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Family thanks heroes for daughter’s life
Kaitaia couple Vicki and Karlos Marron will be forever grateful that their 2-year-old daughter Keva did not lose her life when she fell into the adult pool at Kaitaia’s public swimming baths on December 11. They were distressed, however, by the version of events published on December 13 (Pool rescue ‘by the book’), which they said was inaccurate, did not acknowledge those who had helped save their daughter’s life, and inferred that they were bad parents. “Many heroes helped save our daughter’s life,” Mrs Marron said. “I need that to be known so I can be happy in my heart.” “All we care about is that our daughter is still here with us, but we need to tell our story so we can have real closure,” her husband added. Keva, who was at the baths with her brothers Khardinn (11) and Austin (8) for the Child Cancer Foundation Christmas party, had spent much of the afternoon in the children’s pool, under the
" ... we need to tell our story so we can have real closure."
Karlos Marron on the rescue of daughter Keva, 2
HAPPY FAMILY: Keva Marron, safe again in mum Vicki’s arms, with dad Karlos (second left), brothers Khardinn and Austin, Wayne and Taunaha Smith.
constant supervision of her parents. Late in the day, as everyone was packing up, she had left the water, but somehow fell into the adult pool. At that stage there
were about a dozen children present, six of them, including Austin, and an adult, in the water. A 9-year-old girl raised the alarm, Austin going to his sister’s aid, lifting her (although she was
not face-down, as originally reported). The lifeguard — a second lifeguard who had been there earlier had left — who had been sitting in a chair near the pool office, phoned for an ambulance, having to give the address twice. Mr Marron, who dived into the pool, lifted Keva out of the water and began CPR, finally snatched the phone and gave the address a third time. Keva was showing no signs of life, and it took several minutes of CPR, performed by her father then Taunaha Smith, another member of the Child Cancer Foundation, to bring her around. The lifeguard had gone into shock, Mrs Smith said, but responded to her request for assistance, breathing for Keva while Mrs Smith continued CPR. Throughout this time Austin was offering encouragement and comforting his older brother. ● CONTINUED PAGE 3
Zion sets the bar high with catch At just 5 years old, keen young Waipapakauri fisherman Zion Parker no doubt has many years of classic catches ahead of him, but it might be some time before he beats the snapper he landed outside Houhora over Christmas. He caught the 18-pounder on a Warehouse sprat rod, with a little help from his dad, Eru, who reckons
his protege loves fishing more than anything — and this will only have made him keener.
FOR HIS NEXT TRICK: Five-year-old Zion Parker with his monster snapper.
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IN BRIEF No food
On December 29 the Northland Age advised that food, drink and animals were permitted near the Cape Reinga lighthouse (DoC all set for a busy summer). In fact food, drink and animals are not permitted. The Northland Age apologises for the error.
Race cancelled
This year’s Te Houtaewa (Ninety Mile) Beach Race has been cancelled, as a result of failing to secure a key sponsor and a lack of early registrations. Spokesman Robin Shepherd said that while there had been a rush of late entries in the past, that had not been financially “satisfactory”. The organisers thanked those who had shown interest, and were now seeking a major sponsor for 2018.
Who cares?
Eighty-three per cent of respondents to last week’s Northland Age online poll don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Of the remainder, 12 per cent of those who did said they didn’t keep them. This week’s poll (www.northlandage.co.nz) asks whether parents should be paid by the taxpayer to stay home with their children.
Not much use
Police were a little non-plussed by the two boys, aged 5 and 6, who were caught stealing a pair of pants and an analogue watch, which they couldn’t read, from The Warehouse in Kaitaia. The youngsters were taken home to what an officer described as angry parents.
And assault
Police arrested a local woman who left the Kaikohe Four Square last week without paying for some items. She returned later that evening, allegedly assaulting the owner and a female staff member while they waited for the police to arrive. She was found a short time later on Clifford St.
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Safer sleep for the holidays It might be natural for new parents to want to keep their babies close, but Plunket’s national adviser for Ma¯ori health, Zoe Tipa, has reiterated the potentially life-saving importance of safe sleep practices. For parents who chose to take their babies into their own beds, sturdy plastic pepipods or flax wahakura were a safer option. “But unless you have one of these, our advice is to follow the usual practice of keeping your baby in their own bed, make sure they are sleeping face up and face clear, and the house is smoke-free,” Ms Tipa said. And it was important to maintain safe sleep practices while travelling and on holiday. “When you arrive at your destination, don’t leave your sleeping baby in the car or car seat. Bring them out and lie them flat, face up and face clear, in their bed,” she said. The good news was that the messages around safe sleep were being heard. Fewer babies were dying in their sleep, and fewer of those that did were Ma¯ori. Sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI) had fallen from 60 in 2006 to
around 40, with most of that reduction within the Ma¯ori population, although Ma¯ori babies still accounted for well over half of all deaths. “We can do much better. SUDI are preventable,” Ms Tipa added. “Babies spend a lot of time sleeping, so it’s really important that parents and the whole wha¯nau know how to make sure every baby has a safe sleep, every time they sleep.”
with the Treaty signing. Te Waimate hosted the second signing as the Treaty was taken around the country for consideration by Maori groups. Clendon House was home to Captain James Reddy Clendon, who witnessed the February 6 signing, and six days later Mangungu Mission hosted the largest signing of all, more than 70 chiefs adding their signatures before a crowd of up to 3000. “The Far North also features two other properties that pre-date the Treaty signing,” Mr Chin added. “Kemp House dates to around 1822, completed by missionary carpenters and Maori sawyers, and is nestled a short distance behind the Stone Store, which was built about 10 years later. They are part of the wider Kerikeri Mission Station, established in 1819 and one of the first places in New Zealand where Maori invited visitors to live among them.” The other Heritage New Zealand properties that will be open are Highwic and Alberton in Auckland; Thames School of Mines; Old St Paul’s and Antrim House in Wellington; Fyffe House in Kaikoura; Totara Estate and Clarks Mill in North Otago; Hayes Engineering Works and the Ophir Post Office in Central Otago. For details go to www.heritage.org.nz nearer to the day.
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Historic properties open to all Six of Heritage New Zealand’s staffed Far North properties Northland properties — Clendon House, the Kerikeri Stone Store, Kemp House, Mangungu Mission, Pompallier Mission and Printery and Te Waimate Mission house — will be open free of charge on Waitangi Day next year, with special events planned at some of them. All are part of Landmarks Whenua Tohunga, a joint initiative between the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the Department of Conservation and Heritage New Zealand, showcasing nine important historical and cultural places in Northland. The February 6 initiative is part of a nationwide open day involving 10 other Heritage New Zealand-staffed properties. “We are delighted to be opening our doors for the public to come and visit a part of their heritage and history,” Heritage destinations general manager Nick Chin said. “Heritage New Zealand cares for these special places on behalf of all New Zealanders, and there are some amazing stories to be told at them. Just as the Treaty of Waitangi is a living document, so are our properties. If you are able to visit on Waitangi Day, please do.” Mangungu Mission, Te Waimate Mission house and Clendon House all had direct links
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RAINBOW: T-shirts once again sold like hot cakes at the 2016 Pawarenga sports day, and there was no shortage of colours to choose from. Standing from the left are Rai Rudolph, Kelly May Tana, Maraea Herbert, Grace Campbell and Kim Campbell. Kneeling are Kaharau and Hunia Pickering, in front Maui Pickering and Hohepa Cope. PICTURE / FRANCIS MALLEY
Broadband progress in North Chorus has completed the upgrading of broadband cabinets at Kawakawa, Okaihau, Russell, Peria and Towai, as part of a $5 million rural upgrade. “Slow internet speeds have been a concern for businesses and residents for a while, so it’s pleasing to be able to provide substantially improved infrastructure,” GM infrastructure Ed Beattie said. “There’s no question that access to better broadband makes a significant difference to the lives of New Zealanders, and this programme of work shows how passionate we are about improving rural connectivity.” Those living within about 1.2km of the upgraded cabinets should now be able to access fibre-enabled VDSL broadband with consistent speeds up to 70Mbps. Those further away would also likely
experience much improved speeds, depending on the distance to the cabinet. More importantly, Mr Beattie said, the upgraded infrastructure meant betterquality broadband. For example, during peak times, when a lot of people were streaming online video, broadband speeds would remain consistent, contrary to wireless services over mobile broadband that shared capacity with other users. “Typically homes now have several connected devices at any one time, so we’re all using far more internet data,” he added. “This is borne out by recent statistics that show about half of all residential broadband plans are now unlimited.” And in most cases, if VDSL was available at an address, the upgrade could be completed remotely.
Shifting the fluoride decision A new bill that gives district health boards responsibility of managing the fluoridation of their councils’ reticulated water supplies has had its first reading in Parliament. The Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill has been referred to the Health Select Committee for consideration, and the public will be invited to make submissions. Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne said moving the decision-making process from councils to DHBs recognised that water fluoridation was a significant public health issue. “Although New Zealand’s
oral health has improved over the last 40 years, we still have high rates of preventable tooth decay,” he said. In 2014, more than 40 per cent of all five-year-olds and more than 60 per cent of Ma¯ori and Pacific five-year-olds had tooth decay. They, and children in high-deprivation areas, were also significantly less likely to be enrolled with primary care services at birth. “That is why, when I assumed responsibility for the oral health portfolio in 2015, progress on fluoridation was at the top of my list,” he said. “We know from international evidence, and from our own experience, that fluori-
dation is a safe and effective treatment that offers the most gain in improving oral health, particularly amongst children. “Moving this responsibility to DHBs reflects the government’s view that population health issues are best addressed through the elected DHBs, which ensures not only engagement of health professionals but also retains a degree of democratic community involvement.” Once the bill was enacted, DHBs would be able to start making decisions about community water fluoridation (in 2018). Around 54 per cent of public water supplies were fluoridated.
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IN BRIEF Fatal fall
Friends of a 75-year-old Kerikeri woman found her body in the water at Orokawa Bay, midway between Russell and Rawhiti, on Monday night last week. According to police Eileen Massey had been fishing from the stern of a boat while her husband went below to rest. Her death has been referred to the coroner but is not being treated as suspicious.
No smoked fish
Northland Helicopters pilot Jay Bryant had a great fish story to take home from the New Year fire on the Karikari Peninsula, thanks to a barracuda that was swept up into his monsoon bucket. He thought he’d show off his catch by dumping it through the bucket’s valve to firefighters working below, but it got stuck. “The fish got jammed in the hole and the bucket wouldn’t seal again so I had to get someone to pull him out,” he said. The fish didn’t make it to the table, Jay saying he suspected it was sick, and in any event barracuda tended to be full of worms.
Road closing
The one-way section of Williams Road in Paihia will be closed to all traffic except emergency vehicles from 7am to 6pm on Thursday to cater for the influx when the $1.5 billion, 4900-passenger Ovation of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship ever to call, drops anchor. Volunteers from Paihia’s Ambassadors scheme will be on duty at the pedestrian crossing between Williams Road and the waterfront to ensure traffic is able to flow on Marsden Road.
Still burning
Fires continue to plague the Far North, despite the declaration of a total fire ban on Thursday. Firefighters from Ahipara, Broadwood and Kaitaia, backed up by a helicopter, responded to a suspicious fire in a remote location on the south side of the Herekino Harbour on Thursday afternoon, while Friday’s calls included a fire in scrub in Valencia Lane, near Kerikeri, that was extinguished by the Kerikeri Fire Brigade.
Boy injured
A 12-year-old boy suffered head injuries when he fell off the back of a ute on SH12 near Rawene on Saturday. He was taken to Rawene Hospital then transported by ambulance to Whangarei Hospital for a precautionary CT scan.
Cannabis too
A Pawarenga man was arrested last week on violence and firearms charges after he allegedly assaulted members of his family and fired a shotgun a number of times. He was also charged with cultivating cannabis after the police officers who responded to the incident found a substantial crop of adult plants and seedlings at the address.
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Hissy fit
Police have identified the man who threw a tantrum outside the BNZ in Kaitaia on Wednesday afternoon, after the ATM swallowed his cash card. The bank was closed and staff would not open the door, the man punching it hard enough to smash the glass before offering some abuse and walking off. His entire performance was captured on CCTV.
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Charge laid over power outage By Peter de Graaf
Two Moerewa men have been charged with shooting at power pylons, causing the December 8 power blackout across the Far North. Nathan John Cooper (46) and Korey Sesil Pirini (28) were charged with intentionally damaging power insulators when they appeared in the Kaikohe District Court on Friday. Both are also charged with unlawful possession of a .303 rifle and ammunition. Pirini faces an additional charge of cultivating cannabis. Both were remanded without plea to appear again on Tuesday next week, Cooper in custody and Pirini on bail, on conditions including a curfew, that he not possess firearms or ammunition, and not consume drugs or alcohol. The pair were arrested when police searched four homes in Moerewa on Thursday. Lawyer Tony Shepherd applied for interim name suppression, saying the men were part of a larger group, some of
BIG JOB: Transpower workers replacing insulators on one of the damaged pylons.
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OUT OF ACTION: The power cut closed shops, petrol stations and restaurants across the Far North.
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whom could also face charges. Cooper and his son had the same name, which could lead to confusion, he added. Prosecutor Duncan Coleman said police were satisfied that they had the men responsible. They had spoken to one other person but he had not been charged. Given
the difference in ages between father and son it was unlikely anyone would confuse the two. Name suppression could be granted only if publication would cause extreme hardship, Mr Coleman said, and the defence’s application was declined.
As the hearing ended JP Keith Hingston offered the two men some advice: “A very wise gentleman about 3000 years ago said, ‘Those who walk with the wise will become wise. Those who walk with the stupid will fare badly’. Think about that before you do silly things.”
Social media reports distress family ● FROM PAGE 1
By the time an ambulance arrived, perhaps five minutes after the phone call, Keva was breathing and had vomited, although she was still unresponsive. When she began crying and moaning Mrs Smith put her in the recovery position, finally believing that she was going to be okay. Mr Marron took the boys home while Mrs Marron accompanied her daughter to Kaitaia Hospital in the ambulance, then to Whangarei, where she spent three nights,
by rescue helicopter. “We never left her side,” she said. Now Keva is back at her daycare and showing no signs of harm, although she reminds her parents daily that she fell into the pool, and assures them that she won’t do that again. “She remembers that she fell into the pool and the helicopter but nothing in between,” Mrs Marron said. “Perhaps she banged her head when she fell. Maybe that’s why she didn’t splash.” She was not impressed, however, that the pool had
opened again the next day, and hosted a school. “That freaked me out,” she said. “It showed no respect at all for what had happened.” Mrs Smith’s husband, Wayne, said his concern was that such an incident should never happen again. He and his wife, and the Marrons, were pleased that the Far North District Council, which owns the pool, had undertaken to investigate, but no one from management contractor CBEC had made contact to offer support or to check on Keva or her family. Mr Smith added that
Keva’s parents had been further distressed by much of the public and social media reaction to the incident, as reported on December 13. “We’ve been made out to be bad parents, and we’re not,” Mr Marron said. “We are blessed with the final outcome, but we need real closure now, and telling our story will help us achieve that,” Mrs Marron said. The Marron family wishes to give special thanks to the Smith and Blair Namana families, Janet Masina and “everyone who held us in their hearts”.
Police seeking witnesses to pursuit Police are appealing for witnesses to Tuesday last week’s pursuit of a stolen car that began at Okaihau and ended in Kaitaia (Stolen car stopped at last, January 5).
In particular they are looking for the driver of a lightcoloured sedan that had a can of alcohol thrown at it as it travelled south on the open road a few kilometres south of
Kaitaia, almost causing it to crash, and the driver of a ‘champagne’ Mazda truck with a snorkel, roof racks and front lights, who took evasive action by turning into Allen Bell Drive.
They would also like to hear from any other drivers, or pedestrians, who had to get out of the way of the stolen car. Phone the Kaitaia police, (09) 408-6500.
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Disposal costs blamed for dumping By Alexandra Newlove
The cost of disposing of rubbish is too high for many Northlanders according to Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis, although that was just one factor. Mr Davis, who spent part of last week knee-deep in illegally dumped rubbish, also pointed to excessive consumerism, sheer laziness and ubiquitous alcohol bottles as playing a part in the region’s rubbish problem, which spanned native bush, beaches and even urban areas. On Tuesday Mr Davis and a handful of volunteers were in the bush at the Waikare Gorge, near Karetu, cleaning up yet another illegal dumping site that he had happened upon a few days earlier while walking. They removed two ute loads
and one trailer load of rubbish, but he estimated that was only half the job. They planned to return to finish it. “It was certainly a mess, and a horrible job,” Mr Davis said. As well as furniture there were clothes, alcohol bottles, cans and “heaps of nappies”. Both the Whangarei and Far North district councils are plagued by illegal dumping, or ‘fly tipping’, the FNDC’s Allen Cammell saying the problem, particularly in remote bush, had increasingly “come out of the woodwork” over the last year or so. Both councils ask people to report any dumping they come across. Mr Davis’ crew took the rubbish they had collected to the FNDC’s Whangae refuse station, where they were charged $60 to dispose of two
chairs and a couch. Mr Davis said the attendant realised the rubbish wasn’t theirs, and waived another $40 or so in fees for the rest of it, saying the volunteers could keep the receipt and ask the council for reimbursement. Mr Davis said that cost would be prohibitive for the average family, but acknowledged it was not an easy problem to solve. “Tai Tokerau is an area where people don’t have a spare $100,” he said, suggesting that a bottle refund scheme and inorganic collection could help. Three members of the community group Bay Beach Clean helped Mr Davis, founder Craig Salmon saying at least half the rubbish could have been taken to a recycling station at no cost. Some had even been sorted.
Local firm wins park design job Kawakawa’s Hundertwasser Park project has taken another major step forward with the awarding of the design and architectural component to Kerikeri firm Avail Pacific. Trust chairwoman Noma Shepherd said the park, which had been a vision of the trust since 2008, would include a workshop space, gallery, library and Far North district council service centre, a cafe and visitor information centre. The trust had been working with project partners over recent months to brief, review and choose the right design team and architects for the job. That team had now been appointed, and work on the concept and design had begun. Avail Pacific had won the contract with an inspiring interpretation of the brief, which was to create a living building in the heart of Kawakawa that would not only honour Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s life in Kawakawa, share his stories, his philosophy, love of art, architecture, ecology and conservation of the environment, but equally importantly would symbolise the connection of tangata whenua, the values of kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga, and that the community would feel comfortable in and use. Trustee Pita Tipene said Avail Pacific had a natural affinity with what the trust is trying to
ALL SET: Avail Pacific’s Mark Williamson (left), Pip Bolton (third left) and Tui Slater (right) with Hundertwasser Park Charitable Trust members Johnson Davis, Noma Shepherd (chairwoman) and Pita Tipene, ready to take the next big step. The tototoko stick was presented to Hundertwasser by Kevin Prime when the now-famous toilets he designed were opened.
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develop, and that he, as a representative of Ngati Hine, believed would best integrate the values and principles that the iwi wanted to see reflected in the buildings design and function. Avail Pacific said it was passionate about creating and building natural buildings, and would look to incorporate natural elements such as earth, straw and timber, as well as exploring holistic and sustainable treatment of on-site water, waste and solar energy, and a holistic connect to the uses within the building and the environment. Concepts and the design
would be further developed over the summer, a process that would engage local groups, schools, the business/resident association, iwi, hapu and the wider community through this year and next. “Designs are the first step. Once they have been agreed to by the trust a project plan will be developed, along with the fundraising and construction phases,” Mrs Shepherd added. “If you are interested in becoming part of the HPCT project team, please contact us, as we really want to integrate a full range of local people, passion and skills to bring the project to life.”
JUST A START: Two ute loads and one trailer load of rubbish were removed from this Waikare Gorge site, and the job was only half done.
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Free guided snorkelling days explore marine environment Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) will host two free guided snorkelling days, at Tapotupotu and Maitai Bay, next week, to give locals and visitors alike the chance to learn how to snorkel and discover more about the marine environment. The events have been organised in partnership with the Department of Conservation, and are COME ON IN: Last year’s guided snorkelling funded by the Tindall days were popular, and next week’s are Foundation and DoC expected to be too. PICTURE / SUPPLIED Community Fund. although children under 15 must Monday will give participants be accompanied by an adult the chance to explore the unique beach observer. Tapotupotu estuary, getting up Experienced guides and close to the mangroves to potenadvanced safety procedures will tially see spotties, triple fins, be in place. nesting mussels and flounder. The events will depend on Tuesday is the back-up day; the sea conditions and register from 10.30am to 1.30pm. postponements will be notified Wednesday’s underwater on the EMR’s website (www. adventures will take in the emr.org.nz) and Facebook page rocky reef environment of (www.facebook.com/emr.mtsct). Maitai Bay, home to nudibranch EMR is also looking for and a variety of reef fish, regisexperienced snorkellers to assist tration from 10am to 3pm. as volunteer guides. Those who don’t have their To volunteer, or for more own snorkel gear will be welinformation about the free come to borrow EMR’s masks, snorkelling days, email snorkels, fins and wetsuits. info@emr.org.nz or visit The events are recommended www.facebook.com/emr.mtsct. for everyone aged over five,
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‘It’s only a matter of time’ Northern principal rural fire officer Myles Taylor expressed his “incredible frustration” last week after a series of fires that should never have been lit. The biggest blaze, which began on the Karikari Peninsula on the night of New Year’s Eve and destroyed some 12ha of tinder-dry vegetation, had cost around $185,00 to extinguish, although that figure could yet rise. Two more fires since then, both of which began as unpermitted burn-offs, prompted Mr Taylor to warn that it was only a matter of time before homes or lives were lost. He has also vowed to make anyone found responsible for a fire pay the full costs of fighting it. He was “incredibly frustrated,” he added, that the Karikari Peninsula fire, near Maitai Bay, had deprived many firefighters, including crews from Kaitaia, Mangonui, Karikari, Rangiputa and Northern Rural Fire, of the chance to spend New Year’s Eve with their families because of the stupidity of a few people. “This is the problem we have with fireworks every year. People just don’t realise the impact,” he said. The Maitai Bay blaze was being investigated by the fire authority with the help of police, inquiries so far producing part of a vehicle registration number and witness accounts of people lighting fireworks. Meanwhile the blaze at Taupo
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OUT OF CONTROL: Firefighters are dwarfed by flames at Taupo Bay.
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Bay on Tuesday last week would cost taxpayers another $10,000, but it could have been worse. Mr Taylor said it was “incredibly lucky” that a quick response by helicopters limited the blaze to half a hectare, high winds having had the potential to drive the fire all the way to Whangaroa Harbour. That blaze was started by an unpermitted attempt to burn off vegetation, while another, at Waimate North earlier the same day, was the result of a land owner burning scrap timber. Mr Taylor could not understand why anyone would leave wood lying in a paddock for
months, then decide to burn it on a windy day during a restricted fire season. “It’s only a matter of time before we lose houses or a life because of the stupidity of some people,” he said. Where possible the fire authority would recover costs from those responsible. In serious cases the fire-starters could also be prosecuted. (The person who started a major fire at Cooper’s Beach the previous New Year’s Eve by firing a flare into a nature reserve had been convicted of arson.) Meanwhile it has been
reported on social media that a DOC ranger discovered the Maitai Bay fire in its early stages, and could have put it out with the equipment he had at hand but was not allowed to do so due to health and safety rules. Mr Taylor disputed that, saying the fire was so dangerous he wouldn’t let his own firefighters near it on the first night. In 2011 a DOC ranger and a helicopter pilot died trying to rescue people from a deliberately-lit fire in the same area. No one has ever been charged.
WASTED: Kaitaia’s Chief Fire Officer, Colin Kitchen, was busy battling the Karikari Peninsula fire last week, but took a moment to take a photo of the four snapper frames he found in a stream near Whatuwhiwhi. “I can’t believe that people do this,” he said. “Four beautiful snapper — someone would have enjoyed eating the heads, not to mention the mess they make when they’re dumped like this.”
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Bad night for ram raiders Tragic news delivered by FB By Peter de Graaf
Youths who used a stolen car in a ram-raid at a Hokianga grocery store on Wednesday night fled empty-handed, and crashed after the shop owner gave chase. Senior Constable Jeff Cramp said four or five youths had used the car, stolen in Auckland the day before, to smash down the doors of the Rawene Four Square, then tried to force the cigarette cabinet open with a crowbar. With the alarm going off and the cabinet resisting their efforts, they fled empty-handed, but the noise woke one of the store owners, who gave chase in his car. He abandoned the pursuit at the Rawene crossroads, but, possibly thinking they were still being chased, the youths con-
tinued at high speed on SH12, eventually losing control and crashing at the top of Waima Hill. When police arrived a short time later they had disappeared and a police dog was unable to track them. That suggested they had been picked up by a second vehicle, Senior Constable Cramp said. The car was a write-off but there was no sign its occupants had suffered serious injury. The raid had been captured on CCTV but the offenders had covered themselves thoroughly, making identification difficult. The police investigation was continuing. It was the third or fourth the store had been ram-raided, he added, cigarettes generally being the target.
By Anna Leask and Peter de Graaf
Robyn Rihari learned that her 49-year-old husband had been killed in the early hours of New Year’s Day via Facebook. Charlie Junior Rihari, described by his family as a cherished husband and father with a great sense of humour and a positive outlook on life, was walking on Kerikeri Inlet Road when he was struck by a ute near the Pa Road intersection at about 1.15am. He died at the scene despite emergency services’ efforts to save him. He had been at a party with his wife and children, Alannah, Taryn and Liam when he decided to go for a walk. When Mrs Rihari woke at 6am on New Year’s Day he was still not home. Then she
scrolled through her Facebook feed and found that he had died. He had not been carrying any ID so police appealed for help identifying him. They also urged anyone who had seen the accident, especially the group Mr Rihari was walking with, to contact them. The story was published by the Northern Advocate at 5am. Mrs Rihari read the description of the dead man’s clothing — black shorts, Chiefs T-shirt and greenstone pendant — and knew it was her husband. “He was such a positive person. I can just imagine if he was here right now he’d be saying ‘Suck it up, don’t cry about me, have a party for me instead of being sad’,” Alannah said last week ahead of Friday’s funeral. Mr Rihari was born in Roto-
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A clear path to the future
Avaricious iwi
John Key’s assurances that Maori exercising their hereditary rights under the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, and to their fisheries’ ownership, would not inhibit the freedom of fellow New Zealanders have gone badly astray with the sheer avarice of Ngati Apa, Ngati Kuia and Rangitane o Wairau acting as Te Tau Fisheries and Te Ohu Kaimoana in their opposition to the establishment of national marine parks. How far can Chris Finlayson stretch the bounds of “full and final settlements’’? The legendary tangata whenua’s spiritual connection to and protection of our natural resources seems to have been replaced by a more practical taonga, a financial one. It is to be hoped that these disputes do not disturb the festive season’s enjoyment of the former prime minister, who supported Maori fishing rights and the ‘foreshore ’ debacle, or Environment Minister Nick
Smith, who has to clear them up. BRYAN JOHNSON Omokoroa
United we’ll win
Re ‘Out damned weeds,’ by Cr Mike Finlayson, the man who dreams of progress. Just look at what progress has created here in the Far North, and why we have wild ginger and other troublesome weeds, pests etc. These things have become problems, but not overnight, and the only reason is through progress and lack of responsibility. Funny how some people keep their properties, roadsides etc. clear of unwanted plants, rubbish etc., while others do not, just as others collect rubbish etc on beaches and waterways. These people give up their time and money because they care about their environment, while not spending thousands of dollars on advertising, seeking votes to become nothing other than a petty politician.
The opinion piece that appeared in the Northland Age on Thursday, December 15 was one of the most insightful ever printed in that journal. It should be prescribed reading for every New Zealander. Its author, Casey Costello, provides a clear path for New Zealanders, of whatever background and ethnicity, to take the country forward into the future. By coincidence, just two days before, a number of Far North District councillors and community board members attended a workshop at Waitangi to learn about the ‘special’ relationship accorded Not once in my 17 years living in Herekino have I seen Mike on the side of the road removing one of his wild ginger plants around the Herekino/Manukau area, yet I would say he has travelled many miles, creating a large carbon footprint, just as he is doing now he is a big time councillor, wasting many hours driving like his predecessors have done over the years. One would think that, being a councillor, Mike would be visiting land owners both great and small, advising them of the invasion of pests, weeds etc that are a danger to our fauna and flora, how such invasions can reduce income and devalue properties, and the only solution to the problems is that we all work together to address problems facing the Far North, not only for ourselves but our children and future generations. I say the time is long overdue that we showed some pride as
to our Maori citizens in local government. This is prescribed under the Local Government Act (and others), but actually is not there in the Treaty. It is generally accepted that it is the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi that has the greater relevance. An English translation of that, made by Sir Hugh Kawharu, a former tribunal member, is therefore an impeccable authority. Article the Third: ‘For this arrangement therefore concerning the Government of Queen, the Queen of England will protect all the ordinary people of New Zealand, will caretakers of our land, fauna, flora, streams, rivers ,beaches, oceans, air etc as we are not doing very well at present, to make our children and future generations proud of us by setting good goals. Many thanks to those doing their best, but sadly fighting a losing battle, as more and more disregard their responsibility, considering they have the right to litter, pollute streams etc, dump rubbish where they please allow seeding etc of unwanted weeds, provide habitat for pests, dump cats and allow dogs to roam. When is the time to start such ventures? Mother Teresa was so right when she said yesterday has been and gone, tomorrow we may never see, so the time to start is this very day, what a wonderful outlook for mankind, the fauna and flora, in fact our whole planet, no matter where we live.
give them the same rights and duties of citizenship as the people of England.’ Nothing more and nothing less. As a nation we are all illserved by those who would read into the Treaty meanings that don’t exist. There are no Treaty “principles” and no “partners”. There are clauses (articles) and parties to a contract that bind both equally. Would that the past could be left behind and we all together boldly face the future, united in a common cause. S REILLY Kaikohe God bless everyone. Enjoy your festive season, and may we see good changes for 2017. JOHN BASSETT Diggers’ Valley PS: Have not heard if our dotterels have returned for this year’s breeding. Be a shame if we have lost them to progress.
Cultural confusion
We saw Moana at Te Ahu last Friday. The graphics were stunning. We also saw a confusion of Polynesian cultures. Te Ahu was the fullest I have seen it. Kids were everywhere and really enjoying themselves. The last matinee that we attended at Te Ahu was The Descendants which lulled me back to the Hawaii of the 60s and 70s. I have watched it again ● CONTINUED PAGE 7
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NE HOPES that the cretin who thought it would be a good idea to dub Kaitaia New Zealand’s murder capital is proud of themselves. They, and the newspaper they work for, have moved on (although TVNZ rarely misses an opportunity to drop it into the evening news), but they are probably oblivious to the damage they’ve done. It’s true that last year’s spate of homicides and suicides in and around Kaitaia was horrific, although as one police officer said, regarding the homicides, those who did not belong to gangs or were not part of an utterly dysfunctional family were at no greater risk of dying a violent death in Kaitaia than those in any other community in New Zealand. Kaitaia knows what it’s like to be on the end of bad publicity. And, not for the first time, its reputation has been damaged on the other side of the world. A British newspaper weighed in recently, with an article that ranged from patronising to offensive, aided and abetted by two high-profile critics of what they perceive as a lack of action by the government in one form or another in response to what they regard as a crisis. Kaitaia, according to the Guardian, is pretty but remote, poor, and increasingly stigmatised as the place where dreams go to die. That, surely, is about as bad as it gets. The article quotes two prominent Kaitaia residents, 18-year-old Nina Griffiths, who has rightly been widely recognised for her efforts to stem what is unquestionably a high suicide rate in the very Far North (as opposed to Kaitaia), and He Korowai Trust chief executive Ricky Houghton, who also does good work, and encounters the darker side of life on a more regular basis than most. Both are qualified and entitled to expound upon the problems that face the town, but Ms Griffiths went too far when she said that “It is like the town has become haunted”, that people say “You have to get out of this shit hole”, that there is a sense of hopelessness amongst those who stay and that Kaitaia folk feel as though their lives are not sufficiently valued to make an
" Kaitaia has produced countless individuals who have
made an international mark in all sorts of fields, and will continue to do so. It is a town where people show how much they care by giving their time, money and energy to causes that serve those who need a hand with compassion and empathy."
effort to save them. Mr Houghton says the community feels doomed, that Kaitaia has been forgotten, and that there is a view that its people have no future. He at least sees some light at the end of the tunnel, suggesting that last year’s “glut of deaths” (as described by the Guardian) have spurred a “formerly broken community to unite and stick up for itself in a way they haven’t seen for decades”. Actually, Kaitaia’s been sticking up for itself for a very long time. It is a town that has a proud history of uniting against a common enemy — that, and only that, is why it still has a hospital. There is a spirit in the town that some say is replicated on the West Coast, another remote region that has developed a sense of uniqueness, courtesy no doubt of two geographical features, the Southern Alps and the Maungataniwha Range. No one would dispute that last year was not a vintage one in Kaitaia, although it’s not clear why the Guardian would form the view that a high Maori population is a negative. Drug and alcohol abuse, gangs, domestic violence and the unemployment that underpin many such problems remained undefeated, but that hardly makes the town unique. The social ills that supposedly make Kaitaia a place where dreams go to die can be seen all around this country. Barely a day goes by when the news isn’t led by the phenomena that supposedly make Kaitaia a shit hole; Kaitaia might make its contribution to those headlines on occasion, but others have their turn too. Kaitaia is arguably
no worse than many other small towns, and is demonstrably stronger than some. Last year’s #ILoveKaitaia campaign unleashed a torrent of positivity, from people who live in the town and others who were born and bred or had lived there but had moved on, taking a piece of it with them in their hearts. Others had settled there, and were effusive in their praise of a community that in some ways has a tough row to hoe, but in others epitomises the strengths that seemingly survive in this day and age only in small towns. The Guardian did notice some signs of hope. Musicians, it said, had written songs extolling the virtues of their “Far North paradise”. Trees had been strung with streamers, and “once weed-strewn garden beds” had been planted with red and pink geraniums. That’s nice. Ms Griffiths was right on the money when she said being dubbed the murder capital had made people angry. They loved their home — damned right they do — and wanted to fight back. Kaitaia, she said, did not want to be defined by death. Newsflash. Kaitaia is not defined by death. It is a small town in what largely remains a farming community, with a sprinkling of tourism, which is truly blessed in many ways. It has good and plentiful schools. It has primary and secondary health services that are unsurpassed in small town New Zealand (and available at a cost that quite possibly makes them the most accessible in the country). Its business community has been hammered by big box stores, but routinely displays extraordinary
generosity in supporting its worthy causes. Kaitaia has produced countless individuals who have made an international mark in all sorts of fields, and will continue to do so. It is a town where people show how much they care by giving their time, money and energy to causes that serve those who need a hand with compassion and empathy. To describe it as a shit hole, a place where dreams go to die, is outrageous. The last time this community was so egregiously libelled was in 1998, after 52-year-old English woman Anita Dean died when her and husband Roger’s ketch the Woody Goose was driven ashore at Great Exhibition Bay. Before that day was out, with not a skerrick of evidence to support its extraordinary claim, TVNZ had told the world that the boat had been stripped by Maori looters. Every one of the items described as looted had in fact been removed by police and Customs for storage in Kaitaia. A compass was taken by two people, not local, who happened to be on the beach, and was recovered by police. Some days later the Northland Age was asked by the BBC in Leeds to provide what it could regarding the Woody Goose. Everything this newspaper had was faxed (no email in 1998), the BBC phoning to say thanks, but what it was really interested in was the looting. Told that there had been no looting, it instantly lost interest in the story. The calumny, incidentally, was repeated by some print media, time and again, over days, weeks and months. Almost 20 years later another British medium is once again portraying Kaitaia in a scandalously negative light, red and pink geraniums notwithstanding. It is especially disappointing that this time the impugning of an entire community has been aided and abetted by local people, who might consider that while today’s Guardian is tomorrow’s fish and chip wrapping, a bad reputation is very difficult to shed. The truism ‘Give a dog a bad name’ has real if undeserved meaning for Kaitaia; so does ‘Sticks and stones . . . ’ As Kaitaia knows, words really can hurt.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR MIKE WARD Doubtless Bay
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since Hollywood got it right about the kamaaina families. I had many mates who traced their roots back to the original missionary families and to Ol’ Hawaiian royalty. Their families had huge land holdings that were passed from generation to generation. The story, the characters, the setting were all right out of the kamaaina (upper) class. We hung together, fished together, occasionally partied etc, but they always let everybody know that they were gifted. When they made an effort at a party to tell my then wife, Peggy, and me that we were welcome in their group, I called them “kamaaina snobs”. That rejection kept me as an outcast, so I stayed with the Hawaiians, who told me, “Mike, you are not a friend, you are family”. Peggy took my country club membership and fitted right in. Best choice I could have made - changed my whole life. I have found Maori to be as welcoming, so the hongi between Maui and Moana was a wistful, cross-cultural moment (the Hawaiian greet by sharing breaths, inhaling each other’s essence).
Fake truths
The new jargon is fake news, which seems to replace the old jargon conspiracy theorists, who could be deemed to be conspiracy exposers. The Bill just signed into US law by President Obama, and anybody wanting a copy of that Bill has free access to it, will now allow restriction (read censorship) of those who attempt to expose the real truths, and allow the promulgation of ‘fake truths’. For decades we have been exposed to ‘fake truth’ regarding cannabis, and many refuse to accept that they have been fed these fake truths, despite the science which has exposed the true benefits of cannabis. Were it not for the internet, we would still be accepting these ‘fake truths’. Whether or not we accept the real truth is our choice, but we must not allow those who are entrenched in their distorted perceptions of the truth from the decades of fake truth to force us to accept legislation which is based on these fake truths.
We should all be grateful to Julian Assange, of Wikileaks, who, at great personal cost, has allowed those who are still able to critically think to read the truth. Based on the truth of real science, cannabis should be re-legalised immediately. BEVERLEY ALDRIDGE Kath Pattinson Otamatea
Who are they?
Every day there is more written about the homeless - but who are these people? There is always a mother involved, and multiple children. Rarely do we see a man in the picture. A recent report in The Herald gives the sad story of two women with several children in their care and the usual desperate tale of wanting a place to call home. Since then the story has been exposed as not quite true, as both these women have been living in motel rooms under the government’s emergency accommodation scheme, at a cost to the taxpayer of $1000 and $2000 per week. Both these families have a more than adequate and rather expensive roof over
their heads, and are not in imminently genuine need at all. The real reason they cannot get a home is that they have both been evicted from Housing NZ homes for non-payment of the quite manageable rents they were supposed to pay. There are so many genuine cases of need, but why has it suddenly become such an issue? How did we apparently house everyone a few short years ago? Compared with places like Aleppo, where there are few buildings left standing, we in New Zealand have little to ● CONTINUED PAGE 8
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Summer fun in the Far North TAKE-OFF: Parker Bellingham taking flight at Taipa.
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ON GUARD: Geneva on sentry duty at Maitai Bay on Boxing Day.
PICTURE / GREG YOUNG
PLEASURE SHARED: A man and his best friend enjoying themselves at Opononi.
WINDING DOWN: Summer evenings at Waiharara are made for hammocks and guitars.
PICTURE / RUTH BURREN
PICTURE / VICKY TAMARIKI
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complain about, as the taxpayer seems to pick up the tab for homeless families. We do indeed have light at the end of our tunnel. ROBIN BISHOP Tauranga
Happy New Year
Oh dear. Reading the January 5 edition of the Age there seems to be a lot of angry behaviour, too much booze and stealing etc going on. I have to remind myself that most people are lawabiding and only wanted a happy Christmas and New Year, even if they are unemployed and suffering from the policies of a government not catering for the needs of many. If only the education system was run by qualified, trained, frontline teachers able to control the finances and use them as they know best. Aristotle said, “Give me the child until he is seven, and I will show you the man”. From my own observations pupils who we thought were performing to the best of their ability have managed to sail through the
rough patches life throws up and are employed. Sorry to have to say it but their success in many cases was because of the love and sacrifices of their mothers, aunties and grandmothers. Great fathers are thinner on the ground. Because of what they drink during pregnancy, some mothers cause brain damage leading to anti-social behaviour, before the child is born. I think it was a clever Kaitaia lad who said something like, “We aren’t being taught the things we need to know about”. How fortunate we are in the North to have a paper that lets
all opinions be printed. This includes long epistles by Peter Dunne in a forlorn hope of electing another ‘Look after your rich mate’s government’. It will be an interesting year, with Labour so far failing to rev properly. A couple of Greens being politically unwise, one with an attempted entry into Gaza. Winston often hits the nail on the head but who knows which way he will jump? Key has shot through leaving the Right Wing Party with a lot of Left Wing moves to make if they want to be re-elected. Our expert Arabian desert sheep farming
rep in the United Nations has upset future President Trump. Russia needs another Mikhail Gorbachev as Putin is holding back what could be, with the right government, the world’s richest nation. So all bets are off, but for sure 2017 is going to be an interesting political year. Wouldn’t it be great if we had a Minister of Education who said to teachers, “Okay, now teachers, what can I do to help? What can we do to cut out the crap?” Such a Minister would get enough votes to tip an election their way.
Feedback Kotanellyjakeys Mumma re: An old dog with a mission. Good boy Nugget! He sits at the gas station and they feed him pies. Then he patrols the main street and barks and chases cars that speed past the school. Nugget is our
COMMUNITY DOG! Everybody knows him, he is as friendly as can be. My kids and I always say hi to him when we walk down the road. Good boy Nugget. Moetu Hati: Chehhh u neat
alright Nugget. Keep up the good mahi bro. Julia Louise Haroon re: Nina wins People’s Choice Award. Inspirational young woman. Congratulations to her, let’s keep the conversation going.
Hmm now for a coffee. SAM McHarg Kerikeri
Where to now?
Peter Dunne is not slow in getting off the mark with another typical long discourse this New Year. Is it because it’s election year? There is still confusion as to which party he belongs to. Clearly he is really Labour, but now the playing field has changed, where all his favourite subjects such as drugs, alcohol, sodomy, child abuse, antiviolence and now euthanasia are embraced by National. I can’t see Bill English being very much different, as he did a recent U-turn on supporting homosexual marriage, forsaking his principles. His bailing out of South Canterbury Finance to the tune of $1.6 billion was a disgrace, while penny-pinch taxing the meagre earnings of paper boys, and while a 96-year-old woman can’t get one hour a week home help. So much for God’s own country. TIM GLASSON Kaikohe
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Kerikeri congregation moves into new home
UNACCUSTOMED AS HE IS: Northland MP Winston Peters looked very much at home behind the pulpit.
CONTRIBUTION: Acclaimed Waimate North weaver Toi Te Rito Maihi designed the church’s feature window.
FINAL TOUCH: Rev Amiria Te Whiu, Presbyterian minister for Te Tai Tokerau, blessing one of the newly-planted trees. PICTURE / ALAN WATKINS
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The old church was a hub of community activity, ranging from public meetings to car boot sales, a role that is now set to resume. Minister Robyn McPhail said Cornerstone, or Whare Karakia o Manako, had been designed not to look like a traditional church. The previous building was more of a “people space” than a traditional church, and Cornerstone would take that a step further. “Our policy is that any event can happen in here, faith or no faith, as long as it doesn’t disre-
spect our beliefs,” she said. The church, hall and fullyequipped kitchen were available for funerals, weddings, hui, meetings and other events. Yoga and tai chi groups had already booked, Rev McPhail saying it would fill a niche that was missing in Kerikeri. The project took longer than expected due to bureaucratic hold-ups and the need to go back to the drawing board when the original design came in over budget. “We cut our cloth accordingly, but we’re very proud of it.
After six years of wandering in the wilderness, a Kerikeri parish has moved into a new home. The new church, built at the corner of Kerikeri Rd and the Heritage Bypass, was officially opened with a dawn blessing, a celebratory service, shared lunch and hip-hop dancing, those who gathered including a who’s who of the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, plus Northland MP Winston Peters and deputy mayor Tania McInnes.
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Sisters shone in 2016 Rob and Rachel Thompson might well be ordering a bigger mantelpiece for their home just outside Kaitaia to accommodate the trophies their daughters Beverly and Katie won at Kaitaia College and Pompallier Catholic School respectively last year. Beverly, who begins Year 12 this year, was the college intermediate girls’ athletics champion, was recognised for effort in athletics, and received the fair play/sportsmanship award, earned when she went to the
assistance of a fellow triathlon competitor who was in some distress and accompanied her to the finish line. Katie, who begins Year 9 at Kaitaia College this year, shared Pompallier’s Mill Family Trophy for with mercy Mateja Matijevich, won the King and Spaans Trophy for academic excellence, and shared the Radojkovich Trophy for excellence in maths with Alex= Ujdur. The other major winners at Pompallier’s ‘praisegiving’
included Milan Carey and Rylee Windleborn (the trophy for effort and progress in learning, in memory of Georgia Buckingham and Finn Spaans), Tamara Smith (the Sister Martin Cup for courtesy and cooperation), Milan Carey and Mario Baker (the Dobson Family Cup for contribution to the school). Kira Watson was the girls’ sports champion, with the boys’ title being shared by Hunter Masters, Mario Baker and Milan Carey.
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SIBLING SUCCESS: Sisters Beverly and Katie Thompson, who enjoyed considerable success at Kaitaia College and Pompallier Catholic School respectively in 2016.
A great year for Virginia Awards for an all-rounder Virginia Park capped a very successful year at Okaihau College when she was named 2016 dux, and received a $6000 P&SM Bullen and Sons Family Trust scholarship. She also won the prizes for Year 13 excellence in chemistry, design and visual communication, effort and achievement in English, physics and mathematics with calculus, the CR Dixon Cup for mathematics, the Top Energy prize for physics, the Herbie Sarich Memorial Cup for technical subjects and the Hoyle Family Trophy as the school’s outstanding student coach (shared with Emma Bolton). Proxime Accessit Keani Erstich-Coles also won the prizes for effort and achievement in physics and physical education, for effort and improvement in biology, the Year 13 prize for displaying calm, consistent commitment in every endeavour that empowered and inspired, the trophy for outstanding contribution to drama and the Sturge Cup for excellence in English. He also received an Auckland University of Technology McDonald’s Te Tai Tokerau scholarship worth $10,000 over three years.
TOP PRIZE: Okaihau College dux 2016 Virginia Park with principal Alan Forgie.
also named Junior Sportswoman of the Year, and received academic, service and sport half colours. The Junior Sportsman of the Year was Cameron Hansford, who also shared the boys’ soccer prize with Blake Cranch and Ryan Johnson. Reno Leef (Year 9) and Ava Blucher (Year 10) received Te Hiku Hauora scholarships for outstanding achievement in te reo Maori, while Danny Greenall (Year 9) and Alexis Coleman (Year 10) received Te Moko Foundation awards as students who had worked hard and were committed to their studies, displayed a strong sense of school and community spirit, and who in the face of adversity possessed a ‘can do’ attitude but were not necessarily sporty or academic.
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The awards for academic excellence in Years 11 and 12 were presented to Chelsea Karl and Rebekah Clunie respectively.
‘Can do’ schools come up trumps More than 67,000 cans of food were collected in November’s inaugural Wattie’s Cans for Good campaign, more than 200 schools around the country helping the Salvation Army stock up its food banks in time for Christmas. Heinz Wattie chipped in too, taking the total to more than 92,000 cans. Participation and feedback from schools had been overwhelming according to Heinz Wattie’s communications manager Tina Wong. “We wanted to deliver something that was easy for schools, pupils and teachers,” she said. “Wattie’s Cans for Good went beyond other campaigns, combining collecting for
The major junior prize at Kaitaia College for 2016 went to Amelie Jennings, who was also recognised for her sporting and academic achievements. The Clifford M Matthews Memorial Cup is presented annually to the Year 10 student who, over the previous two years, has displayed general academic excellence and excellence in other aspects of school life, such as sport, culture, service and leadership. The recipient is a student who is a co-operative and willing worker who is a desirable role model for his/her peers. Amelie also won her class prizes in mathematics, drama and business studies (shared with Manaakitia Hoepo), the prize for triathlon and the JTB Taaffe Cup as the junior girls’ athletic champion. She was
charity with a creative competition and a set of teacher-based resource sheets designed to engage children and teachers in a fun, team-based experience.” The Salvation Army visited schools as part of the campaign, talking to children about how they could make a direct and real difference to those in need in their local community. Eastern Hutt School principal Julie Henderson said efforts like this were a great way to involve all the students and their families in a project. “It helps develop the awareness of others in our community and generates a positive spirit when we all combine our efforts to help others in need,” she said.
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Fish Auction - 4pm Saturday & Sunday Kids activities and competitions and Community Show with prizes to be won from 1pm Refreshments and Food available
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The Way We Were, January, 1967
KAITAIA, Northland, N.Z. :
Kaitaia boy top equal in School C Peter Rider, a pupil of Kaitaia College, who scored 377 in School Certificate for his four best subjects, is thought to be equal for first place in New Zealand with Alan Botica of Rotorua, and Laurence Southon of Tauranga. Aged 16, Peter’s marks were 99 for Chemistry, 98 for Mathematics, 93 for
Physics, 87 for English, and 79 for German. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Rider, Kaitaia, he is now entering his fourth year at Kaitaia College. Kaitaia College principal Mr. J.M. Mitchell described this as “an outstanding result.” — January 20, 1967
Friday January 6, 1967
1100 mini-bus travellers during holiday season In 24 days between Boxing Day and January 19, the Star mini-buses carried 1100 passengers to Cape Reinga; last year it was almost six months before this figure was reached. The 1000th passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Clough of Inglewood, who went north on January 18. Their description of the trip by the inland road and the Ninety Mile Beach was “bang-on” – the general reaction of the passengers, who now include a notably large proportion of Americans and Australians. Last year the buses carried about 1900 passengers, but it is obvious that the figure will be greatly exceeded this year. The managing director of the company, Mr. P.J. Quilter, says that his vehicles, with their experienced drivers, can negotiate the Te Paki stream on schedule, but that private motorists (who have no authority to use the route) run a risk which is quite considerable when drivers are unfamiliar with the conditions. The road down to the stream is greasy and vehicles can slide wildly in the hands of city drivers. When they reach the stream itself they seem to think that it is now plain sailing, and they often make the basic error of stopping in it.
Changing tyres
The most glaring example occurred recently when one of the buses gave aid to a Volkswagen whose driver had stopped to change tyres, as he felt that a front one with more tread would be most useful at the back. His vehicle obeyed the natural law that a heavy object will sink in a soft substance and immediately went down to the axles. Fortunately there was plenty of manpower to lift the vehicle out. One of the Mini-buses struck trouble at a stream farther south on Monday when a cloud-burst hit the area around Parengarenga, and the creeks across the beach were running high. Had the “snorkel” been fitted to extend the exhaust there would have been no difficulty, but water entered the pipe and the bus stopped in the stream. Others negotiated it safely and the drenched passengers were brought down to Kaitaia. There was difficulty in extricating the bus because the strong current swept away planks as they were placed under the wheels. Eventually a truck full of men came along, and the bus was manpowered out. It started immediately and came to Kaitaia under its own power. These incidents, said Mr. Quilter, illustrate the need for caution. If experienced men can be caught, what chance do city drivers have? — January 20, 1967
Many in new beach resorts January, 1967
There were fewer people in camps near Mangonui before the New Year than in past years, but many were attracted to the newer, quieter camps in such places as Taupo Bay, Tauranga Bay and Hihi
Beach. Three or four of these places north of Whangaroa received supplies of bread for the first time this year, and Mr. Rhys Williams says that they averaged 50 or 60 loaves, showing that about 50 people were at each spot. Houhora, too, was more popular than ever this year. Mangonui had many visiting yachtsmen from Boxing Day onwards, and the HMNZS Kowhai, a patrol vessel, was four days in port. The Minister of Labour, Mr. Shand, went south after three or four days as the guest of Mr. F. Weber, while a former Minister, Mr. Dean Eyre, made a longer stay. — January 6, 1967
Victoria Valley news Mr. Brian Beazley of Christchurch is spending a holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beazley Snr., and will leave by plane for home on January 9. Valley folk extend sincere sympathy with the Edwards, Beazley and White families in their recent sad bereavements. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thompson and wee daughter (Erin) return to Auckland on January 8. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kitchen and family of Auckland will arrive on Sunday to spend a holiday with Mr. and Mrs. N. Kitchen. Mr and Mrs Hooper left last week for Auckland. — January 6, 1967
Australian shines to claim West Chopping Trophy The Awanui Boxing Day sports drew good entries including many high-class axemen who were competing in the open events of a circuit offering good prizes, and the gate was up from £64 to £72. A feature was the trophy presented by Mrs. Les West as a memorial to her husband Les, a prominent supporter and worker for chopping and sawing, and this was won by a Tasmanian visitor, Mr. J. Hayward.
Chopping
9 inch local chop – H. Te Whata (Tonga)1, H. Foley (Kaeo) 2, Boy Yates (Kaitaia) 3. 10 inch Open Standing Chop – R. Davidson (Tokoroa) 1, W. Jensen (Putaruru) 2, T. Schischka (Henderson) 3. 12 inch Wilshire Files Handicap – D. McCartie (Kaiaua) 1, R. Martin (Tokoroa) 2, W. Jensen (Putaruru) 3. Les West Memorial Handicap – J. Hayward (Tasmania) 1, A. Harris (Auckland) 2, W. Shelford (Tokoroa) 3. Teams relay – D. McCartie’s team 1. —January 6, 1967 ● CONTINUED PAGE 13
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KAITAIA, Northland, N.Z. :
Friday January 6, 1967
Fire sweeps wilderness at Waiharara An uncontrollable fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and swept through many acres of a scrub and wattle wilderness in the Waiharara district, but it has not caused any damage to property such as houses or sheds. The land is owned by Mr. M. S. Urlich, and the fire, driven by a 30-knot wind, travelled over the hills, swamps and gum holes so fast that the Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade could not keep pace with it
50,000 at cape in five years Within five years, at least 50,000 people a year will visit Cape Reinga, in the opinion of the general manager of the Tourist Department, Mr. R. S. Odell, who says that planning of facilities and roading should begin now for this influx. Mr. Odell says that every tourist index is going up by 25 per cent each year, and his estimate is based on the present conservative figure of 25,000 people a year visiting Cape Reinga. Undoubtedly many others do not sign the visitors’ book, he said. Cape Reinga will always be one of the goals of tourists. There is great interest in the end of any road, said Mr. Odell, instancing the way tourists deviate from the Haast Pass drive to go 20 miles to remote Jackson’s Bay. — January 27, 1967
Wrathall family gathers Their pioneer ancestry was remembered on January 8 when 65 members of the Wrathall family, and visitors, gathered at the home of Mrs. I.M. McKay, Mill Bay, Mangonui. Most of the descendants were granddaughters and grandsons of Stephen and Elizabeth Wrathall and their families, but there were present also two granddaughters of Henry Wrathall. Henry Wrathall was the eldest son of the original Stephen Wrathall , and Stephen was his fourth son. Their father arrived in New Zealand from Hobart in 1831, and in 1833 he married Maria Hinutoto at Hokianga. In 1836 he bought 3000 acres at Whikianga (Oruru), and then other blocks. In 1850 Stephen Wrathall Snr. joined the Melbourne gold rush and he remained in Australia until 1857. Stephen Wrathall died in Kaeo in 1896 at the age of 84. Some members of the family spell their name Rothall because they are descendants of Henry, whose name so appears on his marriage certificate, issued in Australia. He was also at the gold rush, and when he told the minister his name it was misspelt. However, he then adopted that form
with their hoses. Eventually, after firemen had run out 15 lengths of hose, the chief officer, Mr. G. J. R. Paterson, called off the attempt as there appeared to be no chance of checking it and little of value for it to burn. Indeed, it would have been dangerous for the men to have gone ahead of it and to have become involved in the high scrub and maze of valleys. The firemen used water from a lake
to extinguish pockets of fire, before they returned to Kaitaia after 5pm. The outbreak was moving along the side of Mr J. C. Farnham’s extensive paddock running from the old school paddock on the Kaimaumau Road to the shore of Awanui Harbour. There is a cowshed on it, and Mr. P. W. Shine has his new home between it and the road, but these places did not seem in danger.
and his descendants have continued to use it. The family spent a most enjoyable day, says Mrs. McKay. They were greatly interested in pictures of Henry and Maria and others of their forebears, and also in the family tree which was read. — January 13, 1967
train which fell from the shoulder was of guipure lace. Her elbow-length veil was held by a pearl tiara. Sandra’s bouquet was of white carnations and lily of the valley. The bridesmaids, both nursing friends of the bride, were Hinemoa Bryers and Maryanne Pirini. They wore matching fulllength, baby-doll styled frocks made of pink bamboo satin. They wore satin circlets in their hair and carried pink carnations. The flowergirl, Frances Harris, niece of the groom, wore a short frock of peach bamboo satin. A short train which fell from the shoulder was held in place by imitation flowers. She wore a satin circlet on her hair and carried a basket of flowers. The bestman was Henry Wright, a
Ahipara news Mr. Jim Brass, son Paki and daughter Effie of Whangarei, Mr. Peter Anderson and friend of Auckland, and Mr. Mac Roberts and friend of Auckland are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Paul Williams of Wainui. Staying with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan of Wainui is Mr. George Ryder of South Auckland. Mr. Barry Drew arrived by plane last week from Wellington to spend a short stay with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paitai. While in the district he took the opportunity of motoring through to Kaikohe to see Constable and Mrs. Anzac Paratene and family. Mr. and Mrs. David Graham and family of Otara, Auckland, have been spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Graham. Mr. and Mrs. Tarzan Graham and son David, of Roma, have left the district and will take up residence in Howick, Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Brass and family of Wainui are leaving the district and are headed for Murupara, where Mr. Brass will take up employment. At the weekend Anglicans travelled from Te Kao, Peria, Pamapuria, Pukepoto, and all near-lying districts to welcome and honour the Rev. Phillip Kapa of Gisborne at a reception held at the Roma Marae. The Rev. Kapa was born at Te Kao, and the many friends and relatives who gathered at the marae showed the respect and esteem in which he is held. A nephew of the late Mr. Mac Berghan, he has for many years been in the Gisborne area. — January 10, 1967
However yesterday morning the wind freshened and the fire began to work north, and the Aupouri Forest men went to look at it. They worked there during the day, finding that most of it was below the buildings and heading toward the harbour. The fire burnt in peat and gum, sending up huge volumes of smoke. — January 10, 1967 cousin of the groom, and a friend, Paddy Etana, was groomsman. The bride was presented with a good luck horseshoe by the groom’s niece, Teiana Mei Everitt, who travelled up from Wellington with her parents. Mrs. Marsden, who wore a fawn ensemble, and Mrs. Everitt, who wore a pink three-piece suit, in company with their husbands, greeted their guests who totalled about 400, in the Te Kao dining hall where the reception was held. The beautiful cake was made by Mrs. Oscar Irving of Takahue, and iced by Mrs. K. Kimber of Kaitaia. Toastmaster at the reception was Mr P. Riki. The couple will make their home in Te Kao. — January 17, 1967
Wedding of Miss Sandra Marsden The marriage of Sandra, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marsden of Takahue, to Boroughdale, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Everitt of Te Kao, took place of Saturday January 14, at Te Kao Ratana Church. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful full-length gown of white crystalline satin with elbow-length sleeves of guipure lace. The full-length
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e live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, and the team at Northland Waste is passionate about supporting local organisations that accomplish amazing things within our communities. Participating in our community is important to us, so we regularly make donations to community organisations so they can keep on doing what they do best! Northland is known for its pristine beaches, surfies carving up the waves and children shrieking with delight as they play between the flags. And what’s a great kiwi beach without lifeguards! They’re a familiar and reassuring sight on our beaches, and Northland Waste are grateful for the time and effort the men and women of our surf lifesaving clubs give to ensure our beaches are safe. Although they do get some funding from the government, New Zealand Surf Life Saving Clubs rely heavily on donations to keep running. Recently, Northland Waste donated to the Far North Surf Life Saving Club (FNSLSC). Situated at Ahipara, and formed over 25 years ago this is one of the smaller clubs in New Zealand. There are about 30 members who share the duties of patrolling Ahipara beach on weekends and public holidays between December and January. They are also on callout IRB rescue service and assist with search and rescue covering the area between Cape Reinga and Whangape. As with all Surf Life Saving Clubs in New Zealand, a lot of time and training goes into providing such an important service, and this requires money. The donation Northland Waste made to the FNSLSC has been used to ensure that this club can continue to keep
Ahipara Beach safe for the public. The money we gave the club has gone towards training and to providing and updating a range of items life guards need every day to train and patrol effectively. The Northland Waste donation has also helped fund a vital extension to the clubrooms. This extension will give the club more storage and will provide an accommodation area for visiting life guards. This will help to update the clubrooms so they’re more on par with other surf lifesaving club rooms around New Zealand. Be water-wise this summer! What you need to know: The FNSLSC are a dedicated team who love their job, however there are a few things they would like everyone to remember when they visit NZ beaches this summer: Always choose to swim at a patrolled beach. Swimming at unpatrolled surf beaches can be dangerous – even fatal. Why take the risk? There are so many beaches in our country that are patrolled by qualified lifeguards. Swim between the flags. The lifeguards know their individual stretch of beach well, and they scan that beach every morning and throughout the day to monitor surf conditions. You can rest assured that the flags indicate the safest place to swim. Keep little ones within arm’s reach – waves can knock them over in the blink of an eye, and lastly; If in doubt, stay out! Life guards are a friendly bunch and are always happy
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CRAIG, Joyce. Passed peacefully on January 3, 2017. Sister-in-law of the late Phyl and Percy Reed. Cherished aunty of THOMPSON, Joy, Brian, Max, Des Gabrielle Rose (Gae). and Gloria. Passed away after a short illness on Fond memories. January 6, 2017 in Taupo. Aged 78 years. Much loved wife of Ray and mother of Erin. Cherished daughter of the late Charlie and Flo Petersen (Kaitaia). HENDERSON, Sister of June Foster John David (Jack). (deceased), Velma Passed away peacefully Carr (deceased), Peggy January 7, 2017. Petersen (deceased), Aged 88 years. and Peter Petersen. Loved son of the late Will be very Henry and Kathleen sadly missed. Henderson. A service for Gae will Loved brother of be held in the Chapel Frank (deceased), of Geards Funeral Lesley (deceased), Home, 13 Pukepoto Valma (deceased), Road, Kaitaia on Lionel, Merv and their Thursday January 12, families. at 12 noon, followed by With great sadness we a private interment. say goodbye. In addition, a A service for Jack will memorial service for be held in the Chapel Taupo friends of Gae of Geards Funeral and Ray will be held at Home, 13 Pukepoto The Founders Chapel Road, Kaitaia on of Remembrance, 117 Wednesday January Rickit Street, Taupo 11, 2017 at 1pm on Tuesday January followed by private 17, at 10:30am. cremation. In lieu of flowers, Messages to donations to Lake “the Henderson Taupo Hospice would family” be appreciated and C/- 13 Pukepoto may be posted to PO Road, Kaitaia. Box 950, Taupo 3351. Communications to 75 Rifle Range Road, Taupo 3330.
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LUKE NEWMAN Amazing son, brother, uncle, and friend. Tragical passed away December 29, 2005, aged 18 years. Miss and love you daily. Waiting for us, until we meet again in Heaven. I had to tell my heart to beat again. Endless love, Mum and family.
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Public Notices
2016 CRIBBAGE TOTALS PECB 1188, RBC 1134. "Who are you going to play cribbage with now?"
Flowers for any occasion Memorial Services WELLS, Noelene. On December 23, 2016 at her home in Victoria Valley. Aged 72 years. Dearly loved wife of MORRISON, Eddie. Lola Joy Florance Loving mother of (Joy). Passed away Aaron (deceased) and peacefully on Debbie, Craig and Jan, December 16, aged 95. Kane and Karen. Loved nana of George, Loved wife of the late Emma, Hannah; Katie, Edward. Jenna; Kara, and Jess. Brian, Ros and family, Fifteen years, seven and Judi and family grandchildren since invite you to a service your heart transplant. to celebrate Joy's life. This will be held at Thank you for being such a wonderful wife, Kaitaia Cemetery RSA mother, mother-in-law section on January 19 at 10:30am followed by and nana. and A service for Noelene refreshments has already been held. memories at Union Parish Church 236 Messages to "the Wells Commerce Street. family" C/o 6338 State Messages to family Highway One, RD1 may be sent to Kaitaia. Gulliver and Tyler P.O. Box 35, Rangiora.
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DAVIDSON, Win (nee Rakich). On January 10, 2008. Loved sister of Vinko, Mary, and Victor. Forever in our hearts.
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Back to school Monday January 23: School is open for new enrollments. Wednesday January 25: Second hand uniform shop is open for purchases. Tuesday January 31: Powhiri for year 9 students and any new students year 10-13, Year 9 orientation. Buck whanau year 11-13 course selection (12:30pm- 3:15pm). Wednesday February 1: Year 9 orientation. McMahon whanau year 11-13 course selection (9am- 12pm). Miller whanau year 11-13 course selection (12:30pm- 3:15pm). Thursday February 2: Year 9 orientation. Year 10 students return to school. Ngarimu whanau year 11-13 course selection (9am- 12pm). Trigg whanau year 11-13 course selection (12:30pm- 3:15pm). Friday February 3: Year 9-10 tabloid swimming. Year 9-10 whanau barbecue. Tuesday February 7: Full school assembly. First day for Year 11-13.
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MURIWHENUA INCORPORATION AGM Will be held 10am, Saturday March 18, 2017, at Te Hiku o Te Ika Marae Te Hapua. There will be two vacancies on the committee of management and we are calling for nominations for these positions. Nomination forms are available by contacting Audrey at muriwhenuainc@xtra.co.nz or (09) 409-8253. Nominations close 4pm on Friday January 20, 2017.
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HENDERSON, John David (Jack). Passed away peacefully on January 7, 2017. Loved brother of Lionel and Colleen and Uncle Jack of Murray, Lynette, Barry, Grant, and their families. At rest.
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KAITAIA BRIDGE
Kaitaia Bridge commences Friday January 13 at Kaitaia Church Road Bowling Club. Everyone seated by 10:15am for the Ward Pairs. If partners are required please contact Ngaire Wright on (09) 409-4547.
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Employment Vacancies
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BUYING BULLS, cows, steers and heifers. Phone HODGSON FURNITURE MOVERS, weekly trips to Wyn May (09) 408-4244. WORKING DOG pups, Auckland. Phone 408-6025 Smithfield x Huntaway. Storage HORSES, Pinto Colts and fillies, 2-years-old and over. Phone (09) 439-7242.
Applications close 5pm, Friday January 28, 2017. For further enquiries please contact Teresa Wills, Secretary/Manager on (021) 102-9803 or email rsa.kta@clear.net.nz
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WATER PUMP, heavy duty, reconditioned. Paramount #1 Wallace. $200. Phone (021) 083-15555 Peria.
CVs to the Principal’s secretary on eayre@kaitaiacollege.school.nz. Applications close January 20, 2017.
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OFFICE ACCOMMODATION WANTED IN KAITAIA This notice is to advertise our intent and to gain a level of interest for future premises that are required by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) aslead agencies for themselves and on behalf of other participating agencies.
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We are seeking a Medical Receptionist for our clinic in Te Kao to provide receptionist and administration duties. You will require: ❏ A full driver’s licence. ❏ Be a non-smoker. ❏ Be computer literate with database experience and a good communicator with a welcoming and friendly manner. This position requires a high degree of confidentiality. If this is you and you would like to join our team, please contact Dianne Thompson for an application pack. Tohoraha Clinic, 5 Lambs Road, Pukenui. Phone (09) 409-8287. Fax: (09) 409-8574. Email: diannet@wop.co.nz Te tino rangatiratanga hauora mo nga tangata katoa - Good health for all through empowerment.
Did you know you can advertise up to six items for sale free in Tuesday’s edition of the Northland Age?
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2/3 BEDROOM, fully fenced, excellent references and respectful tenant. Phone (022) 105-3372. URGENTLY WANTED, Phone rural, 10 minutes from (09) 408-0330 Kaitaia, 3-4 bedroom or email home with double info@northlandage.co.nz garage, dog friendly, must be long term. Excellent tenants w/ references. Phone (027) 257-9329.
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The shots below come from a plethora of unused but otherwise highly interesting images which were unable to be run in the Age sports pages over the past 12 months for a variety of reasons and it would be a shame if they didn’t see the light of day. Hopefully space will open up to allow us to run more shots from the vaults over the next couple of weeks.
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Augers 450, 450 350, 200 200
LOUNGE SUITE, 4 seater settee, 2 recliner chairs, $200. Phone (09) 408-5883.
offers available. Sandhills Storage Ahipara Phone (09) 409-4010 (021) 029-00-899
A great way to have a clean Phone (09) 408-0014. up and make some extra Wanted to Rent cash at the same time.
Small Hitachi digg digger gger with operator
LICENSED CASH BUYER Second hand 22 rifle. Phone (09) 409-4648.
STORAGE Check out our special
Boats & Marine FYRAN, aluminium, 5m, warranted and registered trailer, Sukuki DT 85HP o/board motor, $10,500 ONO. Phone (09) 408-4085.
Cars for Sale HONDA ODYSSEY, 1995, 7 seater, 2150CC, tidy cond, well serviced, $4000 ONO. Phone (09) 408-0882. HYUNDAI TIBURON 2002, silver, 2 door coupe 2.7 V6 GLS, 166,000km, tidy, $5200. Phone (022) 183-8136.
Vans & Utes VAN, seven seater Toyota Estema, 1994. New WOF, rego until August, 2017. Multipurpose, use as utility/camper van. $2500 ONO. Phone (021) 083-15555 Peria.
Brief: MSD and MOE are looking for separate long term office accommodation in Kaitaia.
Adult Entertainment
We seek office accommodation that: ❏ Has modern, safe and secure physical workplace environments. ❏ Is preferably located off the main street in Kaitaia. ❏ Is either in existing buildings or new purpose built premises.
Top massage parlour. In/ out 24/7 new Singapore & Japanese, quickly time $80 Massage $60 1⁄2hr. Ph 438-2313
IMPORTANT: We are seeking two site options – as below: Building Specifications in brief: ❏ Site 1 (MSD) - Ground floor office premises between 1,200m2 and 1,500m2. ❏ Secure parking for up to 13 vehicles. ❏ Site 2 (MOE) - Ground floor office premises between 300m2 and 500m2. ❏ Secure parking for up to 12 vehicles. ❏ Must have a pleasant outlook and natural light. ❏ A minimum of 80 per cent of current New Building Standard (NBS) for existing buildings and 100 per cent NBS for a potential new building. ❏ Long term. ❏ An initial 6 year lease term for existing buildings and 9 years for new buildings specially constructed for both tenants. ❏ Both options would also have a 3 x 3 year optional Rights of Renewal option. Tell us if you are interested. MSD and MOE would like to hear from you by email if you are interested in being involved in this project. On receipt of your interest we will review the number of interested applicants and if acceptable, MSD and MOE will release agencies detailed requirements in separate Requests for Proposals (RFP’s). You can respond to one or both of the RFP’s. If you have any questions or want to obtain moreinformation, please contact: MSD Accommodation Requirements: procurement@msd.govt.nz MOE Accommodation Requirements: moe.procurement@education.govt.nz All applications of interest must be submitted electronically by 4pm, Thursday January 26, 2017.
FESTIVE SPIRIT: Jean Huxtable aka Mary Christmas was awarded Best Dressed Lady at the Christmas Fare tournament at the Kaitaia Church PICTURE / SUPPLIED Road Bowling Club last month.
A SCARLET LOUNGE
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The Far North (Kaitaia) RSA Inc. is looking for an experienced bar person to work nights and weekend. • The position is 25 to 30 hours per week. • Experience in gaming machines and current general manager’s certificate would be an advantage.
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Stray goodness
DAPPER: The theme for the Kaitaia dojo of the Kiaido Ryu Martial Arts Club’s diamond anniversary celebration at Waipapakauri last November was black and blue while the dress code was formal. AJ Dermer and Georgia Edwards certainly passed muster.
OF PASSING INTEREST: An avid local book collector found this autograph from acclaimed English footballer Frank Lampard, regarded as one of the greatest international midfielders of all time, to one Kenneth inside a volume he’d stumbled across at the local hospice shop in Kaitaia.
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Hot and windy for Kerikeri classic fours BOWLS Kerikeri Bowling Club officials started the new year off in great style by welcoming a good number of teams to the first open tournament of 2017, the PuttsGreen Florist Classic Fours. A report from the day noted this event featured a very different format than usual in consisting of two games of pairs, one of 2x4x2, while the finale was played as a game of fours, all of which were enjoyed by players from Howick, Waitangi, Russell and Kerikeri. “The very hot and windy weather made competition difficult at times and a cold drink at the end of the day proved very welcome!” Host club teams claimed top honours by finishing first, second and third. Overall winners were Becky Papera, Ellaine Albury, Ray Glogoski and Paul Vegar; finishing runners-up were Christine Hodren, Ron Clark, Trish O’Brien and Terry O’Brien;
with Les Sangster, Raymond Gannaway, Alex Reid, and John Upperton claiming third place. As well, a well deserved beautiful bouquet, courtesy of the event sponsor, was presented to Fay Norman from Waitangi for her “sporting and happy attitude to the game and the opposition”. The event report concluded by noting all winners praised the state of the Kerikeri greens and the format of the competition, and were now looking forward to the next open event, the Makana Confections Pairs which is to played in a 2x4x2 open any combo format on Wednesday, January 25.
FIRST PLACEGETTERS: The team of Becky Papera, Ellaine Albury, Ray Glogoski and Paul Vegar won the Classic Fours event at Kerikeri last PICTURE / SUPPLIED weekend.
Days of Sailing . . . Have a Sports cuts Go! to run in Bay of Islands Judgment time
Yachting New Zealand is running the Volvo Sailing . . . Have a Go! programme in the Bay of Islands during the summer holiday. Sailing . . . Have a Go! days will be offered from Paihia Beach from Monday to Wednesday, January 23-25, to give Bay of Islands kids the chance to experience the fun and excitement of sailing, noted YNZ spokeswoman Hana Hielkema. “The event is a one-day introduction to sailing, designed to give kids the opportunity to experience the thrills and spills of sailing in a safe and well managed environment and most importantly, have fun!” Hana said. The programme is open to children aged between eight and 12 years and no prior sailing experience is required while all clothing and equipment is provided. The cost is $28 per child per day. Spaces are limited so anyone interested is advised to register early to secure a spot, “and get out on the water this summer”!
Both judges and non-judges have been invited to attend the Northland Sheep Dog Trial Centre’s judges day which is being held at the Bay of Islands grounds on Mount Te Ahu Ahu near Ohaeawai this coming Sunday. Local judges able to attend were advised to bring their guideline booklet, while non/ intending judges were advised they would be made most welcome. A cup of tea will be available prior to the event set to kick off at 12.30pm. For more information, contact NSDTC judging coordinator Tony Comins (09) 431-6228.
Quiet racing
SETTING SAIL: Yachting New Zealand’s Sailing . . . Have a Go programme — run for local schoolchildren on Lake Ngatu under the guidance of Reuben Corbett last summer — will be held at Paihia during the school holidays later this month. To register, or for more information, contact danika@ yachtingnz.org.nz or call (09)
361-4028. Alternatively, details about the programme can be found on the YNZ website.
The CTRA Ltd Saloon title was not run at Taipa Speedway over the weekend due to lack of entries, with the top contenders reportedly otherwise committed at other motorsport events around the North Island. The club instead held a standard domestic meet — on Sunday as opposed to the initially scheduled date of Saturday — where the turnout was reported as quiet, with ATVs (quad bikes) enjoying the biggest turnout of all grades raced. The next meet at Taipa is set to take place on Saturday, January 21, where the
scheduled feature race will be for the CTRA North Island B-saloon title.
Error
Ryan Johnson was the outstanding goalkeeper for KIS Titans in the NAKFA Cup final on the Kaitaia College top fields on Wednesday, December 21 (not Vinnie Payton as noted in the report on the game in the Age on December 5, Rest of the World claim 7th NAKFA Cup). Age sportsbuster Francis ‘The Offsider’ Malley apologised for the error.
Absolute belter
Anyone wishing to promote their athlete, team, club or code should submit all news — along with return contact details — to The Offsider via landline 408-0330, fax 408-2955. Alternatively, post material to PO Box 45 in Kaitaia, call into our offices in Kaitaia or Kerikeri to discuss, or email sports@northlandage.co.nz
Brothers face off in top eight drift battle ● FROM PAGE 24
excuse in the past. “Yeah, we’re rapt, pretty stoked,” Joe said, waiting to see where the brothers sit once the new standings are updated on the D1NZ website. He admitted he actually had the better run on Saturday, qualifying 6th in Friday’s runoffs thus being ‘byed’ straight into the top 16. Tom on the other hand, qualified 14th so had to battle his way through the field to make the top 16. Joe wasn’t sure which brother had scored the better deal in their respective paths here; clearly the more track time one gets makes such a long-distance haul more enjoyable and worthwhile. The duo even ended up facing off in one of Saturday’s four topeight battles. This had to go in to
a ‘one-more-time run’ after both made mistakes in each of their runs, with Tom eventually taking the win after Joe failed to initiate a drift which left him sitting in seventh spot overall. “Both of our chasing runs were a little bit sloppy. [Then] I snapped an axle on entry and it was game over!” said Joe. “It [Chris Amon] was a mean track but really bad to see when you are chasing, and Tom’s car is a smoke machine,” he laughed. Joe had advanced to battle his sibling after defeating Jodie Verhulst in their top 16 battle when the only female in this year’s series dropped two wheels off during her chase run. Of the battle for top spot which wrapped round 2 up, the event press release noted Steedman led Marshall on the
" It [Chris Amon] was a
mean track but really bad to see when you are chasing, and Tom’s car is a smoke machine." Joe Marshall on his most recent duel with his brother
first run as the margins between the pair ebbed and flowed with the Far North racer holding tight behind through turn one, dropping back through sector two, and hustling to regain carlengths in the final sector. Steedman then went on to hit the clipping points and ran a clean line which ultimately proved to
be the decider, allowing the Tauranga man to celebrate his first victory in the series. “I was stoked with that final battle against Tom Marshall where it was off the hook, and it could’ve gone either way. It must’ve been really close and I’m rapt to take the win,” said Steedman afterwards. His result made it two wins in a row for the RB-powered Nissans after Tauranga stablemate Cole Armstrong claimed victory in round 1 of the series in Dunedin last month. Tom Marshall had advanced to the final after winning a top four battle against Nico Reid when an uncharacteristic failure (later revealed to be caused by clutch issues) by Reid gave the Far North drifter a 10-nil advantage. In the next run, Reid hit the
rear of Marshall’s Silvia, and was sent off at high speed over the grass. The other Northlander competing at Manfeild was ‘Fanga’ Dan Woolhouse who cruised through to a top-eight battle against Darren Kelly, only to get lost in the smoke and fall off the track. The top 10 placegetters from round 2 of the D1NZ at Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon were, David Steedman 1, Tom Marshall 2, Darren Kelly 3, Cole Armstrong 4, Daniel Woolhouse 5, Bruce Tannock 6, Joe Marshall 7, Matty Hill 8, Daynom Templeman 9, Nico Reid 10. ■ The next leg of the series is, at least, a lot closer to home for the Northland crew with round 3 at ASB Baypark Stadium in Tauranga set to take place from February 24-25 as a night event.
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Far North Sporting Headlines in 2016 Part I: January to June JANUARY
7: Jo Arthur is singing in the rain after catching her best ever snapper on 90 Mile Beach, the 7.56kg fish wins her both heaviest snapper and mystery weight prize at the Far North St John Ambulance Family Fishing Contest. A visiting team from the USA takes part in a two-day polocrosse challenge against a number of up-andcoming local riders at Kaikohe. Catching the first surf of 2016 by The Offsider is dedicated to the passing of Lemmy Kilmister, the notorious Motorhead frontman. Kahoe Farms hosts the annual Kahoe Cup tournament, which technically represents the first football tournament to be played in the world each year with the final kicking off at midnight on New Year’s Eve. 12: Local teens feature for the Kurungaituku Toa (Maori secondary schoolgirls) side which draws 3-all with a Tongan U-17 women’s team in Auckland. Various CTRA NZ championships are run at Taipa Speedway, while a highlight sees stalwart Bruce Mallindine presented with life membership of the Taipa Stock and Saloon Car Club. Mitchell Nield marks an emphatic entry to the top flight by winning the Crazy Cross enduro cross and Root 100 extreme enduro titles in Whangarei. 14: Mateja Rose Matijevich wins the gold medal in the 12-year girls division at the Colgate Games in Palmerston North. Going too far: The Offsider’s favourite quotes of 2015. It’s full sail ahead for Waitangi local James Sheldon competing in the Tanner Cup inter-provincials, the Tauranga Cup national (both P-Class events) and the Starling NI championships at Waitangi. Bay of Islands Yacht Club’s Phil McNeill and Craig Gilberd win the Air NZ Javelin South Pacific championship in Australia. Tom Marshall secures third place overall in the second leg of the national drifting championships in Tauranga, brother Joe places 12th. 19: Kaikohe Speedway holds its first meet of the new year. Kaitaia angler Kerry Flowers wins both individual and team titles - the latter with Whangarei’s Jason Kemp - in the national kayak fishing series. A profile of Kaikohe expat Steve Hannon, the founder of the NortyNorfDrift cult, who is now living and competing in the South Island drift series. 21: Kaitaia-born referee Boris Jurlina is named Sportsman of the Year as Age sportsbuster Francis Malley unveils his latest list of Underground Sports Award winners for 2015. Marty Doak claims his fifth pairs title in Far North RSA bowling in as many seasons. Michelle Clark gives the blokes a good run for their money in the ATV (quad bike) class at Kaikohe Speedway. Janna Vaughan from Kawakawa is named in Sean Hogan’s newly contracted New Zealand women’s sevens squad for 2016. 26: Dineca Ross and Mark Purdon have their wedding photo taken at Cable Bay, after the latter had gotten down on one knee to propose at a Kaikohe burnout event the previous year. Hollow words: More of The Offsider’s favourite quotes from 2015. Kaikohe Thunder get the new
BASE JUMPER: Del Rameka is caught out in no man’s land in the Bay of Islands Softball Association’s domestic final at Kaikohe in January.
Far North football clubs who have decided to throw in their lot to form a new North Force merger. 23: The Iron Mahue duathlon in Whangaroa proves a massive success. The planets align for the surfing feds who catch several local breaks on fire when the Police Association national surfing champs are held in the Far North for the second time in the event’s 12-year history. Roy ‘Inchman’ Walker claims the Glyn Quilter Memorial and the Taipa Speedway saloon championship titles in one day. 25: The Bay Marlins juniors make quite the impression by reaching the finals of the mixed U-13 division at the Royal New Zealand Navy Softball Club’s annual championships. The yellowfin tuna have returned to Far North waters after several years’ absence, with 14-year-old Cailee Stewart weighing in a 66.8kg junior record at Houhora.
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BEST FOOT FORWARD: Statues and medals wait to be presented at the Far North Thai Boxing Kaitaia club’s first official fight event in February, Far North Carnage #1.
year off to a winning start in the Super 6 provincial men’s basketball campaign. Tupu King spearheads the charge for a handful of Far North paddlers at the national waka ama sprint champs by claiming first place in the w1 500m and 250m events. Taiamai Tribe teams dominate both men’s and women’s divisions at the Bay of Islands Softball Association finals in Kaikohe. 28: A local boat designed and built by Mark Beauchamp is set to contest the Island Racing B Division in Bay Sailing Week. Success enjoyed by the Fay Oysters and their talented skipper Ruamano Herewini at the national waka ama sprint champs. Ultimate Watermen champion Daniel Kereopa comes north to share tips and techniques with a group of young up-and-coming SUP-ers from the Pukenui Paddlers club. Tegan O’Callaghan is in good stead to claim the NZRCA division II barrel racing title and is also named in the New Zealand team set to contest the annual trans-Tasman high school rodeo challenge against Australia.
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2: Brett Dormer and Brooke Kingi reclaim the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the annual two-day Maori golf tournament at Ahipara. Matt Watson (The TIM Fishing Show) is a special guest at the annual Far North ITM Doubtless Bay Fishing Contest and Auction which raises over $26,000 towards local community projects. Further success for Mitchell Nield in the competitive dirtbike scene where, shortly after becoming a father for the first time, he teams up with Titirangi sparkie Callan May to win round 2 of the Whangarei Two Man Three Hour cross country series.
OF ‘CATS AND DOGS: Local sheep dog Finn patrols the foreshore at Ahipara before the Thundercats jet off in the annual long haul race to Cape Reinga in February. PICTURE / SUPPLIED
Margaret Wildbore achieves the rare distinction of winning the Cooper’s Beach Bowling Club’s singles pairs, triples and fours title in the same season. The Bay of Islands offers a spectacular backdrop for Sailing Week regatta which is this year held in conjunction with the Millennium Cup superyacht regatta. 4: Taari Arnold is pleasantly surprised to be invited to the Arnold Classic invitational powerlifting competition in Melbourne in March. Kaitaia-born Duncan Gilligan and Dodge win the handy dog title at the Tux Yarding Challenge national finals. Taj Broughton from Kaitaia and Kerikeri’s Joe Palmer compete in leg 1 of the Billabong Grom series at Mount Maunganui. Peter ‘Voice of the America’s Cup’ Montgomery tells Bay Sailing Week organisers they have “the best regatta in New Zealand”. 9: Some of the best cowboys and cowgirls in New Zealand arrive in the Far North chasing valuable points on the national standings in their respective divisions before the 2016/17 NZRCA series draws to a close. Locals Les Bore and Callum Mekkelholt represent the Far North on board Ahipara Hard in the annual Thundercats long-distance surfhaul event to the Bluff and back. Paihia’s Crystal Brierly takes on the Capital Classic ocean swim in Wellington. 11: Questions asked whether Falcons will be there raises doubts over the Muriwhenua Falcons’ participation in the breakaway Taitokerau Rugby League championship. Soggy conditions for the Bay of Islands Sheep Dog Trials at Mt Te Ahu Ahu near Ohaeawai; it’s so misty, many competitors on the long head course lose sight of both dog and sheep at the top of the hill.
Local players host a French delegation for the annual international ki-o-rahi challenge at Te Atarauarangihaeata on Waitangi Day. Who’s a cheeky monkey then? is The Offsider’s perspective on the Year of the Wood Goat at the start of the Year of the Red Fire Monkey. 16: Far North Carnage #1 delivers a Muay Thai martial arts spectacle in Kaitaia featuring several fighters on the bill with international experience. Taj Broughton and Joe Palmer compete in leg 2 of the Billabong Grom Series at Whangamata. Football’s wildly successful rebirth in Kaikohe is thanks to the determined efforts of a well organised trio of local enthusiasts. Despite a recent fall where she nearly breaks her arm, veteran Paihia ocean swimmer Sue Rogers is able to complete the Christchurch Crown. A quartet of Russell players win the women’s flight division II title at the Aotearoa National Bowls Championships. Blair Tuke and Peter Burling win their fourth consecutive world 49-er championship, extending their unbeaten and unprecedented string of regatta wins to 24. Awanui make the semi-finals of the national club sevens in Wainuiomata. 18: The game that wasn’t there II reports on how, for the second time this millennium, Far North cricket has fallen into the abyss due to a sheer lack of interest. A fine time is had by all at the Horeke Regatta aqua sports day. Kerikeri’s Alyn George secures a swag of badminton medals at the 2016 Masters Games in Dunedin, including gold in the singles, mixed doubles and men’s doubles, and silver in the tennis mixed doubles, and bronze in the men’s tennis singles and doubles. Kerikeri FC feature amongst a consortium of
1: The inaugural Muriwhenua Nines league tournament attracts seven teams. Kaikohe AFC holds the first of its Football Fun Days and there’s a good turnout as a handful of dedicated enthusiasts to reanimate the round-ball game in the Mid North. The first day of the provincial scholastics surfing championships takes place in fine conditions at Sandy Bay. The hammer comes down at Waimea by The Offsider covers a landmark big-wave event at Waimea, the Eddie Aikau invitational. Kaitaia restaurant owner Daniel Fasnacht wants to promote floorball both nationally and closer to home after managing the New Zealand men’s team to a relatively hapless campaign at the World Floorball Championships for the Asia Oceania region in Thailand. 3: The Kaikohe Lions are dedicating the upcoming domestic campaign to teammate Heemi Nai Hare Tairua who passed away over summer. The Marshall brothers make the top 16 at Hampton Downs, round 4 of the D1NZ national series. Snapper prove difficult to find on the 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club event. 8: Kaitaia drivers dominate proceedings at a burnout event in Kaikohe. The William Webb Ellis Trophy aka the rugby world cup begins its nationwide tour of secondary schools at Kaitaia College, all part of an initiative to promote the game to an age group in which numbers are starting to redline to dangerously low levels. Kerikeri’s Lisa Mather is selected in the 24-strong New Zealand secondary school netball team. 10: Ahipara reclaims the 12th Radz Challenge off Muriwai in convincing fashion, a result which makes it 7-5 overall in favour of the Auckland angling fraternity. Kohukohu-born and bred James Fisher Harris makes the Penrith Panthers NRL first grade team. Kerikeri High School is represented by several teams in various cricket tournaments at both domestic and regional level. 15: Paul Visschers wins the traditional pre-cursor to the Snapper Bonanza by reeling in a 10.69kg fish which some believe may have completely hexed his chances at ● CONTINUED PAGE 21
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taking out the Bonanza main prize. Speaking of which, organisers are pleased to report a last-minute “boom” in ticket sales. Having thousands of dollars worth of big game fishing gear stolen on opening day fails to prevent the Houhora One Base from being one of the most memorable of recent years. Return to the scene of the crime by The Offsider. 17: Kyle Chen records a convincing win over two times junior Australian champion, Kewa King, at an amateur boxing event in Hamilton. Roy Walker earns another feather in his cap by taking out the CTRA North Island Limited Saloon title at Dargaville. Junior members of the Nga Papahu Swim Club record a number of outstanding results at the Rising Stars meet in Kawakawa. 22: James Benge survives a nervous three-and-a-half day wait to take out the Snapper Bonanza event’s major prize of $30,000 (plus another $2,000 for reeling in the biggest fish of day two) with a 8.165kg specimen, while Awanui teacher Renee Sauer is left dumbfounded upon being drawn as major lucky prize winner of a Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 ute. A visit by Californian martial artist Kathy Long goes down a treat with local students of the Kaitaia and Kawakawa dojos of the Kiaido Ryu Martial Arts Club. Bradley Lanigan and Tegan O’Callaghan pick up NZRCA rookie champion steer wrestling and junior barrel racing titles respectively at the national prizegiving event. 24: Mt Albert Grammar gives the local Kaitaia College boys a lesson in Auckland 1st XV rugby. Rugby League Northland names its Adam Blair XIII rep side but Kaitaia College players are conspicuous by their absence. The 2016 BDO Tour of Northland cycles through Russell and Kaikohe. Crystal Brierly enjoys lush water conditions in the penultimate event of the New Zealand Ocean Swim series, the Sand to Surf at Mt Maunganui. 31: A round up on the Easter Stampede and CTRA title racing at Kaikohe Speedway (featuring plenty of spectacular rollovers) and the Easter Rodeo at the Peria A&P Saleyards.
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5: A vehement backlash by local boardriders forces Surf2Surf to stop streaming footage of 24/7 conditions from Ahipara pointbreaks. 7: Local iwi backs North Country Boardriders club over anti-surfcam stance. Sue Rogers achieves her objective to swim six of the seven legs on the 2015/16 New Zealand Ocean Swim series at the King of the Bays at Takapuna. The TRL season officially opens with double-headers at Waipapakauri and Taheke. All Far North senior football teams get their respective Northland campaigns underway in winning fashion (bar the draw in the women’s prem div derby between Kaitaia and Kaikohe at Taipa). Champions Kerikeri continue where they left off, with a comfortable 32-12 win over Ohaeawai in the opening game of the Bay of Islands senior club rugby season. 12: , Kaitaia College 1st XIII claims the Adam Blair Trophy by winning the final of the provincial schoolboys championship, beating Whangarei College 16-0. In its return to Mangonui rugby, Panguru draws with Te Rarawa at Rally Day but Rarawa coach Rikki Horlock is not impressed with the physicality Panguru bring to the game nor the referees’ inaction in regards player safety. Over 1,000 schoolchildren take part in the first ever WeetBix Kids TRYathlon in Northland, held on a very, very wet Sunday in Waitangi. 14: Elleanor Kelly makes some major sacrifices in order to represent New Zealand at the 2016 Australian National Gymnastics Championships. Christchurch man Shaun Jones wins the Harcourts Waitangi Pro Am.
LOCALS ONLY: A Far North surfer negotiates a late drop during a fine spell of swell on the east coast towards the end of summer. In April, the Ahipara-based North Country Boardriders celebrated successfully opposing the installation of a surf cam showing the 24/7 surf conditions at the Ahipara pointbreaks on the Surf2Surf website. ABLAZE: Autumn colour on SH10 leading into Kaeo in May.
KICK FOR TOUCH: Southern Smith kicks off for Otaua Valleys in the opening day of the Taitokearu Rugby League senior club competition against Moerewa Tigers at Taheke in early April. The inaugural season proved very successful, but wasn’t without teething problems particularly with far more games than organisers would have liked ending up called off by brawling players and spectators, and referee abuse. PICTURE / DEBBIE BEADLE
19: Ian MacKinnon and Tess win the long head event at the Broadwood leg of the Northland Sheep Dog Trial circuit. 21: The similarities were endless by The Offsider. 28: Ryan Colquhoun claims the 2016 Northern Queen Trophy in pumping waves at Tauroa Point. The Marshall brothers finish inside the top 10 of the D1NZ national drifting championships. Russell windsailor Bruce Trotter defends his national raceboard title at Murray’s Bay.
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3: The headline game of a double header (Kaikohe vs Muriwhenua) from the Taitokerau Rugby League competition in Kaikohe is abandoned after players and spectators begin brawling. 5: Competitors enjoy good conditions for the inaugural Ladies Fishing Competition run from Taipa Tavern. Former Mangonui Rugby Union president Percy Erceg is presented with life membership to the New Zealand Maori Rugby Board. 10: Sounds like some joker whistling by The Offsider. The first game of the Iwi Origin sees Ngapuhi beat Muriwhenua 26-24 in Kaikohe, curtainraised by a women’s clash. 12: Business is booming for Bay of Islands Hockey winter season in Kaikohe with junior numbers up, senior numbers also growing, and Auckland hockey exponent Colin Chester donating a batch of second hand sticks to cater to the growing demand for the game in the area. 19: The King siblings, Rose and Tupu, along with mum Ngaire, are again the vanguard for a successful contingent of Far North paddlers at the world waka ama sprint champs on the Sunshine Coast in Australia. Kaikohe netball celebrates opening its newly refurbished courts. 26: Abundance of swell to go round by The Offsider [features on the back page too, a rare occurrence]. Paulo Montino from Chile starts fundraising to take his Football
Mania under-12 side on a tour to his homeland in 2017. Things appear to be on the up for the provincial benchlifting scene with a high standard witnessed at the Northland championships in Dargaville. 31: Muriwhenua wins the second leg of three in the Iwi Origin series at Waipapakauri, comfortably beating Ngaphui 58-28. Eastern become the first side to beat Mangonui champions Awanui in four seasons, a 23-22 win at Taipa proving the upset of the year in provincial club rugby.
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2: Kaitaia Croquet Club stalwart Pauline Ford is presented with a prize for striking a croquet ball with her mallet with so much power it ended up splitting apart. 7: The North Zone wins the reanimated Johnny Isaacs Memorial tournament in Kawakawa. Taipa Speedway enjoys a great turnout of drivers and spectators - “Shades of the past,” notes local motorsport commentator Carole Teixeira - for a very memorable Queen’s Birthday Weekend meet. Another fight breaks out in a TRL senior game, this time between Otaua Valleys and the Pawarenga Broncos near the end of the first game in a double-header at Taheke, forcing referee Willy Maihi to call the match off early. 16: Kaikohe the site for that mind-blowing wavepool by The Offsider. Fish are in plentiful supply for the annual Kahawai Bonanza mid winter competition . The Super 8 domestic basketball competition is in full swing up at Te Puna Ora, the gym belonging to Kaitaia kura Te Rangi Aniwaniwa. 21: Cyclists are over the moon with conditions for the 6th annual Cape2Kaitaia Cycle Challenge ride while Stuart Holder is first home, completing the 115km distance in 2 hours 54 minutes.” 23: Ahipara provides a perfect canvas in delivering a pumping swell for the third and final event on the Northland secondary schools surfing series. A one-day soccer tournament for Year 7/8 students at Arnold
Rae Park indicates, according to some loc al commentators, the end of a longstanding cold war between the Northern Football Federation (representing the Empire) and the Kaitaia United AFC organisation (the Rebel Alliance). 28: Okaihau pool shark Ash Klenner claims the FNPA men’s singles title. Little local action in football with a number of fixtures called off through waterlogged pitches, bad weather and - contentiously Whangarei teams allowed to pull out of initially-scheduled games. Two junior members of the Far North Thai Boxing Kaitaia organisation, Lfah Trego 9, and David Halkyard 11, will represent New Zealand at a youth world kickboxing event in Thailand later in the year. Bay College students continue to standout in Northland secondary schools table tennis competition. ■ Part II, July to December, will feature in Thursday’s edition, space permitting. The two features represent part of Age sportsbuster Francis ‘The Offsider’ Malley’s annual wrap of sport on local, regional and international fronts. Other articles in the series include the Underground Sports Awards, The Offsider’s favourite quotes of the year and his perspective of the past 12 months timed to run in line with Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Summer open draws players TENNIS
Summer time is tennis time and while Auckland has the ASB Classic attracting international superstars of the game like the Williams sisters, Kaitaia has its Summer Open, a squash and tennis tournament which attracts dozens of out-of-towners to the Far North to compete against local players including the likes of ex-pat homegrown sporting hero Shelley Kitchen. As it transpired, the main event of the 2017 Summer Open, the men’s doubles tennis final, was won by Terry Mitchell (Kamo) and Alastair Steward (Silverdale). The duo beat Sion Wiggon (North Shore) and Neil Rossin (Henderson) 16-15 then 16-3 from a field 15 teams contesting the title. The women’s title was contested by four teams and was taken out by local ladies Julie Carnachan and Larnee Savill over a round-robin format (ie. as opposed to progressing through to play for the title in a final). The aforementioned Wiggon was one of the main talking points of the day, in contesting both squash and tennis titles. The men’s tennis final had to be delayed while Wiggon — a top junior player for the Northern region back in the day — went about claiming the open squash title by beating Aaron
SUMMER STANDOUTS: Terry Mitchell (Kamo) and Alastair Steward (Silverdale) claimed the men’s tennis title at the open event at Kaitaia. ALL-ROUNDER: Sion Wiggon from Auckland’s North Shore impressed while playing in both tennis and squash divisions at the annual Summer Open tournament in Kaitaia on Saturday.
Kopittke 3-1. It appears the effort may have cost as Mitchell and Steward rolled over Wiggon with Rossin in relatively comfortably fashion in the tennis final. Earlier, Rossin beat partner Shelley Kitchen in the 3rd/4th place playoff in the squash. There were 30
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entries in the squash section, approximately half the number which contested the title in 2015. Organisers noted this year’s event was smaller than previous tournaments which was put down to the manner in which the stat holidays fell over the Christ-
mas holiday break this year. There were still plenty of top prizes up for grabs for all the top placegetters thanks to the support from local businesses while the club dished up the traditional banquet feast at the end of the day for all participants.
Year’s top efforts celebrated at Kaitaia BRIDGE
The Kaitaia Bridge Club held its annual Christmas get-together, breakup lunch and end-of-year prizegiving recently at the Church Road Bowling Club. The Kaitaia golf ladies catered for the great lunch while Tupu Campbell, Danny Campbell and Cedric Davies provided the entertainment, before KBC president Ngaire Wright presented the following tournament winners with their trophies and prize money. FRIDAY MORNING TOURNAMENTS. Ward Pairs Trophy: Trish Yates, (and) Bev Currie 1 (e.g. champions), Selwyn and Dawn Hargreaves 2 (e.g. runners up). Trayes Salver: Sandy Joe.
What d’you know? (1)What sign of the zodiac is represented by a goat?
LADY DOUBLE DEALERS: Beryl Smith (right) is presented with the Kaitaia Bridge Club’s Most Improved Player of the Year plate by her president, Ngaire Wright. PICTURE / SUPPLIED
(2) Where is golf thought to have originated?
Broadbent Trophy: S Hargreaves, Evelyn Bradley 1, Dennis Urlich, Julie Carnachan 2. Rubi Hart Tournament (two cups): E Bradley, Leona Campbell 1, Ann Kitchen, Ngaire Wright 2. Jack Simms Trophy: Dennis Urlich, Bruce Thom 1, E Bradley, Adele Gardner 2. Pat Parker Cup: Bruce Thom, John Harrington 1, Stella Julian, Beryl Smith 2. Nan Andrews Pairs (two plates): L Campbell, Julie Frost. Pat Hoskin Salver: Shirley Crabtree. John Foster Trophy: E Bradley L Campbell 1, Alex McFie, B Currie 2. Kaitaia Pairs Trophy: J Frost Jan Werner 1, Lennie Maisey, John Harrington 2. Championship Pairs Cup: E Bradley L Campbell. Championship Handicap Pairs Cup: S Joe D Urlich.
(3) A baby owl is called an owlet. True or false? (4) Which of Japan’s islands is the largest? (5) Where would you find a tine? (6) Footscray is a suburb of which Australian city?
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(7) What is the Maori word for the number seven? (8) Who went by the nickname Satchmo? (9) Where are the Dolomite Mountains? (10)How many Olympic gold medals did Peter Snell win? Answers appear on previous page
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RIDING INTO BATTLE: Northland rep Richard Pittam (in grey, playing for the Dargaville-based Aranga team) jostles for the ball against Te Mata rival in the annual twoday Polocrosse Carnival at the Kaikohe A&P Showgrounds on Saturday. A report from the weekend tournament, which officially opened the 2017 North Island summer circuit, will feature in Thursday’s edition.
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their women’s cup title by beating Auckland 10-12. As well, men’s plate final: Manawatu 35 Auckland 14, men’s bowl final: Wellington beat North Harbour by default, and women’s plate final: Wellington 21 Waikato 17. The Bay of Plenty tournament represented the final opportunity for teams to prepare ahead of the two day Bayleys National Sevens, which kick off on this Saturday at Rotorua International Stadium.
WHAT D’YOU KNOW? ANSWERS: (1) Capricorn (2) Scotland (3) True (4) Honshu (5) On a fork (6) Melbourne (7) Whitu (8) Louis Armstrong (9) Italy (10) Three
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SOLUTIONS #24 ACROSS: 7. ASTRAY, 8. URCHIN, 9. CLAD, 10. NEURITIS, 11. IMPLODE, 13. ABHOR, 15. FLAWS, 17. HUMERUS, 20. BITUMENS, 21. TOWN, 22. PELLET, 23. DEFEAT. DOWN: 1. ASYLUM, 2. TROD, 3. CYANIDE, 4. CUT UP, 5. SCRIBBLE, 6. LIBIDO, 12. LAWFULLY, 14. SUBSIDE, 16. LOITER, 18. UNWRAP, 19. DEITY, 21. TIFF.
record personal best times there including Gregory, Meltzer, Thomson, Stokes, Rush, Manu and Lawabuka. “Thanks heaps for all the management doing the mahi over the Christmas period, it’s been awesome and the boys have really bought in to our culture this year. Lets keep it up.” ■ The 2017 Bay of Plenty Provincial Sevens Tournament kicked off sevens action for the new year at Blake Park on Saturday. The field featured current provincial sevens titleholders Taranaki, last year’s Bayleys national sevens winners Counties Manukau, and a Samoan Barbarians side laden with talent. There was a Far North flavour in the two Bay of Plenty men’s sides competing for tournament honours with the Blue team featuring Matt Clutterbuck from Broadwood, and the Gold side coached by Whatuwhiwhi’s Zar Lawrence. Other results from the day saw Waikato emerge victorious in the cup final by 26-14 over the Samoa Barbarians, while 2016 national champions Manawatu defended
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Taniwha show class at Mount The players in the Northland Taniwha team acquitted themselves well at the 2017 Bay of Plenty Provincial Sevens Tournament at Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Northland’s results from pool play (Pool B) included a loss to Counties Manukau 10-26, followed by wins over Taranaki 29-12, and hosts Bay of Plenty Blue 20-14 respectively. This propelled the team into the cup semifinals where it lost to the Samoa Barbarians 29-0. The Barbarians are an international side who are coached by former New Zealand men’s sevens team coach, Sir Gordon Tietjens. In the Northland team were Adam Simpson, Aorangi Stokes, Brady Rush, Dane Subritzky-Clark, Epineri Uluiviti, Isaac O'Grady, Jayden Laupepe, Kyle Thomson, Matt Matich, Noah Cooper, Scott Gregory, Taniela Manu, Whiria Meltzer and Wisea Lawabuka. Before leaving for the Mount, the team underwent Broncos testing and coach Peter Nock noted several boys were stoked to
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TUESDAY Jan 10
6.00 Hyundai Country Calendar (G) 6.30 Neighbourhood (G) 7.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (G) 8.00 Jo Frost Family Matters (G) 9.00 Ellen DeGeneres (G) 10.00 Tipping Point (G) 11.00 The Chase Australia (G) 12.00 Emmerdale (PGR) 1.00 Location, Location, Location (G) 2.00 Kiwi Living (G) 3.00 Tipping Point (G) 3.55 Te Karere 4.25 Hot Seat (G) 5.00 The Chase (G) 6.00 1 News 7.00 Pound Pups To Dog Stars (G) 7.30 Animals And Love (New, G) 8.35 The Secret Life Of Four Year Olds (Final, G) The four-year-olds are joined by some new faces. 9.40 Domino’s Pizza: A Slice Of Life (G) 10.40 Major Crimes (AO) 11.40 Allegiance (AO) 12.35 Te Karere 1.00 Infomercials (G) 5.35 Te Karere
6.00 Creflo 6.30 Children’s Programs. 8.35 Disney Junior: Goldie & Bear (G) 9.00 Infomercials (G) 10.30 According To Jim (G) 11.00 Step By Step (G) 11.30 Melissa & Joey (G) 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres (PGR) 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (AO) 2.00 Judge Rinder (PGR) 2.55 Ground Floor (PGR) 3.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos (G) 3.50 Film: Gnomeo & Juliet (2011, G) 5.30 The Simpsons (PG) 6.00 Big Bang (G) 7.00 Reno Rumble (G) 8.00 Motorway Patrol (G) 8.30 Sensing Murder (AO) 10.00 Medical Mysteries 11.00 Two And A Half Men (PGR) 11.30 Empire (AO) 12.30 The Last Ship 1.20 One Big Happy (Final, PGR) 1.45 Infomercials (G) 2.50 Revenge (AO) 4.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos (G) 4.45 Baby Daddy (PGR) 5.30 Infomercials (G)
6.00 Infomercials (G) 7.00 Sticky TV (G) 9.00 Rachael Ray (G) 10.00 Infomercials (G) 11.30 Baggage 12.00 The Biggest Loser: Challenge Australia (G) 1.00 Film: The Husband She Met Online (2013, PGR) 3.00 Entertainment Tonight (G) 3.25 Film: Big Miracle (2012, G) 5.25 The Best Of Family Feud (G) 6.00 Newshub Live Comprehensive coverage of global and local news. 7.00 The Block (PGR) Hosted by Scott Cam. 8.05 Film: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li. A pair of married adventurers team up with their son to battle a resurrected Chinese emperor. 10.25 Newshub Late 10.55 The Night Shift (AO) 11.50 Infomercials (G)
6.30 Pukoro (G) 7.00 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha (G) 7.30 Pukana (G) 8.00 Miharo (G) 8.30 Te Kaea 9.00 Fresh (G) 9.30 Kai Time (G) 10.00 Korero Mai (G) 11.00 Toku Reo (G) 12.00 Korero Mai (G) 1.00 Toku Reo (G) 2.00 Opaki (G) 2.30 Ako 3.00 City Slickers Rodeo (G) 3.30 Nga Pari Karangaranga (G) 4.00 Iwi Anthems (G) 4.30 The Stage – Haka Fusion (G) 5.00 Kapa Haka Regionals 2016 (G) 5.30 Te Kaea 6.00 Pukoro (G) 6.20 Kete Korero (G) 6.30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha (G) 7.00 KTK - Next Level (G) 7.30 Kai Ora (G) 8.00 Native Affairs - Summer Series 8.30 Venus And Serena (PGR) Follows tennis champions, the Williams sisters. 10.20 Media Take 10.50 Te Kaea 11.20 Te Kauta (PGR) 11.50 Close
6.00 NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats. 8.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Week 1. Highlights. 8.30 NBL. New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers. 9.00 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 10.00 Soccer. A-League. Central Coast Mariners v Sydney FC. 12.00 NZ Football Weekly 12.30 Cricket. Big Bash League. Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades. 1.00 Cricket. Twenty20 Super Smash. Grand final. 1.30 Tennis. Brisbane International. Final. Replay. 2.00 Golf Central 3.00 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 4.00 NZ Football Weekly 4.30 NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats. 6.30 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 7.30 Fox Sports News 8.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Uyuni to Salta. Highlights. 8.30 Fight Night On SKY 10.30 NBL. Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats. 12.30 Late Programs
WEDNESDAY Jan 11
WHAT’S ON TV...
6.00 Hyundai Country Calendar (G) 6.30 Neighbourhood (G) 7.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (G) 8.00 Jo Frost Family Matters (PGR) 9.00 Ellen DeGeneres (G) 10.00 Tipping Point (G) 11.00 The Chase Australia (G) 12.00 Emmerdale (PGR) 1.00 Coronation Street (PGR) 2.00 Kiwi Living (G) 2.55 Tipping Point (G) 3.55 Te Karere 4.25 Millionaire Hot Seat (G) 5.00 The Chase (G) 6.00 1 News 7.00 MasterChef Australia (G) 8.05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces Specials (Final) Eccentric caravan and campervans. 9.05 Underage And On The Stage 10.10 800 Words (AO) 11.10 Film: Shackleton’s Captain (2012, PGR) Craig Parker. 1.05 Te Karere 1.30 Infomercials (G) 5.35 Te Karere
6.00 Creflo 6.30 Children’s Programs. 8.35 Disney Junior: Goldie & Bear 9.00 Infomercials (G) 10.30 According To Jim (G) 11.00 Step By Step (G) 11.30 Melissa & Joey (G) 12.00 Ellen DeGeneres (PGR) 1.00 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (AO) 2.00 Judge Rinder (G) 2.55 Ground Floor (PGR) 3.25 America’s Funniest Home Videos (Final, G) 3.50 Film: Planes (2013, G) 5.35 The Simpsons (PG) 6.00 Big Bang (PGR) 7.00 Reno Rumble (G) 8.00 Dr. Ken (Final, PGR) 8.30 Film: Semi-Pro (2008, AO) 10.15 Two And A Half Men (PGR) 10.45 Mom (PGR) 11.15 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (PGR) 11.45 Manhattan Love Story (PGR) 12.10 Mistresses (PGR) 1.00 Benched (Final, AO) 1.50 Infomercials (G) 2.50 Revenge (AO) 4.20 America’s Funniest Home Videos (G) 4.45 Baby Daddy (G) 5.30 Infomercials (G)
6.00 Infomercials (G) 7.00 Sticky TV (G) 9.00 Rachael Ray (G) 10.00 Infomercials (G) 11.30 Baggage 12.00 The Biggest Loser: Challenge Australia (G) 1.00 Film: Not With His Wife (2015, PGR) 2.55 Entertainment Tonight (G) 3.25 Film: The Tale Of Despereaux (2008, G) 5.25 The Best Of Family Feud (G) 6.00 Newshub Live 7.00 The Block (PGR) Hosted by Scott Cam. 8.05 Film: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White And Blonde (2003, PGR) Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson. A sassy postgrad juggles her demanding career as a lawyer and the preparations for her wedding. 10.00 Newshub Late A late-night mix of news, entertainment and pop culture. 10.30 NCIS: Los Angeles (AO) 11.25 Infomercials (G)
6.30 Pukoro (G) 7.00 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha (G) 7.30 Pukana (G) 8.00 Miharo (G) 8.30 Te Kaea 9.00 Fresh (G) 9.30 Kai Time (G) 10.00 Korero Mai (G) 11.00 Toku Reo (G) 12.00 Korero Mai (G) 1.00 Toku Reo (G) 2.00 Opaki (G) 2.30 Ako 3.00 Whare Taonga (G) 3.30 Nga Pari Karangaranga (G) 4.00 Iwi Anthems (G) 4.30 Pumanawa Celebrating Maori In Business (G) 5.00 Kapa Haka Regionals 2016 (G) 5.30 Te Kaea 6.00 Pukoro (G) 6.20 Kete Korero (G) 6.30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha (G) 7.00 Ahorangi Next Generation (PGR) 7.30 Cafe Niugini (PGR) 8.00 The Political Game (PGR) 8.30 Waka Huia (G) 9.00 Waiata (G) 9.30 Iti Pounamu (AO) New Zealand short films. 10.00 Koroua (G) 10.30 Te Kaea 11.00 Te Kauta (PGR) 11.30 Close
6.00 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 7.00 The Golf Fix 8.00 School Of Golf 9.00 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 10.00 Fox Sports News 10.30 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix. 11.00 NZ Premiership Football Highlights Show 11.30 Cricket Show 12.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers. 3.30 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix. 4.00 Cricket. Twenty20 Super Smash. Grand final. 7.30 Cricket Show 8.00 Motor Racing. Dakar Rally. Salta to Chilecito. Highlights. 8.30 Golf. USPGA Tour. Tournament of Champions. Highlights. 9.30 Fox Sports News 10.00 Tennis. Brisbane International. Final. Replay. 12.30 NBL. NZ Breakers v Adelaide 36ers. 1.00 Soccer. A-League. Perth Glory v Wellington Phoenix. 1.30 NZ Premiership Football Highlights Show 2.00 Late Programs
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Age Sport
Sibling rivalry hits all-time high MOTORSPORT
Two Far North brothers have locked down their most successful weekend ever in four years of campaigning on the national drifting series. In the finale of round 2 of the Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship at Fielding’s Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon on Saturday, Tom Marshall battled his way through the field to claim second place overall, while younger brother Joe finished seventh from a field of 24 in the main event. Back at work at ATJ Autoparts yesterday, Joe noted Tom ended up losing a narrow and intense battle for the top spot to Team DSR’s Dave Steedman from Tauranga. Otherwise, both were pretty lit up from the weekend’s efforts, a credit to two superkeen racers considering they have no proper local facility to practise on. While this puts them somewhat on the backfoot compared with many of the other top contenders in this year’s championship, neither have never used that as an
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS: Kerikeri drifting brothers Tom and Joe Marshall battling each other in near identical Nissan Sylvias after qualifying for the top eight in the second leg of the Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship at Fielding’s Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon on Saturday.
PICTURE / GUY MAXWELL, MAD MAX PHOTOGRAPHY
Karikari Peninsula - $345,000
Karikari Peninsula - $380,000
Rangiputa - $755,000
A very tidy 2 bdrm open plan home situated in a quiet cul-de-sac with sea views. Single gge, boat parking & 900 m2 section. Great holiday home or permanent residence.
Beach So Close In the desirable location of Perehipe beach is this 3 bedroom house with superb sea views. One property away from the beach. Modern, extensive decks, large garage.
Stunning Clifftop Views Stunning views of the Rangaunu Harbour from this modern holiday home. Will easily sleep 12. 600m2 section.
View by appointment rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21143 www.rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21143 adams@raywh te com Jane Adams 027 7334415 (09) 4067477 jane jane.adams@raywhite.com
View by appointment rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG20966 www.rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG20966 50 jean mciver@raywh te.com Jean McIver 0276 150 925 (09) 406 1150 jean.mciver@raywhite.com
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
View by appointment, 21 Motutara Drive rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21054 www.rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21054 Jean Mc McIver 0276 150 925 (09) 406 1150 jean.mciver@raywhite.com Rose May 021 61 62 63 (09) 406 1530 rose.may@raywhite.com
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
Mangonui - LIFESTYLE LIVING with Coastal Views
Coopers Beach - $90,000
Coopers Beach - Section - There is more!
1.1522ha perfectly positioned elevated block with a rural vista, water views of Mangonui Harbour & beyond to Doubtless Bay.
Location & Views 839sqm (more or less) north facing elevated section. Easy walk to the Coopers Beach shopping centre, Coopers Beach & bowling club. Power/phone/sewage and is priced to sell.
Fully serviced 642m2 section (covenants apply) site has been engineered to a level section with a retaining wall & boundary fenced.
For or Sale $230,000 View by appointment www.rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21146 rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21146 Glenda Turner 0274 585 920 g glenda.turner@raywhite.com enda.turner@raywh te.com
View by appointment www.rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21158 rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21158 Ro May 021 61 62 63 rose.may@raywhite.com Rose
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For or Sale $178,000 View V ew by appointment /MNG21145 rwmangonui.co.nz /MNG21145 www.rwmangonui.co.nz Glenda Turner 0274 585 920 glenda.turner@raywhite glenda.turner@raywhite.com com
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
Herekino
Kaitaia
Kaitaia
Peaceful Country Charm 37.8806ha approx. in 2 titles. Relocated by the current owners is this well presented 3 bedroom home.
A World of your Own 9.7885 hectares more or less of privacy, tranquility sun & elevation. Short commute to Kaitaia.
Something Country/Something Practical Upgraded 3 bedroom home with great open plan kitchen, dining and living area.
Set e Date of Sale 30th March, 2017 at 4.00 p.m. (unless sold prior), 369 Diggers Valley Road rwkaitaia.co.nz /KAA22273 www.rwkaitaia.co.nz /KAA22273 Bar ow 0274 422 032 (09) 408 2900 john.barlow@raywhite.com John Barlow
or Sale $140,000 plus GST if any For View by appointment, Fairburn Road www.rwkaitaia.co.nz rwkaitaia.co.nz /KAA22154 /KAA22154 John Barlow 0274 422 032 (09) 408 2900 john.barlow@raywhite.com
Price on Application View by appointment, 470 Mangatoetoe Road rwkaitaia.co.nz /KAA22208 www.rwkaitaia.co.nz /KAA22208 ow@raywhite.com John Barlow 0274 422 032 (09) 408 2900 john.bar john.barlow@raywhite.com
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
LICENSED (REAA 2008)
Far North Circle Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 Commerce St Kaitaia Ph 408 2900 7 Beach Rd Mangonui Ph 406 0579