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8th September 2016 - Issue #510

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Raglan 8th Grade Kinas, left to right: Boh Rivers, Arri Hansen and Kye Nguyen. Raglan Junior Soccer wrap up on page 8. Photo: www.facebook.com/kenhansenphotographerpage Dear Editor It is good that so many opportunities exist in Raglan to protest against the proposed closure of the Westpac Bank. I suspect that the decision to close it was made by someone in an office with a wonderful view from its window but no knowledge of Raglan. This is a rapidly expanding coastal community and it needs one bank at least for various financial office services even if they don’t actually bank with Westpac. I supposed I am making the rash assumption that social responsibility carries any weight in the decisions of

high ﬁnance. Perhaps it's up to all of us to make decisions that are based on making enquiries about what we are supporting. It’s reassuring that some information has recently been published about investments that may support cluster bombs and other weapons which can cause terrible injury or a painful death. Of course many of everyday families are too involved in immediate problems. But those of us who have more time to spare should keep our eyes open and speak out. Ian McKissack. Raglan

Dear Editor The Chronicle reported on some very important discussions at the community board's meeting on Raglan Naturally. It is critical for the community to own the plan. We are faced though with a council led by Mayor Sanson that has progressively moved to centralise and control services from Ngaruawahia. This is the reason why our Raglan rates increase so much every year and the community board is no longer listened to. Wayne Morris told the meeting that the Raglan community board used to, 'have a lot more clout'. Steve Soanes told the meeting about when he was the area manager for Raglan and when the community said, 'we don't want these things', that the council listened. Sadly we no longer have a Raglan area manager. The face of the council in Raglan has been reduced to a team leader with no say on anything outside the doors of the library.

When we had an area manager, arranging local work was done quickly and cheaply. Now there are multiple costly layers involved. For example, arranging of mowing the grass verges around Raglan is done from Ngaruawahia. They recently awarded the contract to the Christchurch City Council's City Care Ltd. Christchurch then awarded the Raglan part of the contract to Raglan Lawns. Good to see a local business doing the work. Annoying though to see Ngaruawahia and Christchurch involved and adding costs and increases to our rates. It doesn't have to be like this. Thames Coromandel is an example of a decentralised district council where local people are allowed to have a say and rates are not continually increasing. For Raglan to once more have a say we need to vote for a mayor who will decentralise and listen to our community. Rodger Gallagher

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Mr Baddeley said the water wastage in the Waikato was significant. The amount of water lost from council’s reticulated system in Port Waikato was a whopping 71.2 per cent; Te Akau 56 per cent; Central District 32.50 per cent; Southern and Western Districts 26.60 per cent; Raglan 25.40 per cent; Huntly 23.60 per cent; Mid Waikato 22.70 per cent; Taupiri/Hopuhopu 22.70 per cent; Pokeno NGARUAWAHIA HOROTIU SOUTHERN DISTRICTS - RURAL 18.30 per cent; Tuakau 15.30 per cent; and Onewhero 6.5 per cent. Legend “There is a clear message for people about conserving water,” said Mr Baddeley, about the installation of water meters. More people would look at ways to reduce consumption once they were being charged for the amount of water being used, he believed, such as recycling the grey A3 Raglan Water Supply water from pipes for use in the garden. WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER SUPPLY LINE PUBLIC LAND AND RESERVE LEGEND Legend WATER RESERVOIR URBAN SUPPLY AREA Mr Baddeley said his property had been RIVER, LAKES, WETLANDS AND STREAMS ROAD/STATE HIGHWAY RURAL SUPPLY AREA HCC Flow Meter metered for two years and it showed that Reservoir his household’s water consumption (by Treatment Plant Water Supply Line A map of Raglan's water supply and sources. two people) would cost more than what he Urban Water Supply Area Rural Water Supply Area currently pays in his rates. He, too, would s Raglan residents gear up to ratepayers of their responsibilities Roadahead Statehighwayof be looking at ways to conserve water use. Water pay for the amount of water the transition to water meters, with dummy Waikato District Those who would be most hurt by the they actually use, with water water bills scheduled to begin December/ new cost regime would be large families, meters coming into effect next January. Residents can expect to get three Mr Baddeley said. year, a Waikato District Council statements before being billed. Waikato District Council said reporting “There is a big exercise ahead for performance report has revealed on water loss was compulsory for all people to take ownership of checking their councils. that a quarter of the town’s supply properties for leaks, or they will pay for it “The water loss results reported by is being lost from its reticulation in their water bills. council are calculated from data collected system. “My view is there will be a lot of leaks at the treatment plant and from the limited on people’s properties. The report, which was tabled at the meter readings available. “You want to get on top of that before Strategy and Finance Committee meeting “The water leakage figures for Raglan in Ngaruawahia at the end of last month, you start getting charged for water. have reduced over the last year and with the “Your responsibility is the pipes on introduction of residential water meters we shows that 25.40 per cent of water is being your property, from the toby at the front. expect further reductions to occur.” lost in Raglan, down from 35 per cent the A3 Council’s responsibility is to get it to that previous year. Inger Vos point.” Councillor Clint Baddeley, the * There is a test that can be done to Mr Baddeley said council had been chairman of the committee, said there ensure there are no water leaks on your PUBLIC LAND AND RESERVE A3 Southern Districts Rural Water Supply working to replace pipes in its network, was “unfortunately a lot of water loss in property: read your meter last thing at RIVER, STREAMS and the water plant in Te Hutewai Rd had night and first thing in the morning, Raglan”, andLAKES, a lot of WETLANDS work had toAND be done to replace pipes in the network, including had a $600,000 to $700,000 upgrade about making sure you don’t use any water a year ago. on residential properties. during the night. If the meter shows that “Still, a lot of work needs to be done, water was used then it is likely you have Mr Baddeley said it was disappointing a leak. that council had not yet informed the in my view.” NO RTH

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Raglan Town Hall September 17th 2016 10am-12pm “Your chance to have your questions answered.”

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Community input sought into civil defence emergency response plan W residents

aikato Civil Defence is inviting to a meeting on

the development of the Raglan Community Response Plan, to be held in the town hall supper room at 6pm today. Merv Balloch, local civil defence controller for Waikato District Council, said no one knew a community better than the people that lived and worked in it, and that was why it was important to have the community involved in community response planning. “It’s about a community coming together and looking after each other in the ﬁrst 72

hours of an event: having a communication tree; where people would assemble; how they look after one and another.” He said it was important to have many people involved in the planning. “It’s about the community itself looking after the community, not emergency services who might be tasked elsewhere. “The plan encourages communities to be more self-sufﬁcient, and enables them to take care of the many smaller issues which would normally be left to the emergency responders, freeing up emergency services to deal with more life threatening issues.” The development of the plan is to ensure there are measures in place to help

the community take actions to look after itself in the immediate aftermath of an emergency. It includes the following: teaching people to understand the hazards that exist in Raglan; teaching people what they can do to prepare themselves, and those who depend on them, to help survive an emergency event; ensuring people know the warning signals to evacuate, and where to evacuate to; helping the community to put their response plan into action without any immediate help from emergency services or civil defence; and supporting each other until help arrives. Inger Vos

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reminisce about their schooling, at Ruapuke School or through The Correspondence School. They were resourceful country children.

Going to School Rodger Trolove started school aged 6. When walking to school he looked out for the teacher’s footprint in the dirt road. If he saw the print he hurried, if not he knew he was ahead of the teacher and could take his time. As there was no road to their farm, Jill Goulter-Ward walked along the top of a hill over sand banks for about an hour to get to school. Once, riding to school through lupins with sister Olive, the horse shied depositing both girls in the creek. Jill preferred to walk. Rodger remembers classmate Bill Barlow walking more than 11 kilometres

to school. “First, he used to get up at 4am to milk ﬁve cows by hand. He could not swim so used to cross the stream on stilts. He left the stilts on the bank.” At school A year or so later Rodger recalls talking to his friend Des Liddle during class. Jocelyn Bird, the teacher, asked them to stay behind after school. “Stand over there and hold out your hand,” she said. Terriﬁed the boys held out their hands. They received a piece of chocolate each, not the strap that they were expecting. They were very good for their “lovely teacher” after that. Rodger had to learn the meaning and spelling of 12-20 words for homework. Children would get up in front of the class to recite their times tables. Bev Swann recalls disliking giving a morning talk. Maurice Trolove remembers the alphabet was written across the top of the

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blackboard, and the 12 times table written out in full down one side. As there were 12 pennies to the shilling, children had to know the 12 times table. School games included rounders (like baseball but with a flat wooden bat and tennis ball) and “running down” (similar to bull rush). The annual school picnic was a great day with parents joining in egg and spoon races, sack races and relays. Unlimited fresh ice cream was available. Correspondence School John Swann was the eldest in a family of seven children and had to wait to start school until his sister turned 5 in 1946. He remembers thinking “what a waste of time” on his first day of school, sitting at the kitchen table. Packages of work in canvas bags from the Correspondence School were collected from a delivery point once every two weeks. (A dirt road to link the farm to the district was not made until 1952 and was without metal until 1967). Completed work went back for marking in another canvas bag. It would take three weeks to a month to get the work back, so “you could sometimes continue to make the same mistake for a while”. As the family grew, a room was set aside as the schoolroom. John was 17 when he finished school. It was not till a few years later he felt regrets about missing out on sports and games with children from other families. Barbara Day, Raglan Museum

Karioi Canyoning is a new activity offered through Raglan Rock.

’ve always been a keen adventurer and enjoy turning everyday life into play whenever I get the chance. It might sound childish but not enough of us can let go of the modern day chains and simply go and play or explore. Raglan is quite the opposite with so many of us utilising this incredible landscape in so many unique and diverse ways. However many of those activities incur costly set-up fees that not everyone can afford. Like many great things, Raglan Rock came about by default not design. My good friend, Matt Taggart from Ozone Kites, gave me the conﬁdence and helped me dare to dream and take the plunge to start and create what now has become. Our ﬁrst ever client was keen rock

climber Cheryl from the Local Eatery as a surprise birthday present. We kayaked deep into the Raglan harbour to an enchanting limestone cliff and played all day swinging around like Peter Pan. Nearly four years later, the journey and people we have met along the way has been mind blowing and eternally humbling. My motivation has always

been to reach out to the adults and youths in our community who do not necessarily have the funds to spend on activities. I cast my mind back to Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where one lucky person who didn’t have all the money in the world won the chance to go on an amazing journey. An adventure that would be the envy of all their friends as they were the lucky one! So here is the Willy Wonka-style golden ticket, Raglan Rock style. We are running one for Raglan Area School students and one for everyone and anyone bought from Raglan Super Value. You won’t ﬁnd the ticket hidden in any items in the store… it’s a weekly draw, and by buying a lottery ticket for $1 you could be the lucky winner announced on our website that week. The prize is joining our new and wild ‘Glow Worm Canyoning Trip’ that is packed full of adventure! The trip, worth $120, will have you journeying down the native bushclad stream, abseiling off waterfalls and jumping into fresh mountain pools while encountering a galaxy of New Zealand’s own stunning glow worms along the way. It really is in the spirit of going on a magical tour just like Willy Wonka! Gareth Edwards, Raglan Rock

Replacement bank sought as Westpac closure looms

A placard blasts Westpac during the protest held outside the Raglan branch last week.

he Raglan Chamber of Commerce vows to find another bank that will service the town if Westpac closes its Raglan branch. “If Westpac pulls the plug, we are definitely going to go on the search for another banking service in Raglan,” said chamber representative Charlie Young.

“Obviously that building is owned by someone … why not find another bank that can fit Raglan in this time of community need. “We will come out of it better. That’s what we hope to accomplish.” Mr Young was one of about 50 people who, on Thursday last week, attended a protest organised by the Raglan House

(formerly known as the Community House) against the closure of the Westpac Raglan branch. The Raglan branch is one of 19 that the bank has said it intends to close due to a rise in the use of internet banking. Raglan House budget advisor Tony Agar said his biggest concern was that “we have a lot of elderly people who don’t access internet banking”. “They say 85 per cent of people do their banking online, which means 15 per cent don’t. There is a misconception that everyone has access to internet banking.” He said Raglan had a high proportion of elderly people who relied on being able to go to the bank to draw money from their pensions, and there were plenty of rural folk who could not get the internet where they lived. “We provide a bus for people to come into town so they can go to the bank. “For some people the bank is the only option. “People on tight budgets may not be able to afford the internet, let alone a smart phone or a computer. “If we lose that service they have to go over the hill. That costs $20 or so, which is quite a substantial amount coming out your food money.” Mr Agar said Raglan House also worked closely with the bank to help people with their budgeting plans. “We think it is very short-sighted of the bank.

“We are a growing community. You only have to look around and see houses going up everywhere, and there is the new subdivision … with the potential for another 500 houses. “In the summer there is an influx of tourists who need the bank to exchange money or help with international transfers.” Waikato District Council Mayor Allan Sanson said a meeting he had organised with Westpac’s Waikato branch manager never happened. Mr Sanson said Westpac cancelled the day before the meeting and he had been trying to organise another one but they seemed “a bit aloof”. “They said they were still in consultation with staff.” Mr Young said the chamber had also written to the bank expressing its views and urging it not to close its branch but had heard nothing back. He said an announcement by the bank was expected on September 21. “We want to encourage individuals to write to the bank before then and make some noise about it,” Mr Young said. He said the closures made a mockery out of Westpac’s so-called community values. “They have a responsibility to the communities in New Zealand and not just their shareholders.” The Raglan House has a petition of 300 signatures to deliver to the bank. Inger Vos

Queensland’s Raglan a ‘two-horse town’ - but it puts on a good show

ts original pub burnt down yonks ago, it’s now having “lots” of backpackers stay overnight in their cars and it has a grass airfield that once in a while can get quite busy. But there the similarities between the Queensland town of Raglan and its New Zealand namesake appear to end.

two ladies from Raglan in New Zealand who “just had to stop” and take photographs – and bought a stubby cooler as a souvenir. “One of the women mentioned her son goes surfing there … so (I figured) it must have a beach,” she added. Another surprise was that the parking area out front of the tavern now often filled up overnight with tourists as well as the usual For while Queensland’s Raglan had a long-haul trucks. “We actually got a good rap recently on population of just 545 in Australia’s 2011 WikiCamps (a camping app for Australia),” census, that was only because it was lumped Michelle explained. So the Raglan Tavern is in with the neighbouring area of Ambrose. now also getting lots of backpackers staying In reality – as one local in this far-flung in their campers and cars. settlement told the Chronicle last week – “We’ve got showers and so on here, and “we’ve only got a pub and 15-20 houses”. we’re midway between Rockhampton and The Chronicle drew a blank in its attempt Gladstone,” she said. last year to find any trace of a But apart from that, she "Our Queensland counterpart Raglan in the South Island – of sorts has no town hall, conceded, there’s “nothing even though one reputable map council library or suchlike really … and no industry erroneously shows one just but Michelle and Brett Weir, other than cattle”. the lessees of the Raglan down the road from St Arnaud Even so, she reckons in the Nelson Lakes National Tavern, were happy to talk the pub life is “louder” – about their Raglan and what Park – but has now ventured and livelier – than living makes it tick." across the ditch and located this on a cattle station, which namesake settlement in the Gladstone region is what she and Brett originally intended of Queensland. when they relocated there from elsewhere in On an Australian map it may not look that Queensland. She, her hubby and their kids far from Brisbane to Raglan, but don’t be live on-site at the tavern, which has recently fooled. Even straight up the Bruce Highway been tastefully refurbished and now, for it’s a six and a half hour drive, about the instance, sports a bar decked out in ironbark, same distance as from Wellington to New a species of eucalyptus. Zealand’s Raglan. Michelle also told the Chronicle they’d Our Queensland counterpart of sorts has made things more “kid-friendly”, had 10 no town hall, council library or suchlike but rooms to accommodate travellers and did a Michelle and Brett Weir, the lessees of the lot of fundraising by supporting the likes of Raglan Tavern, were happy to talk about their the football buses coming through or charity Raglan and what makes it tick. biker runs. And there was a surprise or two. There’s also a rifle range and clay The first was that Michelle had indeed shooting facility out the back of the tavern, heard of our Raglan: she’d learnt of its which was built just across the road from existence just a couple of months ago through where Raglan’s original pub burnt down.

The Raglan Tavern in Queensland, Australia. While arguably its world-class surfing breaks have put New Zealand’s Raglan on the map, in its Queensland counterpart’s case it’s the airfield and the spectacular Old Station Fly-in and Heritage Show which is held there annually. The airfield is 15 kilometres out of town in a scenic valley on the Old Station, a working Brahman cattle station that also encompasses the heritage-listed Langmorn Homestead and that has been owned by the Creed family since 1869. The air show, billed as “a weekend of fun for families, aviators and enthusiasts of aircraft and machinery”, has put what is really a little two-horse town on the map, family spokesperson Leonie Creed told the Chronicle. Leonie – whose late husband George was a longtime member of the local flying club – proudly added that $46,000 was raised for the rescue chopper service at this year’s 25th anniversary event.

Pilots fly in from all over Australia and farther afield while hundreds flock to the property and camp onsite for the weekendlong event which, in more recent years, has also included tractor pulling and a truck show. Leonie filled the Chronicle in on a bit of Raglan’s history, saying it was once a railway town where steam trains en route topped up their water supplies from the local (tidal) creek. But it was also earlier a gold town and around 300 gold diggers were working the Raglan goldfield from 1867. A local school opened soon after, becoming known from 1911 as Raglan State School. It closed down 20 years ago. Leonie, incidentally, reckoned every state of Australia including Tasmania had a town called Raglan, all of them named after the first Lord Raglan who commanded British forces in the Crimea War. We are not as alone as we thought. Edith Symes

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Raglan Junior Soccer end-of-year Animal Health Column prizegiving and season wrap up For Raglan People + their Pets

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The Raglan Junior Soccer Committee would like to thank our players, their families and all volunteers for making the 2016 season as enjoyable as it has been. Look out for regular communications from us via

email and Facebook for soccer-related activities over the summer and remember to look out for our survey on how you would like the club to be run. Remember we are bringing the AGM forward to October and would like to see everyone there. Raglan Junior Soccer Committee

Raglan Junior Soccer award winners Messi Award Winners: Sianna Bower Coco Cowley Koby Copson Corey Pepper Toby Bower Noah Dymond Luna Petzold de la Cruz Nimi Milek-Zaini Isabella Wynard Dekan Papa Lucien Kite Kye Nguyen Joel Stanley Lydia Hobson William Barton Grady Bruce Emma Higgins Jordan Mooar Braeden Rossiter

Our Stray Animal & Wildlife Fund began in 1990, when one of our still current nurses, Donna Rickard, started working for the Raglan Vet Clinic.

majority of the care and time put towards these animals is voluntary, provided by the staff at our clinic. Over the years our clinic has won various team prizes and competitions, with all winnings This followed on from her going directly towards the previous years of work with the fund. We also run raffles for a Cats Protection League. Over hamper basket leading up to the years, we have moved on Christmas, as well as sell other to dealing with various types small items, with proceedings of wildlife, as well as dogs, going solely towards the care puppies, cats, kittens and what of these animals. Occasionally we have ever other species are brought to our door! The purpose of the kind help of school our fund is to provide care/ children, who dedicate some treatment and rehoming to of their school holiday time to suitable animals in need. Most collecting donations from our often, we deal with cats and community. To give an idea of just kittens who are stray or feral. Each animal is assessed on how productive our fund is temperament and health, and continuously proving to be, in where appropriate we re-home the past year alone, through our Stray Animal & Wildlife these animals. We find ourselves dealing Fund we found homes for three with a great number of birds, cockatiels, one duck, one finch, ranging from sparrows and three canaries, two budgies, kingfishers to harrier hawks one goat kid, one pig, four rats, four six Not foods are created so make yourrabbits, pet gets eight the bestpuppies, diet possible! andall gannets. If theequal birds are sure As vets we cannot enough the dogs, importance good nutrition for your and of163 cats and kittens injured or notemphasise well enough pet, ensurefor goodthemselves health. Diets need tailored to the specific needs of your to tocare butto becombined. pet to ensure they lead a healthy life. As a clinic, we would like can be rehabilitated, we hand There manyonto reasons you should consider feeding pet with pet food to thank ouryourcommunity for theirarecare ourwhydedicated purchased from your and talented Billvet.Smith who all the help and support over theasyears, particularly operates bird rehabilitation Advice: Yourapet’s dietary needs may change they grow and age. Yourtovet/one vet couple who regularly nurse caninoffer advice on the best nutritionlocal for all life stages of your pet. centre Gordonton. giveofkind donations AsVet-Only our pet name suggests, Range: food offers a wide range special diets, suchto as support oral care, our fund. We would not be able the stray animal fund is run weight loss and hairball control. solely by donations from our to continue our work without Tailor-made: Large-breed dogs have different nutritional needs than smaller your ongoing support. generous community. The dogs and therefore need different diet formulations. Breed specific foods are

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Death Notices Melva Ann Gair 14 March 1938 2 September 2016

Public Notice of application for variation or cancellation of conditions of licence Section 101, Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. Sarah Elizabeth Kay, 41 Wrights Rd, Raglan, Director has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Ngaruawahia for the variation of conditions of an on licence in respect of the premises situated at 248 Wainui Rd, Raglan and known as Rock-it Kitchen. The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence is: Restaurant and function centre incorporating additional room next to cafe. The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is intended to be sold under the licence are: 10am-1am, 7days/week (unchanged). The application may be inspected during ordinary office hours at the office of the Waikato District Council, District Licensing Committee, 15 Galileo Street, Ngaruawahia. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the issue of the licence may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee at Waikato District Council, Private Bag 544, Ngaruawahia 3742. No objection to the issue of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 105(I) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the second publication of this notice. This notice was first published on 1 Sept 2016.

Always known as Ann, it is with a heavy heart to inform that she passed away just before 9am on the 2 September 2016 in Waikato Hospital. Ann had been battling with her health for many years and went in peace surrounded by her family. She leaves behind her three children Robert, Georgina, Coralie, and also many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ann joins her husband Alan to ﬁsh to their hearts content and watch over their family and friends. Ann lived most of her life in Raglan and was heavily involved in her community. She was a member of Surf Lifesaving, The Lions, RSA, and was on the Raglan Community Board in 2001. A memorial service will be held at the Raglan Club on Saturday 10 September 2016, at 11am to remember and celebrate the life of this special woman who will be greatly missed. All are welcome.

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RAGLAN REAL ESTATE

Raglan Real Estate Ltd Licenced (REAA 2008)

4 BANKART ST

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

FINAL NOTICE AUCTION!!

A RARE OPPORTUNITY

• Town centre location • 4 large bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Plus 1 bedroom apartment downstairs • Situated on 807m2 • Commercial activity potential in the proposed plan change to town area • Prior Auction offers considered.

122 WAINUI ROAD 3 DELIGHTFUL MAKE IT YOURS

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE • Delightful home located on 6PM

FINAL NOTICE AUCTION!!

popular Wainui Road • Expansive open-plan living and three bedrooms all on one level • Stylish interior, quality chattels and modern kitchen • New tiled bathroom and separate laundry • Freshly redecorated sleep-out/ofﬁce adjacent to the house • Generous size deck, ﬂat section, north facing and fully fenced • Prior auction offers considered

ID#RAG22645

ID#RAG22659 Graham Rope 021 222 7427

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

2 TAHUNA AVE

Teresa Wilkinson 021 173 9945

FINAL NOTICE AUCTION!!

IDEAL RUSTIC RETREAT

• Walking distance to the boat ramp, beach and town • Open plan living • 2 double bedrooms • Kent style ﬁre • 400sqm section • Prior auction offers considered

AUCTION 9.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

NEW LISTING 3 60 GOVERNMENT RD

FABULOUS FAMILY LIVING

AUCTION 23.9.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

ID#RAG22664

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

DELIGHTFUL MAKE IT YOURS

View Open Home Saturday 11am Or By Appointment

• Fabulous family living here! Open plan living/dining area that opens out onto a large private deck overlooking native bush with harbour views • This 2 storey house has a huge master bedroom with ensuite upstairs and features native timber ceilings with views to the bar and harbour • Downstairs: double bedroom with ensuite and a single bedroom • Heat pump and DVS system • Single garage with laundry and internal access • Situated on 1214m2 section, thoughtfully landscaped to include a quaint path through native bush, fruit and macadamia trees, short walk to Cox Bay, close to town, cafes and the wharf.

ID#RAG22661

CNR WAINUI RD & MARINE PARADE

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282 AUCTION 14.10.16 RAY WHITE OFFICE 6PM

1 LANGLEY PLACE 3

IDYLLIC RETREAT, BUSH SETTING $450,000

• Prior Auction offers considered

• This character cottage is a charming retreat • Sunny, open plan living room, separate dining area with French doors that open onto the large deck • Native timber ﬂooring adds to the rustic charm, the log ﬁre is an added bonus in the winter • The outside decking leads the way to a superb native wonderland providing a sanctuary for bird life • The sound of the stream at the bottom of the property adds to the idyllic setting • Just a short stroll to popular Lorenzen Bay

ID#RAG22663

ID#RAG22651

• It’s your lucky day, 31a Wainui Road is on the Market!!!

• Prime location!! Situated on 987m2 • Only 100 metres from the cafes, 600 metres from the airﬁeld and 800 metres from the boat ramp • Swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding and ﬁshing at your door • Did we mention the Amazing water views!!! • Explore the endless possibilities, bring your plans, architect and builder to inspect today!

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

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All vendors and purchasers between 7th Dec 2015 and 02 Dec 2016 go into our end of year draw. *Special Conditions Apply*

40A CROSS ST 3

CHECK ME OUT! $565,000

View Open Home Sunday 12pm Or By Appointment • When location counts this property is a must view • Only a few minutes walk to town and opposite the sport grounds • A perfect family home or stylish beach bach • 3 double bedrooms, master has an en-suite and doors that open out onto a large deck • Open plan living and dining and double garage with internal access • Low maintenance easy care section

ID#RAG22662

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

OPEN HOMES

10th & 11th September

MOTIVATED VENDOR 4 398 RUAPUKE RD FAMILY LIVING & LIFESTYLE SUPREME $795,000

2 • Approximately 15 minutes from Raglan and 6 minutes to Ruapuke beach and you are home to your retreat • A well appointed 4 bedroom family home featuring a sleepout and swimming pool • Exceptional rural outlook from this 6.1320 ha property • Ideal family living. Motivated vendor - will consider all offers • Make an appointment to view today!

ID#RAG22658

Julie Hanna 027 441 8964 Blair Hanna 021 0200 8282

Saturday 11am - 60 Government Rd Sunday 12pm - 40a Cross St | Sunday 1pm - 5B Waikowhai St

21 Bow St, Raglan Phone: 07 825 8669 Fax: 07 825 7410 Website: www.rwraglan.co.nz Email: raglan.nz@raywhite.com 12 RAGLAN Chronicle