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Major refit underway Close to $150,000 is being spent to refurbish the Waiuku War Memorial Town Hall, with scaffolding already in place. PAGE
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Teen star on wheels He’s aiming for a pro career in motorcross while studying for NCEA at Onewhero Area School - meet Jayden Turnwald...
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Your guide to rural
Although, as of yesterday, no definite date has been provided as to when Auckland Mayor Len Brown will resume his duties officially this year, it appears there will be little let-up of the pressure on him. Former mayoral candidate, Affordable Auckland’s Stephen Berry, is working with Waiheke resident Will Ryan to organise a ‘Stand Down Len Brown March’, to be held on Saturday 22 February at 12 noon. The march will start from QE2 Square at Britomart and progress up Queen Street to Aotea Square.
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Franklin Councillor Bill Cashmore explains why the steps councillors took were strong enough in the wake of the Ernst and Young Report.
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March to demand Mayor stand down
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“Why we didn’t hang the Mayor out to dry”
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Stephen Berry says, “If I, you, or anyone else engaged in sexual relations with one of their staff during work time on work premises, they would quite deservedly lose their job. That same standard should be held to the most senior staff in an organisation as well as the most junior. “Mayor Brown isn’t going to be allowed to get away with a duck and cover until the controversy subsides; I am determined to see public opinion prevail and Len Brown resign.” Continued on page 3.
Priests licences suspended at historic church Photo-Opportunity Shop! The future of one of the oldest churches in the Franklin area is up in the air at present as the Anglican Diocese of Auckland has suspended the church’s Ministry Unit licence, and that of its three priests. Bishop Jim White, Assistant Bishop of Auckland, told the Post last week that the three priests licenses to Waiuku have been suspended because the whole Unit’s license has been suspended - “Until the commission sets out how Ministry is to be reshaped and that new Ministry is launched (as it were) then they can’t have a license. One is consequent upon the other,” he explained. “The Ministry Unit at Waiuku has been struggling for a little while. Like many voluntary groups in society, finding willing and able folk to run committees, be treasurer, secretary and so on, is difficult as such people are in short supply. “In order to comply with Diocesan Statutes a Ministry Unit needs to be able to sustain its own life to a satisfactory level. The congregation at Waiuku is unable to do that presently. This ‘triggered’ our Diocesan to do three simultaneous things - which it must do under our Statutes: “1. Suspend the Ministry Unit license. This has the consequence of suspending the licenses of the priests. This is not a judgement on the priests’ work or worth but a consequence of the Unit license being suspended. “2. Set up a Commission to determine how we can continue ministry in the local area. “3. Appointed a Diocesan priest as Missioner to continue leading worship and mission.” Bishop White says the Diocese had the option of licencing the priests to the interim piece of ministry, “but we decided that it was better to have another priest from the diocese do that task while the Unit is up for review and reshaping.” He says the Ministry Unit at Waiuku has been doing some very good things – “the Selwyn Centre care for the elderly, for instance, is a fabulous piece of work in the wider community. We want to find a way to strengthen and continue that work and advance the good Anglican history we have in the area. The Commission will advise Diocesan Council how we can best do that with the resources we have.” The Commission is expected to report to the Diocesan Council in March. The Holy Trinity Church has been a figure on the Waiuku landscape since 1873 and features in many local histories.
URGENT NOTICE
The Waiuku Opportunity Shop provided a very special opportunity over the holiday break as Kiwi singing sensation Lorde dropped into town during a holiday at a family bach on the Awhitu Peninsula. Lorde, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O’Connor, has recently had a Brit Award nomination to go along with her Grammy nominations, and has been happy to pose for photographs at a number of local businesses and establishments during the holidays, with facebook awash with fan photos of the unassuming star. In this image taken by Kirstin Featonby, pictured with Lorde are Walter O’Halloran(right back), with Adrianna and Shakaiya O’Halloran.
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