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The four young men in the photograph are rightly proud of themselves, having completed a 2-day bone carving workshop with carver Rangi Wills in his new Raglan studio. “The workshops for teens went well,” says Rangi. “We had a total of 9 boys, all local boys from Raglan Area School. Those who attended had a great time and completed a carving, with some completing more than one.” During the workshops they learned the tikanga around this particular art form and how to prepare the bone itself, as well as designing and making their carvings. RAS Principal Malcolm Cox says the boys had the encouragement and support of teachers to attend the workshops. “We are looking to expand the experiences and opportunities available to our youth through working with talented local artists, and the school would be pleased to know of other artists or community members prepared to share their skills with our students.” The workshops were also supported by the Raglan Community Arts Council with funding from Creative Communities NZ. Rangi Wills intends to have a weekend workshop for girls keen to learn to carve bone, and is planning an open weekend for the wider public. “We will be offering our courses at a discounted rate for locals that want to attend. Our day courses - “make your own carving” - will be running all year, every day if necessary. They cost $69 and last around three and a half to four hours, and participants will leave with a completed carving that they have made by hand.” Bookings are essential. Phone raglan bone carving studio on 07 825 7147 or 021 0223 7233. Alternatively e-mail raglanbonecarvingstudio@hotmail. co.nz Judith Collins
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Organised by Raglan Community House as a way of giving back to their volunteers, the sessions – run at the Sunset Motel’s conference room by NLP trainer Stephanie Philp – covered how communication works and why it sometimes doesn’t. Volunteers need to be “empathetic” when working with people, says Steph who’s specialised in the programme since 1990 but been practising in Raglan for just two years since moving here. The simple techniques, she adds, are “really useful and practical” for volunteers.
Community House co-ordinator Chrissy Hodkinson thinks so too. “It was great to attend something that incorporates both personal and professional development.” Volunteer workers from other organisations like Raglan Community Arts Council and Raglan Lions also made up the group of 20-odd locals who learnt, for instance, how all five senses come into play when communicating and about how to modify their behaviour to establish rapport with those they’re working with. Steph says she kept them all busy with an “interactive” approach – and humour played a part too. “People don’t often associate fun and learning in the same sentence,” she says.
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Wind farm critics might be fatalistic but the board of inquiry which has now given the preliminary okay to the massive Te Akau wind farm doesn’t yet see the project as set in stone. It claimed in its draft decision that the project was still by no means a certainty and pointed to potentially tricky resource consent conditions including a requirement that construction of the turbines must begin within 10 years and finish inside 15. But if Contact Energy can live with the constraints, it certainly will be a project set in concrete – each of the 168 turbines would take about 110 truckloads of the stuff, with about 127,000 cubic metres of concrete required all up. Contact would also have to build about 95km of access roads over private land.
The board of inquiry saw that, and the wind farm’s proximity to Auckland, as “significant benefits”.
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Though Contact has cut back the number of turbines by 12 as part of “environmental considerations”, the wind farm is still expected to produce enough renewable energy to power about 170,000 homes.
Their comments come after a board of inquiry last week gave Contact Energy, New Zealand’s second largest electricity generator and 51 percent owned by Australia’s Origin Energy, preliminary consent to build a 168-turbine wind farm along about 34 kilometres of isolated coastline from Te Akau to Port Waikato. If the 504-megawatt Hauauru Ma Raki (northwest wind) development gets the final nod – which now seems a mere formality, with submitters having only days to comment on the draft decision – it will become not only the largest wind farm to have gained resource consent in this country but also possibly the biggest in the southern hemisphere. Maungatawhiri Road resident Stephen Frew, who was among opponents of the much smaller Te Uku wind farm, says the go-ahead for the massive Te Akau project means that “another wild, beautiful part of New Zealand will be modified”. He says people need to speak out now, but at the same time concedes that “I largely think they’re wasting their time”. While Stephen admits there’s no noise from the 28 turbines erected on Whauraroa Plateau – making the Meridian-Wel Networks joint venture “as good an outcome as we can get” – he still laments the wind farm’s visual impact and has similar concerns over the Te Akau development. Whale Bay resident and Point Boardriders’ Club president Reuben Brown is another who fears a blot on the landscape. He pushed at last November’s board of inquiry hearing for – at the very least – a “buffer zone” with turbines built
slightly further north than planned so as not to be so visible from the Whaanga Coast. But “we didn’t get heard properly”, he says. “Raglan will be looking at wind turbines forever now.” Reuben doesn’t disagree with wind farms but says to have one stretch all the way from Te Uku to Port Waikato with hardly a break means turbines will be jammed “right in our faces”, industrialising the landscape without any benefit to the town. Meanwhile Ocean Beach resident and academic Angeline Greensill – daughter of Maori activist the late Eva Rickard – believes our west coast is being “sacrificed” for the sake of Auckland’s power supply. Raglan is an eco-friendly town, she points out, and “we don’t want to be surrounded by these things (turbines) … I’m sure tourists do not want to come here and look at windmills up our coast”. The planned turbines – each with three 50-metre blades and a total height of 150 metres – will be “more dominant” even than those at Te Uku and within 1000 metres of the foreshore, she complains. “Why are we building for foreign companies?” she asks. “We need to protect our cultural landscape.” Another leading Raglan environmentalist, Solscape Eco Retreat’s Phil Mc Cabe – a regular at the board of inquiry hearing which was adjourned for 12 months before wrapping up last November – could not be reached for comment this week. But he’s on record as saying he believes it’s a “crime” to deface a pristine landscape with so much Maori history, and like Angeline has questioned the wisdom of selling New Zealand’s wealth offshore by agreeing to Contact Energy’s plans.
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It looks unlikely there’ll be a final tilt at the giant wind farm planned across Whaingaroa Harbour – opponents say they’ve given it their best shot but Raglan must now get used to the idea of an industrialised landscape on its northern skyline.
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Arts Scholarship win for young design student
The Raglan Community Arts Council is delighted to announce that Alanah Bruce is the winner of the $1000 Youth Art Scholarship for 2011. The annual scholarship is awarded to a young person resident in the area who has left school and intends to go on to tertiary study in the arts this year.
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Alanah has lived for most of her life in Whaingaroa, commuting beween Raglan and her home across the harbour in Te Akau. For the last five years she has been boarding during term time at St Andrew’s College in Christchurch, where she achieved excellence in several NCEA level 3 subjects, including design, painting, art history and fabric technology. Now she is attending Massey University’s Wellington campus, studying for a four year Bachelor of Design degree, majoring in fashion design. Alanah has chosen to study in Wellington as the School of Fine Arts is also on campus, allowing her to take some fine arts electives as part of her fashion degree.
The scholarship from the Arts Council will, she says, be very helpful in meeting the cost of materials required for her arts courses. She has already won an academic scholarship from Massey, and has been working during the holidays at Gag Surf Shop and Raglan Roast to boost her savings. Ruth Port, who coordinates the scholarship, says it has been a pleasure to be part of the process of selecting Alanah Bruce as the recipient of the Youth Arts Scholarship. “She was a stand out applicant and I wish her all the very best for her future.” Ruth urges other Whaingaroa 17-20 year olds involved in the arts to start thinking now about working toward next year and tertiary education. “Start building up your portfolios to apply for the next Youth Arts Scholarship,” she says. The scholarship has been made possible through the generosity of those involved with successful Raglan Festivals of Art held in recent years. Judith Collins
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Big gala day this Sunday as Raglan digs deep over quake Raglan early this week was getting in behind the Christchurch earthquake appeal, with a big fundraising gala to which the whole community can contribute planned for Sunday and supermarket shoppers having already donated more than $8500. In the wake of New Zealand’s biggest disaster there’s also been a call for local bach owners to offer free holiday lets – and one downtown business is donating two items that it expects to net about $900 for the appeal.
initiative en masse and, if they can, to donate produce and services that can be turned into cash.
The club will provide the venue – both indoors and the outside barbeque area where a marquee will already be set up from a fishing tournament – and put on a lunch for people to come and raise money, he says. “With 1200 members, we’ve got a tremendous base to start with,” he points out.
The major initiative is Sunday’s gala day at the Raglan Club, from which all proceeds will go to quake-stricken Christchurch, says club manager Norm Curtis. “There will be no cost against it (the money raised),” he emphasises.
A coconut shy, a bunch of silverbeet for a stall, a trip that can be raffled – Norm reckons that whatever the initiative it won’t be hard to better the $1000 collected during the quick “whip-around” one Friday night following Christchurch’s first devastating earthquake last September.
Norm’s calling on locals to get behind the
“Tradespeople have (already) put their hand up
to offer services which we will auction,” he adds. “This way we can all contribute something.”
Meanwhile Raglan Four Square has set up an appeal where shoppers either donate cash or add a donation to their shopping bill – and by Tuesday the figure raised was rapidly heading towards the $9000 mark. Local St John medic Josh Searle would also like to see the community get behind another initiative, which is to provide emergency workers and their families – some of whom have also lost their homes – with a much-needed break by offering their holiday lets for free. He envisages families being able to come to Raglan for a week-long stay and, once here, perhaps being offered meal vouchers or “pampering packages” by local businesses. Coincidentally the Chronicle was told this week
of one Raglan woman, who wants to remain anonymous, who has taken in no fewer than 17 earthquake victims. Meantime, boutique store Right Up My Alley will have its own fundraiser with owners Lisa Kerrisk and Keith Savage putting two items up for sale and donating the $900-odd they expect to raise towards the earthquake fund. A Dick Frizzell print and a double-ended chaise longue will go for $450 each or the nearest offer, says Lisa. *Sunday’s fundraising gala at the Raglan Club will be from 11am to 3pm. *Those able to offer holiday lets or other help, please phone Josh on 027 458 9387 or Alicia on 021 022 53696. Edith Symes
Wind helps power Affordable Raglan Raglan Area School Some people in Raglan have cold homes in winter, but there are a lot of warm hearts ready to help.
Raglan Area School is getting an energy boost from a new wind turbine installed on school grounds last month.
The school was chosen by WEL Networks to participate in a residential wind generation trial funded by the WEL Energy Trust. The trial is looking at the practicalities of small-scale wind technology as a form of distributed generation, or generation of energy close to the point of use. The 1.9 kW Skystream turbine used for this trial is manufactured in the United States and has been especially designed for use in coastal regions and residential areas. It is the first installation of the technology into a school located in a residential area in New Zealand.
“It’s also a great opportunity for the public to have a look and learn more about the possibilities of small-scale wind generation,” says Dr Elder. In the near future, WEL Networks will post live updates of the electricity being generated by Raglan Area School on its project website: www.welsmarthomes. co.nz. The public can also learn more about this and other innovative technologies WEL Networks is trialling at this website. Facts about the Skystream residential wind turbine being trialled by WEL Networks: • Capacity = 1.9kW continuous rated output at 33Km/hr wind speed • Downwind rotor with 240 volts ac inverter
Malcolm Cox, Principal of Raglan Area School, says being a part of the trial fits in with the school’s value of kaitiakitanga.
• Rotor diameter, 3.7 meters
“One of our school’s four core values is kaitiakitanga, which means respecting our environment, practicing sustainability and being green. Working with WEL Networks to trial wind generation is a practical opportunity that allows us to contribute to the environment while also being a model for our community.
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“Our school also uses solar energy. So, this is a great chance for us to compare the two generation technologies. Both our wind and solar generation will be monitored from a classroom, where we’ll be able to match generation with weather patterns. It will be a great learning tool for our students,” explains Principal Cox.
The members and staff of the Harley Owners Group would just like to say a big ‘thank you’ to the people of Raglan and Hamilton. Your hospitality and warm welcome helped us make the 21st National H.O.G. Rally a huge success.
WEL Networks CEO, Dr Julian Elder, said “The wind generation trial we are performing at Raglan Area School is part of a programme at WEL that is looking at innovative ways to manage and reinforce our network to improve capacity and reliability. “We want to understand more clearly the costs and issues involved in residential wind generation, the amount of electricity that can be generated and how we can integrate this technology into our distribution network.
Whaingaroa Affordable Housing Trust has had some great offers this week. Thank you everybody. • Firewood: Vera has wood to be cut, Patrick has donated a chainsaw, Richard has volunteered to maintain it, and we have access to a trailer. All we need is someone to cut the wood. • Carpet: Anyone need a carpet? Two more were donated this week, so we now have three.
• Transport : There’s a lot of affordable stuff at the Raglan Recycle Centre, but some of the people who need it don’t have a car. Tania has volunteered to help with transport. We need a couple more so we can work on a roster. • Affordable Homes: Other people are looking at the big picture of how to provide affordable homes for our seniors and families. More discussion on this at our next meeting, 7.30 Tuesday 8th March in the Vestry Room, Bow St. Come along and check us out.
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Anna coddington starts the first leg of her nationwide tour at the Yot Club Anna Coddington and her band wowed an adoring crowd at the YOT Club last Thursday performing songs from her beautifully crafted sophomore album Cat & Bird which was released only a week ago.
In the last year, Anna’s confidence has grown and her songwriting has become more sophisticated and stylistic. Known for her mesmerising stage presence, she switches between acoustic ballads and electric guitar driven indie songs with ease. She was joined on stage by guitarist/boyfriend Ned Ngatae (DJ KillaManRaro), drummer Riki Gooch (Trinity Roots), bass player Mike Hall (Nightchoir) and keyboard/vocalist LA Mitchell (The Dukes). My favourite song of the night was Bolt which is a catchy pop song inspired by Usain Bolt (Jamaican sprinter). The set was finished off nicely with a couple of songs from her debut album The Lake. Anna Coddington, along with her impressive band, create an uplifting, dynamic and diverse sound which will take them all over the country on a five date album release tour. Although Anna was about to embark on her second show in Auckland, she was accommodating enough to spare me a few moments of her time to answer some questions: How does Cat & Bird differ from your debut album The Lake? It is a lot broader, lyrically and musically. I have experimented with creating a positive, feel-good and celebratory album. The songwriting still draws on my own experiences, but also on observations. Bolt is how I imagine Usain’s girlfriend (if he has one) would feel after watching him become a world famous sprinting champion. Where did you record your album? We spent two days recording at Roundhead studios and then completed the rest at my home studio in Auckland which I co-produced with Ned.
You have a great band behind you, how often do you practice?
I am really fortunate to have the best band in the world which means that we don’t have to practice too often, for this tour we only rehearsed twice. Who are your musical influences? Radiohead, Band of Horses, Bon Iver and good kiwi bands such as Lawrence Arabia and The Phoenix Foundation. What do you enjoy doing when visiting your home town? Going to the beach, swimming and eating Sushi. When can we see you in Raglan next? I am going to be pretty tired after the nationwide tour so who knows! Where can we buy your album? Cat & Bird is available from all good record stores and can be purchased online at iTunes.com. For further info visit www.annacoddington.com. Lucy Cioffi, Music Reporter
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What do your customers REALLY think of your business?
By Stephanie Philp - Committee Member It’s easy to become complacent when you believe you know your customers and what they want. Anyone can ask superficial, ‘Everything OK?’ type questions and be listening and watching only for the positive comments. In my experience most businesses could do better. There’s always room for improvement. If you have a open mind and perhaps a thick skin you could ask some of your customers for feedback on how well your business is doing. If you create an environment where they feel their opinion will be listened to and valued, you might be surprised by the responses. People feel disappointed when the simple things aren’t taken care of. Things like: • no toilet paper/soap/handtowels in the washrooms • messy or dirty washrooms • not returning phone calls promptly • food or drink served in/on chipped crockery • dirty or dusty stock • not acknowledging people in a queue -apart from the person at the front • slow service • doing the minimum required • doing something else instead of serving the customer These things are so basic it’s easy to overlook them without thinking about the underlying message they send to your customer. After all, if you can’t get these things right, why would a customer trust you to serve him a meal, sell him goods or services or solve the problem for which he has visited you? On the other hand there are many simple things you can do to enhance a customers experience of your business; • Use the customers name whenever possible. If you take credit or EftPos cards in your business, the customers’ name will be on that card. How much more personal a service you provide when you make a small extra effort to do this. • Solve the customer’s problem. People aren’t that interested in products and services but they are interested in feeling good and solving their problems. If you listen carefully you may have a product of service that will solve the customers problem and help them feel good. • Handle complaints effectively and don’t make your customers wrong. Tell your customer what you intend to do to resolve their complaint and then do it as quickly as possible. • Be kind and helpful. Even if a person isn’t a customer and has just popped in to ask for directions, being kind costs nothing and will engender goodwill. You never know when that person might need your services. What’s Coming Up: Shoestring Marketing for Small Businesses In this short and lively seminar you’ll learn how to: • Build familiarity for your brand • Use the 80/20 rule to get existing customers back for more • Gain free publicity • Harness the power of word of mouth • Get inside your customers mind • Solve your customers problems and sell more in the process Date: Tuesday, 8th March 2011 Venue: Raglan Sunset Motel, Karioi Conference Room, Bankart Street. Time: 5.15-7.15 pm Register: online at www.raglanchamber.co.nz or phone or email our secretary, Angela Williams on 825 7003 or angela@raglanchamber.co.nz Members and Non-members welcome. Guest Speaker Night - 29 March, Karioi Room, Raglan Sunset Motel.
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Letters I have been driving to and from Raglan now for four years and wish to put in a positive note to those Raglanites who make this trip every day. During my time of driving I have found that at least 90% of all drivers, whom I add I notice daily, are excellent and courteous drivers on the road. There are very few places for passing on the Raglan to Hamilton Road, and where they are, most drivers pull over and do not increase their speed as others overtake. There are a few drivers (less than 5%) who seem to take it in their mind to become local police officers and take the law in their own hands to slow and impede the traffic. Most days if I travel between 90kph and 100kph, where safe to do so, I have no need to overtake other vehicles. There are a few (I am sure they will know who they are) choose to drive either at a very slow rate (ie a constant 70kph) and only see what is in front (do not look in the mirror), choose or cannot see as many as 30 vehicles behind them. There are others who travel between 65kph and 70kph on all corners and then speed up to 110kph on the straights where overtaking is safe to do so leaving those behind unable to overtake, unless they exceed the speed limit by more than the other vehicle. The rules of the road states that when a vehicle is overtaking it is illegal for the car being overtaken to speed up. I have also noted that many of these driver (the 5%) do not slow down when there are speed limits in place for road repair etc. As per usual there is a minority of people who spoil it for others. Most regulations are made for the least, who spoil it for others. I love Raglan and its people, well done to those drivers who remain courteous and caring. Mike Evans, Raglanite. Dear Editor I write in support of our Community Board’s action to ask WDC to clear privet on Council land and to discuss a no-privet bylaw. Raglan has an abundance of colourful pohutakawa along our waterfront, but sadly privet outnumbers them by a ratio of more than 10 to 1. Add to this, boneseed, woolly nightshade, wild ginger and gorse, some of the other plant pests and we have a major problem. Privet is the worst offender forming dense seedling masses, eventually growing and replacing all other vegetation. Privet leaves and berries are poisonous to both humans and animals, but the most devastating effects are caused by pollens and anyone with allergies, asthma or respiratory problems will testify to this. Quote from Environment Northland website… “The effects of the perfume can be very debilitating to sufferers. Clear all privet from your section, farm or property. Get together with neighbours to clean up your street or town. Long term goal is to minimise the human health and environment effects of privet.” We need a practical and cost effective scheme put in place if we are to progress on this issue. A no-privet by-law would be a great first step. Tom Bregmen, Raglan
APPLIANCE SERVICING
Raft Race St Patricks Day registrations golf event are open now St. Patrick’s fun golf event at Raglan Golf Club on Friday March the 18th.
All welcome, including non-golfers. Teams of four by own choice, or teams will be made up on arrival. Come and enjoy a fun evening of very different golf, involving a very different ‘Irish’ golf course. Teams will be handicapped under the Irish Handicapping Callaway system, a joy to behold! Irish dress-up encouraged but not necessary. Fun food and fun prizes. Non players can enjoy an Irish meal for $5. See you there!
Time is running out for all you keen raft builders.
Saturday March 12th is the day of the big race running as part of the Community and Environment Day. Registrations are still being accepted but need to be sent in now. So if you haven’t registered your raft, hurry up and do it. You can get your registration forms online at www.xtremewaste.org.nz or you can email education@xtremewaste.org.nz or pick up from the Community House or the Raglan Recycling Centre or call 0277 151516 – you have to be in it to win it. Entries are limited to 20 rafts so don’t miss out – REGISTER NOW. We are need all rafts to be pre registered this year.
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Web: www.acornbuilding.co.nz OPENING HOURS: Mon-Fri: 7.30 - 5pm, Sat: 8 - 2pm Closed Sun & Public Holidays
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what’s on Waka Ama Muster If you have been thinking about giving Waka Ama a go, nows the time! Every Tuesday evening at 5.30pm through February & March. Basic coaching provided from some of NZ’s best paddlers. Open to anyone over the age of 15 years, female and male, competitive or social. Come down to the Waka next to the Te Kopua Boat Ramp, equipment supplied. Kia Ora, Whaingaroa Whanau Hoe Waka.
Monday Mamas All mums-to-be & new mums are welcome to come and share stories & information about birth and parenting. 11am- 1pm on the 1st Monday of every month @ Matapihi Art Gallery. Facilititated by local midwives Penny Mason & Karin Bettley.
07 825 5396
RAGLAN LIGHT EXERCISE GROUP. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs10-11am@theOldGospel Hall, Raglan West. MON & WEDS @ Te Uku Church, Mainly Music, 9:30am. THURSDAYS @ the Old School Arts Centre. Spinners and weavers. 10am – 2pm. New members welcome. THURS 3 MAR @ The Raglan Club. Euchre.All welcome. 6pm. FRI 4 MAR RAGLAN RAMBLERS. 6pm potluck dinner to plan the programme for the next 6 months – ring 825 7866 for details.
SUN 6 MAR @ Te Uku Church, service 7pm. MON 7 MAR @ The Raglan Club. 500 cards, 1pm. TUES 8 MAR, 5.15 – 7.15PM RAGLAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “Marketing for Small Businesses” Course Karioi Conference room, Raglan Sunset Motel Ph: Angela 825 7003 or email info@ raglanchamber.co.nz Book online at: www. raglanchamber.co.nz TUES 8 MAR @ The Raglan Club. Texas Hold’em. 6.30pm. TUES 8 MAR @ RAGLAN CLUB, Rock and Roll lessons (6 wks) Starting 7.15pm to 8.30pm. $3 club members or $4 non members. WED 9 MAR RAGLAN RAMBLERS. Paritata Peninsula (bring lunch and boat fare) 10km at the end of the peninsula with views to most parts of the harbour and the remains of an old minesweeper. WEDS 9 MAR @ Blacksand Café. Knitting Circle from 9.30am. All welcome. Including beginners! FOOD FOREST GARDENING, Raglan West. 8–10amThursmornings. THURSDAYS 9AM – 12PM @ Te Mata Hall, Te Mata Playgroup. Please bring a contribution for a shared morning tea. All welcome. Phone Jo 8258515 1 - 3 APRIL @ SOLSCAPE, Women’s Wellness Retreat. Call 825 8263 or Saritanz@ hotmail.com.
gig guide FRI 4 MAR @ YOT CLUB LATINO NIGHT with CARECA SELECTOR. $5 , Ladies free before 11pm. FRI 4 MAR @ RAGLAN CLUB, Salute, The Abba Tribute Show, 8pm. FRI 4 MAR @ ORCA Twisted Timber, local mellow covers band 8.30 pm free entry. SAT 5 MAR KILLAMANRARO phat
beats dance party. 9pm, $5. SUN 6 MAR @ YOT CLUB, SUNDAY SESSION DJ’s Jamini, Dubsonic, FREE from 4pm. WED 9 MAR @ YOT CLUB - LOW KEY. FREE pool, $5 beers, DJ Jahman. SAT 12 MAR @ ORCA, Katchafire with Mana Maoli $30 presales from Orca $35 door.
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Please nominate St John Raglan as the recipient of donations for these purchases, and help your local ambulance service.
1/2 price haircut & colour with Annick for the month of March. Call to enquire *LOCAL FAVOURITES* 25kg Layer Pellets $25.50 25kg Pig Grower $27.50 25kg Grass Saver $22.50 Open 9-4 Mon to Fri @ 3205 SH23, Te Uku www.mirofeeds.co.nz
07 825 5812
Raglan Refrigeration We offer repair and maintenance services for commercial & domestic refrigeration. For fast, professional service. Please call us on
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from $75 per 10 ltr 10 YEAR GUARANTEE & DELIVERED TO RAGLAN FOR FREE!
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Raglan St John Ambulance will benefit from any purchases you make from PGG Wrightson this Autumn for your Balance Agri-nutrient Fertiliser, any purchases of agrichemicals or seed, from 7 Feb - 31 May 2011.
TONIC HAIRDRESSING special offer
MEDIC FIRST AID CLASSES. Workplace first aid. Ph 027 231 8805.
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BEAUTIFUL FAIRY, BALLET dresses, sequined shoes, wands, headbands, really good prices, Spiderman and Batman also available. Phone Vicki to view 8257575. FIREWOOD MANUKA, Heaped Trailor Load, summer rate $115. Dave 825 7270. DOG KENNEL – medium / large dog. Very sturdy,
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well made, with timber longrun roof. $50. 825 8801. DOG BED – small medium dog. Freestanding with fleece pad that enables damp to be directed away from dog. $50. 825 8801.
For lease in Raglan’s CBD. 70sqm approx, located on 1st floor above Raglan Hot Roast Shop. Suit offices, studio, clinic etc with massive harbor views, large deck & possible accommodation. Phone property manager on 021 363465
For eligible products, terms and conditions see your PGG Wrightson Agent or freephone 0508 276 556. Thank you very much!
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4 BEDROOM HOUSE, large decks, large fully fenced section, 2 kitchens, 2 lounges, 2 bathrooms. Large double garage, $350 p/w. N/S. References required. Ph 825 7577. Available from 11th March. LOVELY 2 BED HOUSE, beautiful Harbour views, deck, car port, suit quiet couple or single person. No pets. Unfurnished $250 p/w or F/furnished $330 p/w. Ph 825 7380 / 021 066 4277.
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MAN’S GOLD WEDDING RING, Found At Manu Bay boat ramp, evening of Saturday 19 Feb. Please call or come into the Chronicle office to claim. 1 LADIES BLACK LACE SHOE. High heel, found on government Road. Ph 825 8456.
For hire FLOORSANDING EQUIPMENT for hire. Ph Raglan Flooring 825 8777. BOUNCY CASTLE FOR HIRE, entertainment for the kids. Vicki 825 7575.
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Wanted HOME HELP / NANNY
possible live in. Txt smithy 0211616151 with your name and land line if possible. HOUSE TO RENT. Local Employed Couple looking for a 2+ bedroom house in a rural setting. Excellent references available. Ph. 8255224 or philbys@ hotmail.com
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CARE GIVING & RESPITE AVAILABLE IN RAGLAN • Do you need a break & your loved ones wanting to stay in their own home? • I can offer you that break • I have a current first aid certificate & am a caring homely person. • I welcome meeting with you. I Offer : A clean Police CheckStaying in your home and giving the best of care - Day care.
Whaingaroa Environmental Defence (WED) Meeting 8th Mar 7.30pm at the Community House.
Discuss the merits of the current system for deciding the future of Raglan and what changes can be made. FIREWOOD FOR SALE, GOLF CLUB FUNDRAISER. Split pine available now to store for the winter. Only $60 a cub. metre delivered. Deliveries will be on Mon. Wed, and Friday mornings. Phone Alex on 825. 0997 to order. ST JOHN, RAGLAN RAFFLE RESULT. The winner of the Raglan St John Christmas Raffle was Jason King . Many thanks to everyone who supported this fundraiser, and who continue to support our local Ambulance service.
CASH PAID PAID FOR CASH FOR CARCARS ENGINES CAR ENGINES TRACTORS TRACTORS TRUCKS OLDTRUCKS MACHINERY OLD MACHINERY GOING OR NOT GOING OR NOT DERELICT & UNWANTED DERELICT & UNWANTED FREE PICKUP CONTACT
RAY OR TIGER 0800 668 833 027 433 3338 07 823 6500
Situations Vacant Teacher Aides
Raglan Area School
is looking to employ two Teacher Assistants to join the Special Needs Team. * Part-time, fixed term approx, 8hrs. * Part time, fixed term approx, 13hrs. For further details and conditions please contact
karen_clarke@ raglanarea.school.nz (07) 825 8140 Experience preferable but not essential.
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Raglan Real Estate Ltd Licenced (REAA 2008)
18th March 2011 RAGLAN AUCTION. Ray White Of fice, 21 Bow Street, Raglan, 07 825 8669
IOffNice, T C ARUay White O
m - 6p n Mar , Ragla 8 1 Fri ow St 21 B
TE UKU STORE - LAND & BUILDING
• Petrol Station * General Store • Farming supplies *Timber yard • 4 bedroom home attached to the store • Approximate floor area 482m² This iconic general store has been strongly supported by the local community & the location is perfect on SHW 23 between Hamilton & Raglan. Prior Auction offers considered. ID#RAG20735
LITTLE BACH – BIG VIEWS
6pm lan ar - t, Rag M 8 S 1 ow 21 B , e c i f f ite O Wh Ray
• Leasehold property elevated and secluded • North facing and sunny one bedroom classic ‘bach’ • Enjoy stunning views of the coastline and harbour entrance • Short stroll to Raglan’s famous blacksand ocean & harbour beaches Prior Auction offers considered.
ION T C AU
ID#RAG20724
OPEN HOME
OPEN HOME
121c Riria Kereopa Mem. Dr
3440 State Highway 23
Saturday 11am
Saturday 11am
6pm ar- aglan M 8 R Fri 1 ow St, B 1 ,2 ffice ite O h W Ray
ION T C AU
HOT OFF THE PRESS! • Brand new 3 bedroom home • Garage * Lovely rural outlook • 892m² section in cul-de-sac location • Situated in popular Waikowhai subdivision. Prior Auction offers considered ID#RAG20727
NEW BEGINNINGS
6pm ar - aglan M 8 R Fri 1ow St, B 1 2 ce, Offi e t i Wh Ray
• Recently completed stunning new home • 3 dble bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, dble garaging • Sunny decking with harbour views • 660m² section in popular Waikowhai • Easy walk to Cox and Lorenzen Bays Prior Auction offers considered. ID#RAG20708
ION T C AU
OPEN HOME
OPEN HOME
Saturday 12 noon
Saturday 12 noon
2a Puka Place
6pm lan ar - t, Rag M 18 ow S 21 B , ffice O ite Wh Ray
ION T C AU
MORE FOR YOUR MONEY
• 4 double bedrooms * 2 bathrooms • Open plan living with cosy woodburning fire • DVS system • Huge garage plus workshop space • Easy to maintain 712m2 section Prior Auction offers considered
15 Puka Place
FLAX COVE – STAGE 2 MORTGAGEE AUCTION
6pm ar - aglan M 8 R Fri 1 ow St, 21 B ce, i f f ite O Wh y a R
ON I T AUC
• 8 sections from 560m² to 796m² • (NB 1 section under contract) • Estuary and mountain views • Walk to town Prior Auction offers considered
ID#RAG20667
ID#RAG20721
OPEN HOME
OPEN TIME
Saturday 1pm
Saturday 2pm
Robertson St
6a Primrose St
6pm lan ar - t, Rag M 18 ow S 21 B , e c i f f ite O Wh y a R
ON I T AUC
UNPARALLED LIFESTYLE AND LOCATION
• Waterfront at Moonlight Bay • Native planting with pathway to private water access • Serene, private setting on 4367m² • 3 double bedrooms plus sleepout / office • Designed & appointed to a high standard Prior Auction offers considered.
MAGICAL MOONLIGHT BAY
6pm ar - aglan M 8 R Fri 1 ow St, B 1 2 ce, Offi e t i Wh Ray
• Enjoy a triptych of dwellings with harbour views. • State of the art kitchen - Open plan dining. • Large master bedroom, lounging area, walk in ‘robe, ensuite, private deck. • Two separate units, one self contained, one set up to be. Prior Auction offers considered
ION T C AU
ID#RAG20674
ID#RAG20722
OPEN HOME
OPEN HOME
Sunday 1pm
Sunday 1pm
106g Greenslade Rd
IOffNice, T C ARUay White O
6pm lan ar - Rag 18 Mow St, 21 B
SECRET GARDEN SANCTUARY
• So close to town, yet tucked away out of sight • 2 bedroom home or beach house • Lovely estuary views • Large garage, purpose built for a boat • 1410m² with plenty of potential to develop Prior Auction offers considered.
40 Greenslade Rd
PICTURE PERFECT VIEWS
6pm lan ar - t, Rag M 18 ow S 21 B , e c i f f ite O Wh y a R
• 2 bedrooms plus office & extra downstairs space • Gorgeous views to estuary, harbour and bar • Large, fully fenced 916m² section – great potential to add 2nd dwelling • Brilliant location just a few mins walk from town & school • Expansive all-weather decking Prior Auction offers considered
ON I T AUC
ID#RAG20723
ID#RAG20287
OPEN HOME
OPEN HOME
Sunday 2pm
Sunday 2pm
27 Norrie Ave
31a Norrie Ave
IOffNice, T C ARUay White O
6pm lan ar - Rag 18 Mow St, 21 B
Licenced Auctioneer Julie Hanna
NOT MANY LEFT NOW! • Huge 2018m² section in quality subdivision • Build new from scratch or bring in your favourite transportable • Covenants apply to maintain standards & protect wetland Prior Auction offers considered
ID#RAG20707
Contact the Team at Ray White to view this section.
22d Simon Rd.
WEE E H T L OF A T REN
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MODERN LIVING ON GOVERNMENT $320/per week- 61b Government Rd · 3 bedroom home fully- (or semi) furnished · open plan living at an affordable price · single lock up garage · large yard with summer decking · Sorry no pets. Available for long term rental. **Please note this property is on the market**
ID#RAG20725
CONTACT THE PROPERTY MANAGERS: Russ Adams 021 0200 7665, Liza Toornstra 021 444 317, Office 07 825 8669 For available rentals, property management and free rental appraisals.
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