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Waiuku sharemilker Gavin Roden has been chosen by the organisers of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards to lead the organisation as it prepares to cel-ebrate the 25th anniversary of the sharemilker compe-tition.

Gavin has been on the executive committee since 2011 and a proponent of the New Zealand Dairy In-dustry Awards since learning of the benefits from par-ticipating.

“I became keen on the awards when I witnessed the impact they had on those successful. They got a good name and a good reputation, and were able to grow a successful business from entering the awards and be-ing pushed in the right direction.”

Gavin and wife Sally won the Auckland Hauraki Sharemilker of the Year title in 2009 and are now 50 per cent sharemilking 440 cows at Waiuku.

As awards chairman, he says a goal of his is to in-crease participation in the awards - particularly the numbers of repeat entrants - by better supporting en-trants to progress in the industry.

“We have a lot of fantastic farmers out there and our

awards programme enables them to analyse where they are at and where they are going. As an awards pro-gramme, we can point them in the right direction and help them achieve their goals and bring them up to a higher level.

“This guidance and feedback will help them pro-gress in the dairy industry and ultimately they will do well in the competition and the industry if they con-tinue to enter.”

He is pleased to be the new chair of the awards and says he is surrounded by a great team. The organisers met in Manawatu this week to begin plans for the 2014 awards programme. The awards run the New Zealand Sharemilker of the Year, New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year and New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions. The New Zealand Sharemilker of the Year celebrates 25 years in 2014, and organisers plan to mark the occasion with some special events.

More than 550 people entered the 2013 awards pro-gramme. Entrants first compete in one of 12 regional competitions, with regional winners progressing to a national final.

Youngsters from a number of Franklin primary schools, each having a special talent for science, visited Waiuku Primary recently for a ‘Gifted and Talented’ workshop on the subject. The school is a hub for advanced learn-ing for a number of subjects, and the science students were enthusiastically learning the chemical attributes of

everyday food items when the Post Newspaper called through. Pictured with teacher Trevor Bennett are Nick Wilson (Pukekohe East), Jarem Cabamongan, (View Road), Chelsea de Kock, (Hill School), Hayden Foy, (Sand-spit Road), Benjamin Raine, (Puni), and Amity Brooker, (Waiuku Primary).

Seriously?

Science stars

‘Dairies haveturned intodrug dealers’

Coach binned

Awhitu beauties

They asked Auckland Council to come up with a solution to halt the crashes on their road - which at one stage this year were averaging one a week for three months. Have a guesswhat the Council’s answer was…

The Post continues its specialfeature on synthetic cannabis in our community with reports from the counsellors involved in Pukekohe and Waiuku, plus, a local doctor speaks out.

It was high tea and high fashion at Pollok Hall on Saturday as Miss World New Zealand and other fi nalists teamed up with Awhitu Central Church for a glittering fund raiser. See inside for pictures of the glamour on display.

Waiuku AFC hosted Warkworth in a must-win Northern League match on Saturday. In a match that had almost everything, Waiuku won 3-2 while Warkworth’s coach had to watch the last minutes from the clubrooms.

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It started out as a delivery of rhubarb… shortly after, it involved local businesses, po-lice, Auckland Council, the AA, a panelbeater and the Fire Brigade, and led to a shutdown of Waiuku’s Bowen Street. We can’t think of any way better to explain it, than to let a highly embarrassed, and grateful, Barbara Reece tell it in her own words:

“I was on my way Thursday at 2pm to an occasional Nurse Shift in Auckland (as I have retired), when I tried to hand a package of rhubarb to my daughter, Cora, near Karma Cafe. As I leaned out I accidentally dropped my entire set of keys down the drain be-tween the drive of Karma Cafe and Mitre 10. I could not believe it. A friend of mine, Chas Stubly, hurried into Mitre 10 and tried to retrieve them with a huge magnet. A brave man, Jaz from the Karma Cafe, offered to lower himself into the drain and retrieve them, wearing only

a tee-shirt. I tried to call Auckland Council who could not hear me well and could not think where Waiuku was.

“I called the Police who connected me again with Auckland Council who still could not understand me.

“I asked for AA to try to tow me away, as the street was now blocked. They also could not understand me as my cell was old and the traffic was busy.

“Staff in Mitre 10 helped me ring John Rattrie Panelbeaters and brought out strong magnets and a long piece of wood with a hook on it to endeavour to lift the keys from the drain bottom.

“The Waiuku Fire Department came soon after.” (Sorry, at this

point I had to start laughing - Editor).“Several of the volunteers drained the

drain and several more of their brave and freezing volunteers spent ages trying to find the large set of keys while being held up by the ankles! All the adjoining businesses came over and offered help. I have never been so warmed, indebted and embarrassed in my life. Bowen Street was closed off while the Fire Department drained the water from the drain. It must have been an inconvenience for everyone at the most busy time of day.

“I could not have more praise for a com-munity in which I have lived for over forty years. I am proud for myself and my extend-ed family to have been part of this marvel-lous community.

“I want to give my most deep appreciation to all my community and business friends for trying so hard to come through for our ‘Community Blonde of the Month’. I appreci-ate everyone’s dedicated, selfless and unbe-lievable efforts on that day.”

(-In case you were wondering, they didn’t find the keys. - Editor).

Barbara claims ‘Blonde of the Month’ as rhubarb delivery shuts street

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A Pukekohe woman has been convicted of defrauding ACC after lying about her relationship status to receive $106,829.46 of ACC compensation payments.

Brenetta Hemi was convicted of one charge of dishon-estly using documents and one charge of making a false statutory declaration under sections 228 and 111 of the Crimes Act 1961.

Hemi was last week sentenced by Judge Blackie in the Manukau District Court to seven months, two weeks home detention and ordered to continue receiving counselling throughout this period and for the following six months.

Hemi’s former de facto partner died in June 2009 as a result of a workplace accident.

In July 2009, ACC received an Advice of Accidental Death form from Ms Hemi stating that she had been in a de facto relationship and living with the deceased at the time of the accident.

Hemi also signed a declaration that the details given to ACC were correct, and on this basis ACC granted a one-off survivor’s grant of $5653.66 as well as weekly com-pensation for five years.

In May 2010, Hemi accepted a lump sum payment of $77,711 in lieu of ongoing weekly compensation pay-ments. In July 2010 ACC received a tip-off from a mem-ber of the community alleging that Hemi had not lived with the deceased for over eight years.

An investigation followed, establishing that Hemi had separated from him in 2004.

ACC’s General Manager of Claims Management, Sid Miller, says it is disappointing when people choose to abuse the ACC scheme for financial gain.

“Kiwis pay ACC levies to help people with genuine in-jury-related needs – not so that people can misuse ACC for their own personal gain.

“ACC has an Investigations Unit which follows up all information we receive, to investigate where fraudulent activity may be involved and take appropriate action when criminal offending is identified.”

Residents on an accident-prone stretch of the Waiuku-Pukekohe Road could be for-given they were part of a new series of either ‘Yes Minister’ or ‘Monty Python’ last week.

Sandra Holmes and Ta-mara Bennett’s respective properties are on either side of a series of corners around 10km from Waiuku.

In the last 10 years the road has seen dozens of crashes, more since the road was re-sealed, and earlier this year the Post reported that the couple of hundred metres of road had seen 17 accidents in 16 weeks.

Nine years ago, petitioning by Tamara saw signs erected with a recommended speed of 65km on the corners.

But the accidents contin-ued. Earlier this year, the pair, their husbands, and other local residents, wrote again to council asking again for something to be done.

Last week, a council em-ployee turned up, and erect-ed a new chevron sign, advis-ing the recommended speed for the corner was 75km/h.

Tamara saw the contractor, and pointed out that another sign just a few metres along the road, carried a 65km/h message.

Tamara says the contractor stopped work, removed the new sign and left to check

Too many crashes? Speed up, says CouncilTip-off sees Pukekohewoman convicted of$100,000 ACC fraud

Sandra Holmes and Tamara Bennett are stunned that the council’s response to years of campaign-ing over dozens of crashes outside their properties

is to increase the speed sign on the corner.

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would have ended there.Nope.A couple of days later, the

contractor returned, and changed the 65km/h sign to 75km/h, so now both signs match up - despite traf-fic coming the other way (from Waiuku), still having a 65km/h sign in place.

Sandra and Tamara were almost speechless on Sun-day when the Post went along and had a look.

We walked the hundred metres from the driveway, past the stumps of trees which have been shorn off by car accidents, past broken rails, dangling fenceposts, and stepped our way around the debris left behind after

dozens of crashes.“The stupid thing is, the

direction they have changed the speed on is where 90% of the accidents happen - it’s mostly cars coming from Pukekohe,” Tamara says.

“I can’t put stock in my front paddocks because the cars keep demolishing the fence,” Sandra adds, noting that it’s only a matter of time before one of the out-of-control vehicles has a head-on collision on the corner.

The Post has covered this stretch of road a number of times. We’re as stunned by the council’s response as the residents.

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National is committed to ensuring older New Zealanders have the security, wellbeing, and respect they deserve. We’re building a stronger and more productive economy to ensure financial security and a brighter future for older New Zealanders.You’ve worked hard and you deserve to enjoy your retirement. Ensuring you are able to do so with dignity is part of our wider plan to build a brighter future for all Kiwis.

National will maintain the married rate of superannuation at 66 per cent of the average wage and on our watch, the age of eligibility will remain at 65. Our strong economic management is ensuring that all rates of New Zealand Superannuation are increasing. In the past five years all rates of New Zealand Superannuation have increased by 25 per cent, despite the difficult financial times.

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This year’s Yorkshire Day in New Zealand celebrations will be split between Puke-kohe and Waiuku for the first time to provide out of area people an opportunity to at-tend and to provide a new programme of activities.

On Sunday July 28 the Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club will play host to the Day between noon and 4pm.

The afternoon will com-mence with registrations at noon and then into the res-taurant for a traditional meal of fish chips and mushy peas.

The guests will then retire to the main hall for some

short Yorkshire movies pro-jected on the large screen.

Activities including the cutting of the Yorkshire cake, singing, a raffle and a quiz with Yorkshire prizes will fol-low. One of the new inclu-sions this year will be a pres-entation of stories from a Yorkshire Policeman - a local version of the “Heartbeat” TV programme !

Guests are reminded to bring along Yorkshire memo-rabilia for display, there will also be items from Yorkshire on sale including flags of var-ious sizes.

Guests wishing to stay

A record turnout for Bridge lessons last Sunday at the Franklin Bridge Club in Ed-inburgh Street has the club in great heart.

The lessons were over 10 weeks on a Sunday night, run by Carol de Luca and Richard Solomon (Editor of the NZ Bridge magazine for the last 20 years).

Both are top players who have given their time and en-thusiasm to teaching and en-couraging beginners to play bridge. There was a wide age range from 14 years old to over 60 years.

Wednesday night was the first night for the new players to participate in a Club even-ing where they were wel-comed and mentored by Arie Guerson, the Club President and the NZ Chief Director and National Congress Or-ganiser for the last 25 years.

The Franklin Bridge Club says it is fortunate to count international players and people of the calibre of Rich-

longer are invited to stay and have a smorgasbord evening meal in the Club’s restaurant - however booking is essen-tial.

The following Thursday is August 1, Yorkshire Day, and will be celebrated at Shires Restaurant in Waiuku from 6pm to 7pm with a Skype link with Skipton in York-shire where the civic parade and festival is being held this year. Like last year’s event,

when a link with Scarbor-ough was made it will fea-ture local people, council officials, returned service-men, community leaders and youth from both ends of the link.

Finger food will be served and for those wishing to stay on afterwards a full meal will be available.

Bookings for either event are requested by July 17, call 235 7050 for details.

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The Secret’s out in Kingseat

CongratulationsCongratulations to you

and the staff for the latest edition (Post Newspaper, June 25). Is this a new look? Most impressed.

Your coverage and hard hitting reporting on the sub-ject of synthetic cannabis, gave us all a true insight into the harm caused to many as a result of the usage of these products.

Well done to those that have taken on the commit-ment to identify those that were stocking and selling it. In each case you all deserve our total support.

It was great to see and read Sharlene Druyven’s report on town matters.

It was to the point and in-

formative, I hope hearing from Sharlene will be a regu-lar feature.

It keeps us informed,and therefore allows us to be supportive of those doing the fine work, for the better-ment of the town.

My thanks to all those, mentioned by Sharlene for their good work.

It is my belief, that with a little more effort,and the support of us all, Waiuku can and will be recognised as one of New Zealand’s top towns.

I would appreciate if you would give us an update on the Mudlarks situation,

They also need to be rec-ognised for their fine work.

It is disappointing to hear that they have been stopped in their tracks, so to speak.

It is most important that we show them they have our full backing .

Ken Browne Waiuku.

Leave the mangrovesI wish the Mudlarks -

though meaning well - would realise the damage they are doing by removing the man-groves in our estuaries.

They are not weeds to be destroyed, but an important part of the eco-system, sus-taining many forms of life.

Mangroves also help to buffer the larger waves and prevent erosion.

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tant work for us.E Roland

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much debate over the sup-posed benefits of mangroves in some areas, the ones in the Waiuku Estuary and some coastal areas have been re-viewed as part of a Coastal Compartment Plan by the ARC, which identified remov-al of them in some areas as enhancing the lower estuary for recreation purposes.

It is worth noting that these mangroves are a relatively re-cent addition to the estuary, which only a few decades ago was open, deeper, and sup-ported visiting pleasure craft and beachside activities.

Restoring harbour access for the Waiuku township is seen as an important part of developing the tourist nature of the town in the future. - Editor.

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The bar opened on the former site of Rever Bar, on King Street, Pukekohe, in March of this year, and, as promotions and market-ing manager Tim Gregory says, it just took off from there. It’s a young team at the bar, and one which has brought its own brand of vibrancy to their clientele.

Day to day operations are managed by the young duo of Natalia Ripia (General Manag-er) and Tim, both in their mid twenties but with many years experience in hospitality.

Tim was already well-known around the local entertainment scene through his Ra-zor’s Edge DJ business, and his somewhat offbeat sense of humour, something which Natalia says she has had to learn to work with.

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“The puzzle fits together nicely. I’m the organised one and Tim’s the quirky one. We also have good cop/bad cop” relationship - unfortunately I got the bad cop label, but that’s fine,” she laughs.

The pair brought together their own vision for what Vertigo was to be, and they say they had great support from other businesses and locals in the area.

As Tim says, the design process was a great time, and they have had huge support from Cafe Kaos owners Elton and Stuart Dobson-Raitt, who have given freely of their time to create the distinctive look of the business.

“The name Vertigo, the brand, it all just came to us by the fourth or fifth coffee! There was sketches , writing and ideas flying every-where. It just felt right,” Tim explains.

“Since the March launch, things have exploded! We’ve created our own identity, and gone from a blank piece of paper to an award-nominated business in the space of three months!”

The focus has turned toward sport, with an array of televisions, and multiple decod-ers meaning punters can watch their choice of sport, without the clashes between rugby, league or other sports at some other local bars. The bar has also featured many dif-ferent events on Saturday nights, with an illusionist, comedy evenings, wearable arts displays, and a series of fundraising events to support the local community.

“We have really passionate locals here, and we are soon rolling out a cutting edge rewards system that only requires your eft-pos card so our customers will benefit from being loyal to us,” Nat says, adding that the food selection is soon to be tailored to fit the sports focus of the bar and kitchen.

“We also have a new menu due out shortly with a focus on our sports crowd with large appetites - big ribs, big burgers, chunky piz-zas! Fuel for champions,” she laughs.

Along with fundraising, the bar has proved ideal for functions, as it is able to be divided into sections to cater from groups from 20 to 120 or more, something which is proving very popular with people looking for an up-market venue for a celebration or a corpo-rate event.

“The bar always has a lot going on, we have over 1500 facebook followers already and it is the best way to keep up with our events. We would say to anyone who hasn’t joined us on facebook yet to jump on the site and have a look at some of the action we have going on,” Tim says.

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A new era of competition in petrol prices is claimed to be about to descend on Tuakau when the Gull site on Bollard Road becomes an unmanned station from Thursday.

Bob Price, owner operator of TEC says that it is time to thank many of the staff that have worked at TEC over the years, particularly Justin Fox and Diane Shaw, as well as the customers who have supported the business.

“We have seen many changes throughout the years. It’s now time for another change, this time to a Gull Drive Thru site. The com-munity is in good hands. Gull has been our supplier of fuels since 2006, and we couldn’t leave the business in better hands. Justin Fox

will be staying on at Bollard Road as the own-er and operator of the hire business.”

Gull New Zealand General Manager, Dave Bodger says that the unmanned outlet will offer sharp prices to the local community.

“Prices at our unmanned sites over June have been between four and 12 cents per li-tre lower than standard major oil company price, and we expect that type of discount to apply (going forward) for the residents of Tuakau.

“As long as you have an EFTPOS card or PIN operated credit or debit card you can purchase fuel at Gull Tuakau, 24/7,” says Bodger.

Waiuku College’s Year 11 drama students have created their own melodrama (titled The Baby Thieves), as part of a combination of drama studies and fund raising. The show will be performed at Waiuku College tomorrow evening (Wednesday) from 6pm, and there is a gold coin donation for entry, which will go towards the costs of their trip to France and the UK next year.

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A Pukekohe counsellor says the use and abuse of ‘legal’ drugs has reached epidemic proportions in Franklin “and it has to be stopped before it ruins our children.”

Therapist Anita Moleta sup-ports the community campaign against legal highs launched by Waiuku’s Lex Mills and The Post Newspaper.

Now she wants Pukekohe busi-nesses to follow suit.

“Starting this campaign in Wai-uku is awesome and I hope that other small towns will take up the project,” she says.

Teenagers in Pukekohe have been suffering from addiction to the same over-the-counter drugs as teens in Waiuku, she explains.

“People across a broad spec-trum are turning to these legal highs because they are readily available. It doesn’t matter where they live in New Zealand. People of all ages are looking for ways to have fun or to escape emotional pain.”

Ms Moleta says that synthetic cannabinoids are causing mild brain injury, killing off brain cells in the frontal lobe, which then has an effect upon a person’s functioning.

“They no longer think ration-ally, have paranoia and racing thoughts, hallucinations, dizzi-ness, anxiety, agitation, depres-sion, severe mood swings, fol-lowed by violent behaviour and psychosis.

Other physical effects are ab-dominal pain, nausea, vomiting,

Pukekohe counsellor pleads for intervention

chest pain, tremors, and inability to eat.”

The human brain doesn’t stop developing until a person is 23, Ms Moleta adds, which leaves young people particularly prone to im-paired brain development from legal highs and can cause a person to move into psychosis.

“When brain cells are damaged, they do not repair. If the damage is not continued, then new neural pathways can form, but if it con-tinues for a long period, this dam-age becomes permanent.”

There is a big difference be-tween products such as Kronic and K2 and Cannabis sativa, al-though both are addictive.

“Synthetic cannabinoids are more dangerous, because they are

full of chemicals and until tested we don’t know what is in them. The effect that users are looking for only lasts a very short while so they are smoking more to get the ‘buzz’. It is reported to have more control over a person.”

The end result of letting syn-thetic drugs take over means that those who care about the drug users being hurt, Ms Moleta says, echoing alerts put out by Police and social agencies nationwide.

“We are seeing the negative ef-fects upon users’ emotional and physical state causing agitation, anxiety, aggression, and rage, plus causing harm to the mind and body, and also great harm in inter-personal relationships.”

With a dependency on legal

highs come an agonising with-drawal for users.

“People turn to drugs for the anticipated euphoria, but with-drawal brings paranoia, anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, difficulty concentrating, confusion and dis-orientation, fear of dying, insom-nia, breathing and eating difficul-ties, nausea and weight loss.”

There is light at the end of the tunnel, however.

“These symptoms can last quite a while but do decrease until a person begins to feel clear head-ed and well again, and are sleep-ing and eating. It is worth going through this to get to the other side and gain your life back again.”

Ms Moleta has advice on how to make it through withdrawal.

“[Sufferers] need to drink lots of water to flush out their body. Because their body has been de-pleted and the serotonin has been blocked, 5HTP which is a natural serotonin restorative product is recommended. Vitamin C and Omega 3 Fish oil, and a good mul-tivitamin are also essential. These products help to restore the body and aid the brain to develop new neural pathways.”

Ms Moleta says the most impor-tant treatment, though, is support from family, friends and trained professionals. Hope Unlimited Trust offers a range of counselling services to treat those who have trouble with drugs. To begin heal-ing, phone 239 1823, ring the Alco-hol Drug Helpline on 0800 787 797 or go to www.drughelp.org.nz

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Pukekohe counsellor Anita Moleta says Lex Mills’ and the Post’s campaign is ‘awesome’ and she wants Pukekohe to

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This is the second part of the Post’s feature on synthetic cannabis in our community. Last week we talked to those affected, and we spoke with the dairies that were selling the prod-uct. The dairies undertook to halt sales immediately.We said last week we would conduct controlled purchase operations to check whether the product was available. On at least two different occasions we had former users request the product at dairies around town.One dairy, Waiuku’s Dingle Dell, sold the product to one of our young people. Our readers asked us to name those still selling it. We have. We will con-tinue checks, and if we fi nd others, we will print them. We hope we don’t have to.

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The biggest problem for doc-tors like Waiuku’s Dr Juan Toledo in treating the effects of synthetic cannabis is that so little is known about the product.

And he has no time for those outlets who choose to make what he terms a commercial decision over the wellbeing of the town’s most vulnerable people.

Like many of his counterparts throughout the nation, Juan is getting the latest information from the front lines, from the us-ers themselves, from ambulance officers and from hospital emer-gency departments. He says it’s taking a massive toll on first-re-sponse medical care, and knows first-hand about the toxic effects of use and withdrawal.

“Here in Waiuku we are seeing serious outcomes like seizures, acute dehydration, mood swings, anger, aggression and anxiety,” Juan said last week.

“We are also seeing those effects multiply through the community, causing social effects from the user to younger people, to their family, their school, or their em-ployers.

“It’s very much a community problem, and it’s a product that is targeted at our young people, the very people who most need our protection and guidance.”

Juan says there is no question the product is aimed at the youth market - “it’s attractively present-ed, easily obtained, and relatively cheap.”

The problem is, as he says, no-one actually knows what’s in it.

He notes that there are over 450 varieties of synthetic cannaba-noids manufactured, and treat-ment of the ill-effects of use is not only difficult, it’s potentially risky.

“There is practically no research on how other drugs interact with them, so treating the effects of toxic effects is something we have to be very careful with.

“It appears the severe effects of use last three to four hours, at which stage we can begin to treat the effects of withdrawal on a symptomatic basis with a greater

sense of safety.”The Waiuku Health Centre can

set up IV drips to counter dehy-dration, treat nausea and vomit-ing, and, cautiously, treat anxiety and mood disorders.

Juan says the Centre is available for telephone advice up to 10pm every day, or people can walk up to the clinic for treatment and ad-vice before 7pm.

While the service is not free, he says cost should not be an issue if there is a crisis, and he says the centre has ways of reducing the fi-nancial barriers for those in need of help.

The centre has seen an upsurge in clients needing help from the effects of the drug and withdrawal from it, and they have also seen a jump in referrals from emergency departments.

Asked what he thinks about the outlets who sell to the township, Juan doesn’t mince his words:

“The people involved are only in it for commercial gain. They are not stocking it because they have a belief that people should be able to experiment (with drugs). It’s cold hard cash.

“Dairy owners have become drug dealers. The bottom line is they are making money, while costing the community money, and hiding behind loopholes in the legislation.

“If they have a conscience, if they have kids themselves, if they think of themselves as part of this community, then why ruin their reputation for the sake of extra dollars?”

Dr Toledo says friends or par-ents of users, or the users them-selves, can contact the medical centre for information on what warning signs they should look out for, and can educate peo-ple about the difficulties others have had. They can provide a tel-ephone monitoring service and help to ensure people do not put themselves at risk, as well as of-fering advice on support services available.

The Waiuku Health Centre’s phone number is 235 9102.

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“The bottom line is they are mak-ing money, while costing the com-munity money, and hiding behind

loopholes in the legislation.“If they have a conscience, if they have kids themselves, if they think of themselves as part of this com-munity, then why ruin their reputa-tion for the sake of extra dollars?”

- Dr Juan Toledo.

Next week: we look at the effectiv-enss of counselling and group ses-sions with a Waiuku-based former

psychotherapist, and we detail how one community organisation is

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The Waiuku Volunteer Fire Brigade had 19 call-outs for the month of June, as detailed by Chief Fire Officer Colin Riddle. Calls included a tragic motor vehicle accident, two car fires, and assisting an elderly lady with a faulty stove. The calls were:

June 1st: 15.29 pm, King St, MVA First Aid. 2nd; 01.13am, Bothwell Park Rd, Rubbish Fire. 2nd; 11.59am, Otaua Aka Aka Rd, Car fire. 3rd; 01.39am, King St, Medical Ambu-lance from Pukekohe . 4th; 20.46pm, Ruakawa Dr, PFA faulty Smoke alarm 12th; 18.02pm, Kaiwaka Rd, MVA Extraction and CPR . Well done to the crews involved. 12th; 20.58 pm, Pokorua Rd, Medical No ambulance available.13th; 13.38pm, Sandspit Rd, assisted elderly Lady with a faulty stove. 14th; 01.24am, Kitchen-er Rd, MVA Assist Ambulance.14th; 01.30am Queen and King St, Check out MVA no action. 15th; 16.04pm, Awhitu Rd, MVA Traffic Control. 16th; 16.57pm, Belgium St, Medical Ambulance from Bombay.

17th; 07.07 am, Glenbrook Station Rd, Medical Ambulance from East Tamaki. 19th; 23.06 pm, Wymer Rd, Medical Ambulance from Papatoe-toe. 21st;14.23 pm, Earnest Shack-leton Pl, Medical Ambulance from Papakura. 23rd; 21.48 pm, Waiuku Rd, Medical Ambulance from Mid-dlemore. 23rd; 23.44 pm, Reid Rd, Good intent call. Lights from the mi-nesite. 25th; 14.46 pm, Andrew Pye Rd, Controlled rubbish fire no ac-tion. 26th; 05.06 am, Belgium St, Car Fire. 27th; 14.15 pm, Bowen St, Look for keys dropped down drain.

Waiuku Rotary held its annual awards evening last Wednesday evening at the Civic Centre in Waiuku. Pic-tured left with their awards are Dan Lynch (30 years of service to local government), Hazel McMahon (for her work with Trees for Survival at Awhitu School), Elton Knight, (Vocation Award for services to community as a businessman and funeral director), and Don Wills, who was made a Paul Harris Fellow for his work with Rotary over many years. Don became president of the Waiuku Rotary for the second time on the evening, and was congratulated (below right), by Marshall Woodward.Below left: the incoming members of the Rotary Board of Directors for the 2013/14 year, including Rosie Mor-ton, (far left), who became the fi rst female member of the Waiuku Rotary club.

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The new Rotary Board, left to right, Rosie Morton, Graham Craig, Stephen Shepherd, Brian Day, Mike Valley, Marshall Woodward and Don Wills.


The Waiuku Lions enjoyed a successful night of celebrations on Saturday 29th June at their an-nual Change of Officers. This was a chance for them to get together and reflect on a successful year of community support whilst posi-tions of office were handed over to the next motivated group who were inducted by Lion Nick Her-rold.

Approximately $30,000 in grants were made over the last year from the Waiuku Lions Club to commu-nity groups including Local Youth and Youth Affairs, Local Social Services and Elderly, and Interna-tional and National Youth & Adult Services.

Special award grants were also presented on the night to repre-sentatives from Waiuku Commu-nity Patrol “Nightowls”, Waiuku

Family Support and Hamilton Estate Community Gardens. Ka-riotahi Surf Lifesaving will also re-ceive a special award grant.

The night included celebrat-ing service awards to Lion mem-bers ranging from one to 21 years of service and sadly farewelling Bruce Hope, their longest stand-ing member of 43 years service, who recently passed away and will be sorely missed for his wise counsel and valued opinions.

Marian Thomas, the new Wai-uku Lions Club President had the following to say of the year gone and the year ahead:

“The Waiuku Lions would like to thank the local community for all their support of our fundraising events from Sand to Mud, to buy-ing from our BBQ teams, to Golf Day and many more. We are all

passionate about what we do and work hard to put your contribu-tions directly back into the com-munity, so we thank you for your continued support in the year ahead. Waiuku Lions - We Serve.”

You can keep up to date with community fundraising events on the Waiuku Lions Facebook page; http://www.facebook.com/#!/WaiukuLions

The new officers for Waiuku Li-ons are: President - Marian Thom-as, 1st VP - Barry Gibbon, 2nd VP - Colleen Reynolds, 3rd VP - Lynda Mellor, Secretary - Derek Robbins, Treasurer - Bernie Nicholson, Di-rectors - Tony Lewer, June Malone, Alan Standing, Lions Tail Twister - Grant Thompson, Lion Tamer - Ian McCall, Membership Chair-man - Trish Thompson, Greeter - Craig Fulton.

The weird and wonderful Lions Clubs New Zealand project that takes unwanted currency and turns it into life changing experiences for Kiwi Kids will be celebrating its third birthday and 16 tonnes of cash on July 10.

For the past three years, Lions Clubs across New Zealand with the support of Resene paints, New World and Fastway Couriers, have collected more than 16 tonnes of old New Zealand money and for-eign currency for the Heads Up for Kids project.

Although unwanted, the magic of this collection is turning old New Zealand cash and foreign currency in something very valuable; fund-ing for young New Zealanders to attend programmes that help them build new skills and develop confi-dence.

More than 80 youths so far have benefited from the funds raised, at-tending courses such as Outward Bound, Spirit of Adventure and the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pur-suits Centre.

Simon Hayes, Queenstown Lion and Heads Up for Kids founder be-lieves that youth are our most pre-cious asset and we need to support them.

“It’s important our young people are recognised and given opportu-nities that boost their confidence and provide a springboard for them to grow into great New Zealanders,” Said Mr Hayes.

New Zealanders have dug out and donated more than 3.7 million coins from all kinds of places, such

Above: At the Lions change of offi cers evening were 3rd Vice President Lynda Mellor, 2nd VP Colleen Reynolds, 1st VP Barry Gibbon, and incoming president Marian Thomas. Below left: Nick Herrold, outgoing tail-twister, welcomes the new man to the role, Grant Thompson. Below right: Marian Thomas’ family were at the Lions Club in Waiuku on Satur-day evening to see her invested as president.

The Waiuku Lions Club hosted its fi fth Mid-Winter Christmas Lunch recently, with the biggest attendance ever, of 87 local senior residents crammed into the station. It took a team effort to cater for all, but it was a huge success.

16 tonnes of cashcollected for kids

Lions mark change of officers

as garden beds, down the back of the sofa, at the car

wreckers and stashes from holidays and it’s adding up to a

significant amount. “We’ve collected, sorted and

counted more than $430,000 in unwanted currency since the campaign launched on July 10th 2010,”says Roy Peterson, Silver-stream Lion and Currency Proces-sor for the project.

“Even though some of coins are in a pretty rough state when we get them,” laughs Mr Peterson, “they all add up, and it’s for a great cause.”

It’s an excellent way of recycling too. Brian Hayr, Head of Currency Property and Security at the Re-serve Bank of New Zealand, says: “old coins returned to the Reserve Bank are sold for scrap. It is bet-ter for the country to sell the cop-per and nickel in old coins than have them sitting idle in peoples’ homes.”

“There is a large amount of old currency that has not been re-turned to The Reserve Bank and increasing numbers of the new lower value coins that appear to be stored by households. Even if only a small percentage of this currency is recovered it could have significant value,” Mr Hayr said.

The Reserve Bank estimates there is $100 million in old NZ cur-rency unaccounted for and Lions are aiming to collect $1 million.

Old money and foreign cur-rency can be taken to any Resene Colorshop or retailer, participat-ing New World stores or call 0800 Old Money for a Lions Club mem-ber to collect. To date, 5.5 tonnes of old New Zealand currency has been exchanged at face value at the Reserve Bank.

• 3.5 tonnes of copper coins have been sold and recycled.

• 7 tonnes of old and current foreign coins and banknotes been redeemed for legal tender.

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Waiuku lost one of its leaders ear-lier this year with the passing of ‘Mac’ Herewini, known throughout the re-gion for his community involvement, and an iconic figure at the annual Anzac Day ceremonies at the Waiuku cenotaph.

Known as ‘Dee’ to his close family and friends, he collected the nickname ‘Mac’ after the exploits of the famed All Black by the same name, and it stuck with him throughout the district.

Mac was born on April 26, 1944, in Whakatane, to Taituha and Hohi Herewini. Taituha was from Te Arawa and Hohi from Ruatahuna. Of the Tuhoe tribe, and the Ngati Tawhaki hapu, Mac attended Huiarau School in Ruatahuna, initially starting a career as a woodsman at the recently-devel-oped Kaingaroa Forest.

At the age of 16, in 1960, he started at the woodsman school, but just four years later, at the age of 20, he joined the New Zealand Army.

His 20-year service with the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and 1st Ranger Squadron, NZSAS was a time of which he was very proud. He saw service in Malaya, Borneo and Vi-etnam, travelling to postings through-out the world and New Zealand.

He met Waiuku’s Carole Jakeman, the woman who was to become his wife, in Christchurch, and they mar-ried in 1970, raising three children while serving in overseas and local postings.

After a stint in Singapore, the family were based at Papakura and in 1984, when Mac retired from his 20 years of service, he and the family moved to re-

turn to Carole’s Waiuku home town.Working at New Zealand Steel for a

period, Mac soon became involved in many local organisations and groups.

A long-time member of the Waiuku Cosmopolitan Club, he helped with the junior boys committee at the Wai-uku Rugby Club and was a member of the local Rugby Supporters Club.

He was also a staunch supporter of, and proud member of, the Waiuku Re-turned Services Association, and for many years was the parade marshall at the town’s Anzac Day ceremonies, where servicemen and others at the proceedings would recall his sly jokes as he formed the soldiers up.

Along with other RSA members, Mac would travel to the various Waiuku schools to speak at Anzac Day assem-blies, and was well known as a mem-ber of the Vietnam and Malaya Veter-ans Associations.

His community involvement in-cluded being involved in the running

of the Waiuku Army Cadet Unit at Wai-uku College, where he was eventually to become Unit Commander. In other roles at the College, he assisted with powhiri and was a respected Kauma-tua in the region, supporting and as-sisting in events with local iwi Ngati Te Ata.

On the family front, his children re-call him as having a quiet dignity and strength, and being a devoted and supportive father, always ready to help with advice and be a source of strength to his wider whanau.

He enjoyed being involved in fam-ily activities, and was a regular travel-ler with Carole as she was part of the Waiuku Thrillseekers Golden Oldies Netball side for several years.

At the time of his passing he was still supporting and being part of his com-munity, taking on the role of Kauma-tua at the school at which his daughter taught in Mangere.

His church was a large part of his life as well, and he would often travel back to Ruatahuna for services and to be part of his faith.

His passing leaves not only a loss for his family, but also a large gap in the Waiuku community, and he will long be remembered by those organisa-tions and people to whom he gave so freely of his time.

On Anzac Day, in particular, each year, the township will miss his pres-ence and his dignity. It is perhaps most apt, in Mac’s case, to recall the last three lines of the Ode recited each year at the ceremony:

At the going down of the sun, And in the morning, We will remember them.

Obituary • Rangiaho (Mac) Herewini, April 26, 1944 – February 26, 2013

The passing of a community leader

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Matariki or the Maori New Year has been well celebrated in the district this year thanks to great partnership between Waikato-Tainui, the Council and communi-ties across the district.

From a portable plan-etarium, and children’s arts competition (which I am looking forward to judging), through to a festival of lights, this in-augural series of events have been a fantastic ex-ample of the great spirit of our communities.

One of my highlights was the privilege of at-tending the unveiling and blessing of Taawhi-ao’s Mask in Ngaruawa-hia.

This magnificent mask is a representation of the ta moko of the first two Maaori kings, and standing proudly in the Octagon, sup-ported by plinths of stone is a sight to be-hold.

Make sure you have a look next time you’re in the area.

I had a lot of fun in Huntly with the lighting up of the DEKA sign.

Who would have thought that sign would have become a famous landmark! It was a great way to raise the profile of Huntly and the event gave the town some positive cover-age across the country, particularly from the crazy ZM radio crew.

The Council has also recently signed off

on the 2013/14 Annual Plan and set a general rate increase of 1.87 per cent.

There are greater increases in different communities with the targeted rates, and what this means is those who receive the services pay for them, rather than having them subsidised by the general rate.

It was great to get over 260 submissions to the Plan, and hear from more than 40 people who shared their views in person. And we did listen to those views and made changes to some of what we had planned such as putting

more aside in grants, funding more road maintenance and repair, and agreeing on further consultation with forestry stakeholders.

Economic development in our district is a key focus of this Council and there is plenty going on which we can see such as at the Northgate business park at Horotiu, and also behind the scenes.

I met recently with Tuakau and district business people to talk about the huge po-tential in our district, and with the high lev-els of enquiry we’ve been getting the future looks very bright indeed.

Please take care out there over these cold, dark and wet winter months and drive safely on our roads.

Auckland Council last week signed off its annual plan for 2013-14, including Mayor Len Brown’s proposal for an average 2.9 per cent rates increase across Auckland busi-nesses and households, well below the 4.9 per cent forecast in the council’s Long-term Plan.

“Through lower costs and greater efficien-cy, we have driven down rates rises every year for the past three years - from 3.9 per cent in the first year of the new council to 2.9 per cent this year,” says Len Brown.

“I’m determined that we continue to provide certainty for Auckland ratepayers, through modest and sustainable rates in-creases.

“And I’m focussed on ensuring the money

we raise through rates works for the benefit of all of Aucklanders.

“Over the next year we will invest more than $175 million in local libraries, parks, recreational, arts and cultural facilities right across the region.”

This year will be the second year of the transition to a single rating system. This means that over time, all Auckland proper-ties of similar value and use will be charged a similar amount of rates, which will be fairer for all ratepayers.

“I have worked hard to make the adjust-ment to a single rate for Auckland required in legislation as manageable as possible for Aucklanders by spreading it over a three-year period,” says the Mayor.

The average rent for a three-bedroom home in Auckland over the past three months has stayed constant at $446 a week, but the most attractive three bed-room rentals can be found in Franklin, where the average rent is $354 a week.

Prices have increased by $7 a week in this area in the past three months, mean-ing a rise of approaching $100 since April.

“Rental prices have been stable now for the past three months, and for a three-bed-room home have risen only $10 since the start of the year,” said Kiri Barfoot, Direc-tor, Barfoot & Thompson.

“Much of the movement in rental prices that have taken place in Auckland during the past 12 months occurred during the latter part of 2012, and rents have, since the start of the year, gone through a settled period.

“This stability in rental prices is show-ing up in all suburbs and across the entire rental stock from 1 to 5 bedroom homes.

“As with house sales, during the winter months there is a seasonal downturn in demand for property, and this takes the pressure off price increases.”

The geographical area of biggest rental increase in the past three months is the western suburbs, where the average rent for a three bedroom home has increased by $48 a week to $400.

In the same area a two bedroom rental has increased by $28 a week to $318, and rent for a four bedroom property has re-mained constant at $503.

The most expensive part of town to rent a three bedroom property is the eastern suburbs where the average rent is $541 a week.

Mayoral comment with Waikato Mayor Allan SansonFranklin house rentals rise by$7 a week in past three months

Smaller rates increase touted

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Variety is currently seeking ap-plications for funding to be con-sidered for distribution during the 2013 Variety Mini Bash. Fami-lies and child-related organisa-tions in need within the region should submit a grant application form to Variety by the closing date of 31 July, 2013.

The Variety Mini Bash is a shorter but equally exciting ver-sion of Variety’s signature event, the Variety Bash. This larger-than-life car rally will be travelling over the weekend of September

20 – 22 fundraising for Kiwi kids, distributing grants, entertain-ing children and participating in community projects.

Examples of items that may be considered for funding include specialised trikes, computer equipment for special hearing and communications require-ments, sport/play/art and cul-tural equipment, and custom-ised equipment for children with special needs. Application forms are available online at www.vari-ety.org.nz or by phoning (09) 520 4111.

Variety - The Children’s Charity levels the playing field for disad-vantaged Kiwi kids. Every year it helps over 10,000 local children - it meets their unmet health and

education needs, providing them with brighter futures.

Variety works alongside schools, agencies and the govern-ment, tackling child poverty so the Kiwi kids who urgently need life-changing assistance are set up to reach their full potential in life.

Each year Variety – The Chil-dren’s Charity supports more than 25 Kiwi kids each day.

Since 1989 Variety has given over $13 million to help sick, disa-bled and disadvantaged children.

From much-needed medical equipment, to life-changing mo-bility needs, to innovative educa-tional initiatives – Variety raises money to ensure deserving Kiwi kids can reach their full potential.

Waiuku 17-year-old stu-dent Jaleigh Shaw is fund raising within the local com-munity to assist her to reach a goal of achieving a spot on an Outward Bound Course by the end of this year.

Jaleigh will be turning 18 next year in time to attend the 21 day Classic Course for 18-26 year olds at the well-known course, and has been searching for ways to raise funds in recent weeks. “I am aiming to fundraise $1,850 which then means I am eligible to apply for sponsorship from a local

business or group,” Jaleigh says.

“To do this, I am arrang-ing sausage sizzles, selling baked goods, selling off all of my old things and work-ing to save like crazy!”

As part of the fund raising venture, Jaleigh has been set up on the charity web-site www.givealittle/cause/outwardbound and people can access the internet to to support her in her jour-ney to make it to Outward Bound, and, as she says, “ to get my life kick-started.”

The course is aimed to

teach trainees self develop-ment, increasing self aware-ness, confidence and moti-vation and allowing young people to ecognise their potential. Understand and assume personal responsi-bility. A social development component allows people to increase their social aware-ness and communication skills, while learning how to create effective relation-ships and experience suc-cess as a member of a team.

There are also courses on values and the environ-ment, as well as commu-

nity service, with trainees guided on becoming better members of their local com-munities.

“This is a great opportu-nity for me, as I am aiming to better myself mentally and physically at Outward Bound to then move on to Camp America and help others on their journey of self-exploration and adven-ture,” Jaleigh says.

“Any support would be greatly appreciated, it doesn’t matter if it’s $1, $2 or any other amount- it all counts in the end!”

Carl and Jackie Elliot of Paerata in Puke-kohe were caught in the recent winter’s blast of rain and lashing hail. They didn’t let it get them down however - Carl sent us this pic with a note to say he just couldn’t resist mak-ing a ‘hailman’ with his wife!

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The idea to host a high tea fundraiser on the Awhitu Peninsula, was born when Anita Dutton, CEO and Creative Design-er of Aqua Jewels met Joan Massey QSM.

Having worked at the St Andrews Church in Wai-uku as Parish Assistant be-fore, Sonja Schlebusch was convinced that her two friends, Joan and Anita, would make a great win-ning team to organize an event to fundraise for the Awhitu Church building project.

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What initially started off being planned as a small afternoon tea, soon es-calated into a big fashion event, showcasing the new Aqua Jewels Teen Collec-tion, Jazmin La Belle and the Bellassima Collection.

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Through ticket sales, a raffle, as well as 10% of the proceeds of jewellery sales donated by Anita from Aqua Jewels towards the fundraiser, more than $1500 was raised for the Awhitu Church Building Project.

Well done to the Awhitu Women’s Fellowship un-der the leadership of Joan Massey and Julie Williams.

A very glamorous and memorable event for the Waiuku and Awhitu Pen-insula communities.

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Raising funds for Awhitu Church on the weekend were (left); Ella Liliane Langsford – Miss World New Zealand 2013, (below); Anna Lisa Christiane Fi-nalist Miss Supranational 2013, (right), a local future Miss World, Jessica-Rose Dominikovich Gray, and (far right); Jazmin Tohaia, 1st runner up NZ super-model 2013.


Anxiety & Panic Disorders

Anxiety disorder can be either acute or chronic. Acute anxiety disorder manifests itself in episodes com-monly known as panic attacks. This is where the body’s natural “fight or flight” reaction occurs at the wrong time. It is a complicated and invol-untary reaction in which the body prepares itself to deal with an emer-gency situation. In times of threat such as an assault, an accident, or a natural disaster this type of reac-tion is perfectly normal and helpful for survival. Stress causes the body to produce adrenaline. This steps up the body’s metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates to quickly produce energy for the body to use. The physical manifestations of this are listed below:• Palpitations, pounding heart, or

accelerated heart rate;• Sweating• Trembling or shaking• Sensations of shortness of breath

or smothering• Feeling of choking• Chest pain or discomfort• Nausea or abdominal distress• Feeling dizzy, unsteady, light-

headed or faint• Feelings of unreality or being de-

tached from oneself• Fear of losing control or going

crazy• Fear of dyingChronic anxiety is a milder, more gen-eralized form of this disorder. Many sufferers feel a vague sense of anxiety much of the time, but the intensity of the feeling does not reach the levels of those in an actual panic attack. They may always feel uneasy, espe-cially in the presence of other people, and tend to startle easily. Headaches and chronic fatigue are common among people with chronic anxi-ety. They may from time to time suffer bouts of panic attacks. Eventually either of these disorders can become debilitating as the body is under constant stress. This can lead to other problems as the patient be-comes fearful of being alone, going out in public or visiting in case they have a panic attack. Some serious conditions can also develop ie Obses-sive compulsive disorders; Depression; Insomnia; Serious weight gain/loss.From a homeopathic view point there are some first aid type remedies that may help with these attacks. Firstly the Bach Flower Rescue Remedy. Below are some of these remedies:Marked palpitations, fear of dying Aconite Person scared stiff, numb and dozy with fright Opium Person hysterical, weeping one minute and laughing the next Ignatia Inability to get to sleep because mind is racing Coffea Ideally, to treat this issue a consulta-tion with a Homeopath be valuable to treat the whole person, mental emo-tional and physical, find the causa-tion ie how this condition began, and to help the body to react calmly and normally in situations of stress instead of the automatic over-reaction that becomes one of these disorders.

By Diane Breen DipHom NZCH (Intern)

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OSTEOPATHY and Arthritis

By Helen Wright BSc(Hons) Ost(UK); CMI-OSH (UK); PGDip (Hlth.Erg) (UK) NZ/ACC/UK Registered Osteopath Human Factors and Ergonomics consultant

Patients with arthritis of-ten have symptoms that an osteopathic treatment can help to alleviate. Whether the diagnosis is Osteoarthritis (wear and tear/joint infl ammation) or Rheumatoid Arthritis (infl ammatory rheumato-logical condition) at Oste-opathy Pukekohe we can:

• Provide information relating to the disease process;

• Help to alleviate pain and the pain-spasm-pain cycle;

• Decrease infl amma-tion;

• Improve joint nutri-tion;

• Enhance removal of waste products;

• Maintain and/or in-crease joint function;

• Decrease mechani-cal strain on joints

• Help to prevent any further strain and/or deformity.

Osteopaths know how arthritis can infl uence the joints and other parts of the body and are trained to identify the most ef-fective treatment plan and management plan to assist with long term symptom relief. Often it’s not the condition that causes the problem but how the condition is treated/managed.

If you would like more information relating to the osteopathic treat-ment of your ‘arthritis’ or to book an appointment, please ring the Way of Life Health Shop. There is currently an osteopath practicing from the shop Mondays to Saturday in-clusive (shop hours).

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The 6 Foundation Principals to Great Health

Healthy food does not have to be expensive. While many people think that buckwheat is a cereal grain, it is actually a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb and sorrel making it a suitable substitute for grains for people who are sensitive to wheat or other grains that contain protein glutens.

Buckwheat can be eaten ground and used as flour, toasted as kasha and my fa-vourite way is eating it sprout-ed. It is not expensive to buy and will make a lot of sprouts. And the best thing it is very easy to do.Diets that contain buckwheat have been linked to lowered risk of developing high cho-

lesterol and high blood pres-sure. Buckwheat’s beneficial effects are due in part to its rich supply of flavonoids, particu-larly rutin. Flavonoids are phy-tonutrients that protect against disease by extending the ac-tion of vitamin C and acting as antioxidants.

Buckwheat’s lipid-lowering ac-tivity is largely due to rutin and other flavonoid compounds. These compounds help main-tain blood flow, keep platelets from clotting excessively (plate-lets are compounds in blood that, when triggered, clump to-gether, thus preventing exces-sive blood loss, and protect LDL from free radical oxidation into potentially harmful cholesterol oxides. Buckwheat also con-tains almost 86 milligrams of magnesium in a one-cup serv-ing. Magnesium relaxes blood vessels, improving blood flow and nutrient delivery.

Buckwheat is also a complete protein, high in fibre, B Vitamins and minerals.

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TASTE THE VICTORY OF A SMOKE-FREE FUTURE

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Working towards SMOKEFREE

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During July we are focusing on our Smokefree Waiuku 2015 Campaign and will be visiting local businesses to deliver our health centre poster (to the left) together with Information Packs to support anyone wanting to quit. Busi-nesses will be able to put posters up and can provide information if required. The idea is to encourage the whole community to become advocates for quit-ting. In other words everyone will be part of the solution. If you are a smoker and would like to discuss giving up please contact the Health Centre during July and make an appointment for a free consultation with one of our quit card providers. Extra copies of the poster will be available from the Health Centre.

Remember:• Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in New Zealand.• One in every 2 smokers will die due to Smoking• That’s 80,000 Kiwis in the next 20 years are likely to die from Smoking related disease• Approximately 2000 smokers in Waiuku• Potentially 1000 lives can be saved if all the smokers quit

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Auckland Football will be represented by Three Kings United and Pukekohe AFC in the quarter-finals of the ASB Women’s Knockout Cup after Sunday’s second round action.

ASB Women’s Knockout Cup holders Three Kings United ran out comfortable winners against Lynn Avon United AFC at Ken Maun-der Park.

Martine Puketapu and Jessie Mathews gave Three Kings United a 2-0 lead at half time and a second from Puketapu two minutes after the restart gave Andrew Clay’s team a commanding lead.

Wyllowe Poata got Lynn-Avon on the board just after the hour mark but a brace to substitute Jasmine Pereira sealed the 5-1 for the visitors.

Pukekohe AFC earned their spot in the last eight via two first half goals to 2012 Auckland Football ASB Women’s League representative Lisa Wooles against West-ern Springs at Seddon Fields.

Western Springs AFC pulled a goal back in the second half via Tammy Cresswell-Wells but the home side couldn’t find the goal they needed to force extra time.

Glenfield Rovers tipped out Lotto NRFL

Women’s Premier League leaders Eastern Suburbs AFC with a 2-1 away win at Ma-

dills Farm.Estelle Harrison gave

Glenfield a 44th minute lead and Rebecca O’Neill doubled the advantage for Carl Jorgensen’s team 12 minutes into the second half.

Auckland Football ASB Women’s League captain Rebecca Tegg gave Eastern

Suburbs a lifeline with 17 to go but the home side were unable to get the game to extra time.

ASB Women’s Knockout Cup winners Claudelands Rovers were the big winners of the weekend hitting seven past a luck-less Forest Hill Milford side.

Football Fern Helen Collins grabbed a hat-trick for Claudelands with youth level internationals Olivia Chance and Kate Loye scoring two each.

Morgan Owen managed the sole re-sponse for the visitors at Galloway Park.

The quarter-finals were drawn on Mon-day and defending champions Three Kings United face Glenfield Rovers, while high-scoring Claudelands Rovers are at home to Pukekohe AFC in the other game in the Northern Region.

The Waiuku College 1st XV travelled to Wesley College on Saturday and won a game which was a real thriller, by 22 – 21. This was their first win since being promoted to the premier division and showed that they have the ability to compete at the highest level of schoolboy rugby.

They began the game strongly and spent the first ten minutes in the Wesley half before being rewarded with a penalty goal kicked by Jack Hardie.

This seemed to spark the Wesley side who hit back quickly with two converted tries giving them the lead by 14 -3. Waiuku then sorted out their defence and slowly worked their way back into the game.

They kept Wesley pinned in their own half and eventually this turned into points with Hardie kicking another two penalty goals to close the gap to 14 -9 by halftime.

The second half continued the same way with Waiuku dominating field position, and Hardie kicking the goals whenever Wesley infringed.

Two more successful kicks by Hardie put Waiuku ahead by 15 -14 with twenty minutes to play.

Wesley were not about to let the game go however, and hit the lead again with another well taken try which was again converted putting them in front by 21 -15.

For the last twenty minutes Waiuku took charge of the game.

Halfback Marchant Pepler expertly mar-shalled his forwards and they responded with a huge effort relentlessly driving the Wesley pack back.

The Waiuku captain Stewart Kautai led the charge as their pack hammered away at their bigger opponents with a series of pick and go drives.

Prop Luke Rosa was ruled to be held up over the try line on two occasions as Waiuku threw everything they had at the Wesley de-fensive line.

Finally with just three minutes remaining on the clock, after yet another impressive forward drive, the Wesley defensive line was broken and the ball was sent wide to fullback Sam Furniss who slipped through the gap to dive over for the try.

This left Jack Hardie with a difficult con-version to put his team in lead, but he was up to the task and kicked it straight through the posts putting Waiuku ahead by 22 – 21. To the delight of their large bunch of very vo-cal supporters, they then held Wesley at bay for the remaining couple of minutes to win the game.

This season Waiuku have now beaten the Wesley 3rds and the Wesley 2nds. It has been many years since any team from Waiuku College has achieved this feat.

This week they travel to Pukekohe High School for what promises to be another tough game. Kick off will be at 12 noon.

It was another weekend of great entertainment for Counties Power Club rugby spectators as the competi-tion heats up for play off contentions.

The Counties Power Game of the Week didn’t disappoint with a huge come from be-hind effort by Karaka who fought back from a 36-7 defi-cit to loose to the Counties Power Cup holders Ardmore Marist 46-38.

Karaka fell off tackles in the first half and Ardmore Marist took complete con-trol, racking up six tries and three conversions in the first stanza.

Ardmore Marist were up 12-0 after ten minutes with their fullback Karl Ropati scoring the two opening tries which now makes him the PGG Wrightson leader board top try scorer. Karaka’s first half points came from a converted try by second five John Luteru. Ardmore Marist piled on four more tires to take the score to 36-7 at the break.

In the second half, Ard-more Marist could be forgiv-en for relaxing with the large score line and the majority of the job done.

Karaka started running at the hosts and lifted their in-tensity after being issued a barrage of instruction at half time which inspired Karaka

to score five tries in the sec-ond spell.

Karaka’s left wing Tavite Gadeisuva scored a hatrick of tries, however it was not enough against Ardmore Marist who added their fi-nal ten points to seal the win partially made up by a converted try in the second half which was dominate by Karaka.

Karaka’s stand-out players were John Leteru and Tavite Gadeisuva. For Ardmore Marist Tyrone Lefau was lethal in the first half and Fritz Lee was solid returning back from injury with Sikeli Nabou consistent through the whole game. The PGG Wrightson Player of the Day was Ardmore Marist’s half-back Jason Guthrie.

It was a crucial match for both sides with when Patu-mahoe hosted Manurewa with the visitors winning 36-25. Patumahoe han-dling errors in the backs let them down with Manurewa looked to be the better of the two sides on the day.

Manurewa dominated the early part of the game to put them in a winning position early. They score two early tries to hooker Michael Lea and winger Teisam Faim-asasa. Patumahoe’s Josh Van Lieshout scored a nice try from a David Leturu chip kick with the extras coming

Team Played Won Draw Loss For Against Points

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Play-offs loom as top six battle for spots

from the boot for both sides which took the half time score to 21-13.

In the second half, Ma-nurewa’s tries were scored by No 8 Ben Masoe who made a charge off the back off a 5m scrum and a Ma-nurewa counter attack saw Ahsee Tuala score their un-contested.

Manurewa dropped a ball close to the line and were held up on another occasion which prevented them scor-ing more points. Patumahoe winger Vern Comley scored mid-way in the second half and in the final ten minutes they were rewarded for their attack when Kane Hancy scored the last try from catch

up attacking rugby. The players who per-

formed well for Patumahoe were Alepino Olosoni and Josh Van Lieshout who was dangerous on attack and for Manurewa Micheal Lea was good in the second half and Lewis Maxwell made some telling breaks with Ahsee Tu-ala proving to be a handful.

It was a social day on the hill as Pukekohe took up a bus load of their centurions to honour Nigel Watson be-coming their latest member during their 19-13 victory over Onewhero.

The bye did Pukekohe no favours but the boot of young Jared Page proved to be the difference on the

scoreboard securing the win in the match which saw Onewhero score two tries to Pukekohe’s one. Onewhero dominated the line out and the scrum which Pukekohe will desperately be working on for next week in their top of table clash against Ard-more Marist.

Onewhero played well with Nathan Langsford scor-ing the first try off a penalty dummy which caught Puke-kohe unaware behind the goalposts and he also kicked a penalty.

Pukekohe slotted a pen-alty and followed it up with a converted try in the last five minutes of the first spell to hooker Mark Price who

dotted down during the only time Pukekohe penetrated the Onewhero 22 in the half. Page converted which took the half time score to 10-8.

In the second half Puke-kohe’s Maama Vaipulu was consistently breaking the line and on form but a lack of support kept the visitors at bay who got their points through three penalties by Page.

Onewhero’s Rob Katu scored the final try of the game in the left hand corner which narrowed the score to 16-13 but Page’s final penalty ended the game.

Pukekohe’s Niva’ Ta’auso returned after a long stint out injured but they lost Lewis Moore with a head knock who is expected to be out for a few weeks.

Pukekohe’s best on the field were Maama Viapu-lu, Nigel Watson and Jared Page with the boot. Adam Cathcart returned and put in a solid performance after being of the game for nine months of the game for One-whero and their forwards were again impressive.

In the fourth match of the Premier grade Papakura suf-fered their biggest defeat of the season at the hands of Bombay when they went down 116-0, racking up over 1000 points against them in the season to date.

Waiuku College wins over old rivals Wesley

Pukekohe reach quarter finals innational womens soccer cup


Waiuku College Rugby Results:• U16 Open played Pukekohe and were defeated• U14 Open were defeated by Manurewa 17-14• Under 65’s played Pukekohe and won 39 - 5. They have gone undefeated this year.

WeekendWeekendSPORTSPORT

Sione Taanii

Kyza Teahuru

It was a very cold morning when

Sandspit Devils took on

Glenbrook Blueberries.

Waiuku College Gold vs on Salients 1 - Savannah Asafo

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Local sport action

Devin Gregory backed by Joshua Douglas

Waiuku College U16 open played Pukekohe on Saturday 29th June and were defeated

Peter Jones supported by Nathan Shackleton

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Draw for Waiuku Netball Centre, Sat-urday 6th July. Office Bearers: Jody Honey, Marion O’Neil. Duty Club/s 8.00-11.40am Otaua 11.40-3.20pm Otaua. Lolly Shop: 8.00-11.40 Otaua 11.40—12.45pm College Brass, 12.45-1.45pm College Purple, 1.45-2.45pm College Gold. Canteen: 8.00-9.25am College Ivory, 9.25-10.00am College Yel-low, 10.00-10.45am College Black, 10.45-11.40am College Navy. 11.40-3.20pm Otaua. Timekeeper: Janice Price, Noe-line Ramsey

8.30am Salients 1 v Fusion, Rag Remo Limited v Coast, Swampy View Red v Waiuku Primary Stars, Swampy View Black v Sandspit Infernoz, College Red v College Yellow.

9.25am College Platinum v College Ivory, College Jade v College Navy, Puke-oware Rebels v Sandspit Shockwaves, Sandspit Stars v Waiau Pa Celebs.

10.20am Loyal v Waiau Pa Remix, Wai-uku Maori Sports Club Snr A v Frenz, College Brass v Brian James GB’s, Glen-brook Blueberries v Glenbrook Mingles,

Waiuku Maori Sports Club Snr 2 v Waiau Pa Pulse.

11.15am College Black v College Pink, Glenbrook Pulse v Waiuku Primary Chicks, Awhitu Angels v Glenbrook Star-fire.

12.10pm Cossie v College Bronze, Wai-uku Maori Sports Club Snr 1 v Young Wives, Waiau Pa Fudgies v Waiau Pa Ti-gers, Waiuku Maori Sports Club Jnr A v Pukeoware Sapphires, Sandspit Shakers v Waipipi Winners.

1.05pm Skin For Life v Easy Trim, Swampy View Silver v Sandspit Creep-ers, Swampy View Future Ferns Red v Swampy View Future Ferns Gold, Puke-oware Shinning Stars v Awhitu Diamond Dodgers.

2.00pm College Blue v Waiau Pa Wild-cats, College Purple v Waiau Pa Rockit, Sandspit Devils v Sandpsit Blasters, Awhitu Sapphires v Waiuku Primary No Name, Waiuku Primary Scorers v Glen-brook Sapphires.

BYE: College Silver, Glenbrook Makai-ra, College Embers, College Lime, Puke-

oware Satellites, Waiuku Primary Courts, Waipipi Stormers, Waipipi Waves.

UMPIRES: 8.30am Michelle Wilson, Jan O’Neill, Loyal x 1, Frenz x 1, Sandspit x 2, Glenbrook x 2, Nicola Clark, Waiuku Maori Sports Club x 1.

9.25am Chelsyee Collins, Trish Chitty, RRL x 1, Coast x 1, Waiuku Primary x 1, Aka Aka x 1, Chantelle Favia, Otaua x 1.

10.20am Jordyn Griffiths-Murdock, Tara Coe, Monique Raaymakers, Mar-shall Woodward, Kim Mariner, Carol An-drew, Lyzann Tara, Waiuku Primary x 1, Jo O’Neale, Fusion x 1.

11.15am Cossie x 1, Waiuku Maori Sports Club x 1, Sandspit x 2, Stacey Lord, Waiau Pa x 1.

12.10pm Marshall Woodward, Alex Jones, Toni Dolan, Jo O’Neale, Glenbrook x 2, Michaela Dolan, Awhitu x 1.

1.05pm Kathy Maxwell, Amber Turner, Awhitu x 1, Waiuku Primary x 1.

2.00pm Easy Trim x 1, Waiuku Maori Sports Club x 1, Skin For Life x 1, Brian James GB’s x 1, Pukeoware Sapphires x 1, Aka Aka x 1, Sandspit x 2.

It was the start of the sec-ond round, a must-win game for Waiuku AFC, and it turned into a thriller for the crowds as the club snatched a last-gasp win in a match filled with drama.

Waiuku had not beaten Warkworth for a few years but had managed to get a 1-1 draw away in the first game of the season.

The game represented captain Cody Ralph’s 100th Northern League game and the Waiuku team were deter-mined to get a result for him.

It was evident straight away that this was going to be an entertaining afternoon for the spectators and both teams had early chances.

Chris Abbott got clear on the right but fired just wide with Derek Sinclair free at the far post. Waiuku started to pile on the pressure and were rewarded with five cor-ners in a row.

Ralph fired one in and Jerry Hubbard came close to

giving Waiuku the lead but couldn’t quite reach the ball as it came across the six yard box.

Warkworth keeper Simon Borich pulled off a great save from a Sinclair effort and Hubbard went close with a header from a Ralph free-kick.

A hand-ball shout saw the referee point to the spot, to the cheers of the crowd, but then appeared to change his mind and gave the free kick the other way. It was to be the first of several decisions which had the teams and supporters scratching their heads.

However, despite the chances, it wasn’t all Waiuku.

Warkworth’s Cody Piper got clear of the Waiuku de-fence but some great cover-ing from Elliot Crean and Mitch Thomasen saw the chance go begging.

With seconds remain-ing before halftime, Wark-worth took the lead. The

referee gave a corner, with the Waiuku bench and clu-brooms adamant it was a clear goal kick, and the Wai-uku defence did not organ-ise themselves as Rob Carty scored for Warkworth at the far post.

After a solid first half, Waiuku were behind and in need of some magic and it happened straight away.

Ralph got the ball on the right and played in Sinclair who gave Borich no chance as stroked it into the net.

This spurred Waiuku on and they came close a cou-ple of times.

First Hubbard’s header was clawed away by Borich and then Sinclair saw his header tipped over the bar.

From the resulting cor-ner, the ball was played out to Darren Woolnough whose first-time volley was cleared off the line and onto the cross bar before being cleared away by the Wark-worth defence.

Warkworth pushed for a winner and were rewarded with several corners. One corner was met by the head of Carty and the Waiuku de-fence didn’t clear; when the ball fell to Gareth South-combe, he thought he had scored but Phil van den Broek tipped it around the post. Van den Broek saved Waiuku again with a smart save from a Carty freekick af-ter Thomasen was adjudged to handle the ball just out-side the penalty box.

When Thomasen fouled a Warkworth attacker twenty five yards out, Southcombe lined up a shot which van den Broek lost in the sun and it nestled in the back of the net.

It was 2-1 to Warkworth with 15 minutes to go.

Waiuku struck back al-most immediately. A Wool-nough freekick found Hub-bard at the far post and he slammed the ball goal ward. The shot had too much pace

for a Warkworth defender and he could only help steer it into the goal.

Both sides pushed for a winner and Ralph nearly got it when he got free on the left but Borich pulled off a fan-tastic save.

The tackles were flying in from both sides, and ten-sions began to rise on, and off, the field.

In the last few minutes Warkworth were reduced to ten men when they lost their left back after he gained his second yellow card, and Warkworth’s coach Steve Gove was sent packing after the referee had had enough of his arguments from the sideline. With seconds left on the clock, Waiuku scored

the winner. A Woolnough freekick

found Ralph at the back post and his cross shot was de-flected into the net by Sin-clair which sent the players into a heap by the corner flag and the Waiuku supporters into party mode.

Coach Jim Evans was happy with the win “It was a great game of football and we showed great courage to come from behind and get the points.

“There were many out-standing efforts and Phil van den Broek deserves a mention but Jerry Hubbard had an absolute stormer in the middle of the park and therefore gets man of the match.”

Last-gasp thriller in a match with everything

Derek Sinclair stabs home the winning goal to spark celebrations at Waiuku’s Massey Park on Saturday.

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ACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING & Taxation Services. Ph. Rise Accountants, chartered accountants. 09 235 7455.

ACCOUNTING & Payroll Services EOM Accounts, GST & PAYE. Call PME Enterprises Ltd. 09 235 0461 or email: [email protected] for a free consultation.

BOATSBOAT REPAIRS, dingy or trailerboats. Fibreglass or wooden. All jobs consid-ered ph Tony on 235 3545 or 021 598 662.

CARAVANSLONG TERM - free local delivery from $60/ week plus bond. Ph: 232 1814.

CLEANING SERVICES

CLEANING vacant hous-es, windows, offices, car-pet shampooing & exterior waterblasting. Plus main-tenance. FREE quotes. Ph Allan or Lynette 09 235 9333 or 027 272 6249

S & G Cleaning Services. 18 yrs experience, domes-tic cleaning a speciality. Windows cleaned on request. Reasonable hourly rates. Phone 238 7980 or 021 296 0718.

COMPUTERS

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Troubleshooting, Data Back

Up, Virus & Spyware

Removal, PC & Mac

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Ph: 09 23892857A Glasgow Road, Pukekohe

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FIREWOODFIREWOOD Bargain. 4 Meters Mac/pine $300 Delivered. 2 Meters $170. Ph/txt 021 744 970 or 235 0065.

FIREWOOD for sale. Dry Mac & Gum mix. $80/metre with free local deliv-ery. Ph 235 9668 or 021 412 452.

DON and Gaylyn, this sea-son’s pine firewood. $75 per cube, delivered and stacked. Ph. 235 9588.

FOR HIREFIREWOOD splitter Phone 235 7733 or 021 305 111.

BOUNCY Castle hire. Elephant, Tiger for kids. Sumo, Boxing, Jousting for Adults. Ph: 235 5297 or 0274 260 040.

FOR LEASE115 Acres easy contour land. Good water, yards, 5mins to Waiuku. (not a coastal block) Suit dairy support or beef etc. Ph. 021 362 687.

OFFICE SPACE down-stairs from $90 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam 021 671 960. Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd, Waiuku.

OFFICE SPACE upstairs from $110 + gst p/wk. Ph Sam 021 671 960. Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd, Waiuku.

WAREHOUSE SPACE. Small, Med & Lge. Easy access. Ph Sam 021 671 960. Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd, Waiuku.

WORKSHOP SPACE. Easy access. Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Rd, Waiuku. Ph Sam 021 671 960.

FOR LEASE4 Martyn Street, Large Building, very good loca-tion, $350+GST and expenses PW 027 38 33317.

FOR RENTUNIT Handy to town. Suit single or couple. No Pets. Ref required. Ph: 09 235 8639.

FOR SALE

ALLEY WAYNEW Table & 8 chairs

$850 (the lot)*

Bedroom suite “Dressing table, set of drawers & bedside”

Dark stain big drawers “great for a guy” $1000 (the lot)

*Fridge freezer $450

* Cottage Hill bookcase,

fixed shelves $430*

King single mattress and slat frame $180

* 5 odd lazyboy chairs

from $65*

Queen headboard pine $120

31/3 BOWEN STREET WAIUKU

(NEXT DOOR TO MITRE 10) Ph 09 235 7715

COCKY’S CORNER for fencing & roofing iron, tim-ber, hardware, plywood, pavers, gates, garden sheds & more. 123 Queen St, Waiuku. Ph 235 9880 or 235 2386.

ADULT ACCESSORIES, adult toys, massage oil, lubes, Women’s Health & Sexuality Books & lots more available online www.vibes.co.nz.

FOR SALEROSEMARY - I will prune your rosemary bush for you in return for the pro-duce. Upright as opposed to trailing varieties sought. Call Martine 027 475 9580

REPLACE your Commodore key rubbers for $47.50. Need your old key to do it. Phone 021 075 8642.

FREEANY old scrap metal removed. Old batteries, expired gas bottles, old cars, lawn mowers, etc. Ph Martin 021 128 5953 / 238 3005.

GARAGESALE

GARAGE Sale Saturday. 1 Martyn Street. All Sorts of Items.

GRAZINGHORSE Grazing $30 per week, Waiuku Town Boundary, shed space available Ph: 021 234 5321

HAY: Conventional bales, reasonable quality

$8.50 incl GST, Ex shed, $10 incl

GST delivered. PH: 0800 429 496

HAIR DRESSINGTHE Cutting Room Hair Salon. 33 Breakers Grove, Waiuku. Ladies cuts from $30 & Mens cuts from $25, Colours from $70. Hours: Tues 11-3pm, Wed 9-5pm, Fri 9-til late, Mon & Sat by pre-arranged appts only. Phone Steff 235 7149.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

FOR all your Handyman Needs. No Job to small. Call David 2352850 / 0211076684

HEALTHTAI-CHI QIGONG healthy leisure activity, Church Hall, 43 Queen Street, Pukekohe. Thursdays, 1.15pm - $5; 5.30pm - $8, 7pm - $8. Practice, theory, green tea, no booking required, just turn up.

HOMEKILL

Waiuku Village Butchery

HOMEKILLSERVICE

BEEF, SHEEPPIGS, BACON, ETC

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Ph 09 235 8369

LAUNDROMATLAUNDROMAT. Open 7 days. Drop off service and self service. Detergents included. Sports clothing, commercial, wash, dry and fold. Laundry 4 U. Between Video Ezy and Pizza Hut, across parking lot from Ed St Restaurant Ph. 09 239 2964.

LAWNMOWINGJIMS MOWING Waiuku based operator. Gardening. Lawnmowing Ride On, Residential, Commercial, Mulching, Catching, Edges, Garden Maintenance & Tidy Ups. Ph 0800 4 546 546 or 021 659 390. Free quotes given.

LAWNMOWINGTOPCUT LAWNMOWING reliable, clean, tidy job Experienced operator. Ph Fred 09 235 5280, 021 902 552.

PAINTINGCARLOS Magic Jobs prep work, paint, paper, water-blasting, roof repairs, painting and property maintenance. Professional job done. Free Quotes. Ph: 027 237 3821 a/h 09 235 2665

PETSPOOCHIE park – Holiday home for dogs – Inspection welcome by arrangement – Phone 09 235 0052 (evenings) or 021 856 555. Email [email protected] for further informa-tion.

PICTURE FRAMING

THE FRAMING SHEDQuality Custom Picture Framing 31 Victoria Ave, Waiuku Tues - Fri 9 - 5Winter Saturdays 10 - 1 or by appointment Ph. Allie 235 0939 / 027 2534577

READINGSCLAIRVOYANT/MEDI-UMSHIP readings and healing. $40. EFT session and massages available. Phone 235 8486 or 021 02992614

CLAIRVOYANT Ph Eunice Attwood 235 0022 Publishme.co.nz for pro-file, books & website links.

ANGEL Guidance by Mary Clairvoyant, Psychic, Medium gives you Reassurance, Guidance, Clarity! Spiritual Healings/Indian Head Massage/Gift V o u c h e r s / P s y c h i c Suppers. www.freewebs.com/angelguidanceby-mary 09-236-9992 or 027-622-4087

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CLEANERS required to help on call. Hours and days vary. Own transport required. Ph: 021 1523 090.

STORAGEWAIUKU MINI STORAGE. Various sized units availa-ble. Individually alarmed. Ph 0274 982 375.

TUITIONPRIVATE Music Tuition - Ph 0274 772 030 or 09 296 1693

GREGG’S Drumming Tuition. Beginners to advanced. All styles. No drums needed. Bookings essential. Phone 09 238 7980 or 021 265 2780. (We copy LPs to CD)

READING & WRITING 1-1 Tuition. Waiuku and Tuakau. 4½ years upwards. Excellent tutors. Contact Jill at ‘The Frog Pond’. Ph 238 2110. E: [email protected]

TUITIONMATH Tutor wanted, for 3rd term for two year 10 students. Ph: 0272 412781

WANTEDTREES wanted. Gum & Macrocarpa. Also tree fell-ing & shelter belt removal. Ph or txt Chris 027 212 4590 or 235 0065.

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RETIRED couple wish to purchase a 2/3 Bedroom House or unit on a small easy care section in Waiuku, Up to $260,000. Ph: 09 235 6055

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‘Horsing Around’Rounding a corner, a white horse came into view, hobbling along in only one shoe.

I’d spied him before in the oddest places, maybe he’ll compete at the Puke-races.I’d place a dollar, maybe even three, hopefully he’ll gallop as fast as can be.

Then again, he could yearn for a mate hanging his body on ‘Smithy’s garden gate’

I’ll keep driving around Waiuku Town, White-horse is bound to be horsing around.

Just then a voice declared, Look! He’s in footy-gear up to his head.

Some saw him pushing a mower one day, probably when he needed some hay.

What a spark, each week, folk so kind, sharing their horse, for us to find.

You’ve given ‘Waiuku Town’ a new interest to say, have you seen a white-horse?? As you wended your way.

By N. Cook, Waiuku

Family/Whanau Support WorkerQualified Social Worker. We have a vacancy in our team for a family/whanau

support worker in the Franklin area. Drivers Licence and prepared to use own vehicle essential. Knowledge and understanding the special nature of our community a

definite advantage. Please send your CV and covering letter to:

Waiuku Family Support 56 Queen St Waiuku 2123 or email [email protected]. Closing date 12th July 2013

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Why not plan and record your funeral wishesThe My Life, My Funeral Kitwill make it easy for you.

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235 8380 Anytimewww.grahamsfunerals.co.nz

GRAHAM’SFUNERAL SERVICES

Phone : 09 235 9307 Fax : 09 237 0054Email : [email protected]

40 Queen Street, Waiuku

Open Monday to Friday • 8.30am - 5.30pmSaturday • 9am - 2pmSunday • 10am - 2pm

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Love from Dad & Janine, Matthew, your new

little brother Leon, Alan, Melissa, Sarah & Ben.

Lisa Jane RoubosWe miss you every day.

Who left us on the 29th June 2011.

A very special and dearly loved granddaughter of Max

and Lois and their families.

ROUBOS, Lisa Jane

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Waiuku � eatre Group Inc.

AUDITIONSfor the romantic comedy

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IDEAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIERS(Pukekohe)

Would like to thank John Rack (Racko), for his continued Loyalty and Patronage over the past 10

years to Ideal Electrical SuppliersKris, Barb, Steve and Graham wish John all

the best for his retirement from the electrical industry.

Junior Sales AssistantIs hunting and fishing your passion?

Hunting and Fishing Botany, New Zealand’s largest hunting and fishing store, is looking for a Junior Sales

Assistant. This is a full time position and involves working a revolving roster

(which includes weekend work)

Requirements:- Retail experience – not essential but preferred

- General knowledge of hunting, fishing and camping- Must have great customer service and

a positive attitude- Pro active and energetic

- Firearms licence is essential- Must have NZ Driver Licence and own transport

If you’re an “OUT THERE DOIN IT” type of person and tick all of the requirements we want to hear from you.

(Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work permit)

Applications to be sent by email only to [email protected]

Applications close: Friday 19 July 2013

Glasshouse Sta� RequiredGourmet Waiuku has positions for

full time sta� to work in our Orchid and Capsicum crops

Applicants need to be punctual and reliableHave own transport,

Be prepared to work at heights, Be able to do periodic overtime

Immediate start

Please contact Russell on 021 898 836 or apply in person at

79 Taurangaruru Rd Waiuku

Must be reliable and competent in all aspects of a busy kitchenBe available for day,

night & weekend work.Have current food safety certi� cates.

Please contact Barb with your CV & Quali� cations

Ph: 021 605 887 or Email: [email protected]

Cook/Chef required

Rotary Club ofWaiuku Charitable

Trust

The following individuals and organizations are recipients of grants from the Rotary Club of

Waiuku Inc Charitable Trust for the year ending May 2013.

The total amount granted exceeded $24,000.00Awhitu Rural Fire Force, Awhitu School, Bailey Given, Blue Light, Bronson Snook, Challenge

Camp, Emergency Boxes, Marama Hau Ministries, Mercy Ships, Polio Plus, Primary School Speech Contest, Rota Pacific, Rotary Foundation, Rotary

Youth Exchange, RYLA, RYPEN, School Dictionaries, Summer Science Camp, Trees For Survival, Waipipi Bowling Club, Waipipi Bowling

Club, Waiuku AFC, Waiuku Athletics, Waiuku College Hockey, Waiuku Museum, Waiuku Police Community Defribulator, Waiuku Rotary College Cup, Waiuku Scouts, Waiuku Swimming Club,

World Community Services

DAVE UPFOLDAn evening of side-splitting

Fun and Laughter!!!Comedy at its best

Waiuku College HallWed 10th & Thurs 11th July

Tickets from Fundraising Members or The Post

Pre Sale Tickets $20

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Roger, Darin, Lisa, Erin and families will be meeting at the Waiuku Cemetery on Sunday

7th July at 11am to lay Sandra’s ashes to rest on the anniversary of her

passing and to remember their beloved wife and mother.

We thank you for your support over the past year and welcome you to join us at the cemetery and/or

in the afternoon at the family home for a shared lunch.

In Loving Memory of Sandra Jean Burns

Happy Birthday Dad.

Wish you were here, memories are all we now have to celebrate your special day. We will laugh, and cry and gather

with love, just as we always did. You now live forever in our hearts

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADLove you heaps xxxooo

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Friends and ColleaguesCelebrating Debbie Philpot’s

40th Birthday20th July at Kentish Hotel

7.30pm - Brendon Ham Band.Drinks available from the bar at own cost.

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