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Hearing Association TeAwamutu and LIFE Unlimitedclinics have closed as theyare moving to a new location.

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The Waipa Lodge LongestMorning Tea which wasinitially being held on July 7 isnow being held on August 18.

The event at the lodge(corner of Albert Park Driveand Sloane Street) will includea cooking demonstration byUK 2010 Restaurant Managerof the Year David Henniganand promises a scrumptiousmorning tea.

Entry is by way of gold coindonation, with proceeds goingto Camp Quality (for childrenliving with cancer).

The Freemasons Charitywill match every $1 raised.

Great resultfor CCF

A great turnout for thelaunch of the new Group Rxclasses at Bruce’s FitnessCentre saw over $190 raisedfor the Child CancerFoundation by classparticipants and the team atBruce’s — Di, Kiri, Lynda,Tamara, Yvonne, Bruce,Andrew, Jakob, Abbie andSara — who kindly donatedtheir instructor fees as well.

The total raised so far isapproaching $500.

The public can stillcontribute to this importantcause by attending a GroupRx class in August — casualattendees welcome, checkdetails on page 3. See howyour donation can help atwww.childcancer.org.nz/

Anger at rates hike

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WAIPA councillors Hazel Barnes and Vern Wilson meet with homeowners Ross and Carol Turner (right) who were hit with a 21 per cent increasein rates.

BY DEAN TAYLOR

Te Awamutu ward councillorVern Wilson is so concernedabout the number of ratepayershit with high rate increases thathe has submitted a late Notice ofMotion for today’s Finance andCorporate Committee meeting.

Mr Wilson wants the commit-tee to recommend Councilreviews the revenue and financepolicy for the 2013/14 year inrelation to funding arrangementsfor pools, libraries and museums.

He believes these areas are thebiggest drivers in huge rate risesfor some ratepayers this side ofthe district.

While the total rate increasefor the district was 4.4 per cent,the average for Cambridge is 0.3per cent and average for TeAwamutu is over 5 per cent.

The reality is worse for manyratepayers — such as Ross and

Carol Turner who were first towrite to the Courier after receiv-ing their rate demand showing a21.5 per cent increase on theprevious year.

Mr Wilson and fellow Te Awa-mutu Councillor Hazel Barnesvisited the Turners to see firsthand what the big drivers in theirrate increase were.

Mr Wilson says he believeswhen Councillors were hearingthe presentations from staff aboutthe rating system, they wereassured there would be no majorchanges for any ratepayer.

Mr Wilson says one of hisbiggest concerns is fair and equit-able treatment of ratepayers andhe asked many questions aboutthe effects of the proposedchanges.

He believes no-one saw the bigrate rises, especially those in the20-30 per cent range — but that assoon as the figures emerged staff

should have made Councillorsaware of the problem so it couldhave been fixed.

Mrs Barnes agrees that when itbecame evident some ratepayerswere going to be hit so hard thematter should have beenrevisited.

She says it sounds like Coun-cillors weren’t doing their jobwhen they say they didn’t knowwhat the effect would be, but saysshe believes it was a surprise toeveryone when the finalvaluations came through and thecalculations were done.

The two Councillors believe itis wrong that 45 per cent ofratepayers are paying 5 per centor less than last year, and 13 percent have had rate decreases,while the rest are paying more.

A large pool of 22 per cent haveincreases of 10-15 per cent and 2per cent of ratepayers have hadincrease of over 30 per cent.

Mr Wilson says he argued longand hard to keep rates down andto be fair and feels let down bythis development.

The Turners increase wasdriven by increases in Govern-ance, Parks and Reserves, Poolsand, to some extent, Roading.

While the dollar increases aresmaller, they questioned an 1843per cent rise in Stormwater andmore than 300 per cent increase inWater and Sewage, even thoughthey collect rain water and have aseptic tank system, and are notable to connect to reticulatedwater or a sewerage scheme.

They called Council and weretold it was for Public toilets —which is wrong as that is aseparately identified rate on theirdemand.

■ Council response to ratingquestions is published inWord onWaipa, page 6 and 7.

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What do we really get for rates?I recently spent a day

cleaning the footpath outsidemy home in Taylor Avenue asI have seen a number ofelderly people nearly slip overon the moss that has grown onthe pathetic attempt that wasmade by the council atrepairing the footpath(patches of tarmac in betweensections of concrete that growmoss at an alarming rate) andI began to ask myself justwhat do we get for the extor-tionate rates that we pay in TeAwamutu.

Rubbish collection — no, agood bus service — no, goodroad repairs — no, decentupkeep of the footpaths — no,regular cutting of the grassverges — no, water — aha yes!

Hang on, but Mr Key saidno-one owns that so we mustbe paying for the network thatdelivers water to our homes.

Everyone will know thatsystem, the one that lossesmore water than it delivers,sewerage — yes, storm water— no, well not from ourhomes anyway.

We do however get theupkeep of the High Street anda few massive flower pots thatmake the place look like ascene from Aladdin’s Cave.

Then in the evening I real-ised it was time to pay for ourdog license, $77, and what dowe get for that?

It seems very, very littlelike most things that thecouncil charge for, and if ourdog was to poo on the foot-path, which it won’t as itnever leaves our property, wecould be fined and yet theracecourse dump bags andbags of horse poo on the roadevery morning and that isacceptable, so perhaps

instead of going to the troubleof disposing of our dogs poo inthe correct manner we shouldput it in bags and dump it inthe street as this seems to bean acceptable practice in TeAwamutu with the exceptionthat there is no such thing asa horse license.

So if anyone can tell mejust why we pay so much inthe way of rates (councilincluded) I would be verypleased to hear the reasons asI have no interest in avelodrome and don’t knowanyone who has, for somereason councils seem to beable to just hike the rates bymassive amounts withoutconsultation, at will and weare just expected to payregardless of whether wehave had a wage increase ornot.

In these current hard

times, we the public arehaving to pull our belts in andtough it out so why don’t thecouncil in their ivory towermake a few cuts to the lavishexpenditures they make andjust for once work for us theresidents of Te Awamutu.

After all if our telephoneaccount is too high we havethe choice to either reduceour usage, or even betternegotiate with another com-pany. With the council wehave no choice and they knowthis, hence why they justinflict massive rate risesknowing we are forced to payand not getting anything forit. I wonder what would hap-pen if everyone in the townrefused to pay the increase,civil disobedience may wellbe the way to go and the onlylanguage that is understood.

MIKE LEWIS

WDC has clear message over museum costsYou will be pleased to hear

that the Waipa District Coun-cil have voted to build a newmuseum and library by theEvents Centre during the2015/16 financial year withfunds borrowed to the extentof $1.6m and the remainder upto $5.4 million found fromother co-operating organisa-tions.

That will add to the inter-est bill of just over $5916 perday they are currently pay-ing. The library will be inaddition to that. The publicgave a clear message that theydid not want to spend inexcess of $15m on a museumand two councillors were notre-elected due to their arro-gance over that issue.

The sad thing is that thereis a foot in the door by way ofthe resolution to commencework on a new museum isnow in place and it will be asimple matter for the WDC toincrease the project back tothe $15 million dollar one. Themystery is who will be theallied organisations that willcontribute the remaining

money? It is also worth notingthat since the reign of MayorAlan Livingston councilborrowing has increasedfrom $14.885 million to $31.3million. That is more than adoubling of debt which lastyear was at a point whereconsultants advised it was notsustainable to borrow more.

JAMES PARLANE

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TE AWAMUTU graphic designer Kelly Bassett working on her creation at home.Also pictured is her previous WOW finals entry ‘Crisp’.

BY CATHY ASPLIN

Kelly Bassett hadblisters on her fingers bythe time she completedhandsewing her creationfor this year’s World ofWearableArt (WOW).

But when she sees herentry on stage next monthall the pain and long hourswill be forgotten.

‘‘I’ve had an entryaccepted before and I canhonestly say seeing itonstage brought tears tomy eyes.

‘‘Having somethingyou’ve put so much timeand effort into beingparaded beautifully insuch as amazing show istotally rewarding.’’

Her first appearance atWOW was with Crisp(pictured) in the white sec-tion.

It is a two-piece gar-ment made from hundredsof pieces of folded paper.

Her entry this year willalso include hundreds ofsheets of paper, but has tobe kept ‘under wraps’ untilthe big event begins.

She has chosen to enterthe bizarre bra section thistime, with Give 2 Hoots.

It is a creation close toher heart literally andfiguratively.

‘‘My inspiration wasmy mother’s experiencewith breast cancer.

‘‘My first ‘hoot’ I gavewas to promote breastcare, while my second‘hoot’ was to utilisesustainable resources.

‘‘The bra ended upbeing quite tactile and it’snice to stroke, so that wasa cool outcome,

reinforcing the idea oflooking after you breasts.’’

Kelly says she haswatched a large number ofthe WOW events on tele-vision and is delighted tobe attending the 24thannual show and awardsnight on September 28with her husband Ross.

‘‘I’m stoked to be goingagain, it’s a special eventand winning somethingwould be crazy.’’

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‘‘There’s everythingfrom electronics, taxi-dermy, synthetic andhuman hair, to wood, andalmost every fabric,paper and textile you canimagine.’’

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Council needs to prune capital spendingMy water rates are down $110

as Council has cut the subsidy tocurrent metered users.

I wonder how much this hascost me in extra water rates overall the years its been running.

Changes to the council revenueand finance policy has shifted 35per cent of the museum andEvents Centre running costs fromdistrict wide funding to the com-munity of benefit, namely Te Awa-mutu, as a targeted ward rate.

My ward rates have gone up$186.

I wonder what the rational offthis is as it doesn’t increase coun-cil income and just puts a substan-tial loading on one ward —nothing to do with current prop-erty values.

Perhaps it is reflected in the10-year-plan targeted rates for$225,000 and $350,000 value proper-

ties.Te Awamutu equates to 5.1 per

cent and 4.5 per cent increases —Cambridge 0.4 per cent and 1.3 percent .

This year’s rate changes showthat 42 per cent of ratepayers haverises of 5 per cent to over 20 percent, and within this figure 31 percent have rises of 10 per cent toover 20 per cent.

I don’t expect the Council’smuch touted 4 per cent averagerate rise will have gone down wellwith this block of ratepayers.

Ratepayers in the lower valueproperties know what its like to behighly rated with homes of$320,000 value paying over $7.50per $1000 rateable value and$200,000 value homes paying $9.10per $1000 rateable values.

A study of this year’s ratingstatistics show:

Council’s huge capital spend-ing programme over the next 10years is unsustainable and needspruning and concentrating oncore services.

Rises and falls in propertyvaluations needs to be smoothedout over 2-3 years .to give moreeven annual rates increase/decreases .

The current rating system istoo complex and little understoodby the average ratepayers. A moresimple and transparent systemlike rating on $1000 property valueis needed.

Council communication on fin-ancial effects of the revaluationand changes to rating policies hasbeen very poor and needs drasticimprovement with much morecommunication with rate payersduring the year.

KEN GEORGE

Promptpaymentdiscount

T h e r a t edemand this yeargives no discountfor full payment.Instead they wills e n d o u t f o u raccounts instead ofone.

Has the Councilno debt that itd o e s n ’ t n e e dmoney in one go?

If a discountwas given, it wouldsave office timeand a saving onbank interest.

Even if theyonly gave a 3 percent discount forfull payment.

Perhaps someone from the Wai-pa Council couldexplain.

KEITHBRAWN

Rural area feels blast of rates hikeWaipa Council rate invoices have

caused an enormous reaction from thepublic and the Waipa Citizens and Rate-payers Association has been bombarded byangry ratepayers.

Most were expecting a rate increase ofaround 4-5 per cent, but the reality is astaggering 42 per cent of the district’sratepayers have received rate increases ofmore than 5 per cent.The majority (22 percent) in this group have had increases of10-15 per cent.

The big question being asked is whathas caused this to happen?

The simple answer is the Council haspushed through an enormous increase inspending.

This has been hidden by a reduction inrates on water and wastewater services sothat residents living in the towns con-nected to these services have been shieldedfrom the increase in rates on all othercouncil services.

Residents on the town fringes and ruralareas not connected to these services arefeeling the full blast of the increases.

Here are the figures.Council is raising an extra $3.6 million

in rates on all services other than waterand wastewater. This is an increase of 12.1per cent over the rates raised last year.Rates on water and wastewater services

have been reduced by $1.5 million or 14.9per cent compared with last year.

Added together the net amount of extrarates is $2.1 million or a 5.3 per centincrease over last year.

In addition Council has changed how itcollects the rates in two ways. The wardrate system that allocates rates across thefive wards has been changed.

Existing costs on swimming pools andmuseums have been redistributed with theresult that Te Awamutu residents arepicking up a larger share of these costs. TheTe Awamutu ward rate has increased by22.6 per cent compared to last year.

Increases in the other four wards rangebetween 10 per cent and 13 per cent. TeAwamutu is now $1008 compared to $933 inCambridge. Last year they were almost thesame .

Council has also increased the amountof rates that it collects through fixedproperty charges rather than a levy basedon capital value. This practice adverselyaffects all properties with a capital value of$650,000 or less.

All these issues were raised in ourpresentation to council in May. We nevergot any answers or justification then.

PAT BISHOPChairman Waipa Citizens and

Ratepayers Association

Car bowls through club greens

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ST JOHN paramedics assess the driver of a car that ploughed through the fence alongside State Highway Threeand ended up on the Kihikihi Bowling Club greens.

BY CATHY ASPLIN

Motorists heading Souththrough Kihikihi late on Fridayafternoon were astounded to see acar suddenly veer off the road andcrash through the fence above theKihikihi Bowling Club greens.

The car careered over the twometre drop and across the bowlinggreen before turning and comingback to ‘park’ facing towards theroad.

A couple that had been followingthe stationwagon called emergencyservices and stayed with the manuntil they arrived.

Police believe the 57-year-oldman suffered a blackout just priorto leaving the road. St Johnattended and took him to hospital.

A similar event occurred in 2002when a car left the road, resultingin considerable damage to the Kihi-kihi Bowling Club greens.

The car involved then had to be

removed by crane and it is expecteda crane will also be needed toremove this one.

Club member Fred Boothby saysthe greens had just been resown, soit’s disappointing to have this hap-pen.

‘‘I imagine it will be severalthousand dollars worth to fix. Itlooks like he has spun around andthe wheels have dug into the green.There’s also damage to shelters andseats that will have to be fixed.’’


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MUM Tahlia Hopkins entertains Griffin (five months)during the countdown to the Big Latch On at Churchills.

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BREASTFEEDING mum Haley Fielder with Fletcher (fourmonths), while older brother Max plays with toys duringtheir visit to Churchills.

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BIG LATCH ON participant Laura Neilson-Smith withseven-week-old Michelle.

BY CATHY ASPLIN

‘It was lovely to see so many new mumsthere and Churchills did a wonderful jobhosting everyone with a lovely morning

tea.’ AISLING O’BRIENORGANISER

The Big Latch On onFriday saw groups ofb r e a s t f e e d i n g w o m e ncoming together at regis-tered locations through-out New Zealand.

These included a groupof 17 in Te Awamutu andanother seven in Pirongia.

All of the breastfeeding

women and children wererequired to be ‘latched on’for one minute at 10.30amso that they could becounted by witnesses.

The numbers are thenadded up nationwide tosee previous ‘Big LatchOn’ records could bebroken (these figures arenot yet available).

Te Awamutu organiser

Aisling O’Brien from theLa Leche League says itwas a great opportunityfor breastfeeding mothersto come together.

‘‘All the mothers in TeAwamutu seemed to havea fun morning and werea b l e t o r e l a x w h i l ebreastfeeding.

‘‘It also gave them ac h a n c e t o g e t m o r einformation and supportif they need it.

‘‘It was lovely to see somany new mums thereand Churchills did a won-derful job hosting every-one with a lovely morningtea.’’


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SWEET: Business partners Diana Bowmar and Kirsten Matthews with some of theirbeautiful macarons and packets of biscotti.

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The French meringue-based confectionery istraditionally made withegg whites, icing sugar,granulated sugar, groundalmonds and are 100 percent gluten free. They arethen filled with ganache, aspecial buttercream or jamfilling to sandwich twotogether.

While it sounds rela-tively easy, anyone thathas attempted to makethem will know they arenotoriously difficult tomake.

Diana Bowmar says ithas taken three years forher to perfect them.‘‘Macarons are very tem-peramental to make —temperature, humidity,baking methods andingredients used can allaffect the result.

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‘‘Cafes and bakerieshave discovered how diffi-cult they are to make andhave decided they willleave them to us!

‘‘We are currently sup-plying cafes and bakeriesin Te Awamutu, Hamilton,Piopio, Raglan and Cam-bridge. We also sell themat the Tamahere marketsand plan to sell them at theTe Awamutu marketswhen they start again.

‘‘We offer seven lovelyflavours at the momentand a menu of flavoursdepicted by season.

‘‘However, we do takeorders for special occa-sions such as corporatefunctions, weddings ,birthdays and baby orbridal showers.

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‘‘Gift packs of 5, 15 and20 are available ordereddirectly from us.’’

My Sweet Things alsocreates delicious biscotti,tarts and bespoke cakes —with more luscious itemsto be added soon. ‘‘We takeorders for cakes andbelieve it or not we alreadyhave a number of Christ-mas cake orders for thisyear. Contact us soon ifyou would like one.’’

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As part of the We Love Eels exhibition,Te Awamutu Museum will be running a freeafternoon session on jobs and coursesabout Environment Management onThursday, August 16 at 1.30pm at theMuseum.

This programme will let you know aboutthe types of jobs and courses available,skills sought and why Environment Man-agement is such a worthwhile industry to bepart of.

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ELEPHANT LOVEA small exhibition on The Front Porch

from August 4 to September 16 celebratingthe work of Te Awamutu boy JackChapman-Lanting rescuing elephants inThailand.

SUNDAY AFTERNOONS ATTE AWAMUTU MUSEUM

Sunday, August 12 at 2pm — ElephantLove: Jack Chapman-Lanting will give ashort talk about rescuing elephants inThailand to mark International Youth Day.

Sunday, August 26 at 2pm — River Dog:The story of one man’s battle to save a riverand protect its wildlife.

As part of theWe Love Eels exhibition,Te Awamutu Museum is proud to present afree screening of the award winning 30minute film River Dog (recently featured on60 Minutes, TV3), produced and directed byJames Muir.

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Contact person is Nathalie Metz, 8720085, [email protected]

Passion operafinalist for Scroll

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COMPOSER Michael Williams is an APRA Silver Scroll Awardsfinalist for his opera The Juniper Passion.

An opera by Te Awamutuborn University of Waikatocomposer Michael Williamsand former university dramalecturer and librettist JohnDavies is a finalist in thecontemporary classical sectionof the APRA Silver ScrollAwards.

The Juniper Passion ,which is the product of threeyears’ work, is set inMontecassino during theSecond World War and is toldthrough the eyes of a Benedic-tine Monk, a German Armyofficer and a New Zealand sol-dier.

It was launched on CD latelast year, and has alreadyreceived international recogni-tion. It is scheduled forproductions on location inCassino and Rome.

Mr Williams says he isthrilled to be one of threefinalists for the Sounz Award,and to bring the work to morepeople.

‘‘Although the personalrecognition is very gratifying, Ihope this might expose morepeople to this work, perhaps

even those who might notnormally listen to opera. Itwould be good too if they couldcontemplate the issues we haveraised with open minds andhearts.’’

The themes of the workinclude the horror and carnageof war, the collision of ideo-logies, Nietzschean philosophyand Catholic mysticism, andKiwi self-reliance.

Mr Williams and Mr Daviesboth have a personal con-nection to the opera.

Mr Davies’ father was pre-sent at the battle ofMontecassino, and MrWilliams, as part of hisresearch for the opera, travel-led to Italy and walked thebattle site.

The annual APRA SilverScroll Awards recognise theachievements of outstandingNew Zealand songwriters, com-posers and publishers in popu-lar contemporary, classical andMaori music.

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Waikato District HealthBoard’s child and youth healthservice (Waikids) launched theannual campaign with stafffrom the Countdown stores andWaikato DHB.

From now until November,staff and customers ofCountdown stores will raisefunds for 10 children’s hospitalsnationwide — including Wai-kato.

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A team of young Te Awa-mutu netballers are proving agreat advertisement forGriffins biscuits.

Coach Karly Amess saysher players chose Toffeepopsas their team name at thebeginning of the current TeAwamutu Netball season.

‘‘It was a very easydecision to come up with —the girls agreed thatToffeepops were their favour-ite biscuit and they weresweet like them.’’

The coach initially made aroster for team members tobring a packet of toffeepopseach Saturday.

The players had one bis-cuit each after a game, withthe player of the day gettingthe remainder of the packet totake home.

Amess says the girlssuggested that they write toGriffins to see if they wouldsponsor them 12 packets ofToffeepops to cover the rest ofthe season.

‘‘We thought we hadnothing to lose, so each girlwrote a letter explaining whythey chose the name and howthey divided the packet eachweek.

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WAIKATO badminton representative Amanda Brown(pictured recently at Trust Waikato Te Awamutu EventsCentre) is a member of the Mooloo team defending theWisden Cup at the national interprovincial championshipsbeing held in conjunction with Waikato Badminton’s 80thbirthday celebrations in Hamilton on Saturday. For anyonewanting to take in the action, Badminton Stadium is 324 DeyStreet, Hillcrest.

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BIG HEART and even bigger engine . . . New Zealandcycling representative Hayden McCormick workingout on an ergometer at his parents John and Debbie’shome in Te Awamutu on the eve of his departure forthe UCI Juniors Track World Championships inInvercargill.

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Preparation for theroad worlds will take aquick turn-around forMcCormick, Kennett andWilliamson who will bein action at the Invercar-gill velodrome for the UCIJuniors Track WorldChampionships.

‘‘Making the transi-tion between track and

road is quite difficult, butthe three New Zealandriders who have beenselected for both eventshave enough experienceto be able to adjustquickly and still performto their potential in bothdisciplines,’’ says BikeNZdevelopment manager,Amy Taylor.

The time trial and roadrace are in Limburg,Netherlands from Sep-tember 15-23.

‘‘It’s a tough ask totravel to the other side ofthe world to race, especi-ally on a physicallydemanding road courselike the one in Limburg,but I’m confident this

team can do themselvesand their country proud,’’says Taylor.

The team will be prim-arily based in Blauberg,Belgium, about an houraway from the Limberg,enabling them to focus ontheir own individualpreparations without thedistraction of waitingaround nervously whileeveryone else races.

McCormick shouldfeel quite at home, havingjust returned home aftera hugely successful three-month stint racing for thetop junior team inBelgium. He trained onthe roads aroundBlauberg.

The Te Awamutu teen-ager spent last week athome before flying toInvercargill early Sundaymorning to prepare forthe junior track worlds.

He will be in action onthe first day of competi-tion on August 22,featuring in the team pur-suit. Qualifying will beheld during the morningsession from 10am to 2pm,followed by the final inthe evening.

His two other eventsare the individual pursuiton August 25 andmadison (partnered byDyllan Kennett of Wai-mate) on August 26, thelast day of competition.

McCormick andKennett must rate a bigchance of making thepodium. The juniorpairing caused a boiloverwinning the New Zealandelite title on the Invercar-gill track, upstaging allthe men’s Olympic teambound for London.


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YOUTH AWARDSCambridge High School is hosting the 10th

annual Waipa District Council Youth Awards thisThursday. There have been 29 nominations in thesport category with the vast majority havingrepresented New Zealand, making the judgesdecisions challenging. The awards are led by theWaipa Youth Council, made up of the head studentsfrom our three secondary schools.

PIRONGIA MINI-OLYMPICS DAYPirongia School is having a mini-olympics day on

Wednesday, August 15. Senior students will berunning the day and have attended a training sessionwith Sport Waikato Energizer Tracey Fleming. Thesestudents will be either running the games on the dayor leading a team of students. Everyone willparticipate in 10 different activities during the day andeach team will represent an Olympic country.Spectators are welcome. For more information,contact Tracey Fleming on 027 278 5920.

REV-UP YOUR WALKINGIf you have been enjoying your walks . . . how

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Perfect record to claim B grade titleTe Awamutu has taken out

the Waikato B grade interclubcompetition with an unblem-ished record.

The team of RionMcFarlane, Glen McFarlane,Jason Holmes, JonathanWalker, Paul Davies, SusannePaalvast, Gail Fordham, Bar-bara Petersen, BrendaKingsford and YvonneDumstone strung together

eight wins from as manymatches to emerge topqualifiers for the play offs.

Te Awamutu beat Puta-ruru 10-5 in the semi-finals atWaikato Badminton Stadiumin Hamilton.

The line-up of R.McFarlane, G. McFarlane,Holmes, Fordham, Kingsfordand Dunstone then clinchedthe title with a nail-biting 8-7

victory over Hamilton 2 in thefinal at the same venue as thesemi-final. Paalvast wasunable to front for either thesemi-final or final afterhaving her wrist crushed by asteer against steel piping onthe farm, while a virusprevented Petersen fromtaking the court for the final.The pennant win extends TeAwamutu YMI Badminton

Club’s proud record in Wai-kato interclub competition.

Te Awamutu’s C gradeteam performedoutstandingly to make thesemi-finals, only to be beaten10-5 by Filipinos. The Te Awa-mutu line-up was Stu Morgan,Jair Mandriaza, MarkGibson, Warwick Rapley,Vaina Nicholson, GayleHobbs and Naioli Pratt.

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Stu Morgan and BarbaraPetersen will go down in his-tory as Shirley IrvingMemorial mixed doubles win-ners in 2012 at Te AwamutuYMI Badminton Club — but notas you know it.

Morgan injured his back inthe final game of section play,ruling him out of the finalagainst the other section win-ners Warwick Rapley andWillie Mentzel.

But in a remarkably unusualoccurrence, it was decided thatWaikato Masters representa-tive Murray Orr could fill in forthe injured Morgan.

It wasn’t as if they wereplaying for peanuts — theShirley Irving is the mostsought after trophy outside theclub championships.

Orr (partnered by Deb Kyle)had played in the same sectionas Rapley and Mentzel, losing tothem 31/19.

Club captain, SusannePaalvast says it was an execu-tive decision on the night, ‘‘onethat everyone involved washappy with.’’

Petersen and Orr went on towin the first to 31 points final

31/30 after trailing 29-24.It was an epic match, tinged

with further controversy whenthe scores were locked at 30-30.

A shuttle, too close to the lineto call, resulted in a let. Thereplayed ‘match point’ was wonby Petersen and Orr.

Victory tasted especiallysweet for Petersen and Morgan,having been beaten by Rapleyin last year’s final.

Rapley and Mentzel were thestand out team in section play,winning all their four matchesby decisive margins.

The other unlucky pairinghad to be Mark Gibson andNaoli Pratt. They won three oftheir four games in section play,only to lose out on a countback(making the final) to Morganand Petersen, whom they beat31/29.

Te Kuiti duotoo tough

Michelle Tregoweth wasquite at home partneringRichard Wenzlick to victoryin the C grade section of TeAwamutu YMI BadmintonClub’s annual round-robintournament.

The Te Kuiti pairingnever dropped a game allday. They won all fourmatches in section play (twogames straight), their semi-final 21-18, 21-16 against BenAlbany and HaleyPendergrast (Te Kuiti) andfinal 21-12, 21-11 againstPeter Squires and WendyBrown (East Coast Bays).

Tregoweth was born andeducated in Te Awamutu,was a member of the localbadminton club for manyseasons and representedWaikato at age group level.

Squires and Brown beatBarry and Deb Kyle (TeKuiti) 21-16, 21-17 in theother C grade semi-final.

The B grade was won byAucklanders Warren Parkerand Leisha Hun. They beatthe Hamilton husband andwife pairing of Raymondand Jaqui Downs..


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HOT SHOT: Bay of Plenty junior men’s champion bodybuilder Brendon O’Byrne with his trophy andcoach Mike Smith.

Trainstation Gymbodybuilder Brendon O’Byrnebroke through for his firstregional title at the Bay ofPlenty Championships.

The first year competitorwon the junior men’s title atWhangamata after taking outrunner-up at the same venue inlast month’s Waikato cham-pionships.

Coach Mike Smith saysO’Byrne was leaner than amonth ago, around 2.5%bodyfat — wowing the audi-ence and fellow competitorswith his leanness.

O’Byrne headed off IvanToopi, with Riki Lindsay thirdand Simon Srey-Keo fourth.

He looks in ominous formahead of the national cham-pionships in Auckland on Octo-ber 13 where the Trainstationwill be well represented.

John L’Huillier never got tocompete in the Bay of Plentychampionships, having towithdrawal at the last minutedue to an error with his appli-cation.

Lauren Ashley, who hasconnections with theTrainstation, performed wellin a quality shape field.

‘‘Lauren had improved instage presence and leanesssince Whangamata,’’ says

Smith.Team Trainstation are now

eyeing up their first SouthIsland championship on Sep-tember 8 as a warm up to the

nationals.Competing will be Mike

Smith, Brett Cullen, JamesWalters, John L’Huillier andpossibly two other first-timers

trying to qualify for thenationals. It will be a verystrong team, with all eyes onCullen contesting his first com-petition of the year.

Tigers claw way off bottom of darts tableOhaupo Tigers moved off

the bottom of Te Awamutu’sdivision one darts champion-ship ladder with a 13-10 victoryover winless Star.

Such was the evenness ofthe two teams, no player oneither side went unbeaten.

Dave Morgan was Tigers’

most successful player withfour wins from five matches.

Star’s Robin Cox matchedMorgan’s record, as well asproviding the individual scor-ing highlight of the night witha 170 start.

Ohaupo Solids stayed intouch with the competition

leaders securing their thirdstraight win, since droppingtheir opening match, beatingRosetown Rockets 16-7.

Derek Price was in sublimeform for Ohaupo Solids, win-ning all his five matches. Histeam-mate David Bowers, withscores of 130 start, 140x3, 125

and four tons, was also in goodtouch, as was Troy Robertswith starts of 100, 105 and 125.Best for Rosetown Rocketswere Chris Roberts with 103start, 160 start, 140 twice, 125and 100x3, and Ken McDowallwith 100 start, 103 start, 101, 140and 100x5.


DeathsGARRETT,Charles Kinnish (Ken).

Passed awaypeacefully on August1, 2012 at Matarikisurrounded by lovedones, aged 80 years.Dearly loved husbandof the late Edie,cherished Dad of Coraland Trevor, Joe,Gaylene and Lance,the late Bruce and thelate Graham anddaughter-in-lawCherie. Adored Poppyof his eightgrandchildren andgreat ’Gan’ of hisseven greatgrandchildren."Memories last forever,

we love you"The service was held on

Saturday, August 4.The family sincerelythank Tracy and staffat Matariki for theirloving care of Ken. Allcommunications tothe Garrett family C/-262 Ohaupo Road, TeAwamutu.

GARRETT,Ken.Passed awaypeacefully at Matarikion August 1, 2012.Much loved dad ofGaylene and Lance.Adored Poppy ofRodney, Christine,Terry, Angela, andShaun. Special Great-Poppy to Heather andAmber. Love youalways Dad.

GARRETT,Ken.Passed awaypeacefully at Matarikion August 1, 2012.Much loved Dad ofCoral and Trevor andJoe. Love you alwaysDad.

SHEEHAN,Henry Joseph (Mick).On August 1, 2012 atWaikato Hospital.Dearly loved youngestson of the late Josephand Lily Sheehan andloved brother of KathSheehan, MollyPatterson, and the lateStanley and WilliamSheehan. Loved uncleof all his nieces andnephews. At Peace.

A private familyservice has been held.All communications tothe Sheehan Family,c/- PO Box 137, TeAwamutu please.

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SHEEHAN,Henry Joseph (Mick).Dearly loved brotherof Kath. Will be sadlymissed. Gratefulthanks to Joy and staffat Te Ata Rest homefor their wonderfulcare over many years.

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SHEEHAN,Henry Joseph (Mick).On August 1st, 2012 atWaikato Hospital.Loved brother of Mollyand the late ArthurPatterson, and loveduncle of Patricia andDavid Hall, Gail andDavid Gerrand,Kathleen and TerryHoney, Gerald andPatricia, Stephen andChristine, ClarePatterson, Alan andKelly, and Andrea andGreg Hopkins. Rest inPeace.

SIGNAL,Margaret (Peggy).Passed awaypeacefully surroundedby her loving familyon August 4, 2012, aged92 years. Devoted wifeof the late Morton.Loved Mum of Ann,Joy, Ross and families.Cherished Grandma toher six grandchildren.Peggy’s family wouldlike to sincerely thankstaff of Ward 58,Waikato Hospital andMatariki Hospital fortheir loving care.

A service for Peggy willbe held at AlexandraHouse Chapel, 570Alexandra Street, TeAwamutu (tomorrow)Wednesday, August 8,at 2.00pm followed by aprivate cremation. InLieu of flowers,donations may bemade to Te AwamutuSt John and can be leftat the service. Allcommunications tothe Signal Family, c/-PO Box 137, TeAwamutu please.

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TRUEMAN,Kathleen (neeMcLiesh).Passed away July 31,after a short illness.

McLIESH,Robert.Passed away August 1,suddenly. Much lovedbrother and sister ofMike, Sheree, Elaineand Pat. Dearly lovedaunty and uncle of alltheir nieces andnephews. Love youalways!

In MemoriamSARGENT,Jack."Five years have gone,but still our memories

live on."Still dearly loved andso sadly missed. Val,David, Donna andSharon.

VERHOEF,Herman (Bill).Two years since youleft us.

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we do it everyday,missing you isthe heartache

that never goes away".Greatly missed byOlwyn, the lateGerrard, Robin,Raewyn and Adrianaand their families.

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12.00 Dairies50 I/C Cows and MT Cows

A/C Client10 Fries Fries X Heifers fully recorded.

A/C Client10 I/C Fries Fries X Heifers and cows unrecorded.

WantedHigh BW M/T cows, 2 - 5 years

Rising one year friesian heifers F12 +

top money paid

Further Enquiries

Chris Ryan

Andrew Reyland

Andy Transom

Bill Donnelly

CAR broken down? NeedWOF repairs? Can’tafford them? Don’t dumpyour car. Call us - we buy.Cash paid. Phone (027)414-1853. Jason

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For ExportToyota Cars from $300

4x4 from $500Cars from $250-7000

Scrap Car from $200-400

Ph 870 19220800 33 2467

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Or enquire at 181 Bruce Berquist Dr, Te AwamutuOr enquire at 181 Bruce Berquist Dr, Te Awamutu

0800 CAR DUMP0800 CAR DUMPWANTED

Get that car outa there! 0800 227 38670800 227 3867

Dead or dying cars, 4x4

utes, vans

We sell second handWe sell second hand good warrantable tyresgood warrantable tyres most sizes.most sizes.Some assortment ofSome assortment of alloys.alloys.

Phone Jan or DanielPhone Jan or Daniel

Flatmates

Stock Auctions

FLATMATE wanted,working, large brm,rural, $75 p/wk inclpower. Ph 021 121 6952.

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TE AWAMUTUSELF STORAGE

From $20 p/wk24hr access

Camera SurveillancePH: 07 856 7584or 027 608 1749

TIDY three brm, PakuraStreet house, heatpump,DVS, garage, no dogs orsmoking, references,bond reqd. Ph 872 2555 toview.

THREE brm house, largegarage, $260 p/wk. Ringevenings only, 871 3838.

To LetTHREE brm house, fullyfenced, dble garage,redecorated, no dogs,$320 p/wk. Ph 870 2064 or0211 351 241.

A1 SELFA1 SELF STORAGESTORAGE

New facility, many sizes, good rates, security and

seven day access.Ph 871 3332

or 021 912 900

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To Let

www.eliterentalmanagement.co.nz

Rachel Hogben021 247 2441

Professional PropertyManagement Service

58A Whitmore Street$265 p/wk, three brms

single garage,fully fenced

CARAVANS to let from$30, long term. Ph 8712171 or 0274 407 101.SLEEPOUT/OFFICE,portable single room, $50p/wk. Ph 870 4990.THREE brm characterhouse, central, warm,with fire, $280 p/wk, nodogs. Ph 021 834 248.

CLASSIFIED Deadline forthe Te Awamutu Courieris midday, day prior topublication.

Trade Services

Rob’s RuralFencing

For farm, equine and lifestyle blocks

PH 870 2232021 724 516

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Gardening &Landscaping

GARDENERRON Elder for all yourgarden maintenance. Ph870 6453 or 027 845 8530.

TREE CAREGROUNDZONE TreeCare. Pruning, removal,stump grinding, woodsplitting, consultancy.Qualified, professionalarborists. Ph NathanHughes 871 7107.

Childcare

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Childcare spaces available, Babies to 5 years. 20 ECE hours

for 3-4 yrs, WINZ subsidies available.

Phone0800JEMMAS or

5785978

Home Based Childcare &

Education Service

Computer ServicesPC PROBLEMS?NO fix, no fee, local ITprofessional available foron site repairs, upgradesand trouble shooting, PCand laptop sales, no callout fees for help. Ph Matt027 515 6996 or 870 3038.

Property & HomeMaintenance

GASFULL gas servicing andinstallation service. CallPratts today 870 5020.

ROOFSRE-SCREWING roofs,save thousands. CallPratts 870 5020.WATERBLASTING - PhUltra Clean 0800 569 656today!WINDOWS cleaned by theexperts. Ph Ultra Clean0800 569 656.

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CARPETCLEANING

IICRC Approved

ULTRA CLEANPh 0800 569 656

FinancialMORTGAGE financerequired. Contact BobSinclair, Goldridge 8714553.

Financial

NEED MONEY NOW…for any reason?Prefer not to deal with the bank? Call your friendly local Asset Finance office for help with loans from $400 to $40,000+ with affordable payments.

• $1000 from $30/wk• $2000 from $40/wk• $5000 from $55/wk• $8000 from $85/wk

For details or to apply online

www.AssetFinance.co.nz 0800 11 22 74

SAME DAY PROCESSING & APPROVAL; SAME DAY PAYOUT

The maximum loan is based on the security provided.

Vehicles Wanted

To Let

Employment Vacancies

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Required for mainly evenings 15-30 hours/week. Must have LQC minimum, preferably Bar Manager’s Certifi cate and full drivers licence. Computer skills a bonus.

TE AWAMUTU CLUBPh John 871 6294

Email CVS to: [email protected]

BAR DUTY MANAGER

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Duties include:1 Workshop and equipment cleaning.2 Pickups and deliveries.3 Equipment assembly and basic service duties.Requirements:1 Driver’s licence.2 Basic mechanical skills.3 Some heavy lifting required.Expressions of interest addressed to:

Workshop Assistant C/- PO Box 310

Te Awamutuby August 14

WORKSHOP BASED ROLE25 hours/week

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Growing Spectrum Ltd, NZ’s leading Plant Wholesaler, requires extra staff to work in our busy nursery.

NURSERY DESPATCH WORKERThe job involves: • Collecting plants from round the nursery using a four-wheel motor bike • Cleaning, trimming and labelling the plants ready for sale • Loading completed orders onto trucksThe ideal candidate must be physically fi t and enjoyworking outdoors as part of a team. Experience is not essential but a knowledge of plants and horticultural practises would be a benefi t. Attention to detail, good time keeping and accurate counting skills are required.This is a full time position with some overtime required.Applications close Tuesday August 14.To apply for this position bring your CV into:Growing Spectrum Ltd, 103 Lyon Street, Kihikihi 3800For more information phone 871 6166or email [email protected]

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EXPERIENCED CLASS 5 DRIVER

Monday to Friday either curtainsider or fl at deck work

Key attributes for appropriate person: - Good communication skills - Able to listen to instructions - Friendly attitude - Good geographical knowledge

Apply Couplands Transport PH 871 [email protected]

Property For Sale

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MAHOE STREET $299,000

Three brm low maintenance, home on its own title,

heatpump, dishwasher, close to town, ideal rental.

PRIVATE SALEPRIVATE SALE

Ph 871 7797 a/h or021 040 0106 to view

Property For SaleWARM, sunny, two brmunit, short walk to town,tidy condition,heatpump, $140000,private sale. Ph 021 838145.

Trade Services

BATHROOMS Forspecialist bathroomdesign and accessories.We do the lot! Call Pratts870 5020.

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Sean ColemanPh 027 545 8981

BUILDER• Two man team• Reg Master Builder • Avail immediate start• 25 years experience • Anything considered

CHIMNEY, clean, repairs,parts. Ph Andrew Tayloron 871 4244.

DRAINAGENo job too bigor too small -

WE DO IT ALL!Ph 870 6244 or Colin

027 498 9022

INSECT SCREENSSUMMER is on it’s way,so don’t delay. See CCJfor your screens today!For winter discount callCraig 870 6267.

Trade Services

HEWITSONPLUMBING

Phone 871-3620

FriendlyService

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ONSITEREPAIRS

● Ride On Mowers● Domestic Mowers

Stuart Law027 226 6889

PLUMBINGAFFORDABLE

RATESPh Colin

027 498 9022or 870 6244 anytime

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ROOFSsprayed for MOSS, ALGAE,LICHEN TREATMENT

(average house)“ $180 ” Gutter clean

18 years experience

Johnny NelsonJohnny Nelson 027 476 3347or 871 7389

FOR TELEVISION• Television Aerial Installations & Extensions •

• Satellite Dish Installation •• Stereo Repairs •

REPAIRS & TUNING

WESTEND ELECTRONICS - 871 5193

SinceSince

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SPECIAL MORNING SESSIONS FRIDAY, SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY

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S P E C I A LE V E N T

MIAMI HEAT (STEP UP 4) MWED 6:10, THU 7:40, FRI 5:40,

SAT 1:00 & 7:55, SUN 3:50

T E D R13TUE & WED 7:55, THU & FRI 6:00 & 8:10,

SAT 3:55, 6:00 & 8:05,SUN 11:30, 4:00 & 6:05

BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL PGSIXTH MONTH

THU 5:30, FRI 10:10 & 5:30,SAT 1:30, SUN 1:35

DARK KNIGHT RISES MTUE & WED 7:00, SAT 4:55, SUN 11:00

A ROYAL AFFAIR M WED & FRI 10:00, SAT 1:15, SUN 11:15

WELL DIGGER’S DAUGHTER PG TUE 5:50, WED 10:20 & 5:50, THU 5:45,

FRI 10:20 & 5:45, SAT 1:10 & 5:25,SUN 11:10 & 3:25

MAGIC MIKE R16 TUE 5:40 & 7:45, WED 10:10, 5:40 & 7:45, THU & FRI 5:50 & 8:00, SAT 5:20 & 7:25,

SUN 3:20 & 5:25

THE DOOR M TUE & WED 8:00, SAT 7:30,

SUN 5:30, MON 8:05

It’s a big surprise hit. Everyone really likes this one.

MIAMI HEAT (STEP UP 4) PG TUE 6:10, THU 5:40, FRI 7:40,SAT 3:00, SUN 1:55 & 5:50

ABRAHAM LINCOLNVAMPIRE HUNTER R16

TUE 8:05, THU & FRI 7:50, SAT 7:45,SUN 5:45

LE CHEF M TUE & WED 6:20, THU & FRI 7:55,

SAT 3:40, SUN 1:40

ABRAHAM LINCOLNVAMPIRE HUNTER R16

WED 8:05

Win Spiderman gearHey kids — here’s your chance to win

some unique Spiderman gear to celebrate theshowing of The Amazing Spiderman at TheRegent Theatre.

Up for grabs are tattoos, aT-shirt and work-book — all in a

Spidermanbag.

To win

you need to write to us telling us what you likebest about going to the movies at TeAwamutu’s Regent Theatre.Include yourname, age, address and phone number and getyour answer to us by 5pm Friday.

You can send it to Spiderman Competition,C/- PO Box 1, drop it into our office, [email protected] or textTAC Spiderman, then your details andanswer to 021 241 4568.

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Auditions for

Me andMy Girl

By permission ofon stage1st - 15th

December 2012

Auditions will be held at

The Woolshed TheatreCnr of Mahoe & Churchill Streets, Te Awamutu

For further information ph Gwen Hart on 07 871 6860

NoteAudition Times:

Sunday 12th August6pm - 9pm

Monday 13th August 6pm - 9pm

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LEISURE TIME TOURS‘‘Quality Coach Holidays’’‘DOOR TO DOOR’ COLLECTION AVAILABLE

Auckland & Waiheke Island28 – 30 August 2012

Leisure Time Tours 25th Anniversary Tour10 –13 October 2012

Taranaki Garden Festival26 – 29 October 2012

Barossa Valley Australia28 Oct – 2 Nov 2012

Wanganui Historic Homes Tours1 – 4 November 2012Great Barrier Island

9 – 11 November 2012Norfolk Island

18 – 25 November 2012Pacifi c Coast Highway24 – 27 November 2012

Christmas & New Year Tours24 & 27 December 2012

Contact your local agentor Call Toll Free 0800 534 787

www.leisuretimetours.co.nz“Providing you with over 25 years of experience”


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Te Awamutu RSA “Open to all generations”The Clubrooms are open to members,

invited guests and members of affi liated clubs.

FOR PICKUP CALL THE COURTESY VAN 871 3707 THEN PUSH 5 - FREE CALL

Fri 10th 5.30pm Snack bar open - sausages, fi sh bites & chips 5.30-6.30pm Membership draw & Jokers Wild 7pm Karaoke Sub Club Challenge

te awamutu courier - august 7th, 2012

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