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50,000km on a bike! It’s taken several weeks, and 50,000km, but a young Waiuku man has finally made it home after a mammoth fundraising drive.
Residents on Waiuku’s King Street had a spectacle to watch on Friday morning last week as the delicate operation to lift a house over the top of another and onto its new site was completed. The careful lift operation took several hours to set-up but was accomplished safely.
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Waipipi on the waves Waipipi School has raised some money for local Coastguard as part of the Coastguard’s drive for safety on the water.
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Sharks and currents Waiuku’s Tara Remington’s epic row across the Pacific has encountered a few unusual problems in the second week!
Surprise honour for local practice nurse It’s a special moment when you graduate from your university, but that moment was made even more special for Waiuku Health Plus practice nurse Sarah Hewitt recently.
On the last Saturday in May, Sarah, along with the rest of the graduates from the Bachelor of Nursing intakes, plus a number of business degree graduates, was awarded her Bachelor of Nursing,
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and then found she was named as one of the winners of the highest awards of the night. Sarah was one of three students to receive the ‘Top Student, Applied Excellence’ award, and says it came as a complete surprise to her. When asked what the announcer said about the award, she laughs that she wasn’t really paying attention. “I didn’t think it had anything to do with me, so I wasn’t really listening, and then they called out my name,” she says with a smile. It was also a surprise for her husband and daughter, who were in the Vodafone Events Centre as part of the large crowd of supporters. Sarah, who lives in Aririmu, has been working at the Waiuku Medical Centre since August last year, after completing her degree, but the township and the centre, as well as many of
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the clients, were already familiar to her. Sarah did her final placement in Waiuku in February to May of last year, and was delighted to be offered the chance to join the team in Waiuku. One of Sarah’s special projects in the centre is conducting risk screening for people who are in the risk area for cardiovascular issues. European men and women over 45 and 55 years respectively, and Maori, Pacific and Indian men and women aged over 35 and 45 years respectively are in the risk area for assessment. One of 11 practice nurses at the centre, Sarah is managing that programme, and ensuring the centre meets national targets. Left: Doctor and director of the medical centre, Dr Richard Potman, congratulates Sarah Hewitt on her honours award from MIT.
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