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searching the area. Air Patrol was the first to find the up turned vessel just off Irwin’s Gap. Both Waiuku and Papaku-ra Rescue 1 headed back out through the Bar but were unable to get to the stricken vessel as it was in the surf line.

While this was all taking place on the water and in the air, on land Awhitu Rural Fire Force’s Senior Station Offi-cer, David Millar, and Senior Firefight-er, J Allen, responded to an urgent call from a local resident off Irwin Road.

A man had arrived at their house,

claiming he swum ashore after his boat capsized. He needed help for his two friends, one of which he believed was still in the water.

SSO Millar and SFF Allen mobilised immediately, however, soon realised that there was no way their First Re-sponse vehicle 5933 would make it to beach.

Millar and Allen armed with a medi-cal kit , arranged for two bikes to use for the 3km path down to the beach. They found one of the fishermen lying on

the rocks with a serious head wound and a broken pelvis. After bandaging up the head wound and administering oxygen, they awaited Westpac and Po-lice who landed on the beach to trans-port the fishermen to safety.

This incident shows how a multi- agency response worked together to produce a fantastic result.

All three fisherman made it back to their families, which highlights how important that Bar crossing call was to ensure that Coastguard knew this

vessel was on the bar, therefore send-ing assets to start a search when the crossing was not closed.

“The skipper has done all the right things, with everyone on board wear-ing a lifejacket and logging a Bar Cross-ing Report before with Coastguard Ra-dio before heading over the bar.”

“This safety and information service provided free of charge by Coastguard saves lives, and significantly reduces the response time of search and res-cue services,” says Mr Burge.

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Awhitu Rural Fire Force, Waiuku and Papakura Coastguard, Eagle Police Helicopter, Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Coastguard Search Aircraft and St John all joined forces in the search and rescue of three fishermen, after their 6.5m boat overturned crossing the Manuaku Bar on Tuesday last week.

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ll Waiuku Coastguard received an urgent call out after a 6.5m powerboat with a crew of three on board was overdue crossing the Manukau Bar. The crew on NZ Steel Rescue headed straight to Little Huia Boat Ramp to check if the vessel owners car and trailer were still there - they were.

NZ Steel Rescue then headed for the South channel of the Ma-nukau Bar.

The Police tasked Coastguard to begin a search for the miss-ing boat, which saw vessels from both Waiuku and Papakura re-spond, as well as Coastguard’s Search Aircraft. The Police Ea-gle Helicopter also joined in the search.

The condition of the Bar was extremely rough according to one of Coastguard’s members. He explained that they had a small window of opportunity to get through, which made the search near on impossible to do safely.

They carried out a search down at Hamilton’s Gap, then back in-side the bar and at this point, both the Police Eagle helicopter and Coastguard’s Air Patrol were still

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I don’t actually remember agreeing to Bossman Steve’s idea of giving up sugar, espe-cially not right before Christ-mas when there is so much delicious food about.

I wonder if he remembers that I am on my diet of see-food-and-eat-it.

It is said that newspapers and an unhealthy eating life-style go hand in hand, but I think that it is time to break the cycle.

Several weeks ago, I wrote about one of the most em-barrassing experiences in my life – my gym pants splitting in the most unflattering fashion.

So from today, I have re-cruited Calendar Girl Lynn, much to her delight, and have joined forces to shed our waistlines and attempt to live a healthier lifestyle for the next three weeks by cutting out highly processed foods and sugar.

From today, there will be no more pies, no more cokes and no more sweet, delicious muffins. These next couple of weeks are going to be test-ing and I apologise now in ad-vance for being grumpy from my withdrawals.

We will be updating our progresses and setbacks each

week, and would love to hear our reader’s tips or advice if they have been through the same experience.

We are on the home stretch now, with only four issues to go before we shut the press for the year.

Christmas is fast approach-ing, and everyone is becom-ing incredibly busy. One per-son that is rushed off their feet is the amazing Zoe Thomson of the Waiuku Colony Cat Res-cue.

While caring for her young family, Zoe volunteers so much of her time catching un-wanted cats and kittens, has them de-sexed, and finds the furry friends new homes. As kitten season has just begun, Zoe is bursting at the seams with rescued kittens and cats, and could really use a helping hand.

We have set up an appeal for her, which you can find on page 6.

It is also a great reminder that pets are forever, not just for Christmas, so please think wisely when deciding if a kit-ten or puppy would make a great present.

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A reader from Waiuku wrote to The Post regarding the ‘mysterious flying object’ that shot up in the sky around 3:30pm on Tuesday 24th. They thought that it looked to be travelling at the wrong angle to be a plane and travelled at a rapid rate as it disappeared behind the clouds. They could also see the vapour trail arcing right across the sky as they headed to Pukekohe. The Post’s designer was in Pukekohe at the time and was quite taken by the sight as it formed quite a large and thick arcing cloud, however taking into account that there was a plane in the vicinity flying at 36,000ft it would be hard to spot the plane and perhaps the vapour trail from

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that plane could have been affected by winds that caused it to spread out whilst dispersing. The Post contacted the CAA and this was their response: Nothing unusual in this at all. It is likely a contrail (vapour trail). Here is a screenshot from “Flight Radar 24” at 2.46 yesterday afternoon (1.46 UTC) – it’s not obvious from the photos supplied what direction the contrail is in, but there are a few jets in shot there that it might be – the QFA jet highlighted is high enough to do this. It’s not something that CAA would investigate as it is perfectly normal - albeit always interesting to see in our skies.

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Lewis Tiller has just landed his big break by being selected to play for the West Ham United Under-18 squad in London, and his father couldn’t be any more proud.

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ll The Waiuku teenager was selected after being scouted and asked to attend a training session recent-ly, where West Ham officials were looking for talent.

Proud father, Deane Sutherland, explained that the opportunity is huge for the youngster.

“Lewis moved to Waiuku last year, as he was off the radar in Dannevirke and there weren’t many sport-ing opportunities for him down there. He went on to play for Waiuku College, where they became top of their division, and was further snapped up by the Wai-uku First Division. I was then befriended by a talent scout. I didn’t know who he was at the time, and he suggested taking Lewis along to the West Ham trial at Kings College. I then found out he was the scout for the club itself.”

Lewis was the only player from the session selected to be part of a training and development squad at West Ham’s London base. However, the more he played, the more interested they became and he was instead cho-sen to be part of the famous club’s Under-18 squad.

“I am quite nervous, but really excited to be given this opportunity. It will be great to build up contacts,” says Lewis.

Deane explained that they now have to come up with a training programme, to ensure Lewis is ready for the upcoming season.

“Most of the players who have been selected will be just coming out of their season, but we will be only just beginning ours. Lewis is currently rigorously train-ing with the Summer League Premiership teams, who have been very welcoming.”

Lewis and Deane will be London bound mid-Feb-

A man who was attacked and stabbed by three assailants is recovering in hospital from the brutal late-night incident.

A 27-year-old man was set upon between McDonalds and Saloon Saloon Bar and Grill in Pukekohe, around 10.30pm on Saturday night. The victim was approached by three males, and then the assault carried out. The victim suffered serious injuries but is in a stable condition in Middlemore Hospital. Counties Manukau Police are asking for anyone who was in the area, or can assist Police with their investigation, to please call 09 261 1300, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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ruary, to help ensure that the rising football star be-comes conditioned to the climate. From here, they will also be travelling to Queensland to compete in another tournament.

“If anything, the whole experience will be a great learning curve for him. Lewis’ confidence has grown, and he hopes to bring back valuable skills to the club, who, I believe, have helped him immensely to get to this stage. He holds many of Waiuku’s players in high regard, and coach, Jim Evans, saw the potential that he has, and encouraged us to pursue it further.”

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Waiuku Christmas Display

Where: Waiuku Memorial HallWhen: The inside of the Town Hall is blacked out all day - giving a spectacu-lar display of lights from 10am to 8pm.What: There are a number of special days at the Christmas Display when Santa pays a visit, please check their calendar at www.christmasdisplay.co.nz

28th Nov - 24 Dec

Pukekohe Christmas Parade

Where: King Street, PukekoheWhen: Start time 2pmWhat: The theme for this year’s parade is “Now and Then – 150 Years of Pukekohe”. The Parade will head east down King Street, do a loop and return with the win-ning floats displaying their rosettes. With over 20 entries already received, it’s bound to be a colourful event!

Sunday 6th

Where: Tuakau Town CentreWhen: Main parade starts at 3pmWhat: Come and join the fun atTuakau’s annual Christmas parade organized by the Tuakau Lions Club.There will be stalls and entertainment in the town centre before the mainparade starts at 3pm .

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4 December, FridayWhere: Castaways ResortWhen: 7pmWhat: Interactive comedy show. Tickets include a delicious Christ-mas inspired buffet dinner, dancing on our glass enclosed deck and a souvenir Photobooth photo for you to take home. Cost: Tickets $86 per person

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5 December, SaturdayWhere: Pukekohe Indian Event Centre, 57 Ward Street, Pukekohe.When: Two shows - 1:30PM and 6:30PM. Doors open 15 mins prior.What: All crews performing, from the Mini Peeps to adults as well as Elite Crews.

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12 December, SaturdayWhere: Town Centre, WaiukuWhen: From 11am with the parade starting at 2pmWhat: This year’s theme is “An-ything Goes!” Festivities start at 11am. Come and browse the won-derful array of food, arts & crafts, clothing and gifts at the open air market and enjoy some family en-tertainment in the town centre. Parade route: From Waiuku Rug-by Park, along King Street, Queen Street, Kent Street, Domain Street, Court Street, Queen Street, King Street and back to Rugby Park. Winning floats will display their ro-settes on the return down Queen Street.

BreakFast with saNta

12 December, SaturdayWhere: The Pukekohe Plaza, When: 9:30amWhat: A great breakfast with Santa. Children receive a muffin from Muffin Break, a drink, candy cane, santa hat, Christmas crack-er & special magic reindeer food to take home for Christmas eve.Cost: $5 per child

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17 December, ThursdayWhere: The Pukekohe PlazaWhen: From 7pmWhat: Come in and enjoy Christ-mas Carols with ‘The Rushland Singers’ at the Pukekohe Plaza

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llArriving in New Zealand last Thursday after an extended OE of 12 years, Steven and Katie have cy-cled from London to New Zealand, which has been described as ‘living the dream’.

After staying at a friend’s house in Auckland that night, Steven and Katie set out for Waiuku the follow-ing morning. However, unknown to them, their friends and family had organised a welcoming team to ride with them for the last couple of kilo-metres into town.

Over 40 riders, including television cameras from Seven Sharp, met the couple at the ‘Welcome to Waiuku’ sign, and rode into the town centre, where businesses came out to greet them after their long journey.

“I thought it would be just mum and dad welcoming us, but to have everyone here is just crazy! What an amazing turnout, we are just blown away,” said Steven. The couple are now looking forward to spending quality time with family and catch-ing up with friends.

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I was listening to a Sermon recently and this point that the preacher touched on just tickled my interest, so here we have the interesting results from that. We have this in Deuteronomy 1:25 “And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.”

Numbers 13:23-25 “And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and [they brought] of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.”

Here we have Israel pretty much fresh out from Egypt (Sin) and now at the boarders of Canaan for the very first time, and then they proved to be not very brave and pretty faithless. They pressed Mosses for a reconosance trip first, just to see if God had done what he had promised, just to check him out first. Was this a good place or should we just go back to Egypt. Let us check out God first, so where was their faith after weeks of undeniable miracles; oceans splitting to make a dry path through the seas, fountains and floods of water from rocks in a dry desert land, food on the ground every day (except Sabbath), massive victories in battles with nil or negligible casualties, shoes and clothes that did not wear out, and the list goes on, yet they continued to doubt Gods abilities big time, and it appears, basically all the time.

Caleb and Joshua bring back a grand report of an Amazing Place; and here are the evidences in the fruits of the new Kingdom, they have pockets full of produce and a huge bunch of grapes suspended between them. Come look at all this beautiful bounties, handle them, smell them, and eat them; for these are very real. So what are the fruits of the Heavenly Kingdom that we are on the boarder of? Well Galatians has a very interesting list of the fruits of a new kingdom as found in Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

Question; when was the last time you ever bumped into some of this Heavenly Crop? Are these fruits just old wives tales, fables and fiction about some fairy land of peace, beauty and harmony, in a land far far away? Why should we not be sprouting them right now and in abundances on this side of the Promised Land, and seeing them with those we meet, those we Worship with; this is a Heavenly Crop? Heaven is a reality, and not a figment of some imagination, Jesus Christ is real, Salvation from sin is real, the end of this world as we know it is real, Jesus is coming back very soon to set up his Kingdom and to rule and that is also very real. This is not a fantasy; it is a reality and it is so soon to break upon us, so how are you “In Christ?”

Why are we not each feasting on this Heavenly Bounty as we interact with each other? We should be seeing these fruit in abundance and should be able to sample and to enjoy the fruits thereof. This Heavenly Fruit of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance, should be cropping bountifully and ripe fruits should be dropping on the ground all around us as we each journey through life.

These scattered fruits should allow other people who find them and to pick them up and to see that there is a better way, a much better land, that Heaven is an actual reality as they have just had a wee foretaste of the bounties. I guess we could call it “Witnessing” when in reality it is just living by Faith, “walking the walk and talking the talk.” So how good are we at this, and why do we stay on this side of the boarder when “By Faith” we can actually be sort of living in God’s Kingdom on the other side right now and daily, moment by moment, in advance of that reality.

The Redeemed of all Ages get to live in this reality world forever, so why not get a head start and practice and enjoy living in the “Kingdom of God” before it arrives here as an actuality. That is what Faith is, having and experiencing something that is so close, but not quite within your grasp. Watch children at play zooming their cars across the floor, they are the driver, it is a reality. Little girls have dolls houses and such, and they are playing mother-daughter. Country boys have plastic animals and plastic fences and they are playing farming like daddy and moving their stock about. To them it is a reality, not quite in the hand, but then that’s near enough for them.

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Cat attacked in malicious actA Pokeno family is devastated after finding out their cat suffered injuries that could not be described as anything other than a malicious attack.


ll On the evening of Tuesday, November 10, Karin Cox and her family found Hokey, their spayed, ginger tabby, in pain and with only partial use of her back legs.

“We found it quite odd that she wasn’t waiting for us when we got home that eve-ning, as she doesn’t venture far from our house. When she came home later that night, the first thing I thought was silly cat, getting into fights. But by the morn-ing, I could see there was something very wrong,” explained Karin.

The family took her to Franklin Vets first thing the next morning after her condition had not improved over night.

After ruling out being hit by a car and a cat fight, the vets were stunned by the ginger tabby’s injuries, as there was no ex-ternal trauma or abrasions.

“Apparently Hokey had been picked up or dragged by her tail, and then been swung with such force that it has severed her spinal cord and damaged nerves in her pelvis. Our vet was so horrified once she came across the damage that she had to get a second opinion from a fellow vet. She just couldn’t believe that someone had done this.” It was touch and go for the next few days, as the veterinarians tried to es-tablish whether Hokey would have blad-der and bowel control, and if they needed to amputate her tail.

The little ginger feline is a fighter and is making a gradu-al recovery; however, there is a possible chance that Hokey may not gain the full use of her back legs and tail. After dis-cussing Hokey’s situation with the local constable, Karin took to Facebook to see if anyone knew of the incident and was overwhelmed by the Pokeno community’s response. Some residents even offered finan-cial assistance to help pay for the vet bill.

“Our community is just so generous, and while the offer of financial assistance is amazing, we didn’t feel comfortable tak-

ing their money. We just wanted to raise as much awareness as possible.”

Karin doesn’t understand how someone could perform such a cruel act to a defence-less animal.

“She has never ventured far from our house, so if someone had a problem with her, why not just spray her with a water pistol or go door knocking? We have now been left with a vet bill and having to explain to my children that someone has abused their pet and try to fath-om why. If you have a problem, talk about it, and a simple sorry would go a long way.”

Devon and Karin Cox with Hokey, who was attacked two weeks ago in what has been described as a cruel and malicious act.

The Post’s Purrfect Christmas AppealWith kitten season only just beginning, the Waiuku Colony Cat Rescue is al-

ready bursting at the seams with these cute bundles of fluff. The team, who are volunteers, could really use the community’s help. Here at the Post, we want to lend a paw and help where we can. Our team has set up an appeal for cat food, cat litter and kitty related donations, which can be dropped off at our offices on 18 Bowen Street, Waiuku, or at Office Products Depot (next to Glassways), 134 Manukau Road, Pukekohe.

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ll Two lucky winners are going to be spending Christ-mas in style after Countdown Pukekohe sold two winning tickets in the First Division draw last Saturday night.

The lucky recipients will take home $111,111 each.

police seeking witnessesll Waikato Police are still in-vestigating a sexual assault on a teenage schoolgirl that happened on Thursday, No-vember 12, 2015. Police are still seeking the public’s help in locating the offenders re-sponsible. The victim, a teen-age girl in her school uniform, was walking home about 4pm on Thursday, November 12, after being dropped off by the school bus near the library in Meremere.

She was attacked by four males, taken against her will and sexually assaulted near-by. Mr Cummings said three of the offenders were described as Maori or Polynesian males, aged 16-20 years old. “The fourth offender was possibly a Caucasian male of slim build about 180cm tall.

The group were last seen running south on Te Puea Ave in the direction of the town library and store after the at-tack.” Anyone who saw any-thing or thinks they can iden-tify these four offenders can contact Acting Detective Ser-geant Cummings at the Nga-ruawahia Police on 07 211 7291, your calls will be treated in confidence.

Alice lands Ambassador awardPukekohe’s Alice Ward-Allen is one of two talented Auckland students who have won the sought-after Blake Ambassador Award, and will be helping scientists answer environmental questions facing New Zealand.

ll Alice, a former Pukekohe High School student, took out the award for the Hawkes Bay Landscape-scale Eco-logical Restoration project. This will see her working alongside other award win-ner, Rachel Cooper and De-partment of Conservation (DOC) rangers and partners on the large scale Cape to City ecological project. The aim of the project is to en-hance native biodiversity in the Hawke’s Bay region from 8-27 Februrary 2016.

The Ambassadorships will include work such as trap and bait station setting and monitoring, feeding Kaka,

preparing petrel nest boxes, kiwi and pateke monitoring, bittern habitat restoration and reptile monitoring.

The Sir Peter Blake Trust, in partnership with Antarcti-ca New Zealand, the Antarc-tic Heritage Trust, NIWA and DOC, awarded 14 awards in total this year, eight more than last year.

Alice has just complet-ed her Bachelor of Science, majoring in Zoology and Ecology at the University of Otago. During her time in Dunedin, Alice has been in-volved with numerous pest eradication and conserva-tion programmes in the Ota-go Region.

“Conserving our environ-ment and making people aware of what’s happening in our own backyard is so im-portant. I can’t wait to actual-ly get in the field and make a difference after three years of learning all about the change that needs to happen,” she says.

To be eligible to receive a Blake Ambassa-dor Award, applicants must be 18-25 years old with leadership potential, and have dem-onstrated a passion for the environment. In some cases, study in the relevant field may be required. Applications for the 2016 awards will open in April 2016.

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It isn’t often that we steal ourselves away from our computer screens, but when Kylie Hall from Castaways Resort offered Lynn and I the opportunity to sample their delectable new menu, we just couldn’t resist.

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ll Those who haven’t travelled to this amazing setting above Karioitahi Beach do not realise what they are missing out on. Agave Restaurant is nestled in the cliff tops, overlooking the picturesque Karioitahi Beach. Any seat in the res-taurant allows you to soak in the panoramic views of the stunning seascape. Just trying to describe the beau-ty doesn’t do it justice.

After an extensive selec-tion process, a new spring/summer menu has been in-troduced, with meal choic-es that all can enjoy. This made it incredibly hard for Lynn and I to choose just one option.

We settled on the Sticky Venison Ribs and the Crispy

Skin Ora King Salmon, and tried our best to keep our stomachs from rumbling at just the thought of our meals. The venison ribs were served with baby wa-tercress, fennel salad and coriander – a true meat lover’s dish, with the meat so flavoursome and tender, it was falling off the bone.

Nestled in a bed of sweet pea and preserved lemon risotto, pea puree, wilt-ed rocket, and spinach leaves, the Ora King Salm-on looked stunning on the plate, almost too beautiful to be disturbed. The smell emanating from both dish-es was enough to tantalise the taste buds.

I was pleasantly sur-prised with the salmon, as usually I can only eat small amounts due to the rich-ness of this delicious fish. Instead, I devoured the whole dish and nearly the plate. I was then advised by Kylie that only 200 busi-nesses across Australia and New Zealand are selected to serve Ora King Salmon and Agave at Castaways Re-sort was one of those busi-nesses selected. Ora King Salmon has a reputation

similar to that of ‘wa-gyu’ beef, with each fish being tagged and traced for authenticity

Dessert, again, was a hard selection to make, but in the end we picked the Tiramisu Gateaux and Honey and Crème Brulee. The flavours were heavenly – so irre-

sistibly smooth that you had to savour every bite.

The meal was com-pleted with one of the best coffees we had ever passed through our lips.

Head Chef, Alan Mc-Ghee at Agave Restau-rant, needs to be ac-knowledged for such a delectable meal.

His wide range of ex-perience, which in-cludes leading chef teams on charter ships and Pacific Island re-sorts, plus working at a UK based Michelin star restaurant, has been clearly shown in the menu and what was pre-sented to us.

For any business to reach a milestone birthday is a great achievement, but to reach nearly 100 years in business is something to celebrate.


ll Richardson’s Jewellers recently cel-ebrated their 88th birthday, with long standing clients and friends attending an evening function at their premises on Queen Street, Waiuku.

Richardsons Jewellers originally be-gan on Bowen Street, where Retro Fit is today, and was created by Herbert Richardson, or Herbie as he was fond-ly known.

His business originally started with selling gramaphones, records and watch making.

Herbie was one who kept up with the ever changing world, and moved into electrical goods when electricity was introduced into the area.

This saw Herbie manage a fleet of seven electrical service vehicles that looked after the Franklin and North Waikato areas.

The business further progressed in-to jewelry and good quality European homewares, and is now currently lo-cated on Queen Street. It is now run by Leonie and her brother, Mark, who are the third generation of Richardsons.

Leonie believes that the reason the business has survived for so long is due to the Waiuku community being such loyal supporters of their business, and would like to thank everyone for their long standing commitment to Richard-son’s Jewellers.

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Leonie Richardson and Waiuku Town Manager, Sharlene Druyven, at the recent Richardons Jewellers birthday celebrations.

Above: The Post’s Lynn Douglas with Castaways Marketing Manager, Kylie Hall, Head Chef, Alan McGhee and Emma Sharplin, from The Post.

Above left: The delicious Sticky Venison Ribs and the Crispy Skin Ora King Salmon; both dishes tasted as good as they looked.

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newsbitesProtestors storm the court

ll Thursday morning in Auckland saw animal rights activists and locals from the community of Patumahoe hold a large protest outside the Environment Court. Around 70 people held placards and chanted ‘Crad-dock Farms! Shut them down!’ for an hour outside the courthouse. This is one of the largest protests ever seen outside the Environment Court in Auckland.

Craddock Farms want to build a colony cage egg farm in Patumahoe but have come up against strong opposition from locals and activists who don’t want the farm built. Auckland City Council declined Craddock Farms application to build earlier this year based on concerns about odour affecting the township.

Craddock Farms appealed the decision and on Thursday morning a seven day hearing commenced in the Environment Court. Craddock Farms has adjust-ed its plans by adding around 120 10-metre chimney stacks to its buildings in the hopes of mitigating odour issues. “The proposed factory farm will be one of the biggest of its kind in our country, confining 310,000 hens to cruel colony cages,” Stop Craddock Farms spokesperson, Deirdre Sims, says.

“I’m hoping to confront Stefan Craddock at some stage during the hearing and ask him how he sleeps at night knowing 310,000 hens will suffer horribly in his cruel cages, if the plan goes ahead,”

“Our group wants to see a ban on cages for chickens so we’ve joined up with the locals and have been work-ing with them for over a year to stop the farm being built. Stefan Craddock and the rest of the egg industry are personally responsible for the suffering of over 3 million caged chickens in our country. I want to ask Stefan why he thinks animal suffering on such a mas-sive scale is acceptable,” says Ms. Sims.

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ll According to the Pukekohe Police, over the last sev-eral months, it has been noticed that the Franklin rural area have experienced an increase in rural burglaries, which includes offending in this area. Offenders have burgled residential dwellings, but more recently, ga-rages sheds and out buildings are being specifically targeted in the rural locations.

Popular commodities targeted by offenders in-clude chainsaws, mowers, nail guns, power tools, leaf blowers and small generators. One of the best ways to prevent yourself becoming a victim of a burglary is to complete a number of steps to deter offenders. These include the following: If you have gates giving access to your property, ensure they are closed at all times and locked if possible. Lock your doors and windows when not at home, and also at night. Ensure your ga-rage, sheds and out buildings are kept locked. Place sig-nage on your gates or fence (ie. Beware of Dogs, CCTV in operation.) Lock your vehicles and keep the keys in a hidden place in the house. Consider investing in an alarm, sensor lights and CCTV. Register your se-rial numbers on the SNAP website: www.snap.org.nz which includes a photograph. Don’t forget your out-side tools and equipment.

In recent months they have also had a number of firearms stolen during rural burglaries. As a respon-sible Firearms Licence holder, please ensure your guns are secured safely at all times and stored separate from the ammunition and bolts. Lastly, please do not hesi-tate to call 111 if you see a vehicle or persons acting suspiciously in your area.

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Hon. Todd McClay, paid a visit to Pukekohe last Tuesday, to meet with local businesses and to attend a public meeting which was hosted by MP for Hunua, Andrew Bayly.

ll Mr McClay is MP for Rotorua and holds a number of senior portfolios, including Minister of Revenue, Minis-ter for State Owned Enterprises, Asso-ciate Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Associate Minister of Trade.

The Minister visited with two Puke-kohe businesses, Balle Brothers and FRENZ Free Range Egg Company, and then spoke to a group of about 40 peo-ple in a Public Meeting.

The business visits involved repre-sentatives from NZ Trade and Enter-prise, who have been working with them to expand their exports.

The public meeting focused on the plans for the government to move to-wards a simpler tax regime.

There is a significant transforma-tion of the New Zealand Inland Rev-enue system coming. A new IT plat-form is under development for Inland

Revenue to make it much easier for individuals and companies to interact with the Department and pay their taxes, including payroll, GST and provisional tax. Mr Mc-Clay said he was genuinely inter-ested in what the public, busi-nesses and industry experts have to say about this modernisation process.

Todd McClay has a family con-nection with Franklin, in particu-

lar with Waiuku and Glenbrook. His parents grew up in the area, and he went to Wesley College.

Andrew Bayly said the visit to Pukekohe was part of an on-go-ing programme of inviting senior Ministers to the Electorate. It fol-lows the visit by Hon. Nikki Kaye four weeks ago to discuss school-ing and educational issues, given the significant population fore-cast within the Electorate.

ll A bit of enthusiasm utilised into hard work saw Year 10 students from Waiuku College sprucing up the tired looking grand-stand at the Waiuku Rugby Club.

Under the watchful eyes of Brett Donald, father of rugby legend, Stephen Donald, and Social Stud-ies teacher, the students removed graffiti and gave the grandstand a good lick of paint last Tuesday.

The students were the remainder that stayed be-hind from school camp last week, and thoroughly en-joyed their time out in the sunshine.

Brett Donald, who is also president of the local rugby club, said that it originally started as just a general tidy

up. “The students worked incredibly fast, and wanted to paint, so I let them go for it. I think most came away with more paint on them-selves than the seating,” he laughs.

The students were proud of their work, and couldn’t believe the amount of graf-fiti that was on there.

“It is a great feeling, knowing that we are giving back to the community,” said Joe Vulawalu.

“It certainly was a great opportunity to tidy up the stadium, it really needed it,” said Hayley Jensen.

The students now hope that there is more respect for the grandstand and that there will be less graf-fiti now that they have ti-died it up.

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Left to right from top: Hayley Jensen, Harmony Allen, Britney Cunningham-Lee, James Hedley, teacher, Brett Donald. Front: McKial Matu, Junior Naea, Joe Vulawalu and Lucas Smith, all worked together to help rejuve-nate the Waiuku Rugby Club’s grandstand.

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One of the things people love about Franklin is the unique rural characteris-tics. Whether it be our landscapes, farm-ing, lifestyle or sense of community that seem to reflect the values commonly as-sociated with being part of a small and close knit community.

All these things are being challenged by the unprecedented growth of Auck-land as a region. What is obvious is that this growth is not restricted to within Auckland Council boundaries and it would seem that the region has turned a bit of a corner in regard to development. A significant factor for that is being part of what is known as the golden triangle – Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Waikato. This combined area is seeing the high-est growth rates in the country across a number of sectors.

You just need to look at the growth and changes locally in Pokeno or Tuakau and elsewhere in Hamilton and Tauranga to see how important this larger area is strategically to NZ. The challenge for us is how do we manage the pressures of increasing populations and the needs of those people. Ensuring we have cru-cial infrastructure like roading and wa-ter networks in the right places, of the right size and operating in right way. It is that last point that is going to be test-ed in Pukekohe with a public meeting on 10th December.

Will there be the first set of traffic lights in the town?

Something those of us who have lived and worked here for any period of time

will have dreaded. Mainly because lights are what are found in urban towns and not rural ones like Pukekohe, we have roundabouts that are better and we don’t want to end up like Papakura with lights every few hundred metres. All very valid, but also all with a degree of emo-tion linked to those rural town charac-teristics we all cherish.

What cannot be denied is that vehicle numbers, public transport use and as-sociated public expectations and con-cerns over pedestrian and cyclist safe-ty are increasing.

With the creation of the new park and ride facility, bus interchange and new footbridge to the rail station, the need to manage traffic, pedestrians and sig-nificantly keeping buses on time to link with the trains and their timetable is crit-ical. It is safety that is front of mind for me personally.

That is why what happens at the inter-section of Manukau Road and Customs Street along with considering how near-by Harris Street is affected is going to be a great discussion. There are three op-tions, a roundabout, a ‘seagull island” set up and controlled lights triggered by buses or a que of cars leaving the park and ride – not a normal phasing set of lights!

My view has always been, lights as the last option, but what we need is a solu-tion that will provide the best outcome for those using these affected roads reg-ularly so we need to consider all options with an open mind.

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Less than a week before the Tuakau inorganic rubbish collection, an unfavourable person was too lazy to wait and decided to dump their trash on Alders Road, just under the Tuakau Bridge.

The inorganic collection was held on Saturday at the Tuakau Saleyards, and was a mere $15 per trailer load.

Dumping trash or littering is nothing but pure lazi-ness. It effects the environment and is further cost to the rate payers, with them forking out the cost to clean up this mess.

Tim Harty, Service Delivery general manager for Waikato District Council, says he also finds the dump-ing of rubbish disappointing.

“Council provides a weekly refuse collection service to Tuakau, so it’s disappointing that this irresponsi-ble behavior is continuing in our district. Fortunately with the information we’ve been provided we should be able to follow up with the person, or persons, com-mitting this offence and take the necessary action.”

The maximum fine Council can issue for this offence is $400, however, the maximum fine that can be award-ed to Council following a prosecution is $5000 for an individual and $20,000 for a body corporate for leav-ing litter. If that litter is likely to endanger any person or to cause physical injury the fines are $7500 for an individual, or $30,000 for a company.

Rubbish dumping a disappointment

‘Adopt a Tree’ campaign brings Christmas cheer to Waiuku

Pictured above are View Road School students proudly displaying their dec-orated Christmas trees as part of the ‘Adopt a Tree’ campaign. This was suc-cessfully launched by the WB&DA last year as a means of strengthening the links between local business and schools and dresses the sidewalks of the Waiuku Town Centre with a bit of Christ-mas cheer.

The concept, which has proved a great community success, sees local busi-nesses sponsor a plywood ‘tree’, which

is then decorated by students from lo-cal schools. Businesses then display the trees at their premises over the Christ-mas period. Town Centre Manager Shar-lene Druyven says, “We were very hap-py with the gorgeous trees collected and the kids really put a lot of thought into the businesses that were sponsor-ing them. A huge thank you to the busi-nesses and schools that participated in this initiative, we plan on making more trees available next year due to their popularity”.

Osborne’s

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Extended family, extended space $849,000Main house consisting of 3 double bedrooms - one with ensuite. In addition there is also an attached sep 1 bedroom unit with its own bathroom & kitchenette. Set on elevated 1512m2 site with triple car garaging. Desirable Bay View Drive.

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osbornerealty.co.nz Osborne Realty Ltd Licenced REAA 2008 Waiuku: 09 235 7139 Pukekohe: 09 238 7142 11 Bowen St, Waiuku

Ray 021 951 082

NO COVENANTS $249,000Opposite the Otaua School, a short drive to the river and forestry. You will find this 2.4 acre (approx.) bare block with an elevated building platform with great views. Compare the price of this bare block to a section in town. To view this exclusive listing phone Ray Lever. ID osbs563

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WAIUKU Marleen Ohms 0274 483 528

A place to call home $512,000This property has 3 levels dbl gge with storage and internal entry, 3 dbl brms master has semi ensuite, also an extra toilet and Sep laundry. Steps up to the next level to the spacious open plan living, slider from the lounge leading you out to the deck. Kitchen has wall oven and hob with range hood, waste disposal unit and a single dish draw. Heating/cooling and venting is by a heat pump and moisture master, new carpet throughout. Fully fenced back yard with plantings throughout the grounds. ID osbh879

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Commercial secretCommercial building and adjoining section complete with

sitting tenant. Must be sold as a unit…but commercial sensitivity abounds. Price guide mid to high $500,000’s.

To find out more – Phone Ray today.


Modern family living $529,000Brick and tile home with fully fenced section, low maintenance gardens yet very private. Patio area with shade sail. Views across the roof tops to the hills. This 4 bedroom home has open plan living, master has walk in robe and ensuite, double garage with internal entry and laundry. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh880

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WAIUKU Marleen 0274 483 528

Don’t miss this opportunity $535,0004 brms, open plan living with sep family room, bthrm has shower with sep toilet. Dble gge with a sleep out or hobby room in one part of the gge and room for a car the other side. Fully fenced with low maintenance landscaped gardens and garden shed. New heat pump and brand new carpet though out. Great location handy to Waiuku College and Waiuku town centre. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh881

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Step onto the property ladder $469,000Golf, squash, netball and tennis all close to your door step. If you enjoy privacy this ppty is fully fenced with gardens lining the edge, plenty of fruit trees. 3 brms Open plan kitchen/dining with sep lounge. Bathroom has bath with a sep shower, sep toilet. Single gge with workshop and spa/bbq patio area for the summer bbqs. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh878

OPEN HOME: Sun 1.00–1.30pm, 52 Kitchener Rd


Rural project $519,000This could be a fabulous project for the right person that is looking to live on their own slice of rural land yet very handy to Waiuku town centre. Zoned Rural under Waikato Council this 1920’s 3 bedroom home has open plan kitchen dining with separate lounge and sun room. This home is built from solid concrete with plastered concrete on the outside with an iron roof. The floors in this home have all been replied and replaced about 14 years ago. To keep this home warm and dry there is a wood burner in the lounge and plenty of off street parking with large single garage. Paddock fully fenced ideal for calf club or a couple of sheep, this property also has plenty of fruit trees. Properties like this won’t sit on the market for long. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh875

WAIUKU Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Cul de sac living $519,0003 Bedroom brick and tile spacious townhouse with open plan living. Master bedroom with direct access to bathroom. Great outdoor living with decking. Single internal access garaging on an easy care section in a great location. ID osbh875

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Can’t find what you want? Consider buildingNewly developed executive subdivision. Handy Waiuku township location. This opportunity will not last long, so be wise and secure your site now. Stage 1 - Sold Out. Only 4 Left in Stage 2. Priced from $260,000. Lot 5 – 515m2. Lot 6 – 507m2. Lot 7 – 522m2. Lot 8 – 479m2. ID osbs429

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Living on the edge $545,000Handy location to Waiuku College and Medical Centre. Short walk to Waiuku town centre. This home has 4 double bedrooms, master has ensuite. Open plan living with sliders to patio/bbq area. Set in an established subdivision of quality homes. Phone Marleen for viewings. ID osbh877

WAIUKUDonna-Marie 027 527 0090, Marleen 0274 483 528

Bare Land No Covenants Offers over $425,000Prime block of land of 4000sqm (more or less) on the main Road between Waiuku and Pukekohe, waiting for title. This bare block of land will make a beautiful place to build your dream home or you can relocate your dream to this site. ID osbs561

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Osborne’s

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These enchanting 5 acres and home are located approximately 4kms from Waiuku. The meandering driveway is lined with cherry blossom trees, these lead up to a secluded 4 bedroom home. To the right of the home is a plantation of mature trees with some chestnut trees. The ancillary buildings could be used as a tack room or for vehicle storage. The property has a planting of mature blackwood and pine trees. If your dream is to immerse yourself in an idyllic country setting, this is a must see. Located less than 1km from the pony club, also in the area is the forestry and west coast beach. Properties such as this in such a charming location are seldom on the market long so don’t miss your chance. Call the vendors exclusive agent Ray Lever to arrange a time to view. ID osbf776 Ray 021 951 082

Oldé world charm $795,000WAIUKU

Nestled in rolling dairy farmland in the north Waikato I have a 3 bedroom weather board home offering open plan living with small deck off the living, cozy log fire for the winter months and a big section for the kids to play. Te Kauwhata is tucked away just off bustling State Highway 1, which connects Auckland and Hamilton - those cities are about an hour away in each direction so making this excellent for commuters. TK’s got all the shops you need for day-to-day life and also hosts an early childhood learning centre, Primary and College. Sport is a big part of village life with a golf course, football fields, squash courts, netball courts, a cricket pitch and a pony club to name a few. Take a drive out to Te Kauwhata and see this small village for yourself. Stop and have a coffee, have a chat to the locals and see why this is the perfect place to bring up your family. Long term tenant wishing to stay on. Enquries over $285,000 ID osbp372Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

Do I have a treat for you? $285,000TE KAUWHATA

WAIUKU Marleen a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

Quiet cul de sac $639,000This family home has 4 double bedrooms, master has walk in robe and ensuite. Open plan kitchen / dining with sep lounge. Fully fenced with double garage, gardens are ready for landscaping come and get creative. Set in an established cul de sac with lovely homes surrounding. Walking distance to the local school which is zoned for Sandspit Road. ID osbh874

WAIUKU Leonie a/h 09 235 9961, 0274 985 722

Instantly appealing in good location $599,000Don’t miss this chance to secure this 4 bedroom, two level home. Living is upstairs with great views and decking for entertaining. 4 bedrooms downstairs, master with ensuite. Double internal garaging. All set on a fully fenced, easy care section in a cul de sac. ID osbh882


Great outdoor living $PBNThis family home has 4 bedrooms + study. Master bedroom has ensuite with heat pump. Open plan living with wood burner. Great indoor/outdoor flow with decking and pool area. Separate sleep out on skids and double garage with workshop. This property is set up if you are a hairdresser and want to work from home or the room could be used for something else, this property is located down a quite ROW in a popular street zoned for Sandspit Road and short walk to Sandspit Reserve. Phone Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbh883

WAIUKU Marleen 0274 483 528

Living the lifestyle dream $865,00018 acres set into 14 paddocks approx. 7 minutes from Waiuku. Currently grazing sheep, goats, horses & alpacas. Triple car gge with plenty of other shedding for animals & feed. House has 4 bdrms, ensuite. Modern kitchen & bthrm with new carpet throughout. Ph Marleen to arrange a viewing. ID osbf778

WAIUKU Ray 021 951 082

Original homestead farm $1,199,000An original 3 bedroom villa sitting on a north facing plateau with amazing northern rural views and 66 acres. Situated between 2 roads with an additional pole barn & enclosed storage shed, this property is currently a grazing beef. Previous production has included 90 round bales & 1000 squares. This is only the second time in a century that this desirable property has come on the market. Located 9.5km from Waiuku Super Value. Positive GST implications for perspective purchasers. Well worth viewing. Call Ray today. ID osbf772

WAIUKU Marleen a/h 09 235 0070, 0274 483 528

Building for sale $PBN1 Building which currently has 3 tenants. Situated right in the heart of Waiuku Town Centre and close to the Manukau Inlet. Motivated vendors would like to move on to other ventures.Phone Marleen to discuss further. ID osbb010

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OPEN HOME: Sun 2.00 – 2.30pm, 96 Sandspit Rd

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MEREMERE Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

1st home owners apply $290,000I don’t have many homes in the village coming up under 300,000 now so this brick beauty needs your urgent attention. This Huntly brick home offers 3 good sized bedroom with separate living fir place and kitchen dining combined. Single garage with a lovely level section of 809m2 plenty of room for the kids or your beloved pet. Meremere village has a big community heart and with all the home owners moving in Meremere is becoming very sought after for family’s wishing to jump on the property ladder. Commuting is another attraction as its just about half way to either Hamilton and Auckland. Don’t delay as they sell fast. ID osbp885

MEREMERE Donna-Marie 027 527 0090

Top notch family home $369,000This home has had a complete re-birth both inside and out and it looks stunning. Open plan living with new gas fire, granite kitchen with french door leading out to a large entertaining area that looks out to your small orchard. The fully fenced property of 834m2 is perfect for children, with new double gates and front fence plus security cameras and a fully alarmed home giving a peace of mind to a family. New carpet, lino in the bathroom and toilet along with drapes and a hot water cylinder just to name a few. Three great sized room means loads of room to spread out. Plenty of off street parking with under house garage with basement/storage. ID osbp382

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The students are going to experience a first-hand view of these amazing insects building their hives, working together and helping the environment.

Some of the pupils have already been lucky enough to put on bee proof suits with veils and gloves and look inside the hives, .

“It has already sparked an amazing amount of in-terest amongst the students,” reports teacher and bee keeper, Trevor Bennett.

“Many of our classes have taken the opportunity to learn about the lives and habits of this colony animal which performs a very important job for us as humans by pollinating important crops.”

Waiuku has two types of hives to study; the Lang-stroth and the Top Bar hives. Both were started from local swarms, one of which had landed at the Bowl-ing Club, and they were very happy to have it safely removed. The school has set up its apiary in a fenced nature compound away from the classrooms and play grounds. The children will have supervised viewing and perhaps even get to enjoy a share of some honey once the hives have a made enough for their own needs.

What’s buzzing at Waiuku Primary?wa i u ku Primary is very pleased to announce the recent arrival of two bee colonies at the school.

Main picture: Liam, and Matthew in bee gear, hold a partially filled honey frame. Pictured Left: Emily and Michelle (centre) and Tauryn Payne (obscured) with a par-tially formed frame from the top bar hive. Right: Lexie eating comb honey


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Above: Lisa Snook talks about Christmas food options at the Flourish event held at the Franklin Baptist Church last Friday. Right: Helena Maarschalk with Meagan Vorster, who made an inspiring speech. Photo’s Courtesy: Emily Stevens.

Dennis Marsh was in Waiuku to sing at the Festival of Flowers on Saturday, and the church on Sunday.

Heather and Richard Udy recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Betty Hamilton, Jennifer Thomson with Dorothy and Colin Hood at the Festival of Flowers last Saturday.

Ken and Noeline Letcher with their eight grandchildren, sang carols on Sunday at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Organised by the Auxiliary Committee of Franklin Memorial Hospital, they entertained the residents with songs, Santa, gifts, and tea.

Above: 9 year old Shirlene from Pukeoware School having her face painted by Wilma Suppers at the Waiuku Village Day.

Above: Kevin from Unichem Queen Street, looking as dashing as ever in his festive outfit and wearing his famous smile, for the Waiuku Village day.

Some of the fine displays at The Festival of Flowers held last weekend.

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Lynn and Emma have exploded onto the food scene, eating everything in sight and it is starting to show!

ll With nothing left in the wardrobe that fits and tired of purchasing clothes in a bigger size, it is time for the Post’s ‘Sugar Babes’ to stop eating all the junk.

Pud-Pud Emma and Put-Put Lynn will hold back all the sugar for the next three weeks, to see if they can drop a dress size or two in time for Christmas.

It isn’t going to be an easy feat, with both self confessed sugar addicts, but we will see how they progress over the next few weeks as they write about their

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“Failure is not an option” say the girls who, despite having a love affair with ev-erything greasy, sugary or full of calories, are willing to give this their best shot.

“No more late night runs to town for ice creams and pies” says Lynn who is already regretting her decision to com-mit to this daunting journey.

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Endorphins - the body’s natural pain relieving chemicals - are released when we push ourselves physically. Endorphins are natural opiates that work in a similar way to morphine, and are sometimes called ‘feel good’ hormones, because they boost our mood and can make us feel quite ‘high’.

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br inging the body back into a state of equilibrium.

Ex e rc i s e n e e d n’t be a chore. There are plenty of things you can do during your normal daily routine to help give your body a workout.

W h i l e t h e s t re s s response can be a lifesaver when physical danger threatens, when it’s switched on by other everyday crises we need to learn how to turn it off, to safeguard our health. Relaxation and exercise are ‘Key’.

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welcome to wellness ...........................................120 min $150A 60 min wellness coaching session with Megan will help assess and make positive change in all areas of your life. After your session, Megan will treat you to a 60 min relaxation massage. You will feel renewed, inspired and motivated. A must try for health seekers and a great introduction to Soul Nourishment.

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66 Edinburgh St, Pukekohe | Ph: 09 238 7806Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5:30pm Sat: 9am - 3pm

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Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow - ‘Spotting the symptoms before it’s too late’

Helen Wright BSc(Hons) Ost(UK);CMIOSH (UK);

PGDip(Hlth Erg)NZ/ACC/UK Registered Osteopath

Human Factors/Ergonomics Consultant

You don’t have to be Roger Federer or Lydia Ko to suffer from Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow. Even if you’ve never played tennis or golf in your lifetime you can still suffer from/experience the symptoms of a Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow.

Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow are both overuse/inflammatory injuries caused by any activity that repetitively over-loads the arm (wrist and elbow). The difference between the two lies is in the location of the inflammation. Standing with arms straight down and palms facing forward Tennis Elbow is an inflammation of the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondyle) and Golfers Elbow the inside of the elbow (medial epicondyle).

The symptoms associated with ei-ther condition can include an ache in the elbow area (with activity and/or at rest), tenderness, swelling and even pain or weakness in the forearm and wrist. Either condition if left and ig-nored can result in debilitating symp-

toms that can take a long time to heal and can result in time off work or away from those activities that you enjoy most. Taking note of the warning signs and taking action is important.

The immediate treatment if you start to experience such symptoms is rest from the repetitive activity. Any pain and swelling may also be reduced by icing the painful area.

If your symptoms don’t resolve or the symptoms sound like something you have been ‘putting up with’ you need to seek assistance. At Osteopa-thy Pukekohe we invariably treat pa-tients with Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow type presentations and are able to successful eliminate pain/symptoms and restore full activity/function. There are currently 3 osteopaths prac-ticing from the Way of Life Health Shop, Mon - Sat inc. so give us a call if you would like a consultation/treat-ment. For further information check out the website:

www.osteopathypukekohe.com.

CHRISTMAS CURE ALLS & SUMMER FIRST AID

An allergy is an altered immune response to a substance that is not normally harmful. “Aller-gies” are becoming increasingly common but it is important to identify the type of reaction to indicate appropriate treatment.

Classical allergic reactions invoke an immedi-ate response - usually within a couple of hours - and are mediated by IgE (immunoglobulin E). They are typically triggered by a small number of specific allergens. Examples range from hayever to life-threatening anaphylactic reactions. They can often be identified with orthodox medical tests.

Delayed sensitivity reactions take up to 72 hours and are mediated by IgG (immunoglobu-lin G). They display a wide variety of symptoms in different systems and are not always picked up by orthodox tests – such as skin prick tests. Common culprits are foods regularly included in the diet - and cravings or addictions are likely . Emotional and physical stress, overuse of stimu-lants, repeated use of antibiotics and irregular diet may increase the response.

Food intolerance occurs when a person is deficient in the digestive enzymes needed to breakdown the particular food. E.g. lactose in-tolerance is a deficiency of lactase. Undigested food ferments in the colon causing bloating, gas, cramping and diarrhoea.

Common signs that may indicate food aller-gies or intolerance are:

Nervous system - mood swings, depression, sleeping problems, fatigue.

Respiratory symptoms – wheezing, shortness of breath, sinus and throat prob-

lems, excessive mucous. Digestive disturbances – diarrhoea, constipa-

tion, gas, cramps, bloating, nausea, reflux. Skin problems – eczema, dry skin, hives,

rashes, itchiness, welts. Muscle aches and pains – arthitides, loss of

strength, migraines. Malnutition – anaemia, dizziness, weight

fluctuialtions, osteoporiosis, delayed growth, fertility problems.

How do you sort out what the problem is?A food diary helps pinpoint foods that have

an adverse effect on you - record all foods and drinks taken for at least a week and record any symptoms both physical and emotional that you experience.

Hair allergy testing – helps to identify masked or hidden allergy foods. It is available when you have a naturopathic consultation.

An elimination diet may be recommended to help to identify problem foods.

Treatment depends upon the individual but generally includes avoidance of allergens and repair and support of digestion with appropriate products or herbs alongside lifestyle and dietary advice

If you think you have experienced reactions to certain foods and and would like to discuss treatment options or allergy testing call in on Wednesday’s to Way of Life for a chat or phone 09 238-7806 to make an appointment for a consultation.

Food Allergies, Sensitivities and Intolerance.

Diane Breen DipHom NZCH (Intern)

Warts are caused by viruses during this busy time of stress and overindulgence there are a few Homeopathic remedies that are invaluable for your First Aid kit:-RESCUE REMEDY

This Bach Flower is great to have on hand for times of stress (financial; family; “road rage”; general), grief, sadness, irritability or at any other time where you feel unable to “cope”. It works on the emotions and has a great calming effect and is therefore safe to take with other medications and as often as required.NUX VOMICA

This is a remedy greatly appreciated in times of overindulgence. A good hangover remedy where you have a headache, are irritable and have overdone the “Christmas Cheer”. Also useful in stomach upsets; car sickness; overwork and irritability.PULSATILLA

Can be of particular use after too much ice cream, creamy and

rich foods. Use when you or your children are grizzly, clingy, crave fresh air and have an upset stomach. Also useful for travel sickness.GLONOIN

A remedy used for sunstroke or that tremendous “explosive” headache after being exposed to the sun.SOL

Fantastic to use for sunburn, especially burnt blistering skin. Also useful as a preventative after sunburn before blistering.URTICA URENS CREAM

This is a cream that can bring great relief to sunburn, insect bites and prickly heat rash. Apply liberally for cooling and comfort.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy holiday.

Living HealthilyBy Carol Eggleton N.D., M.H.D., BHSc, Registered

Naturopath and Medical Herbalist

Stay on top in the silly season monthwith Sanderson Stress Buster Combo

Therapeutical strength to fight stress related issuesThe B group vitamins are water-soluble and not adequately stored in the body, so needing to be replenished daily to support many body functions. Deficiencies of one or more of the B vitamins can easily occur, particularly at times of stress, fasting and weight-loss, or with diets high in refined and processed food, sugar or alcohol. Deficiency signs may include: * fatigue, irritability, nervous tension,* low mood, insomnia, poor appetite, * sore mouth, and cracks at the corners of the mouth.

SANDERSON™ Magnesium FX 1000 Sanderson Organic, Ultra-Absorption Magnesium FX 1000 is a high absorption complex of organic magnesium salts and does not contain inorganic magnesium oxide or phosphate, which have poor bioavailability; while magnesium oxide has a high elemental magnesium content, bioavailability may be as low as 4%. Magne-sium FX 1000 has been formulated to include magnesium citrate, magnesium aspartate, magnesium orotate and magnesium amino acid chelate with 160mg of essential magnesium per tablet.Research has shown these organic forms are much better absorbed and are better utilized than inorganic forms. SANDERSON™ Magnesium FX 1000 may be useful for: * healthy heart function * muscle relaxation (muscle cramps)* sleep and relaxation * nervous system balance * PMS associated with cramps and changes in mood* anxiety, mood and irritability. Supplementation with magnesium may also provide support to sufferers of migraine headaches.

B vitamins help to provide energy by converting

carbohydrates to glucose.

The normal functioning of the nervous system is

dependent on the B complex vitamins. They are often helpful in balancing

and conserving energy in individuals who are stressed and tired.

December deal: SAVE $15Twin pack SANDERSON MEGA B FX 60 Tablets and MAGNESIUM FX 60 tablets $29.20 (normally priced $44.20)

Tip: It is also the perfect combination to restore energy and the nervous system of your student kids after their xams and the after parties.

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L-R, Back: Scott van Lieshout, Anneka Weterman, Frazer Jamieson, Juli Voyko-vic, Lee Rakiraki, Jamie Thom, Dirk van Wijk, Todd Arnett. Front: Melinda Botha, Tania Alexander, Zoe French.

Franklin Squash Club Championships

The Franklin Squash Club held their Cham-pionships on Thursday, November 12, through to Sunday, November 14. The results follow:Mens Open: Scott Van LieshoutB Grade: Scott Van LieshoutC Grade: Frazer Jamieson

D Grade: Jamie ThomE Grade: Lee RakirakiF Grade: Darin McCar-thy

Womens Open: Juli VoykovicB Grade: Hayley RouxC Grade: Anneka Weter-manD Grade: Zoe French

E Grade: Tania AlexanderF Grade: Melinda Botha

JuniorsBoys: Scott van LieshoutGirls: Zoe FrenchJ1: Dirk van WijkJ2: Lachlan CowleyJ3: Angus EasonJ3: Sienna YoakleyJ4: Todd Arnett

bowls resultsll K a r a k a B ow l i n g Club Results

The Karaka Bowling Club Open Tournament was held on November 20.The greens played well and a full muster of teams from all over the Counties region attend-ed. The winners were G Bar-riball, R Barriball, S Ber-cich from Clarks Beach. Second was B Goldfinch, A Ferguson, D Waters composite team. Third was P Sinclair, G Ander-son, J Sinclair from Waiu-ku. Best Karaka team was P Moulden, A Marshall, B Holland.In club competition, the Chapman Cup, a handi-cap singles event, was won by Andrew Marshall, with Graham Jones run-ner up. Enquiries welcome to new bowlers.

Pukekohe Rangers had a good weekend recently, with two wins from two games.

The games were close with the Rangers conceding runs early, then pulling away in the final stages to win against Mana Majors 6-3, and Weymouth Bombaz 8-5. Second baseman and player of the game, Amon Tua’s first inning homerun for Weymouth scored two runs (RBIs) and got the visitors away to a good start. While Peter Jay Dando kept the scores close with some accu-rate pitching. Like his namesake and Pukekohe Soft-ball legend, Peter Kingi, Dando kept the batters guess-ing with his movement of the ball and accurate spot pitching. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough as Pukekohe managed to come back with some clinical hitting and capitalised on some unforced errors. Pukekohe pitch-er, Tiaki Te Wheoro was impressive on the mound for Pukekohe but it was the veteran Allan Webber who took home player of the game.

Mana Majors also had their chances but failed to keep the pressure on and giving up a number of runs in one inning. This time it was the father, Nick Tapiki’s turn to impress as he stood up for his team to score a run and earn himself player of the game.

Southern Pioneers had a good day at the office, in ter-rible conditions they put on a handful of runs against the Manurewa Mets to show they are a top four side to be reckoned with. Player/Coach Piwi Huriwai stood up for his team again on the pitching mound and with the bat, dominating the young Mets side taking player of the game. Mets struggled to gain composure and the weather getting the better of them, Southern Pioneers took the game 14-0.

Women’s section saw another close encounter be-tween Redhill Rockettez and Weymouth Bombaz, with young catcher Nichola Brodrick getting player of the game with 4 RBIs to her name and a great catching display behind the plate in wet conditions. Rockettez came away with the win 6-3. Player of the game for Wey-mouth was Rose Chwesik with support from player/coach Shaamila Tua in the pitcher’s circle.

Counties Manukau softball results

The young vibrant team from Ardmore Marist have seen the competition close the gap on last year’s win-ners, Takanini,) by beating them 17-8 in the upset of the round. The young side coached by Gary Dando, also play in the Auckland U19s girls competition and are top of the table in that grade. Leia Stephens con-tinues to impress for Ardmore with her hitting as does captain Nikki Walker. Nikki will captain the Counties U19 girls Rep side this year and both are ready for the next step up to NFC in Feb 2016. Former age grade rep, Stephens has been waiting for her chance to impress and has done so for her club in both grades, so she now plans to make a big impact at the U19s Nationals where they will compete against the best in the coun-try. These young ladies have a bright future in the sport, keep an eye out for them as they progress the season and onto higher honours. Sueanne Hicks was player of the game for Takanini.

Waiuku Golf & Squash Club

We wish our Members, Volunteers and Sponsors a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Phone: (09) 235 9489 * E: [email protected]

www.waiukugolfandsquash.co.nz

We look forward to seeing you in the new year and new members & causal players are always welcomed! We would like to thank all of our sponsors for the ongoing support particularly the key sponsors below

waiuku New worldwaiuku Mitre 10Aurora law barbsGreen Door real estate Gary Pyes 100% the Post

special referral Donation

If a Waiuku Golf & Squash Club member refers a property for sale, Green Door, on the successful conclusion of that sale,

will make a generous donation to the club. Please contact the Waiuku Golf & Squash Club 09 2359489

for more information and a referral form.


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FRANKLIN COUNTY ARCHERS30TH ANNIVERSARY CHRISTMAS SHOOT

Sunday 6th December 2015Sign in 8.30am

•Prize Table and Raffles on the day. • BYO Meat for the BBQ. • Salads and bread will be provided.Need more Info: Mike 021 256 4045

• $10 per adult • $5 per under 12 • $25 family pass

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Copies available from drop boxes at various places throughout the district including:

The Post, 18 Bowen St, WaiukuBarfoot & Thompson, 68 King St, PukekoheTuakau Quality Meats, 23 George St, Tuakau

An e-edition is also available.

THIS MONTH Rural Living is a little bit sulky – no, the team’s not down at the mouth but rather cheerful about Kidz Kartz giving youngsters a chance to try their hand as drivers on the trotting

track. We also look at a model hobby that keeps two retirees running on track for diff erent reasons

and do check out the Franklin Business Showcase – wonderful people who know their stuff .

Don’t miss out!Rural Living – Franklin’s lifestyle magazine

www.ruralliving.co.nz

The Pukekohe Croquet Club’s Interclub team recent-ly won the Counties-Manukau Golf Croquet Interclub competition. Pukekohe, first; Papakura, second; Ho-wick, third; Manurewa, fourth.

Pictured above are Jeff France; Bruce Smith; Jenny Begg; Tuaine Bailey; Pat Lester (Capt); Beryl Stewart; John Bailey; Gale Rubick, manager.

Waiuku Golf results26-11-15 Thursday Haggle Div One • 1st Louis King 45• 2nd Kerry Martin 41• 3rd Cam Fleming 40Div Two • 1st Martin Edmed 39• 2nd Lex Wilcox 39• 3rd Sid Thornton 37Two`s • Owen Yorke • Sid Thornton

28-11-15 Saturday Haggle Ambrose Pairs (Nett)• 1st Ned Niha & Brian Miskell 57.7• 2nd Milton Jackison & Phil Thompson

58.7• 3rd Murray Armstrong & Phillip Baird

59.3• 4th Alex Fox & John Penny 59.7• 5th Grant Wilcock & Courtney Maddern

59.8• 6th Stephen Maynard & Rory Kimber 60

Pukekohe Croquet Results

Last weekend was the second Air New Zealand Queenstown International Marathon and, once again, Outlook for Life runners were there to represent Franklin.

The team joined 9000 other entrants in the an-nual event, which was set between the backdrop of the world renowned Crown and Remarkable

Outlook fitness family take on Queenstown

mountain ranges and taking in the best high-lights of the Queenstown lakes region.

The course incorpo-rates a full marathon of 42kms, a half of 21kms and a 10km run.

Outlook had runners in all divisions, with some runners completing their first ever full mara-thon – and what a place to achieve this milestone.

Nita Leader, Glennis Newson, Nicole Armit-age, Vanessa Lloyd, Sa-sha Weck, Robyn Scur-rah and Laurinda Lewis were all first time mara-thon runners, with Lau-rinda coming seventh in her category. Also Kerryn Steel, Kenny McArthur, Angela Hull, Debra Fen-ton, Caroline Treadaway and Nicola Waller com-pleted yet another Full Marathon. Half Mara-

thon runners includ-ed Kim Keary, Carron Hunter, Helen Bowden, Maree Furniss, Gina Rat-trie, Amelia Andrews and Donna Davies. Carolyn Payne ran the 10km and there were many person-al bests and fantastic re-sults all round.

“The support was just amazing, you really felt like a celebrity running with thousands of peo-ple cheering you on, es-pecially the last kilome-tre to the finish line,” ex-plained participant, Kim Keary.

After the run was com-pleted, the team had the pleasure of celebrating with bubbles with New Zealand celebrities, Kerre McIvor and Mike McRob-erts. Some of the runners finished off with a dip in the Queenstown Lake, running gear and all.

Coastguard Fundraiser this weekend at Mitre10 Mega Pukekohe from 9am. Westpac helicopter flight simulator

will be there. Bring the whole family along.WIN BIG: Coastguard Summer Lottery 2015/16 Tickets on sale.

Supplied by Waiuku Golf Club

THIS WEEKEND AT Mitre10 Mega Pukekohe


Funeral ServiceS

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

Open Monday to Friday • 8.30am - 5.30pmSat • 9am - 2pm and Sun • 10am - 2pm

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Why not plan and record your funeral wishesThe My Life, My Funeral Kit

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Office spaces fOr lease

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AUDIO & VIDEO COPYING SERVICES. Specialising in Audio, CD, Video & DVD dupli-cation & conversion. Phone: 027 201 7436, or email: [email protected]

cleaninG

VAcAnt houses, win-dows, offices, carpet shampooing & exterior waterblasting. Plus main-tenance. FREE quotes. Ph Allan or Lynette: 09 235 9333 or 027 272 6249.

For Hire

FIREWOOD splitter. Phone: 235 7733 or 021 305 111.

MARqUEE Hire - 10m by 5m. Put up/take down service included. Also Garden Gift Vouchers available from Lawns etc. Ph Patrick: 235 5297 or: 027 426 0040.

For rent

RURAl Waiuku property for rent, $550 p/w. 4 bed-room, heat pump and dishwasher. Pone for veiwing: 0277 222 778.

For Sale

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Queen bed mattress & base $295 * Queen slat frame $85 * Single bed mattress & base

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lampshade $120 * Big corner desk $120 * Whiteboard on stand $70 * Lots of tables & chairs - Set of 5 Dining chairs $100 * Rectangle swimming

pool - 1.2 deep & 15 feet across - with ladder, pump

& extras $275

cOcKY’S CORNER - For fencing & roofing iron, timber, hardware, plywood, pavers, gates, garden sheds & more. 123 Queen St, Waiuku. Ph: 235 9880 or 235 2386.

FIREWOOD - Bargain. 4m Hotmix $300 Del. 2m $170 Del. Also Mac & Gum available. Ph/txt: 021 744 970 or 235 0065. Also tree felling & removal.

Found

WAIUKU Police are holding the following items, found in - November: Go-Pro Camera & head strap, (Karioitahi Beach), Black paddle, (Hoods Landing), Tarini red/black bike, (Old BMX Grounds), Dog lead, (Information Centre), Apple iPhone 3 (Duders Beach).

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FREE drop off depot for all your unwanted com-puters, whiteware, etc. Recycle All Your Stuff Ltd. Unit 1 Waiuku Business Park, 23 Kitchener Road, Waiuku. Free pick up in Waiuku. Ph: 235 5769.

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All our love from Mum, Charlie and family xxxooo

On FR iday!

LEWER, Karen AinsleyPassed away 5th December, 2013.

Dearly loved daughter of Helene & Tony, loved sister of Andrea & Jason, and their

families. We all have many wonderful, treasured memories. Remembered forever.

Today Heaven gained another Angeland the Sky another Star.

FranklinLocal Boardmeeting

A Franklin Local Board meetingwill be held at 9.30am on Tuesday15 December in the Local BoardChambers, Pukekohe ServiceCentre, 82 Manukau Road,Pukekohe.

Find out more: phone 09 301 0101or visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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Public meeting on PukekoheBus and Train Interchange

Franklin Local Board and Auckland Transport invite you toattend a public meeting to showcase plans for the ManukauRoad – Custom Street intersection, and to answer yourquestions on plans for upgrading Pukekohe Station to anintegrated bus and train interchange.

Date: Tuesday 8 December 2015Time: 6pm-7.30pmVenue: Stevenson Room, Franklin: The Centre, 12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe

Find out more: phone 09 301 0101or visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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FRANKLIN PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT

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Whittaker - Charles William (Bill) 20/8/53 - 29/11/12

Always in our memoriesIt’s been three years since you left our world but you will never leave our hearts. We know your strength and spirit will guide your children

and grandchildren throughout their lives and we are grateful for the

many wonderful memories we will always share. All of our family and friends will remember you at this

time, and always. We will miss you forever, love you heaps. xxx

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FREEREMOVAl - Any old scrap metal incl. old bat-teries, expired gas bot-tles, old cars, lawn mow-ers, etc. Ph Martin: 021 128 5953 or 238 3005.

GaraGe Sale

GARAGE SALE - Saturday 5th December, 8am start. Downsizing - Lots of bargains. Garden tools, power tools, & much more! 4 Dawn Place, Waiuku.

clEAR-OUt Garage Sale. Sunday 6th December, from 8.30am. 58 Kaiwaka Road, Waiuku.

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tHE Cutting Room Hair Salon will be closed from Monday 23rd November, until Tuesday 15th December. Sorry for any inconveniences, I will be doing extra hours if required to make up for this. Thanks, Steff. Phone: 235 7149.

HoMeKill

Waiuku Village Butchery

HOMEKILLSERVICE

BEEF, SHEEPPIGS, Bacon etcNZFSA Registered

Ph 09 235 8369

HOMEKILL0800 843 863Whole Beef:• $1.30 / KG • $90 slaughterLamb processing: • $50

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GREEn ACRES - Clarks Beach. Covering Franklin area. Lawn mowing, gar-dening, garden clear-ance, hedges. clean, tidy and reliable. Call Brett 021 0211 7777 or 09 232 1276.

tOPcUt LAWN MOWING - Reliable, clean & tidy job. Experienced operator. Ph: Fred 09 235 5280, 021 902 552.

PADDOcK topping & mowing - There’s nothing too big or too small. Ph: 0226 944 554.

PROPERtY Main tenance - Tree Stump Grinding - Section Clearing - Rubbish Removal - Lawns - Etc. Garden Gift Vouchers available now. Also Marquee hire. Ph Patrick: 235 5297 or 027 426 0040.

lAWnMOWInGlAWnMOWInG Garden maintenance. Jim’s Mowing for quality work from reliable, fully insured and police checked operators. Call: 0800 4 546 546 for a free quote.

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MISSInG - Grey male Cockat iel f rom Racecourse Road area. Desperately want him back. Please call on: 235 0970 or 027 274 0674.

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RElAxAtIOn massage, Reiki, Reflexology and Hot Stone Massage. For appointments call Sue: 09 235 2256 or visit: www.waiukumassage.co.nz

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JAnZ DOGS Professional Pet Grooming Service. 110 Victoria Ave, Waiuku. Small and medium dogs only Ph: 235 5550.

POOcHIE PARK – Holiday home for dogs. Inspection welcome by arrangement. Phone: 09 235 0052 (Evenings) or 021 856 555. Email: [email protected] for further information.

PEtSHAPPY Tails Dog Grooming - All breeds welcome, care and kind-ness guaranteed. Call Ashley: 0212 484 111, or: 235 9581, or visit my Facebook page: Ashleys Happy Tails Dog Grooming.

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tHE Framing Shed. Quality custom picture framing. 31 Victoria Ave, Waiuku. Tues - Fri 9 - 5 or by appointment. Ph Allie: 235 0939 or 027 253 4577.

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tAROt Readings with Kat Mason. For an appointment phone or text: 027 684 7468.

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tREES WANTED - Gum & Macrocarpa. Also tree felling & shelter belt removal. Ph/txt Chris: 021 744 970 or 235 0065.

StAnDInG grass want-ed for hay - Anything considered, quality pre-ferred. Please phone: 235 7104 in evenings.

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BEAUtY Therapist look-ing for live / work prop-erty. Excellent tenant, reasonable rent. Ph/txt: 021 058 3199.

Cara Erle Rixon (White)15/12/72 - 02/12/14

Your memory is our keepsake, With which we will never part. Scott, Tayne, Casey, Mum & Dad, Brett & Kim, Bayleigh & Kassidy, Dean & Michelle.

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027-221-7168 [email protected]

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PH: 027 612 6774 09 235 0086

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25 Years exp.In your area - Taking

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Madsen Lawrie ConsultantsLAND SURVEYORS14 Hall Street, Pukekohe Ph 09 238 6369

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