Kaipara Lifestyler, August 31 2001

LIFESTYLER

August 31 2011

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Star Link to Cancer Appeal

by Paul Campbell

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Ruawai Primary School’s garden

A former Te Kopuru resident local is doing her bit to raise awareness of breast cancer on the international stage, with the possibility of featuring on television’s Ellen de Generes Show Now based in Melbourne, Dee Koenigsmann is the eldest daughter of Barry and Robyn Searle of Dargaville, who lost another daughter, Sonya, to breast cancer three years ago.

Dee is a key figure in an international approach to fund-raising for cancer, at a time when many thousands of dollars are still coming in as part of the National Bank Daffodil Day Appeal here in New Zealand.

So far Dee has painted three ‘bassieres’ for ‘The Painted Bra Art Project’.

The founder of the project, Anna Braden, from Huntsville, Alabama, thought painting bras was a novel way to raise awareness of breast cancer. It has caught on and been featured on United States TV stations, magazines and newspapers.

The project will close on September 22 and all the artwork will be up for auction in October with all proceeds going to the Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Foundation.

Dee was asked by the founder, Anna, to paint the Ellen Bra, with the hope of The Painted Bra Art Project getting on the Ellen de Generes Show.

So far Ellen likes Dee’s artwork and she Dee Koenigsmann with some of her work completed for ‘The Painted Bra Art Project’ is still waiting to hear back whether it will feature on the show. If so, Dee will fly to the US and be part of into the causes and treatment of cancer, provide free support to that event. cancer patients, their families and caregivers and enable education While the international fundraiser continues, collections continue and prevention programmes to be set up in the community for last Week’s Daffodil Day with organisers hoping for a substantial You can still donate on-line or at any branch of the National boost to research coffers from the country’s largest national Bank. fundraising day for cancer research, patient and family support and For more about Dee’s international project, contact facebook education in New Zealand.

‘The Painted Bra Art Project’ or email Anna Braden direct at The money raised from Daffodil Day is used to fund vital research annabraden@comcast.net

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‘Finding Mr Teddy’

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Dargaville gears up for RWC With the Rugby World Cup less than two weeks away, local businesses are preparing to ‘paint it red’, with Japan, Tonga and Canada playing in Northland.

Dargaville Club have their flags representing the 20 countries that represented in the event.

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“We are really excited, with our big screen TV to watch the games live and we will be open seven days from 2.00pm. The Dargaville Club welcomes new members,” said Dargaville Club, vice president, Craig Clement.

Dargaville Business Forum is currently driving

Ruawai Primary School’s garden

for membership and are encouraging businesses to join in and ‘paint the town red’.

“We are hoping the community and businesses will support the tournament,“ said Distinction Jewellers’ owner, Brian Burnett.

Sue Taylor from the Kauri Info Centre said, “I’ve had my flags up for the last four weeks.

Flags can be ordered for anyone who is interested for $29.95; also available is ‘paint it red’ tape and starter window packs for window displays.

Let’s turn everything red.”

To get your promotional material contact Sue, phone 09 439 8360 or email kauriinfo@xtra.co.nz.

Ruawai Primary School room six class getting ready to garden

Students have been busy preparing and creating environmental gardens. Each class has been allocated a garden bed and can grow whatever plants they want.

“We built the garden beds, filled them with sand and soil. Our garden shed was delivered by Total Span and we had to build a concrete base and now we are building our shed,” said room six students, Sophie Blundell and Zac Cooley.

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“Ruawai Transport delivered wood chips to go around our gardens; first we laid down newspaper then carted chips onto it. This was fun — they cover the mud and save our feet,” said Zac. “Dylan Thompson built our strawberry box with his helpers Riley Battcher, David Sanford and Zane Russell. We will be planting some strawberries in it soon. A worm farm eats our food scraps. Their castings will be added to our gardens. So will our compost.

“We have put cabbages, tomatoes, lettuces and seeds in our poly house. These will be planted in our gardens when the temperature is alright for them.” said Sophie.

Each class has an environmental programme researching different areas, from a butterfly garden area, library garden, planter boxes, and sensory garden to an orchard. A journey has been created through pictures and articles, looking back and seeing the changes that are continually taking place.

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AUGUST 31 - 2011

Minister supports education project

by Paul Campbell

The move by Dargaville High School to introduce agricultural courses for students from Russia is going ahead, with all support from the government, short of finance “The scheme is firmly in place for Dargaville, but we will have more work to do for it to roll out around the country,” said DHS community liaison officer, Robina Needham, who is also project coordinator.

She and project supporters from a wide community base hope the courses, based on the school and local farms, for students from Russia, will spread across the other rural schools in the country.

Central government support has come from Tertiary Education Minister, Steven Joyce, although financial support is not in his budget at present. He visited the school last week to discuss the project.

“The upshot was that while we enjoy the full support of the government, we need to look National’s Northland candidate, Mike Sabin, with further at financial considerations, MP Steven Joyce and National party member, Neil Clements said Ms Needham.

“This may take the form of a benevolent agricultural equipment, including a complete corporate partner, as we are not in the business herringbone cow shed. of making a profit on the project. It is based on “The education scheme is expected to further volunteers and the community, so we don’t want open up trade and commercial opportunities,” someone on board looking for a percentage- Ms Needham said. based profit at the end of the day.”

In the meantime, the first intake of Russian students from the Leningrad region in Russia is on track to come to the Kaipara early next year. & Takeaway Bar This follows a series of exchange visits between here and Leningrad by Ms Needham ◆ Still the cheapest and best and delegations of business leaders from Russia who came here to look at the regions’ agricultural ◆ Baked fresh daily and horticultural industries and the opportunities ◆ Easy parking for education.

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A link with the Kaipara New infrastructure manager for the Kaipara District Council, Hugh Hulse was born at Otahuhu with a link to the district — his father hailed from Tokatoka “I was educated at Auckland Boys Grammar and I had a passion for engineering and joined Auckland City Council as a young engineer’s assistant enjoying a range of civil and drainage works,” said Hugh.

“A mechanical upgrade at the local abattoir was particularly interesting and set the scene for a period of self employment within the contracting and construction industry. Twenty years on and having managed a construction gang, shop fitting and furniture factory it was time for a change.

“A new challenge was running the brand new $63m courthouse and departmental building for the Justice department.”

Hugh Hulse A restructure of Justice into several departments saw Hugh return to Auckland City as a water engineer managing the infrastructure around the CBD. Transferring to become a foundation member of Metrowater Ltd, Hugh has experienced many changes in local body administration and brings a wealth of experience in this field to the Kaipara.

“Then a move to Taupo and two years at the forefront of improving the delivery of great customer service standards was rewarding, especially dealing with sensitive issues within a pristine environment. However the call to the winterless North has been compelling and I look forward to the challenges of settling into another unique environment.”

Hugh is married and has two daughters and two grandchildren.

In the past we have shared word for word unsolicited comments from our residents. We now share word for word some positive comments from our residents family/support person obtained through a recent written questionnaire in June 2011.

“Mum always says she is spoilt.”

“Over all I love my Mum being there and I feel she is safe.”

“Mum always seems happy with meals.”

“Most impressed with the care that Mum receives since being at Norfolk.”

“Uncle is very content at the home and often comments he is well looked after.”

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This is a series of regular articles keeping you informed of happenings on our harbour today, and from bygone days — truly the ‘Jewel of the Kaipara’.

Historic Batley house, nestled on the foreshore of the Kaipara harbour

The rewards of exploration

by Paul Campbell There is some big magic around the shores of the Kaipara. Hidden away at the head of tidal estuaries there are inlets and rivers which can take you on a magical mystery tour that is the privilege of a few who are able to become waterborn.

On a recent weekend, with a couple of visitors from Hawke’s Bay, I joined a friend with a runabout to show them one of our coastal delights.

From the get-go at Pahi wharf, the birdlife was lined up to offer a welcome.

Once aboard it was down harbour towards the entrance to the Otamatea River, and in fact, a step into that magical kingdom to which I have alluded.

The water was a glass mirror, with the green hills perfectly reflected, creating the impression that we were moving into a movie.

The Otamatea River is a short, wide river, it flows southwest into

the harbour proper from Kaiwaka — in fact it is formed by the confluence of the Wairau and Kaiwaka rivers. It is some 300-metres wide at its origin before it spans a couple of kilometres at the entrance opposite Tinopai.

Several other broad tidal creeks flow into the Otamatea, including Raepare Creek, Awaroa Creek, Takahoa Creek and the Whakaki River on the left bank and the Arapaoa River on the right.

And the river’s name goes back to antiquity.

An ancient Maori chieftain, Tamatea Arikinui, travelled widely throughout the North and the Kaipara region. The Otamatea River is believed to have been named after him.

For our party, the enchantment starts just to port, as we nose up the river to Batley, and its graceful two-storey gabled and verandahed homestead standing proudly on the foreshore, picture perfect. Further up stream, on the starboard hand, subdivisions have made an impact, and our skipper pointed out a few modern homes of the not so rich and famous, a

couple of prominent kiwi sports persons among them.

We continue on through a pristine waterway, now lined on either bank by magnificent stands of kauri. It is intriguing to see how some must be rooted in the very riverbanks, and certainly our vantage point with an unobstructed view from the water makes for some stunning pictures.

In the upper reaches of the Otamatea, awaits a surprise. A rail bridge spans the headwaters — and not just one, but two. Alongside the still functioning crossing stand the scarred concrete pilings of another, its spans and rails long since missing.

This prompts much speculation about great railway dramas on stormy nights. A later check on the Internet does not reveal much. We do discover that early last century, the longest bridge on the railway line that runs north was built — the Otamatea Bridge.

Of the second crossing, no mention so far, but the search goes on.

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Opening marks 10 years of hard work The opening of a brand new auditorium on Saturday marked ten years of hard work, passion and success for the Kaipara Vintage Machinery Club. Mayor Neil Tiller unveiled two plaques and officially opened the new auditorium, commending the club for helping to preserve the Kaipara’s history.

Local ministers blessed the building and this was followed by the national anthem and speeches. Former mayor, Graeme Ramsey, club president, Bruce Galloway and long-time member, Basil Cole, reminisced and shared their delight at the club’s progress with an audience of over 200. Flags, including the Union Jack, Stars and Stripes and the French Tricolour, were also proudly displayed, acknowledging the origin of early machines.

“We had an excellent turnout at the open day,” says the club’s treasurer, Anne Lupton.

“It was a very happy occasion for us all and everything went according to plan.”

Kaipara Vintage Machinery Club approached the council ten years ago, seeking land to set up a base and house their machinery. Mayor at the time, Graeme Ramsey, said that there was never any doubt about the club’s enthusiasm and vision.

“They were, and still are, full of energy.

The council could see the long-term benefits for the town, so we said yes pretty much straight away.”

Anne says that it was just the start of a tenyear journey.

“First we had to clear the land and then put up a workshop. This was followed by a lunch room and then two more bays were added to the workshop — and we were still short of room!” adds Anne. “That’s when we said, ‘Let’s build a big building’ and that was about two-and-a-half years ago.

“A lot of volunteer time went into our buildings, as well as community support — donations big and small and a grant from the ASB Community Trust.”

Kindergarten scrap metal hunt Ruawai Kindergarten wants to turn your junk into cash. Do you have any scrap metal lying around that you need to get rid of?

Ruawai Kindergarten is inviting friends, families and the community to support their Scrap Metal Hunt fundraiser.

AUGUST 31 - 2011

Pool problems The Dargaville swimming pool has run into financial difficulty.

In a report to the Kaipara District Council, the Kauri Coast Swimming Pool Trust says it is in a ‘difficult position which has come about due to the pool running at a deficit for the last season’.

It says without additional support from council there may be a risk that the pool may not open this season, adding that council may need to consider a short term solution such as a loan from reserve funds.

A meeting with the Trust and all concerned parties is currently being arranged to discuss various operating options for the facility.

The general manager, operations, at the KDC, John Burt, says the pool’s operating problems and costs are being worked through with the Trust.

“These are all imminently manageable,” he said. “We will work through the issues to ensure the pool opens on schedule — there is a lot of detail to go through.”

The Trust said that if the status quo continued, it has discussed disbanding, risking the pool not opening next season.

‘The status of the pool as a regional facility is significant. The economic outcomes for local businesses with such a regional facility is valuable’.

The report goes on to say that revenue streams can be gained through learn to swim classes, aqua-aerobics and promotion to the health sector of the hydrotherapy pool and retail sales.

It also says the operating deficit had a lot to do with the delay in pool construction leading ‘to pressure being brought to bear’ on the Trust to open the facility when the full commissioning of the pool had yet to be undertaken.

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‘Finding Mr Teddy’ After a wee hiatus, Dargaville Little Theatre is again helping school children develop confidence and theatrical skills through a new children’s show. ‘Finding Mr Teddy’ was written by local thespians and the play’s directors, Alexandra Martin and Eryn Wilson-Collins, who have been involved with the theatre for a number of years.

“We decided that there had to be another kids’ show in Dargaville this year and chose to write it ourselves to keep the costs down,” says Erin.

“We don’t like to charge a lot of money for the children’s shows and we’re not out to make a profit but once you pay for costumes and electricity for the lights, we can’t afford the royalties to put on a play that someone else has written.”

‘Finding Mr Teddy’ is about a little girl and her brother who end up on a big adventure after she loses her teddy bear in the park. The cast of twenty-one are aged between five and twelve years old and all cast members play two roles.

The community is invited to four shows over one weekend, on October 1 and 2, and the children are currently rehearsing for one hour, twice a week in preparation.

A ‘Finding Mr Teddy’ drawing and colouring competition is also being held to promote the show and entry forms are available from primary schools or Dargaville BP. The three top entries will receive free tickets to the show and their drawings will be used for publicity. The best entry will be reproduced for the show’s programme.

Courtesy of Archives, Dargaville Museum Extracts from the North Auckland Times, Dargaville . . .

July 5th 1912.

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DARGAVILLE BOROUGH COUNCIL

he engineer reported that the day men under the supervision of the Borough Foreman were making good progress with the formation of the Dargaville Aratapu road.

The Mayor moved that a previous resolution regarding the area in which iron street crossings were to be used, be rescinded to extend it as follows:— 1. From Kaihu Creek bridge along Victoria Street to Whapu Creek, 2. Hokianga Road from the wharf to the railway crossing, 3. Kapia Street, 4. Normanby Street from Kaihu Creek bridge to Parore Street. Crossings outside those areas to be left to the engineer.

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n view of the match against an Auckland team on Saturday the 30th, the following have been selected for a practice match at Mangawhare. A team, Doyle, Stewart, Spiers, F. Pivott, Ashby, Hayward, Thomson, Reardon, G. Lowe, Lawson, R. Lowe, Rope, Casey, Jackson, Montgomery. B team, Smith, Pivott, Te Paa, Petley, Snowden, King, Gould, Fernandez, Marriner, Symons, Koni, Marchbanks, Hume, Smith, Snowden, Montgomery, McTavish, Beart.

O Madison Johnson tried on her horse costume for the show and all the kids loved it.

The three children patting the ‘horse’ are Ruby Carey, Miriam Rhodes and Elijah Carey

Theatre Highlight Over the last two terms at Dargaville High School, students from the English, Drama and Music departments have had the opportunity to travel down to Auckland and view two different theatre performances.

These productions are to assist them in the completion of internal and external exams.

The first performance was called ‘The Brothers Size’ by an award winning American playwright called Tarrell Alvin McCraney.

It featured New Zealand actors and was shown at the Herald Theatre. The set and props were very simplistic as was the music which was African drums that played in the shadows, adding to the pace and theme of the performance. It followed the story of three brothers, two in blood and one in friendship, and was centred around the youngest brother’s decision whether to be negatively influenced by his jail-made brother or stay strong and listen to his wise older brother and get his life back on track.

It was an extremely powerful performance which our students were all reeling from many hours after it had finished. For some it was their first theatre experience which they thoroughly enjoyed and the trip was made possible at a heavily subsidised rate by a generous sponsor.

In contrast, the second performance was a Shakespearean drama, called ‘Othello’ adapted by the Peach Theatre Company

showcased at the Maidment Theatre.

Again it had a stellar local cast, including actors from Shortland Street! It was extremely different in context to the first show seen by our students, following the love story of a David Bargh, soldier and a senator’s Principal daughter who eloped despite the disapproval of the girl’s father because of her age and his prejudice over the soldier’s race.

It was a lot more challenging than The Brothers Size, but opened our minds a lot to different time periods and cultures. All in all, both shows were enhancing to our studies and personal development as viewing them enables you to understand and comprehend the studies related to them in a far more indepth way.

As well as this, the junior school was fortunate to have a travelling theatre company come to our school to be entertained, exposing them to the world of theatre and Shakespeare. It was an adapted version of ‘Macbeth’ and with the inserts of humour, less intense dialogue and relevant issues it was an engaging performance.

– David Bargh, Principal

Dargaville High School Plunket Street, Dargaville P 09 439 7229 E office@darghigh.schoolzone.net.nz

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ne of the industries followed by Maori on the West Coast of this island is searching for ambergris. After a storm they ride along the beach on horseback armed with a stick which has a nail attached to the end, by means of which they spear anything bearing a resemblance to ambergris and examine it without dismounting. It does not appear this form of beach combing returns big profit, but no doubt something of value is obtained from time to time.

This Town in 2011 A wander around Dargaville with Brian Eastwood Recent bright blue weather together with another two sunny days over last weekend will be having most people thinking about summer. Lawns are drying out and grass is growing so that professional lawn mowing firms are hurrying to catch up. Their ride on mowers and the do-it-your-self home-style mowers are buzzing all around town to get it under control before it is time for the beach.

The mostly shiny Sunday no doubt cheered up rugby followers who watched our arch rivals the Oz, surprise and roll right over our slow to start, black clad forwards.

Take a drive along Dargaville’s Gordon Street and you will notice something a bit strange. Starting from Hokianga Road there is kerbing and channelling and a good footpath on both sides of the street, but as you head east, it starts to get more basic with no kerbing or channelling. When you cross over Awakino Road even the footpath disappears from one side of the street. By the time you get to Grey Street and drive on towards the end of Gordon Street there is neither channelling nor kerbing, there is only one footpath and the street is lined with open drains. And this is the 21st Century. But perhaps there is a good and reasonable explanation.

And while we are being a little pernickety, have you noticed the clocks on the poles near the Band Rotunda. There are two clocks, facing one each way on Victoria Street but each tells a different time and both are still on daylight saving time.

Anyway, that problem will almost cure itself in a month two.

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So just what has actually happened? Well, the full impact of the merger is still under consideration by the government departments involved and it will be another couple of months before the fine details emerge.

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Under the proposals, MAF estimates the number of positions would reduce by 241, of which 97 are currently vacant. The majority of that reduction would occur in Wellington, where MAF has its head office.

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Some trubble ona highway

Oh dear me. Guess wot. Tha Boss is ’nashin’ his teef and wailing.

Least that’s wot Sharlene, his skoolteacha girlfriend reckins. I reckin he’s jus’ ina ugly mood ‘cos he got pinged by tha coppers.

Ya see we wus comin’ back from town, afta The Boss hada meetin’ wiv the ccountants — them’s tha people wot looks ata farm accounts an’ munny an’ stuff. We, I wus ona backa tha ute for tha ride inta Dargy eh? Hada dam fine time too while The Boss was ina ccountants. There’s a new bakarey ina main street.

Woo. Hee! Ya shuda smelt tha smells commin’ out that shop. Stake an’ kidley pie I cood tell, ana whole lotta other stuff.

Whena Boss came outa tha offices, he musta smelt it too, cos he shot ova tha road and soon come back wiv a few brown papa bags.

An’ then he give me a pat ona head, get’s ina ute, an’ we drive outa town.

I reckined he wus ina cab scoffin’ tha goodies ina bags eh. Bugga.

But, The Boss kin be a good bloke eh? Just afta Tokatoka, we stopped ata layby bya riva.

Boss got outa tha cab, clipped me chain offa colla, an give me a run ona bank, while ’e sat ona konkrete table an’ opened tha bags.

I tole ya he wuz a good boke eh! He broke offa crusts ofa stake pie, an’ gave ’em ta me.

I also gotta crusts offa ham san’ich too. Didn’t getta sniff ofa cream cake thing tho. He just scofft it.

Still, pritty lucky ta get a bit ofa feed at lunchtime. I mostly just gets a feeda Tux an a bitta muttin at night.

Well, anyway, off we wint agin, ana Boss hada radio goin’ ina cab, an wuz singin’ somefin’ about some ‘ghost ridin ina sky’.

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Thena Boss hita anchors. I looked up, an’ there wuza copper ina middil ofa road, wiv his hand up. Boss pulled inta the side.

“An’ where areya goin’ this fine day,” saida copper?” I didn’t here wota Boss mumble, somefin about a ‘bloody revenyou gathering’, but I mista rest.

Anyway, when we got ’ome The Boss’s mood had got reel sour. I heard im tell Sharlene Ruawai just a bloody trap. They got a bloody long 50 kay limit at one enda town, an it’s 70 ata ova end,” grumbled a Boss. “It’s justa bloody speed trap fer tha sake of munny. An’, tell yer wot! They park a empty cop car ata copshop, so ya get used ta seein’ it. Then they spring a copper onya wen ya least expict it.”

Thena Boss looked at me. “An’ yer not popla Dog.” I stuck me tail under me legs ’cos I know it werks ana Boss give me a pat. But he didn’t.

“Ya gotta lern Dog, ta bark win ya see’s coppers. Give a bloke a bita warnin’ eh?”

Yip, thatsa Boss. Gotta ’ave sumone ta blame.

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Ending on a high

Rugby history on show at museum

by Brian Eastwood

The season may be over for the Dargaville Marlins but the under 13 rugby team maintained their enthusiasm until the very end. In their last game against Southern Combined, on Saturday August 20, the Marlins scraped home 22–18 in a hard-fought match.

Team members and their parents would like to extend a big thank you to Micky Hanan and Ross Gillespie for looking after the boys throughout the season, adding that the team has grown and progressed during this time.

After a string of wins, the Dargaville Marlins can end the season on a high.

Spreading Northland

With the Rugby World Cup now less than two weeks away, Dargaville Museum has lent a little local colour to that nationwide tournament with their Northern Wairoa Rugby history exhibition.

On show are old and new photos of past club and representative teams ranging from an historic Aratapu Rugby Football Club of 1898 to modern Dargaville High School teams. Have a look, you would be sure to recognise someone you know — perhaps even yourself. Locals, as well as visitors to town, can remember and reflect on how rugby used to be.

And there are many other treasures, including old programmes that will perhaps bring back memories of games that you saw or maybe played in. But no one will remember the days when the displayed 1906 and 1914 Northern Wairoa rugger caps were worn.

After the recent annual general meeting of Dargaville Museum at the Lighthouse, the more than 40 volunteer members who attended were invited by re-elected President Don Elliott, to be the first to see the exhibition.

Elliott told the meeting that it had been a year of challenges but it had also been a rewarding one. “Financially we are in a sound position. This is a very good result considering it is now more expensive for tourists to come to New Zealand from United States and Europe but we are hoping for a boost from the Rugby World Cup. “We must continue to play our part to make our area an interesting place to stay for a few days. Kaipara District Council must also have a clear plan to support groups such as the Kauri Coast Promotion Society that works really hard to promote the district. Tourists we talk to are always impressed with Pouto peninsula, and recent visitors to Kelly Bay considered it a hidden jewel.

“We are still operating with a constitution written 25 years ago. It was appropriate then but it now needs to be reviewed to bring it up to date with modern operating practices.”

Before the meeting moved off to the exhibition hall and afternoon tea, President Don Elliott presented two members, Penny Armbrust and Pene McKenzie with Life Membership to acknowledge their valuable efforts for the Museum.

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Wellsford adopting Canada for the RWC

As the Rugby World Cup draws closer, communities across New Zealand are preparing to welcome visitors by adopting a second team from one of the participating countries. Wellsford has chosen Canada and Wellsford Promotions Association volunteers are co-ordinating Canadian-themed events with pancakes, street music and Canadian mounties.

“Wellsford is currently completing a town tidy up in the central business district. Already, many businesses have cleaned up their shop frontages, wood-chipped their garden beds and water blasted or painted signs, seats and shelters. Many community groups have been working together to ‘Make Wellsford Sparkle’,” says vice chair, Julie Hawkes. “We have also adopted Heather Ede, our resident Canadian from the Citizens Advice Bureau, to assist us with all things Canadian.”

The iconic railway station, which ultimately determined the location of Wellsford’s township, will be painted by the Christian Fellowship Church and Canadian decorations are to be installed with 900 metres of bunting flags.

“Key dates will be Canada’s games on September 14, 18 and 27 and their game against the All Blacks on October 2. Wellsford is also participating in the Auckland Heritage Festival at Memorial Park on September 17 and this will include a Rugby World Cup photo exhibition and of course, all things Canadian.

During the world cup, local businesses will be screening matches, adding Canadian delicacies to their menus, wearing the Canadian team’s colours and providing entertainment. A sports mural is also being designed during this period as part of a Uniquely Wellsford Initiative. The mural will tell the story of Wellsford and will be painted at the cup’s conclusion.

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“It is likely that the Canada team will be based elsewhere and will fly to their Whangarei match, but we would love to host them in our town,” adds Julie.

“Wellsford Rugby Club has offered the use of their facilities for training, and there is an open invitation for the team to visit.”

The popular Aratapu Wild Boar Hunt kicks off this weekend, September 3 and 4, and it is shaping up to be an exciting weekend for all the family. Once again, the competition will accommodate men, women and children, and will coincide with Father’s Day celebrations across New Zealand.

“Bring the family,” says Aratapu Tavern co-proprietor, Donice Morris. “It’s not all about the hunters — there will be plenty of other entertainment too.

“The hunting starts at midnight on Friday and this is followed by the heaviest boar weigh-in on Saturday but, like last year, Sunday will be the really big day.

“The final weigh-in is at 5pm, however the Hokianga Country and Western Music Club will kick off at noon and we’ll be in the Garden Bar — come rain or shine.

“Throughout the weekend, we will have raffles and auctions benefitting the Maori Wardens, Project Promise and the Aratapu Netball team. Spit roast meals and will also be available.”

The Aratapu Wild Boar Hunt has regained strength over the last couple of years and Donice hopes that this trend will continue in 2011.

“There will be plenty of entertainment for competing hunters, their family and friends and, of course, country and western music fans.”

The courtesy van will be operating as well as the tavern’s usual bar, restaurant and accommodation facilities.

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A Special Meeting of the Arapohue Bowling Club will be held in the clubrooms on Wednesday 31st September at 7.30pm. Agenda: 1. To present Financial Report for year ending 2011. 2. To update constitution rules with regard to para 19 to replace auditor to a reviewer. 3. To change para 12.1 in constitution to elect an auditor/reviewer.

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Description of Area Waipoua Forest (Pt Northland Conservation Park).

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