9 October 2013

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Waimea Weekly

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Waimea Village sale likely Exactly 100 of the 172 home owners of Waimea Village have already accepted a proposal to buy the village, enough to push forward with the plan. Kit Maling stitched a deal together last month to buy the village on behalf of the residents but needed the majority to agree to pay the roughly $8000 needed to pull it off. After proposals were sent out two weeks ago Kit says 100 have already come back saying they are happy to buy a slice of the village, with another 14 happy to stay on as lease holders. The number could increase with a further 58 home owners yet to reply. If the sale is successful it will end almost three years of bitter dispute between the residents and the owners of the village, Michael and Carolyn Wright. The Wrights have attempted to raise the monthly levy payment

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for each resident from $80 in 2010 to $300 this year. Residents own their own homes and pay the levy on top of normal rates and other charges. Kit’s proposal would see the residents each buy a 172nd share of the village with a board of five employing a part time manager to make sure it runs efficiently. It would mean the residents have control of the village. An early-November deadline has been set for the sale to go unconditional and Kit says the residents should be free from the Wrights by Christmas. “We still have to do our due diligence. But we now have enough to make buying the village viable, which is a great start.” SEE PAGE 2

Greenacres Golf Club members Wendy Grindlay, Mat’e Crins and Joyce Murray are baring it all today in the name of charity. Photo: Sinead Ogilvie.

Golfers bare all for calendar A bunch of bare bums will tee off at Greenacres Golf course, as female members of the club bare it all in the name of charity. The ladies will pose nude for a calendar they’re creating in a bid to fundraise for and put their club on the map – while turning a few heads at the same time. All in good taste and good humour, the ladies will sell the

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calendars to the public and the proceeds will not only go towards helping the club, but will also be donated to Special Olympics NZ. Club members taking part in the photo shoot range in ages from early 50s to the early 80s.

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Joyce Murray, who is among the brave, says she jumped at the chance to participate because “life’s too short to be conservative”. The shoot may not be good for the concentration of club members who come across it though. “I don’t think they would have ever seen anything else quite like it in all of their years of golf,” says Joyce.

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