be absorbed by the plant.
It works from within the plant to control black spot, powdery mildew and rust on rose out as well as killing any pests and mites on contact already on the plant.
A tarpaulin, some nice thick gloves and a little spray bottle with some methylated spirits to spray tools inbetween roses to sterilise to lessen
the chance of spreading any diseases.
So now you are armed and ready to start pruning, pick a fine day where there is no rain forecast as you don’t want any moisture apart from your spray getting into your freshly pruned roses.
The first bits to remove are the three D’s (dead, diseased and damaged).
First remove all these to nice green growth, or if there is not any take right back as far as you can to the base of the rose.
Next take off any canes that are thinner than a pencil as they are unlikely to produce decent blooms if any at all.
Next any canes that are crossing over each other, as the aim is to have a plant that is open in the middle.
Now you are ready to prune the canes that are going to give you the joy of their flowers.
Prune to a bud on the outside of the cane as this will promote growth to go outwards instead of inwards and crossover another one.
The cuts should be on a slant away from the bud so that moisture cannot run down the cut and settle where the bud meets the cane as this can cause bud rot.
Happy pruning!
Gordon’s July 27 talk will follow time to chat with representatives of health groups, experts in Alzheimer’s, dementia, and mental health as well as Diabetes New Zealand, Prostate New Zealand, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation representatives.
Te Awamutu Menz Shed chair Richard Cato said although the concept of a Menz Shed health expo
was new to the town, men’s health and Menz Shed went together.
“Men’s health is the gist of the organisation,” he said.
Menz Shed members from Cambridge, Hamilton, Ōtorohanga Te Kūiti have been invited as well as members of service organisations such as Jaycees, Lions and Rotary.
Cato said everyone was welcome to the expo, especially men aged 50 plus, and wives.
“The greatest supporters of Menz Shed are the women who encourage their husbands to come to the shed,” Cato said.
“Nine times out of 10 they are lonely and loneliness and mental health go hand in hand.
“Men are terrible at talking about their health.”
Te Awamutu Community Menz Shed has been serving the community since 2010,
a sort of Kiwi Repair Shop fixing much-loved family treasures, as well as taking commissions from the likes of Te Awamutu Scout Group for whom it is building wheel carts.
The group started meeting in 2010 and more than 50 members now meet Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings in Raeburne St.
Cato said Te Awamutu businesses were great supporters of the Menz Shed.
“This expo is our way of giving something back.”
Entry is free, although gold coin donations will be asked for cups of tea throughout the morning.
“Men talk shoulder to shoulder, while they are having a cup of tea.”
They will have more opportunities to chat when the expo ends with a sausage sizzle at noon.
Young farmers on their marks
Dennis Main went from building to farming then back again before entering the Young Farmer of the Year competition.
The 30-year-old from Piarere now hopes to emulate the current title holder, Pirongia’s Emma Poole.
The event’s grand final kicks started in Hamilton today and will run for the next three days before an anticipated audience of thousands of spectators. The final brings together seven regional winners who will race against the clock and each other in a series of challenges which test farming knowledge and quickness of thought.
More than $90,000 worth of prizes are at stake in the FMG sponsored events.
Fourteen junior young farmers of the year teams and 63 AgriKidsNZ competitors will also compete for a national title.
Te Awamutu College students Summer Korkie and Luke Pease are excited about the opportunity the junior final will give them. They hope their background in equestrian and dairy farming will give them an edge other teams may not have.
“Luke and I have been
hard at work practising our practical skills, and we visited Fieldays to pick up some extra information.
Now, we’re patiently waiting for the speech topic and prompts so we can crack on with some further study,” Summer said.
New Zealand Young Farmers Chief Executive Lynda Coppersmith says this year’s Grand Final
contestants come from a wide range of backgrounds – so picking a winner is anyone’s guess.
“We’ve got sheep and beef farmers, a fencing contractor, an agri-manager and even a builder – it just goes to show the depth and variety of skills in Aotearoa and highlights the diversity of the food and fibre sector today.”
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Te Awamutu College students Summer Korkie and Luke Pease will compete in the junior young farm final.
Playtime for Matiere
By Sigrid Christiansen
During Matariki, the Matiere community opened a new main school building and its first school playground. And everyone’s buzzing.
“When we opened up the gates and saw the playground, we heard so many squeals of laughter,” said principal Charisse Downes, one of five staff members.
“It’s not every day you get to open a new school. It probably won’t happen again within this area, so for our tamariki, being a foundation for history is a magical moment for them too.”
There are 29 students and further new entrants expected.
Built offsite in Huntly, the structure is now a fixture at its new home, just over 20km from Taumarunui. It was welcomed with a blessing and pōwhiri, with the students taking part, on June 27.
“That was a beautiful start to being in the new school and the new space,” Downes said.
While the Ministry of Education took care of the school building, community groups and businesses paid for the playground, furniture, ipads, and a maara kai - a school garden.
“There were also renovations made to the pool, so it can be a community pool and our people don’t have to travel into town,” Downes said, describing the show of support as “a cloak surrounding our school.’
“As a result, we have a great place for our tamariki to be in, and feel proud.
“The school is the hub of the community, for the town and surrounding districts – I’m excited to be able to create and foster these relationships.
Downs and her family moved from Tokoroa 12 months ago to take up the position, and also to allow her children to connect with her husband’s family, who are from Taumarunui.
The old building, which has been demolished had contained asbestos.
Charisse’s father-in-law, James Downes (the father of Charisse’s husband Jesse) was among many family members – including his three grandchildren – there on the day.
While his personal first preference for
learning is home schooling, he said little country schools like Matiere were the next best possible thing.
In his view the new building was much better than the old one:
“The old buildings were cold and old – that’s what they started with. I know that having the new one will be a better environment for our kids – it’s going to make learning a lot easier.”
Fellow kaumātua Tame Tuwhangai said he valued being on hand to help the school
with questions of tikanga and the area’s history.
Principal Charisse’s mum Collette Cawood said her daughter was a natural in her profession.
“She was basically born to be a teacher. Actually, there was a teacher in her primary school who allowed her to do a plan for the next day, and she probably did it better than some of the other teachers.”
Collette said Charisse wanted to be a teacher from the age of seven.
Students at the pōwhiri, with principal Charisse Downs.
The Coast
Beach access ‘threatened’
By Paul Charman
The Mōkau community is wrestling with how to save the Te Naunau sandspit, an area – including an urupa - which is under threat from coastal erosion.
The controversy centres on Point Rd, considered the only viable public beach access at Mōkau Village. The road also serves 11 eroding bach properties on its seaward side and 26 houses and baches on its inland side.
The News has not been able to track down iwi protesters who, it is understood, object to public access and private property ownership in on the sandspit.
Most owning baches in View Rd are based out of town, but we managed to locate resident home-owners, Rachel Tapuikore and Kane Hooper.
The couple, living on the inland side of the street, want urgent action to construct a seawall to slow tidal action which they see as potentially devastating.
“We need to build our wall to save our land, our homes,” Tapuikore said.
“It’s not just about interests of the property owners; this road is the centre of holiday activity at Mōkau over the holidays. Locals, plus people from right across Taranaki and the Waikato come here to get down to the beach, families, surfcasters, fishers, even some surfers.
“If the properties along the beachfront are allowed to fall into the sea, Point Rd will be next.
“We just want a rockwall. And I don’t see why the local councils should feel any differently to building one of these than the councils in Taranaki, where rockwalls are
used extensively to slow coastal erosion.
“Why hold us up? The rockwall would not cost ratepayers anything – we, the locals, have agreed to pay for it,” Tapuikore said.
Peter Crowley, who has owned a bach in Point Rd for many years, said the present trouble could be traced to the Waitomo District Council’s decision to allow a subdivision in 1952.
That has caused problems because it is argued that the entire spit, not just the little bit of land (section) on the foreshore, is an urupa.
“The council need to take ownership of what they did back then; its still the same council, whatever they say. But it’s not the same land owners; most of the properties have changed hands over the years.
“Unfortunately everyone who bought a section is now caught in the middle.”
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He said the problem belonged to those who “allowed it to happen in the first place”.
“I think we would all be prepared to sell at a fair valuation and move on. But we’re not going to give up and leave with nothing.”
Crowley said residents had also locked horns with protesters over having toilets at the end of Point Rd.
Waitomo District Council had provided three Portaloos near the beach access. These were on site over the three busiest weeks over Christmas.
It is understood they were removed following objections – and as a consequence people were relieving themselves “just anywhere,” Crowley said.
The News is seeking comment from Te Whare ki Mōkau ki Runga spokesperson, Muiora Barry, Waitomo District and Waikato Regional Councils.
Rachel Tapuikore and Kane Hooper, a couple living in Point Rd, Mōkau, say a rockwall is the only way to slow down erosion there. Photo Paul Charman.
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Kio Kio farewells
Kio Kio School has farewelled principal Kevin Jones, who began his teaching journey there 21 years ago.
Tributes were paid to him last week and he was described as a pillar of the community.
Pip Were has been appointed as the school’s new principal from the start of term three. Her last day at Rangitoto School, east of Te Kūiti, was last Friday.
A farewell assembly was held on the same day at Kio Kio School to acknowledge Jones’ contributions and celebrate his time at the school.
He also planted a Japanese maple on the school grounds to symbolise the growth and enduring legacy he was leaving behind. The school’s present youngest and oldest students Zac Needham and Zoe King joined him for the ceremonial planting.
“Kevin’s passion for education and his commitment to tamariki have left a lasting impact on the school community. Kevin was wished all the best for his retirement and thanked for his years of service and dedication,” deputy principal Karen Coleman told The News.
Kevin Jones plants the Japanese maple with help from Zac Needham, 5, and Zoe King, 13.
Districts deserved decisive win
Ōtorohanga
Police attended four family harm and two mental health incidents last week.
July 2-3: Overnight, at a rural address on Ōtorohanga Rd, a utility was stolen from a garage. It was recovered near the Ōtorohanga Cemetery on July 3 in a damaged condition and had false plates fitted.
July 2: A car was reported to be doing wheelies between in Millard Rd, Maihihi.
July 3: At 12.55pm on Te Kawa Rd police and a fire crew attended a car fire. The vehicle was believed to be a station wagon which had recently been stolen from Katikati.
July 4-5: Overnight a stolen vehicle was driven through locked gates at a gravel pit on SH39, Puketotara. It received extensive frontal damage.
July 4: At about 11.45 pm car was stolen from outside a commercial address on Ranfurly St. The vehicle was recovered on Kio Kio Station Rd, Ōtorohanga, on July 5. The number plates were missing.
July 5: At about 6pm a woman was reported to be rummaging through items in a garage in Hinewai St. Police arrived and arrested two females. However, circumstances were unclear and at this stage no charges have been laid.
July 6: Between 3am and 9am a hatchback was stolen from a driveway at a rural address on Pukemapou Rd, Maihiihi. It is still missing.
July 6: At 8.57 pm police stopped a vehicle near Te Kawa Rd and arrested a disqualified driver. At about 9pm an Ōtorohanga resident reported a suspicious person tried to enter their front gate, then ran off after a dog began barking. At about 10pm a vehicle was stopped on Clark St and its 62-year-old driver processed for drink driving.
Kāwhia
July 6-7: Number plates, registration and road user labels were stolen from a vehicle which had earlier crashed in Kāwhia Harbour Rd.
Piopio
July 7: At about 5.30pm police were called to a single vehicle crash on SH3 at Awakino. The driver had lost control on a wet corner, then over-corrected and slid off the road and hit a dirt bank. There were no injuries but police said the driver was likely to receive to receive a warning for a careless use of a vehicle.
Police attended seven family harm incidents and one mental health callout.
July 3: At about 2.25pm a youth took two cans of drink from a shop on Rora St. He returned the drinks after being was stopped by staff and was trespassed from the store.
July 3: At about 6.30pm police stopped a utility on King St East and arrested the 25-year old driver for driving while disqualified. The vehicle was impounded.
July 4: At 10.07pm a car travelling north on SH3 was speed checked at 120 km/h. The driver was signalled to stop but did not do so. The vehicle was found in a nearby driveway, where it had apparently collided with a large boulder. Police said the driver would likely receive both a speed infringement notice and be charged with failing to stop.
July 5: At 11.30 am a car was observed doing a burnout outside a marae near Awakino Rd. The vehicle was subsequently located by police and impounded. The driver was charged with causing his vehicle to undergo a sustained loss of traction.
July 7: at midday a Hamilton resident who had been visiting a service station on Te Kumi Rd is thought to have dropped a debit card there. This was subsequently used by another person to purchase goods.
Fire calls
Ōtorohanga
July 3: At 12.57 am a car fire as reported on Te Kawa Rd. The brigade sent both its fire truck and its tanker to the scene. The vehicle, which turned out to be a stolen car, was destroyed by the fire ahead of the brigade’s arrival.
July 7: At 2.21 am the brigade was called out after a smoke alarm activated at a residence in Rangipare St.
Te Kūiti
July 7: At 10.17am the brigade was called out after a power plinth was reported to be on fire in Taupiri St. The brigade left the scene in the hands of Lines Company staff, who made the area safe. At 5.17pm both Te Kūiti and Piopio turned out after a car rolled at Hannah’s Corner, SH3, at the north end of the Awakino Gorge. The brigades did not have to take action to secure the scene as the single car involved had gone off the road. Its sole occupant appeared to have minor injuries.
Benneydale
July 4: Benneydale and Piopio brigades were called out at 10am to set up a landing zone at Mapiu School. This followed an incident in Taumarunui in which a man was injured in a fall. However, with thick fog over Taumarunui that day, the injured man was taken to Mapiu by ambulance and picked up by the rescue helicopter from there.
By Norris Woodbine
King Country Club Rugby finals were well and truly great advertisements for the brand on Saturday with a brilliantly fine Taupo day and a dry pitch contributing to the event.
The early game between Taupo Sports and the Taumarunui Eels went pretty much to script with King Country representative players dominating proceedings and Taupo first five Cam Rollison and Rams skipper Liam Rowlands both prominent.
The 50–17 scoreline was a testament to the Lakesider’s dominance throughout but great credit must go to The Eels for riding out the removal of some Fijian players and making great strides forward over the season.
The ground filled up noticeably with spectators as the main game countdown began and great support for Taupo Marist and Taumarunui Districts was rewarded with a stunning match-up between the two top qualifiers.
After a settling in period, it was Marist who opened the scoring after nine minutes when hard working flanker Josh Reinfield scored a try which was converted by Josh White, 7–0.
Shortly after it was Districts who set the match alight with one of the best team tries to grace Owen Delany Park. It began when livewire fullback Styris Harland fielded a bomb on his goal line before bursting away from flailing cover defenders. He was finally lowered about halfway and the Districts pack tore into the ruck and with slick passing through the backs right wing Palu side stepped the last defender before racing across in the corner. Hiwawa Kahu put the icing on the cake with a great side line conversion, 7–7.
Marist fought back and scored after a melee in the score board corner before Levison Gower replied for Districts and Kahu nailed another sideline conversion before slotting a 45 metre penalty right on halftime to put the visitors ahead 17–12.
The early part of the second spell belonged to the Districts pack as they took control with Joe Curiki a colossus at prop and they were soon rewarded with a try when the Marist pack were pushed off the ball and Siva scored 22–12.
From the 17th to 22nd minutes Districts blew the game apart as Beban and Harland scored tries and Nathaniel Smith took over the kicking duties to seal a 34–12 scoreline with 15 to go.
Marist then showed real heart in a fight back and the Rams centre Baravalala gave the defence a sign of his class sprinting 70 metres down the embankment touchline to score before Harlan dotted down for a second try to put the issue beyond doubt 39–17.
Marist prop Tom Ryan finished the scoreline off with a highly deserved touch down late in the game but the Meads Shield was on the way to Taumarunui 39–22.
Harland, Gower, Kahu, Smith and big prop Curiki who chugged through 72 minutes and dominated scrum time were all outstanding for the victors but the whole team and coach Matt Lord deserve all the kudos thrown their way as one wise spectator explained “they looked like a real team”.
Te Kūiti
Taumarunui Districts celebrate winning the Meads Shield at Taupō on Saturday.
Welcome to a magical property that has been a famous garden trail destination for many years. Easily accessible from the well-travelled Timber Trail tourist route, which means it could be perfect for earning extra income, or for the new owner to enjoy this slice of heaven themselves.
As soon you enter the driveway you will be impressed with park-like gardens that are the crown jewel of this property.
The meandering paths, ponds and babbling brooks create a special botanical oasis.
The birdlife is incredible and there is even a tennis court for you and your guest’s pleasure. There is also a couple of handy paddocks available to run livestock, to help you work towards the self-sufficiency that life styler’s love.
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The spacious five bedroom home offers a large lounge and games room with an inviting open fire, a dining room with a wood burner, a second wood burner and wetback, kitchen, two separate toilets, two showers one with bath. Combined laundry hobby room and wet room.
Attached two car garaging with a work shop, a BBQ area, garden shed, and wood shed. The house is large enough to add accommodation to the tourist income stream.
There is plenty of heart in the house and it will be a wonderful home for someone. The privacy, warmth and family feel make this a fantastic property to own.
To be sold at auction - 12 noon, Thursday, August, 1, 2024, Property Brokers - 34 Victoria Street, Cambridge (unless sold prior)
LOCATION | 488 Tapuwae Rd, Benneydale
LAND I 4.5585 Hectares
HOUSE | 300 m2, new build, 5 bedrooms, open plan, double garage
PRICE | Auction sale 12 noon August 1, 2024 (unless sold prior)
LICENSED AGENT | Property Brokers Te Kūiti
LICENSED SALESPERSON | Dianna Janett 027 554 2227
WEBSITE | propertybrokers.co.nz
WEB ID | TEU185850
Make this magical property yours. Must be sold
Welcome to a magical property that has been a famous garden trail destination for many years. Easily accessible from the well-travelled Timber Trail tourist route, which means it could be perfect for earning extra income, or for the new owner to enjoy this slice of heaven themselves. As soon you enter the driveway you will be impressed with park-like gardens that are the crown jewel of this property. 5 2 2 2
Auction 12.00pm, Thu 1st Aug, 2024, (unless sold prior)
View Sun 14 Jul 10.00 - 10.30am Web pb.co.nz/TEL185850
Dianna Janett M 027 554 2227 E di.janett@pb.co.nz
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In an elevated position above Tammadge Street, is a lifestyle property like no other on the market. Its northwest facing outlook pays homage to the stunning autumnal vista across Te Kuiti with breathtaking views of Brook Park. The two-storey fourbedroom family home was architecturally designed and built using quality materials. The land is in two titles. The house, set of yards, kill shed and chiller all sit on the bigger parcel of land which is 5.91hectares (more or less). The smaller title is 3922m2. There are seven paddocks in total. Close to town, schooling and recreational activities.
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A truly enchanting 1910’s villa, gracefully aged with decades of charm and appeal.
Partially renovated with four bedrooms and office, this home has a spacious feel featuring high ceilings, bay windows, timber door framing and a wraparound deck taking in the warm sun and extended surrounding views.
Cosy in winter with a woodburner and heat transfer system and for the summer months, the inviting decked area features both a pool and spa. Plenty of space on a 3,240m² section set on two titles. View today to appreciate the appeal of this charming villa.
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Membership cards
Dear Members, the new Club cards are now ready for pick up from the bar after 12 noon Tuesday till Sunday. I wish to thank you for your patience during this changeover time. We have a fabulous Sunday planned this weekend, with Darts and 8 Ball, followed by the Kenny and Dolly tribute show, so this is a perfect time to come down and pick your card up.
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Ōtorohanga Sports Club Inc, Island Reserve, Orahiri Terrace, Ōtorohanga has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ōtorohanga District Council, Ōtorohanga for the renewal of a club licence in respect of the premises situated at Island Reserve, Orahiri Terrace, Ōtorohanga known as Ōtorohanga Sports Club. The general nature of the business conducted (or to be conducted) under the licence is a multi purpose sports club. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is (or is intended to be) sold under the licence are Monday to Thursday 6pm to 10pm, Friday 5pm to 12 midnight, Saturdays and Public Holidays 1pm to 12 midnight, Sundays 1pm to 7pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ōtorohanga District Licensing Committee, Ōtorohanga District Council, Maniapoto St, Ōtorohanga. Any person who is entitled to object and wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Ōtorohanga District Council, PO Box 11, Ōtorohanga 3940. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 105(1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 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. This is the only publication of this notice.
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Te Kūiti 3988 has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Te Kūiti for the renewal of a club licence in respect of premises situated at 1230 Te Waitere Rd, Te Waitere and known as Te Waitere Boating Club. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is that of a sport and social club. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is to be sold under the licence are Monday to Friday 10am to midnight, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays from 10am to 1am the following day. The application may be inspected during the ordinary office hours at the office of the District Licensing Committee at Waitomo District Council, Queen Street, Te Kūiti. Any person who is entitled to and wishes to object to the issue of the licences may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Waitomo District Council, P. O. Box 404, Te Kūiti 3941. 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. This is the only publication of this notice.
Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
Public Notice of application for on-licence, off-licence, or club licence (or application for variation of conditions of onlicence, off-licence, or club licence) (Please circle relevant application) Ōtorohanga Club Incorporated has made application to the Ōtorohanga District Licensing Committee at 17 Maniapoto Street, Ōtorohanga for the renewal of a Club Licence in respect of the premises situated at 107 Maniapoto Street, known as Otorohanga Club.
The general nature of the business conducted under the licence is: Club.
The days on which and the hours during which the liquor is (or intended to be) sold under the licence are: Monday to Sunday, from 9am to 1am the following day
The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Ōtorohanga District Council, District Licensing Committee, 17 Maniapoto Street Ōtorohanga.
Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 25 working days after the date of the publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Ōtorohanga District Council, 17 Maniapoto Street, PO Box 11, Ōtorohanga 3900. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 105(1) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 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.
This is the state first publication of this notice.
TE KUMI A31
TE KORAPA TUU MARAE
AGM
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10am
AGENDA
Mihimihi/ Karakia
AGM Minutes 2023
Reports
Charter / New policies
Financial report
Election of Trustee (1)
Election – Te Whare Hauaauru Ki
Uta Rep (1)
GENERAL BUSINESS
Karakia Whakamutunga LUNCH 1pm
NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
All members of the Ōtorohanga Club Inc. are advised that a Special General Meeting of Ōtorohanga Club Inc. will take place as follows:
Date: Sunday, July 14, 2024
Time: 11am
Meetings
RUAPUHA UEKAHA HAPU TRUST (Hauturu East 8)
Nominations for the Election of Trustee NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a call for nominations has been opened to appoint one (1) trustee to Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust.
Nominations for the one (1) trustee position must be made on the nomination Form available from the returning officer: GHA
P.O. Box 1712 ROTORUA Phone 07 348 3599 nero@gha.co.nz
The nomination form may also be accessed from the Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust website www.ruht.co.nz.
The nomination form is to be completed by the nominee and countersigned by two registered adult beneficiaries of the Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust. Nominations will close at 5pm on Friday, July 12, 2024.
Candidates are required to provide a copy of their curriculum vitae, a personal profile, and a photo along with their completed nomination form.
GIBSON, Eleanor Ina: Passed away peacefully at Waikato Hospital on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Aged 83 years.Much loved and cherished wife of the late Lewis. Loved mum of Julie and Lloyd and father-in-law of Steve. Adored grandmother of Caitlin and Lucy.
Forever in our hearts. A celebration of Eleanor’s life will be held at St David’s Presbyterian Church, cnr Ranfurly and Turongo Streets, Ōtorohanga on Tuesday, July 16 at 1.30pm. Donations to World Vision New Zealand would be appreciated and may be left at the service. All communications to the Gibson Family, C/- 262 Ohaupo Road, Te Awamutu 3800. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all my days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. - Psalm 23.
WAITE, Maureen
Place: 107 Maniapoto St, Otorohanga
Purpose of the Special General Meeting:
CANCELLED
- To relinquish ownership of the golf course and golf clubrooms
- To retain ownership of the golf rental house
Apologies 3 Proposal to relinquish ownership of the golf course and golf clubrooms whilst retaining ownership of the golf rental house
Note: To have the right to attend and vote at the Special General Meeting, members must be financial and be able to present proof of current membership on admittance to the meeting.
Only registered adult members (18 Years +) of Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū Trust beneficiaries register will be eligible to vote. Board of Trustees
Harvest Church Ōtorohanga
Sunday Service 10.30am
Kids Club 11am
Youth 12.30pm-3pm
Evening service 7pm
The Harvest Centre, 5 Tuhoro St, Otorohanga 07 873 8890 I 027 493 0117 • harvest.pc@xtra.co.nz Pastors Peter & Carole Coventry (An Assemblies of God Church)
God, interrupt whatever we are doing so that we can join you in what you’re doing (F Chan)
RATANA WHAKAMOEMITI
Please take note
We have now moved to Oparure Paa Oparure Rd
Sunday, July 14
Time: 11am Nau mai haere mai
Please bring a plate Contact: Waikura Jacobs 022 329 0512
Frances: It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Maureen on Wednesday, July 3, 2024 surrounded by family, aged 80 years. Beloved wife of the late Allan. Loved Mother of Deborah, Barry, Brenda, Terry and mother-in-law to Amanda. Nana of 9 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. In accordance with Maureen’s wishes a private gathering for our last goodbye was held at Alexandra House Chapel, Te Awamutu. All communications C/- POBox 77, Te Kūiti 3910. Te Awamutu Funeral Services, FDANZ.
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