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MAUNGATUROTO An appealing place to live, work and visit, which has heart, purpose and prosperity
CONTENTS
Editors note
Playcentre news
Homebuilders
11
13
15
17
17
19
Poetry corner
19
21
23
23
Retarded grandparents
25
Wordplay
25
Snippets
27
Comment is free!
27
Whats on
28
High School
high achievers
p. 13
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Editors Note
Maungaturoto Matters.
Issue 131, December 2012
Maungaturoto Matters is a free monthly publication,
produced for the community b y the Maungaturoto
Residents Association.
Editor: David Briggs
Editorial Assistant: Gail Barnett
Editorial Board: Daniel Alcock; Terri Donaldson; Alison
Cadman-Smith
Printed by Progressive Paparoa, High Street, Paparoa
Contributions and feedback from members of the Community are actively encouraged.
Note : the Editor reserves full right to abridge or
amend copy for editorial purposes.
Read the Maungaturoto Matters online at:
www.welcometomaungaturoto.com
Enquiries : Email: maungaturotomatters@gmail.com
Phone 09 431 8401
Contributions & Advertising: By email to:
maungaturotomatters@gmail.com; or drop in the RED
BOX at the Lotto Shop at 147, Hurndall Street, Maungaturoto
Charges for advertising: There is no charge for
announcements for charities, community groups or
community events. Commercial rates are listed below.
Classified adverts are charged at 5c/letter or character.
Invoices and statements for adverts will be issued
quarterly.
Payments: By cheque to: Maungaturoto Residents
Association, P.O. Bo x 113, Maungaturoto
By credit transfer to: Maungaturoto Matters; a/c no 06
0365 0008021 00, National Bank, Whangarei
Please include your business name; for annual payments, state clearly ANNUAL in the details.
For queries about payments, contact Guy Smith: 09 431
8860.
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Four-tenths
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Two-tenths
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20th
January 2013
Maungaturoto Matters
Beautification Project
What next?
e are always looking for ideas for new projects and fund -raising. If you have any,
come along to the next meeting (7.30 pm, Wed nesday 4th December 2012 at the Maunga turoto Centennial Hall) and help us plan for next year.
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MAUNGATUROTO
CHRISTMAS PARADE
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50g per week = $2756 per year
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20 per day = $5278 per year
Inexpensive options available to
assist you with smoking cessation.
Make an appointment today.
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N CLARKE
EARTHMOVING
DRAINAGE AND EARTHMOVING
Septic and Water Tanks Registered Drainlayers
Housesites/Footings Driveways/Roading
Drilling (up to 8 m deep) Retaining walls
Farmwork Races/Dams
Competitive Prices
MOBILE:
MOBILE: 027 223 3185
R DICKENS
MAUNGATUROTO
HOUSEHOLD WATER
Road works, water carts
and all general cartage
7 Ton Grader, 8 Ton digger
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HOMEBUILDERS
MAUNGATUROTO/PAPAROA
Recent events/activities
WORKING TOWARDS
SAFER COMMUNITIES
Upcoming events/activities
e would love to have new children and parents join, so come and see what Playcentre
is all about.
Remember also that we appreciate any empty
printer toner cartridges for recycling. You can drop
them off at Playcentre during our session times or at
100% Fergus Appliances.
To rent
Brand new private 1- bedroom
cottage on Jumna Road.
PRESIDENTS REPORT
December 2012
Water-view. No bond.
$125 per week.
Phone Sarah 09 431 8448
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STEPHEN M JAQUES
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT
123 Hurndall Street, Maungaturoto
Email: kaiparaflooring@slingshot.co.nz
CONCRETE
If its concrete, we do it
Full preparation and pour by
experienced local team
Subfloors Sheds Driveways
Patios Cowpads
Also retainer walls and fences
FARRIER
Frans Jansen
Quiet and Reliable
Phone 09 431 8592
Mobile 026 227 1776
Allan Swindlehurst
Your Local
Livestock Agent
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COFFEE/PLAYGROUP
If anyone is interested in having coffee
mornings again, please contact Justine
Westlake on 431 8831
But four years earlier, his father had given him half of a seedpod that he had hybridised. From that pod, and his work
since, he has become the leading breeder of Calla lilies
(Zantedeschia) world wide!
As well as being a Limousin cattle stud farmer.. And a volunteer ambulance officer since the St John division was formed
in 1955.
2006, in the Netherla nds, saw Trevor awarded the Dix Penning the most prestigious flower-growing award in the
world. He is the only New Zeala nder to receive this hono ur.
His father once said, Trevor, always strive for excellence; you
may not always achieve it but alwa ys strive for it".
Like father, like son, for they both achieved this in the flower
growing world for New Zealand.
Stage with
changing rooms
Storage under
stage
Large auditorium
Foyer area
Bar facilities
Competitive rates
Short or long term
hire
An ideal Christmas
venue!
Henr y Daniel
Linking Hands
HEALTH SHUTTLE SERVICES
Maungaturoto Phone/fax 09 4318969
Mangawhai 09 4314121
Ruakaka 09 4328985
www.linkinghands.co.nz
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FREEVIEW
INSTALLATION
Servicing Kaiwaka,
Maungaturoto,
Paparoa and
Ruawai
09 431 6595
09 431 6595
Competitive rates
colinglassguy@xtra.co.nz
colinglassguy@xtra.co.nz
Phone:
Phone:
Email:
Email:
PLANNING A NEW
KITCHEN?
KAIPARA PLUMBING
LTD
Graham Slatter
PLUMBER DRAINLAYER
WELLSFORD KITCHENS
Phone/Fax: 094312888
Kaiwaka
ANY TIME
Certifying Plumber
Certifying Drainlayer
P.O. Box 6
Maungaturoto
Phone: 027 244 5430
After hours: 09 431 8451
Fax: 09 431 8561
Email: Slatter1@xtra.co.nz
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lder people in the Paparoa, Matakohe, Wha kapirau Ararua, Hukatere and Tinopai areas now have the chance to
meet others and socialise in the friendly, caring enviro nment of
a Selwyn Centre. The new Centre is open every Thursday at St
Marks Church, Paparoa, from 9.30 am to 12 noon. It offers a
programme of social games, gentle exercise and morning tea
for a gold coin donation.
provides a 24 hour
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
021 886 434
Free counsellor available 5 days/week
If you need help don't hesitate to call 09 431 9080
ARE YOU CONCERNED FOR SOMEONE ELSE?
INVITES YOU
TO ATTEN D EVERY
TUESDA Y 10am
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
MAUNGATUROTO
0-5 YRS MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Followed by morning tea
Contact Elaine 09 431 8317
Or Ruth 09 4318491
supported by Maungaturoto
Congregational Church ($2 donation
per family please)
Maungaturoto Playcentre
Mondays and Fridays
9.15am 12.15pm
Term cost is $20 for 1 child over 2
yrs or $25 for 2 or more children
over 2 yrs. Under 2s are free.
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ROADING
EARTHWORKS
DRAINAGE
SITEWORKS
For any further enquiries, contact Shaun on:
Cell: 021 222 0272
Home: 09 4318339
Email: admin@huband.co.nz
Registered Drainlayers
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Principals Comment
Dear parents, caregivers and community
Ph 09 431
8230
Ph/Fax 09
431 8229
0800 682
628
Congratula tions go to all the students who won prizes and awards at the Senior
Prize-giving on 2nd November. Particular mention sho uld be made of the winners of our top awards. Lara Ware won the top academic award, Dux. Vanessa
Lillas and Marama Linnell shared the next highes t academic prize of Proxime
Accesit. Jake Powell was the winner of the top academic award in Year 12 and
James Finlay the equivalent award in Year 11. The top sporting awards of Victrix
and Victor Ludorum went to Caitlin Foster and Dalto n Tapper, respectively. The
Haydn and Mary Hutching Cup for Outstanding Sporting Achievement went to
Simone Sid well for her efforts in motor-cross.
We have been blessed with superb student leaders in 2012 a nd they were ackno wledged at the school prize-giving. Well done to all of you: your efforts
have been outstanding. The 2013 leaders are Jack Williamson (Head Boy),
Tahlia Howard (Head Girl), Jake Powell (Deputy Head Boy), Stacey Lewin
(Deputy Head Girl) and Isaac Reid, Maika Abel, Austin McCabe, Caitlin Foster,
Elese Cocking a nd Simo ne Sid well (prefects). For you, the bar has been set very
high if you wish to emulate the efforts of the 2012 leaders!
On the evening of Saturday 3rd November, it was a pleasure to see our senior
students at Otama tea High Schools first Senior Graduatio n Ball and Dinner. It
was a change from previous years. The focus this year was on the graduating
class of 2012 the 2012 Year 13 students. The girls all looked beautiful and
the boys handsome. It is always very uplifting to see students for-
As Haydn said in his prize-giving speech, it has been a difficult year with numerous long-term staff
absences including Ha ydn himself. However, I am pleased to announce tha t Dirk Smyth has joined
our Senior Leadership Team. Sue Poynter, who wor ked for many years as Deputy Principal at Takapuna Grammar School, has also been co-opted onto our team. These two additio ns very effectively
complement the skill set of Lyndsay Whitehead, Shane OMa hony and myself. Together, with the
support of the school community, we thus have the ability to make the cha nges required to ensure
that the school can accelerate along the road of continuous improvement.
Finally, in light of Haydns announcement that this year was his last prize giving I would like to announce that we will honour Haydns extensive service to the school at an appropriate time.
Roy Fletcher, Acting Principal
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Landcare Services
Trenching, Hole boring,
boring, Cleaning calf sheds
Section clearing, Landscaping,
Landscaping,
Driveways, Post peel and chip
Land levelling, Baseful work for new houses
Lifestyle block mowing etc, Rotary hoeing
Vibrating roller for compacting work
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Athletics
School gardens
Swimming Pool
Dates to remember
Tues 4th Dec
Thurs 6th Dec
Fri 7th Dec
Mon 10th Dec
ANGLICAN OP SHOP
Opening hours
Monday 10 am - 1 pm
Wednesday 10 am - 3 pm
Friday 11 am - 3 pm
Closed Dec 24th to Jan 6th. Reopen Jan 7th
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30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
For all your Race, Drainage & Site Work and More:
Call: Barry and Deanna Underwood, RD2, Maungaturoto
Mobile 0274 987 745
Phone/Fax 09 431 8078
Coates Contracting
D41 Bulldozer with 6 way blade, bush rigged with
winch, for all tree work, general bulldozing and
stick racking
120hp tractor for ground cultivation, tip trailer
work
Fencing
CALL KEN ON
09 431 8705 or 021 161 2344
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MAUNGATUROTO PUBLIC LIB RARY INC
Monthly Meeting
Fiction
ummer is in full swing so pay attentio n to watering, weeding, feeding and spraying as those
pests will be active amongst the foliage.
Sow successive summer vegetables for a plentiful
supply to last over summer. Potatoes will require
mounding up to protect the new plants.
Further applications of fertiliser will help increase
the size of the fruit on trees.
Maintain spraying of roses and fertilise and water.
Cultivate and weed around flower plants.
Strawberries will need netting to protect from birds.
Move your container plants to a shady spot, but
remember that they will still need daily wa tering.
This novel tells of a womans discovery, through visiting Spain, of her mothers past. In a quiet caf, by
a chance conversation and a collection of old photographs, she is drawn into an extraordinary tale of
pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain during the civil war. An extremely well researched
novel about Spains struggles before the 2nd World
War.
Ken Follett: Winter of the World
This is Ken Folletts second novel, told through the
eyes of five inter-related families America n, German, Russian, English, Wels h characters who were
introduced in Fall of Giants, the first novel in the
trilogy. Their lives huma nise wha t is happening in
the world at the time of Adolf Hitlers chilling rise to
power; of unrest in London and civil war in Spain; of
Pearl Harbor, the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Ba ttle of Moscow and the birth of the
atomic bomb. A hugely satisfying read.
We have many more new books by popular authors:
Warkworth/Wellsford
Budget Advisory Services
Phone 09 423 7123
Free help and advice
for all areas of personal finance
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Stumpgrinding
Tidy professional job
Tel: Mark 021 457 247
or 09 432 1816
ATLAS
QUARRIES
CONCRETE
Atlas Concrete
Your first call for
concrete
Phone: 0800 888303
(Brynderwyn)
or 09 432 5030
(Ruakaka)
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Poetry Corner
Haiku: Life
Life drags its heels so idly, early on,
Then all too soon
Hurtles towards oblivion.
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ORT Scholarships
Auditions
e will soon be auditioning for Dirty Weekends, a play by Roger Hall and Phillip Norman. Director, Alister Williams, describes it as a play
about gardening and other fruitful pleasures (with
songs) involving a couple in their 60s and their
neighbours (late 20s or so), as well as a music
teacher and her love interest (described as
voluptuous and Irish respectively though attitude is more important than physique or accent for
these parts) In addition, there are roles for a female garden muse to sing and charm the audience, and two hig hly versatile performers to play
the cat, the dog, the Dean, the judge and various
other roles. Last but not least, we are seeking
Peter Flower
Vice Presidents:
Secretary:
Kathy Bygrave
Treasurer:
Maura Flower
Committee:
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roofing
New roofs / Re-roofs
Longrun Colorsteel and
Zincalume
Competitive fixed prices
Brett Strong
Tax agent
12 Willow Lane, PO Box 17, Maungaturoto 0547
Phone:
Phone : 09 431 9140
Email: affordableaccounting@xtra.co.nz
CARPET &
VINYL
LAYING
HSB BUILDERS
LTD
www.hsbbuilders.co.nz
Trevor Dempsey
Phone/Fax (09) 431-8888
Mobile (027) 283-8039
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www.thecountryclub.co.nz
November Round Up
Its summertime!!
Last night 2012: Friday, 21st December.
January 2013: Open Fridays: 18th and 25th.
February 2013: Normal hours - Thurs & Fri from
6pm.
THE OTAMATEA
HAWKS
RUGBY CLUB
OPEN
FRI & SAT
From 5pm
.will celebrate 25 years of rugby in 2013 with a reunio n on the 19th and 20th April at the Kaiwaka
Sports Complex. We would like to invite players,
coaches, managers and committee members.
As you can imagine, coming up with 25 years worth
of names is a big job! We are currently working off
team photos, but we have a big gap. So If you have
any team pho tos or anything that lis ts players
names, particularly in the years 1993-2005, I wo uld
love to hear from you.
Also, if you have any club memorabilia that yo u
would be happy for us to display during the reunion, please let me know.
Cher yl Anderson (Tel 09 431 2051)
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RETARDED GRANDPARENTS
WORDPLAY
fter Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from
school. One child wrote the following.
We always used to spend the holidays with
Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live in a big
brick house but Grandpa got retarded and they
moved to Batemans Bay where everyone lives in
nice little ho uses, and so they don't have to mo w
the grass anymore!
Word hunt
Its Dec ember, so this months puzzles have a
seasonal theme. To start with, you must find
14 Chri stmasy words in the following grid. Each
word is 4 or more letters long, and words can
run horizontally, vertically or diagonallybut
always from lef t-to-right or top-to-bottom.
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Answers on Page 27
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09 431 9143 Hayden 021 506 260 shenee@hsbbuilders.co.nz
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Fair pricing
Professional approach!
Women
Women s cuts
$30
Restyles
$35$35-40
Men
Men s cuts
$20
Teens cuts
$15$15- 20
Kid
Kids cuts
$10$10-15
PrePre-school
$5
Avon Representative
Gale Matheson 094314827 0274149576
galematheson@gmail.com
Merry Christmas
Also offering:
Foils
Tints
Semi-permanents
Crazy colours
Permanent waving
Blow waves
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SNIPPETS
Otamatea Quilters PrizePrize-winners
Albi Returns
Comment is Free!
Farewell Maungaturoto
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Whats On
Locally.
Bus trip
December
Wed 4th: Maungaturoto
Residents Association
meeting. Centennial Hall, 19.30 (see page 3)
Sat 8th: Working Bee for Beautification Projec t 09.00 (see page 3)
Sat 8th: Chris Dent performs a t Eutopia, 19.00
(see page 27)
Sun 9th: Playcentre Chri stma s Party (see page
7)
Saturday 26th
January 2013,
debbie@brooksmotors.co.nz
Maungaturoto and
Districts Rotary
FARM MACHINERY
AUCTION
23rd March 2013
at 1920 State Highway 1,
Kaiwaka
To list machinery or to
register your interest, call
09 622 1963, 09 431 4440 or
09 431 8613
by 10th December
Mobile:
027 444 835
Phone:
09 431 2027
Winsome Designs
January
Sat 26th: Cliff Richard live! At the Vec tor
Arena, Auckland (see advert, lef t). For bus
trips see Brooks advert, front page.
THE SITTING
DUCK
TAKEAWAY
09 431 8711
Phone orders welcome
Another month has passed by but where have the
last seven months gone so quickly?
In the last Maungaturoto Matters we advertised our
soft-serve ice-cream.
Unfortunately, the machine has decided to become so
loud that weve retired it to save our ears. For now!
However - NEW IN STORE... Streets rolled
ice creams and Slushies.
So come on in try one
Summer hours:
Tues-Thursday 11.00 am 8.00 pm
Fri-Sat 11.008.30 pm Sunday 11.007-30 pm
We will be closed Christmas Day