HAURAKI NEWS "Whaka tangata kia kaha"

August 2005 I s s u e No 40

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OPEN every Friday night 1630

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See inside for details events - do try and up on old times, to seeing you at some social events planned!!!!

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Official Newsletter of the 6th Battalion (Hauraki) Regimental Association Incorporated

Compiled & Edited by Des Anderson Secretary: Mrs M Kareko, 91 Windsor Road, Tauranga

UPCOMING EVENTS 2005

August

5th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 9th Tuesday 1900 hrs Garrison Club Committee Meeting 12th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 18th Newsletter printed & posted 19th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 19th Friday 1900 hrs Hauraki Museum MOVIES 20th Saturday Greerton Gun Show 26th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Finger Food

September

2nd Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 9th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 13th Tuesday 1900 hrs Garrison Club Committee Meeting 16th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 16th Friday 1900 hrs Hauraki Museum MOVIES 18th Sunday Costers Farm -23rd Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 30th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Finger Food

October

7th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 11th Tuesday 1900 hrs Garrison Club Committee Meeting 14th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 21st Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 21st Friday 1900 hrs Hauraki Museum MOVIES 28th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Finger Food

November

4th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 8th Tuesday 1900 hrs Garrison Club Committee Meeting 11th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 12th Saturday Garrison Club Rhodesian RV 12th Saturday Cambridge Markets 13th Sunday Cambridge Parade 16th Newsletter printed & posted 18th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Nibbles 18th Friday 1900 hrs Hauraki Museum MOVIES 25th Friday 1600 hrs Garrison Club Finger Food 27th Sunday 1100 hrs Garrison Club Drinks 27th Sunday 1200 hrs Daniels Dinner

COMMITTEE 2005/6 Presidents Report. Patron: Vacant

President: Des Anderson, tel. 07 571 195 H

07 575 3150 W 0275 764 073 M

Email. des.anderson@actrix.co.nz

Vice President Ted Dean " tel. 07-544 4536

Fax 07-544 4737 Secretary Treasurer Marion Kareko, tel. 07-576 0277 H

07 578 8139 W Welfare Officer

Penny Burgess, tel./fax 07-5776480

Committee: Bob Mankelow Hugh Harrison Richard Burgess Malcolm Hinton Penny Burgess Erik Kristensen Bruce Beckett Tony Fraser AREA REPS: Auckland: Bob Mack tel. 09 4453242

Thames: Nil

Tauranga: See Committee

Matamata Doug McGlashen, tel. 07- 888 6314

Whakatane Jim McGinty

Hamilton:

Stu Foster tel. 07-843 6121

Te Aroha:

Gordon Eagleson tel. 07-8846675

Te Awamutu Peter Croucher tel. 07 871 4360

One advantage of being the President/Editor is that I can compile the newsletter at my own pace. The disadvantage is to you the reader, is that sometimes the newsletter articles become a little disjoined, as I try to balance between work and "pleasure".

It was unfortunate the invitations to the 107th Birthday organised by the Regiment were late or did not get to you in time. I thought the evening was very good. I took the opportunity to mingle with as many as I could. I was impressed with the younger "Hauraki's", and the pride they had for the unit.

The AGM was completed in record time. I hope that means your committee is doing the right thing for you. Maybe the smell of Bob's BBQ and the "PMC shout", helped.

With the elections coming on all the parties are making their promises. One of the promises that affect the Army is the promise that i f re-elected Labour will not tax troops on overseas deployment. It has been a long time coming, i f indeed it does come.

Check the social events your committee has planned for you and I hope to see you at them.

I f you have an email address send me a "radio check". des. anderson @actrix. co .nz

Kia Kaha

Des Anderson President

Annual General Meeting

The AGM was held on Sunday 10 July 2005 with 20 members in attendance and 10 appoligies. In summary the following were elected.

President Des Anderson, Vice President Ted Dean, Secretary/Treasurer Marion Kareko. Committee members, Bob Mankelow, Hugh Harrison, Tony Fraser, Richard Burgess, Penny Burgess, Malcolm Hinton, Bruce Beckett & Erik Kristensen

Gordon Eagleson & Peter Morris have stood down after giving loyal service to your committee. The position of Patron was deferred until a Hauraki Honorary Colonel is appointed

Subscriptions remain the same.

There was no general business

Bob excelled himself this year with his BBQ, with venison, pork, beef & lamb on the menu. Gordon supplemented the salad, with organic potatoes fresh from his farm. To top that off, there was a PMC Happy Hour.

Buddy,

Can you confirm for me details about the Ball & Birthday i f I remember last year the ball was cancelled at the last minute (who to make contact with for attending, i f timings are right for me to make it)?

I am getting the "Hauraki News" but via horse n cart, so missing the activities that are planned due to arriving late.

Perhaps, now this is an idea to help save costs and paper & time, is to use the net (gather everyone's email addresses) and email it out monthly and another way to keep people up-to-date quicker, only post out the newsletter to those who don't have email. You wil l find in today's world that you wil l get a better response / attendees over time for these events.

Can you also tell me when the cut off is for the next newsletter, as I would like to provide an article for it. As you may be aware I 'm now out of the system since October last year and living in Auckland.

Personal email address rabbitmoore@xtra.co.nz

Regards, say hello to the team

Rabbit

Our c r i t i c s are our friends; they show us our faults.

In the last couple of Hauraki News, Hugh gave us some articles about the Eight Reinforcements. This is the final article taken from that magazine. The original magazine is now in the Museum.

Editor

[THE EIGHTH REINFORCEMENTSI Supplied by Hugh Harrison

"Two Bob on the Sergent-Major"

Of all the vices (or shall we call them hobbies?) of the human species, there cannot be much doubt that among soldiers, gambling occupies a prominent position. To the fighting man, the whimsical laws of chance seem to exercise an irresistible fascination. It seems likely that this will always be the case and probably it always has been. One can imagine ancient Roman legionnaires after a brush with the Britons, settling down to some classical form of "two-ups" or "housey-housey". Or one can let one's fancy wander to the dim future when in some inter­planetary struggle our boys wil l relax with a spot of pontoon or poker dice after a hard day's drill on the ray projectors.

Modern military gambling may be divided largely into three categories: (a) dice, (b) coins, (c) cards. Best known of the first division is of course crown and anchor. Known to our fathers and grandfathers. Classification (b) is worthily represented by two-up and pitch and toss; while poker, pontoon and so on, wi l l fall into category (c). Incidentally, one card game of considerable appeal is known by an expletive expression, which cannot be printed. The game involves picking up another card when one cannot be discarded and tradition lays it down that the player who finds this unavoidable must utter the somewhat uncouth expression from which the game is named. Not to do so is regarded as a distinct breach of etiquette.

There is a school of thought which argues that gambling among soldiers is not, after all, such a bad thing. It holds that a soldier must learn to take risks, to make rapid decisions, to form lightning judgements, to access quickly and \ accurately the chances involved in various courses of action. In what way can these attributes be more thoroughly and pleasantly acquired than in, say, a game of poker?

Against this is the view that gambling and especially such games as crown and anchor, is bound to lead to the impoverishment of some of the participants. This in turn leads to discontent quarrels, perhaps and certainly to a weakening of morale. Furthermore, gamblers may become so engrossed in their play that they neglect their duty. A weak minded individual who has lost everything during a run of bad luck may be led into dishonesty. To clinch the argument, it is pointed out by the regulations, which are the result of many generations of military experience, and are the fairest regulations in military history.

Perhaps gambling among troops is not as inevitable as many of us imagine, and in the future some race of super-men may arise who are well able to resist the call of Dame Luck. But on this transport at least, we continue to while away our spare time in the same old ways; and fool that I am, I am glad of it. For there is sixpence burning a hole in my pocket and as I write I can hear the cry. "Eyes down, look in"!

R.A.H - Ship's Headquarters.

Has anything changed?

Editor

This article is written by Hugh Harrison. Hugh gives us an insight to his time in the hospital.

Editor

A Hospital Tale

In June 1943 I was admitted to 1 G H - the New Zealand military hospital in Helwan near Cairo. I had been working with four other N.Z soldiers who had been sent to assist a British unit in the Suez Canal Zone at a big army vehicle park and workshops. We had a variety of duties, two of which I didn't enjoy. The first was topping up the radiators and batteries of at least three hundred trucks that were parked in the open, under the blazing desert sun. Evaporation was high and no sooner was the last row done than the first row was ready to top up again! I had taken the job on because at mess the bloke who was already doing it said it was a real perk as you were on your own and nobody ever interfered. After a couple of days I was telling the same story, to a new fellow at mess. He took the bait and I went on to other more pleasant work testing vehicles. The second duty I disliked was night guard duties. We were in a war zone and the Arabs around were not at all friendly so around the camp boundaries and the vehicle park were guard towers. Each with a spotlight and a machine gun mounted at the top. We were told to aim the gun in the direction of any suspicious movements or sounds, and then turn the spotlight on and fire at wil l i f there were any enemies involved. One night there was such a noise so I aimed my gun, switched on the light and there positioned in the middle of my beam was one of our soldiers, not a kiwi, entertaining a female camp follower assisted by the smooth contours of the front mudguard of a large truck. Hastily I put out the light while he yelled out a description of my pedigree and what would happen to me i f the incident became known. This left me unconcerned because as a soldier I had long since learned that discretion is the better part of valour.

From there I went on to our main job. The workshops were preparing vehicles to be loaded onto barges moored in the Suez Canal. We had to test

them and certify that they were fully fuelled, starting easily and capable of driving up the beach and a mile inland to provide cover for the troops.

I was a dispatch rider so my task was to test ride the bikes and ensuring their fitness and safety. I I was on one of these test runs that I was hit in the eye by a missile presumably a stone flung at me from the roadside by a hidden assailant. This put me in hospital and out of action for the next three months.

So there I was in hospital, blinded with a bandage over one eye. Because I was still mobile and paid by the army I was put to work in the hospital laundry sorting out a tangle of recently washed and dried previously soiled dressings from the wounded. These bandages had to be sorted into widths and lengths then rolled neatly by hand so I was sent to the kitchen to help the cooks with their odd jobs.

They first sat me down in front of a tub of savoury mince, alongside another soldier patient. We had to roll the mix into regular sized balls, dip them in flour and arrange them on trays ready for

the oven. For one meal they needed about 200 balls! Once in the middle of this, the cook asked me to do something with the stoves - 1 came away with a pair of dirty hands! I asked him where I could wash them and he told me to get on with the meatballs, my hands would soon come clean and there was nothing in the soot that could hurt anybody.

Next day was special diets; we had to take the white meat off a tub of cooked chickens for the patients on light diets and especially ones with stomach wounds. We were looking forward to some tasty pickings until we were told there would be none as there was an arrangement with someone outside that the frames etc would go to them.

At the next visit to the eye doctor he said I would shortly be transferred to another hospital but in the meantime there was a different job for me. There were two wounded men who just arrived. I was to join them in the bathroom off a corridor not far from the kitchen. Opposite from the bedroom was a bathroom with a shower, washbasin and toilet. My duties were to be a male orderly attending to their welfare and helping the nurses when required.

Both men had lost their eyesight and were totally blind. One man was Pvt. Brown from the South Island and the other was Tai from Rotorua, who later became my lifetime friend.

We all got on very well, both Tai and I were fond of music and Brownie enjoyed it too but his head wound was so severe we had to be careful with loud noise. After a few days when they were feeling a little more independent I would take them to the bathroom and leave them alone. When the first one was ready he would call out and I would bring him back and take the other one in. After the second man was finished we would all go in to breakfast together.

One morning after I had taken the first man in, I went down the kitchen to check on the breakfast. That day the doctors were on visit and we were all feeling anxious to put on a good show. As I approached the bedroom I saw a feeling hand emerging from the door and to my amazement a similar outstretched hand coming out of the bathroom door. In my absence they had called to each other and decided to give it a go themselves. I did nothing but just stand there in complete astonishment. They came out and collided face to face and belly to belly. Then each stumbled slightly back and with one voice shouted at each other.

"Why don't you look where you are going, you blind bastard?" Then we all burst out laughing. This was the true spirit of two brave young men!

Shortly after this I became a stretcher case and was transferred to Number 2 General Hospital out in the desert at Kantara, but that is another story!

Worry is a misuse of imagination.

A visitor to the Museum last week was Jim & Diane Nisbett, from Gisbourne. They were in Tauranga for the RF Cadets reunion. Jim was the Cadre NCO at Whakatane - Opotiki from

1955 to 1957. He then joined 1st Battalion RNZIR and flew, as the advance party, on a RNZAF Hastings, to Malaya. Diane followed on the "Captain Cook"

Jim presented the museum with a silver drinking mug, with the Hauraki Badge embossed and engraved "Sgt J V. Nisbett from the Sgt Mess 21st September 1957".

Jim also presented a photo of Hauraki's marching out parade at Te Hoi Camp 1957

Jim I am sure you could send us some interesting stories

Editor

After our dinner in Hamilton, Stew Foster donated, to the museum, some military memorabilia from his service, which included his time as Commanding Officer of the Hauraki's. Thanks Stew.

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand s t i l l .

The Bar Bell

In the 70's, HMAS Ovens, an Australian submarine was in port. The crew were our guests in the Dive Crescent Garrison Club. During the festivities they stole our ships bell that the PMC used for announcements.

A new bell was constructed by the unit armourer. (Sgt Eric Kristensen). The shell is the starting cartridge for a radial aircraft motor.

The clanger was made out of a heavy copper pipe union. The cord was platted from plastic string that Eric had brought back from Vietnam.

When the Garrison was moved to Devonport Road, a new bell was donated by Ross Mead, and later taken back (but that is another story). Thus leaving the Garrison without a bell!

Dave Mills, RSM, resurrected the bar bell from the Q Store and that bell is now fixed to the wall in the bar

So next time you walk in, give it a ring. Then "shout" the bar.

Dive Crescent Garrison Club

Many a great time was held at that establishment. In fact it was the main stay of the unit.

I recall my first night in the Dive Crescent Garrison. I arrived at about 1600 hrs directly from work. I had to drive down Drive Crescent daily to get to and from work. After a few rums I was feeling good. I thought I was back in Saigon, so I behaved accordingly. A couple of hours later? I hopped on my trusty stead, a 50cc Honda and "drove" home. Some time later Gerard Mathews turned up at the Garrison, and also had a great time.

The connection! Gerard and I both joined the Hauraki's on the same day and time that Monday. We had gone to the Garrison at different times that Friday, but were marched up before the PMC

on the same day and time, Monday. The PMC, Max Peters, banned us from the Garrison Club for one month. Our offence was for not behaving in "the proper manner". One week in the Hauraki's and already banned from drinking with them!

I have yet to find out what was "the proper manner", as I observed others; including Max Peters perform at the Garrison. I am still trying to make up for that lost "month".

Who hasn't had a story or two to tell of the great times at THAT garrison? Share them with us!

Living i s easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding a l l you see.

Garrison

Des, Trevor & Redeye were walking in the park. Des says "Windy, isn't i t" Trevor said "No it's Thursday". Redeye replies "So am I . Lets go get rum in the Garrison".

I f you want to meet these "old gentlemen", be at the Garrison on a Friday night at about 5 o'clock. Listen to their "tall tales of yesteryear", but be warned, they run better on Rum and Coke.

Welfare

To help obtain new email addresses I sent out the following message to those whose email addresses I have (26). To date I have had 2 responses.

We need more email addresses of our members. If you can find members email addresses, please forward to me. To make it a little more attractive, Bob Mankelow has suggested a small prize to the member who gives us the most addresses. A set of Hauraki Cuff Links! I am sure you don't need to be enticed by a gift, but will do it because you are a Hauraki. We do need more email addresses. Our "snail mail", communication system is too slow. You live in the electronic world; see if you can find others who use email. Members or non members, as long as they are a Hauraki. Remember, once a Hauraki always a Hauraki.

So now I open it up to ALL. I f you can, send me an email address, by email OR by mail

jg** To assist with compiling a notification list so you may wish to attend the "Last \ § J Post" of a fellow member or a "Hauraki", please forward your email your address

to me. My system is a little out of date, 2002. Everyone seems to change email addresses on a regular basis. My email address is des.anderson@actrix.co.nz.

Unfortunately we have missed notifying members in the past. A problem we have also experienced is being advised of the passing of a Member or a Hauraki in a timely manner. Please advise i f you have information relating to any Members/Hauraki

passing.

Penny Burgess has taken on the Welfare role again for the Association. Although Penny is very busy, she also helps behind the bar, as well as organizes the nibbles & finger food. She can be contacted on tel. /fax (07) 577 6480. Thanks Penny.

Book Reviews by

'Capt. B. Worm'

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Tomorrow to Be Brave by Susan Travers published by Bantam Press in 2000. ISBNs 0593 046439 and 0593 046854

This is the remarkable story of Susan Travers born in 1909 in London who joined the French Red Cross during WWII and after service in Finland joined the Free French and became the French Col. (later General) Koenig's driver and mistress. She is the only woman to have been accepted as a member of the French Foreign Legion. She is best remembered by the French for leading the French forces out of the siege of Bir Hakeim in Libya in 1942. She was awarded the Military Medal and the Legion d'honneur (the French Foreign Legion's highest military medal).

Susan Travers started writing the book in co-operation with Wendy Holden in 1998/99 (when she was in her late 80's). After the death of her husband Nicholas, she was persuaded to tell her remarkable story, presumably to the astonishment of her two children and five grandchildren!

Known to the officers of the Legion as 'La Miss', this remarkable woman was posted to Indo­china in 1946 with the rank Adjutant-Chef (equivalent to Lieutenant I believe). It was there that she met and married Nicholas Schlegelmilch an NCO four years her junior. She resigned her commission in Saigon in 1947 and returned to live in Morocco where the Legion was based. The bulk of the book is taken up with her exploits during WWII and make good reading.

It occurred to me that the book, although it appeared to be factual, may have been fictitious. I checked with a Legionnaire who had served during the same period in Indo-China, he confirmed that she did indeed exist and that to his knowledge the story is genuine.

As I recall I bought the book in 2004 for under $10 from a 'sale table' at a local bookshop. I expect it is still in print and obtainable i f inquiries are made. It was a worthwhile purchase and something that I will read again.

Social Events

In reference to the Ball organized by the 6 (Hauraki) Battalion Group, on the Saturday 9 July 2005 the notification to myself was given late, thus invitations to you were you were a bit on the short side. Those on email did have an advantage, and were the only group that attended. I did mail out over 50 invitations, but unfortunately I did not cover everyone.

The outcome was, four of us from the Association, attended the dinner/ball. It was a great evening. We were fortunate to be seated with some of the younger members of the Regiment. After the Colours had been paraded around the tables, I took the opportunity to explain that our Association was indeed fortunate as we still have members who had served in some of the battles that now are part of Battle Honours that are on the Hauraki Colours.

Mark your calendar:

Below are the social events your committee has planned for your enjoyment & comradeship.

10:30 Sunday 18 th September 2005 Alan Coster's Farm - 29 Thorn Road, Lower Kaimai - Phone 543 1242 Alan wi l l give a tour of the Pa site on his property, and a description of the past battles in the area. This wil l be followed by refreshments across the road at the Licensed Kaimai Cafe. 12 t h November 2005 Sale of Militaria held in Cambridge. Market day . The Army Association (Taranaki Branch) wil l be there for the weekend. Maybe an opportunity to meet with them.

13 t h November 2005 Military parade - Cambridge

12 t h November 2005

Garrison Club, Tauranga. The Rhodesian Security Association are holding their RV.

27 t h November 2005 Daniels Catering (Queen Elizabeth Center Memorial Park) for Christmas Dinner Please RSVP to: Penny Burgess Ph/Fax 07 5776 480 Email penny.burgess@bopdhb.govt.nx

News from the Hauraki's

Bruce Mita who was an Assault Pioneer in 1988 to 1994, then he got out of the Regiment for a few years, and then re-enlisted.

Bruce has passed the first NZSAS CTG (Counter Terrorist Group) selection course, and is now undergoing full time training.

Bruce said the selection course was tough as it concentrated on the skills required in the CTG, such as climbing ladders, abseiling and such things as going into darkened smoke filled rooms, but he said the training he gained with the Hauraki Assault Pioneers helped immensely.

Military Tattoo

s Regiment is planning a Tattoo over the weekend of the 29 October 2005. The location is at the Tauranga Airport. More information wil l be forth coming in the local newspapers?

I f you have given me your email I wil l attempt to keep you up to date!

The Hauraki Regiment is continuing with its support of the cadet units within its area. This year "Hauraki Experience", which is conducted in Waiouru, is eagerly anticipated by the cadets. The highlight of their years training

Associate Members Rhodesian Services Association

The itinerary for the 1 l * , ^ * ^ * November, at this stage, is:-

Friday 11th November

• The Garrison Club and Hauraki Museum is open from 16:30 hrs. At 19:00 hrs there wil l be an audio visual presentation from material donated by Memories of Rhodesia (www.memoriesofrhodesia.com )to the Rhodesian Services Assn.

Saturday 12th November

• Morning - a golf tournament for those keen to play. Please indicate i f you are a starter. Details are being finalised.

• 16:00 hrs assemble at the 6th Hauraki Battalion Group HQ. Following the formalities there wil l be time to kick back and refresh old acquaintances and make new friends. We wil l be holding the auction to raise funds for our own museum project, which wil l be followed by the BBQ.

Sunday 13th November

• 09:00 hrs clear up at the Garrison followed by Rhodesian Services Assn AGM and brunch.

Real stupidity beats a r t i f i c i a l intelligence every time.

The Philosophy of Wine

Bob Mankelow stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar, and proceeded to fi l l it with rocks, about 2" in diameter.

He then asked the students i f the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So Bob then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again i f the jar was full. They agreed it was.

Then Bob picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more i f the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous yes. Bob then produced a bottle of red wine from the table and poured it into the jar, filling the empty space between the sand.

The students laughed. "Now," said the ^fe / professor, as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar J \ represents your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your | g partner, your health, and your children - things that i f everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. "The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff. " I f you put the sand into the jar first," he continued "there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. I f you spend all you time and energy on the small stuff, you wil l never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. There wil l always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. "Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine represented. Bob smiled, " I 'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a good bottle of wine.

i MOVIES AT T H E GARRISION

19* August 2005 - New Zealand SAS - documentary video

16 th September 2005 - Hamburger Hill - is the graphically real story of the fight to take Dong Ap Bia in the A Shau Valley during the Vietnam War. The film follows a fictional squad of soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division just before and during the battle for the hill. Although the soldiers in the film are fictional, the events and almost all of the individual actions shown during the battle really happened.

21 s t October 2005 - Zulu - starring Michael Cane. This film depicts the Battle of Rourke's Drift where 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded. This is an epic film digitally re-mastered, run time approx 138 mins.

Start at 7pm sharp and there is a collection made with the proceeds being donated to the Hauraki Museum. On most occasions we are able to use a big screen projector.

Spread the word - all welcome, the food and drinks are cheap and the company is good. See you there.

Hauraki UPF

The Hauraki UPF was presented with a grant of $738.00 on the Hauraki's 107th Birthday. The presentation was held at the Garrison club on the 8 t h August 2005.

The cheque was presented to the Commanding Officer Lt. Co. J Dick ED, by the President of the Hauraki Association, Des Anderson

Beginning i s easy - Continuing is hard.

KAIMAI C A F E

Lunch Menu

Soup of the Day served with toast - varies from day to day eg Cream of pumpkin

Kumera and smoked chicken $ 8.50

Seafood chowder available every day served with toasted Turkish $ 9.50

BLT Bacon, lettuce and tomato served on fried bread with garlic mayo and salad $11.50

Big Steak Sandwich - thinly sliced sirloin steak with tomatoes, lettuce, caramalised Onions and capsicum, mayo served between fried bread $12.50

Toasted sandwiches - 3 slices of toast bread with 2 fillings $ 5.00

Club sandwiches, smoked chicken and salad or ham and salad $ 4.50

Smoked chicken camerbert salad with salad greens and crutons $11.00

Kaimai Burger-Beef and Bacon Pattie (homemade) with all the trimmings $ 9.50

Cabinet Food Varies daily (all served with salad)

Pastas - lasagne, tortellini approx $ 8.00 Vegetarian - Fritters Frittata $ 7.50 Paninis $8.00 Tarts - Bacon, Pumpkin, courgette chix potato etc Savories, chicken fillos and lots more

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