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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
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Celebrating a Gold Star for 25 years of service with Roly Chaney of the Whitianga Volunteer Fire Brigade
By Stephan Bosman
According to the United Fire Brigades
Association
of
New
Zealand,
“The presentation of a Gold Star to honour
25 years of service to their brigade and
community is possibly the highlight of a
firefighter’s career.”
And last Saturday evening in the
Whitianga Town Hall, the Whitianga
Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrated with
guests from around the North Island the
Gold Star of Roly Chaney, their Deputy
Chief Fire Officer and born and bred
Whitianga local.
Roly joined the Whitianga Volunteer
Fire Brigade in 1989 when he was 19 years
old. During the course of Saturday evening
it became clear that he is enjoying an
exceptional career as a volunteer firefighter.
He almost immediately became involved
in hose running (also known as waterway)
challenges. Initially he was part of the
Whitianga Brigade’s B-team, “Until the
B-team started to beat the A-team,” Roly
quipped when he had the opportunity to
say a few things on Saturday evening.
He won his first trophy as a member of
a waterway team at the Central North
Island Competition of 1993. A few years
later his team won their first National
Certificate (a top six team in an event
at a national competition) and a few
years after that they were triumphant at
the Auckland Provincial Competition.
“That was a very special achievement as we
won the competition in the centenary year
Roly and Shelley Chaney with their son Aaron during Roly’s Gold Star celebration last Saturday evening.
of the Auckland Provincial Fire Brigades
Association,” Roly said. “A special medal
was created for the event and we got it.”
In 2003 Roly joined the Whitianga
Brigade’s road crash rescue team, working
himself up to become team leader in 2010.
The team won the Auckland Provincial
Road Crash Rescue Challenge three
times - in 2007 and 2013 and as recently
as last month - and Roly has competed no
less than 12 times in the Australasian Road
Crash Rescue Challenge. This year will be
number 13, with the Whitianga team selffunding themselves to the competition in
Alice Springs.
Roly stopped participating in hose
running challenges in 2007 and became a
waterway referee (the judge with overall
responsibility) at sub association level and
a judge at provincial and national level.
He has also served on the Goldfields Fire
Brigades Sub Association board and was
president in 2005. He was made a life
honorary member of the sub association in
2013. “It was a big honour,” he said.
He was appointed Deputy Chief Fire
Officer of the Whitianga Volunteer Fire
Brigade in 2010.
In between Roly attended every
course a firefighter can go on,
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from driving and pump operation to
hazardous chemicals, and was involved
in some of Whitianga’s more memorable
fires and storms - including the Whitianga
Hotel and PlaceMakers buildings and the
remnants of Cyclone Fergus at the end of
1996.
As Roly spends a significant amount of
his time in Matamata for purposes of his
work, he has also joined the Matamata
Volunteer Fire Brigade approximately a
year ago. “Roly brought a lot of experience
with him and is a great asset to our Brigade,”
said Kevin Curtiss, Chief Fire Officer
of the Matamata Brigade on Saturday
evening, who attended the event with many
of his brigade members. Jokingly he said
to Merv George, Chief Fire Officer of the
Whitianga Brigade, that Roly calls him
“Sir” and he wonders what he calls Merv.
When Merv spoke, he made a point of
highlighting a statistic that places Roly’s
commitment to the Whitianga Volunteer
Fire Brigade beyond any doubt. In his
time with the brigade, Roly attended
1,146 of the Brigade’s musters (brigade
meetings or training sessions - excluding
competitions and callouts where assistance
was required). That’s an attendance rate
of 99 per cent. “To put it in perspective -
in 25 years, Roly has only missed 12
brigade meetings or training sessions,”
Merv said.
There were a few stand-out moments
during the course of Saturday evening.
The first was when bag piper Phil Nielsen
piped Roly, wife Shelley and 8-year-old
son Aaron in through a guard of honour
formed by all the firefighters who attended
the evening. The second was a tribute to
Shelley and the acknowledgement of
her sacrifices as the wife of a dedicated
firefighter - the regular absences and
from time to time having to deal with a
husband who may have experienced a
less than pleasant incident. The third was
Merv taking Roly’s service medal and
pinning it to Aaron’s jacket before pinning
Roly’s new Gold Start to the jacket of his
formal fireman’s uniform. And the fourth
was master of ceremonies Derek Collier,
Senior Station Officer of the Whitianga
Volunteer Fire Brigade, calling all the past
and present members of the Whitianga
Brigade and their partners to the front and
declaring Roly an honorary life member of
the brigade.
There was a lot of laughter during the
evening as incidents were recalled and
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tales were told. There was also a moment
when Roly realised he actually calls Merv
“Chief,” but “Sir Chief” was probably
more appropriate.
Roly was the 17th member of the
Whitianga Volunteer Fire Brigade to
receive a Gold Star and no expense
was spared to make his celebration as
memorable as the previous 16. A team
of brigade members, aptly led by Derek,
completely immersed themselves in
putting on a top class event. The pomp
and ceremony was impressive, the food
was outstanding and the entertainment
even better. “I expected nothing less,”
Merv told The Informer afterwards when
people started to let their hair down.
“I’m very pleased, 25 years of service is
a big thing. Roly deserved the very best.
I’m glad we could give him a celebration
I’m sure he and Shelley and Aaron will
remember for the rest of their lives.”
Whitianga’s Walter and Margot Russell at Roly Chaney’s Gold Star celebration.
The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary the day before.
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Kuaotunu’s Vivienne (Viv) McLean has been honoured with a Queen’s Service medal in
this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to conservation.
Vivienne has contributed to conservation for more than 15 years. She is a founding
trustee and has served two terms as chairperson of the Kauri 2000 Charitable Trust,
established in 1999. She played an integral part in the planning and planting of 40,000
kauri trees at more than 35 sites on the Coromandel Peninsula, most of them recovering
from the impacts of historic logging, gold mining or failed farm development.
This work has involved organising site preparation and hundreds of planters each
year, including the participation of four Coromandel schools.
Vivienne’s more recent achievements include initiating discussions with the national
Kauri Dieback Programme that have resulted in Kauri 2000 playing an active role
in raising public awareness of kauri dieback. This involvement has led to the
formation of the Coromandel Kauri Dieback Forum, an independent community-based
organisation working with the Dieback Programme, the Department of Conservation,
Thames Coromandel District Council, Waikato Regional Council and local
groups to protect kauri around the Peninsula and prevent the spread of the kauri
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management group.
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Winners all ‘round for Money or the Bag
Last Saturday night’s “It’s in the Bag”
show at the Mercury Bay Club seems to
have been a winner for all concerned.
Charlie Cunningham hadn’t even had
time to remove the lipstick and get out
of his dress before the word was out that
the night had been a big success for the
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Charlie’s appearance in a hot red dress
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Rose’s infamous “The Stripper” music.
It was all in good taste and Charlie kept
to his character all the way through,
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attracting plenty of laughs.
Earlier on “Pommie” Dave Wallace
entered and introduced the compere for
the night, Bob Forrest in the Selwyn
Toogood role. Bob came down the aisle
to the sounds of Scotland the Brave,
dressed in a kilt complete with painted on
sporran and a tartan patterned fur lined
tam o shanter. Both Dave and Bob had
painted their beards red and Bob could
have passed for a Braveheart character
after a couple of pints.
The club was packed to the gills,
with restaurant bookings at maximum
capacity and a generous buffet laid on.
The night was dependent to a large
degree on the team efforts required to
make it happen. Trish Cunningham,
Lynn Forrest and many others pitched
to do the behind the scenes work,
as well as Trevor and Linda Fraser doing
the set decorations. Impressive prizes
donated by New World, East Coast
Automotive, Guthrie Bowron and other
local businesses helped to create a fun
atmosphere.
Twenty bags were up for grabs and all
eligible ticket holders had their numbers
put into a concrete mixer and churned
up ready for a random dip. Dave was
in charge of the mixer and his operation
of this vital task gradually became
“less focused” as the night progressed,
drawing a few laughs and the occasional
ticking off from the compere and his
ravishing assistant urging Dave to keep
it moving.
The concrete mixer eventually seemed
to take on a life of its own trundling
across the dance floor until it reached
the end of its power lead and came to a
sudden stop. But it was all in good fun
and Dave managed to give away some
Civic Video DVD vouchers to ease the
pain of his tardiness.
The break in between the bags was
filled with Len and Svargo doing a few
songs on guitar and getting people on
the dance floor to loosen up the limbs,
before the team came back to haggle
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“It’s the beer that’s doing the trick...”
Dave Kurth, resident brewer at
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Four of the brewery’s beers received
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“The AIBA is the largest competition
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beers from 344 breweries across 35
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Ale and Barley Wine each received a
silver medal, while our About Time IPA
[a hoppy beer within the broader category
of pale ale] and Golden Steamer Ale
received bronze medals.”
Dave says the AIBA is open to any
brewery who wants to enter. “We entered
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important, reason is that your beer is
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which can only help you to become
better at what you do.”
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the Great Australian Beer Spectapular
[no typing error] (GABS) which took
place in Melbourne from 22 to 24 May.
“Only about 120 breweries get invited to
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few, 10 to 15, are from outside Australia,”
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the Hot Water Brewing Co restaurant
and also around the North Island.”
Dave joined Hot Water Brewing Co as
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ago. “It’s a great job,” he says. “It’s great
to see how things are progressing. At first
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Also part of the Hot Water Brewing Co
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management of the restaurant adjacent
to the brewery towards the end of last
year. “Tim didn’t hesitate to incorporate
some of our beers in his dishes,” says
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
“Poivre & Sel” is French for “Pepper & Salt”
Sam and Severine Goslin and their two
children, Morgane and Mathis, arrived in
Whitianga in February 2014.
They moved to New Zealand from
France in 2011, where Sam and Severine
used to own a restaurant in the mountains
inland from the French Riviera.
Sam, a chef, was responsible for the
kitchen and Severine for front-of-house.
“New Zealand appealed to us,”
says Sam. “It’s a big, beautiful country
with only four million people. We’ve taken
our time to settle in and to get used to the
Kiwi way of doing things. I worked as a
chef at a few places in the central North
Island and in Whitianga and a while ago
Severine and I agreed the time has come
for us to have our own restaurant again.”
The Goslin family from Poivre & Sel - Sam and Severine at the back
and Morgane (left) and Mathis in the front.
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With Motu Kitchen, one of Whitianga’s
best-known fine dining restaurants on the
market, it made good sense for the couple
to make an offer.
With all the paperwork signed, a
new name agreed, a logo designed and
a menu worked out, Poivre & Sel now Whitianga’s newest fine dining
restaurant - opened its doors for business
on Thursday last week. Severine says their
lives are suddenly again like it was before
they came to New Zealand. “Our own
business and Sam and I again doing what
we used to do in France. It’s more exciting
this time around, though, because we can
involve the children more. Morgane is now
12 and Mathis 10. They can now help with
things like folding napkins and giving Sam
a hand in the kitchen. It’s a real little family
business.”
Poivre et Sel means “pepper and salt” in
French and Sam and Severine have put a
lot of thought into the name. “Obviously
we had to choose a French name,” explains
Sam. “Pepper and Salt ticks all the boxes.
We come from a very cosmopolitan
background in France, good seasoning
is the basis of good food and, let’s face
it, we’re not getting any younger. I can’t
grow a beard without speckles of grey
popping through. We want P & S to be a
place where people from all over the world
can appreciate what we have on the menu.”
“It was also important that we have a
name we could build an identity around,”
adds Severine. “We like the idea of people
referring to our restaurant as P & S.”
The menu Sam has designed for
winter is proof that he and Severine want
everyone to enjoy their P & S experience.
“Only one starter, hot goats cheese gratin
with candied walnuts, and one main
course, duck confit with truffle scented
parsnip puree, are truly French,” says Sam.
“The other dishes like twice cooked
pork belly, macadamia crusted lamb rack
and Angus eye fillet will be familiar to
most people.
“All our dishes will be prepared with
a bit of French flair and will be prepared
with as many ingredients as we can source
on the Coromandel.”
“No garden snails on the menu yet,”
laughs Severine.
Sam also plans to have weekly specials
in addition to what’s on the menu.
“That’s one thing that was different in
France,” he says. “You could go to the
market every day and your menu changed
every day according to the produce that
was available. In Whitianga you have to
order in advance, but whenever something
good becomes available, I’ll make a plan.
We may well see a wild deer stew on the
menu in the next few weeks.”
Complimenting the P & S menu will be
an extensive wine list, featuring offerings
from both New Zealand and French
wineries. “Of course some French wines,”
says Sam. “Fine dining with a hint of
France, that’s what we are.”
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Royal Family dance
crew coming this way
Thumbs
Up
To the lady
who took the
dog “Jock”
on her own initiative to
the vets in Whitianga
when he was run over
in Simpsons Beach last
week.
VOLUNTEER PLANTING DAY
Saturday 20 June will see the Town Hall in Whitianga jumping on its foundations when the
Palace Dance Studio arrives as part of their “Empire Strikes Back” North Island tour. They will
bring with them six of the top dance groups in the country, a total of 60 dancers (from school
students to adults), plus parents and support crews. The tour doubles as a fundraiser to get the
dance crews to San Diego in August for the World Hip-Hop Championships.
Leanne Rolls is junior crew manager for the tour and her daughter Courtney (13) is a member
of the Bubblegum troupe. The family are Whitianga locals and moved to Auckland a couple of
years ago so that Courtney could work on her dancing. “We still have our house here in Mercury
Bay,” Leanne told the Informer. “We are here often as we can be.”
All of the teams included in the tour, including The Royal Family crew, have won either first or
second places in the 2015 National Hip-Hop Championships. The Royal Family is normally led by
the talented Parris Goebel. Parris was named Young New Zealander of the Year in 2014 and The
Royal Family won the World Hip-Hop Dance Championships three times under her leadership.
In 2014 the 23-year-old Parris won Best Female Choreographer at the World of Dance Industry
awards in Los Angeles, as well as top choreographer for both male and female dance in 2015.
She has also landed a role in the multimillion dollar Hollywood dance movie franchise Step Up.
The in-demand Parris has been called up to choreograph some big dance groups in Korea,
but the official word is that if she can get back to New Zealand in time for the Whitianga event,
she will be a part of the tour.
The Empire Strikes Back will perform two shows at the Whitianga Town Hall on 20 June, starting
at 4:00pm and 7:30pm. Tickets are available from Blackjack Surf Shop, 35 Albert Street or from
Leanne at lee.rolls@hotmail.com.
Pictured are the Bubblegum crew at the 2015 National Hip-Hop Championships with Courtney
Rolls in the middle.
It’s that time of year again - perfect weather for planting kauri!
You’re invited to help plant at Matarangi Reserve on Saturday 6 June.
Bring a friend!
WHERE - Mynderman’s Hill site, same as last year.
DATE - Saturday 6 June (bad weather back up day Saturday 13 June).
TIME - 8.30am assemble, plant through to about 1.30 - 2pm
(depending on weather, energy etc).
BBQ - There’ll be a sausage sizzle on site afterwards so we can
relax together - Kauri 2000 will provide the sausages etc.
and cold drinks.
If you are able to come, could you please RSVP to Barbara Ritchie
at 07 866 0468 or email info@kauri2000.co.nz with your details so
we can send you some notes
And if you would prefer to plant mid-week because of other
commitments just let us know. Cherry Ladd will be planting at
Chelmsford (near Tairua) mid June for ‘Matariki.’ If you can
join her, please let us know and we will get details to you.
As you can imagine, with dieback being detected on the
Coromandel we’ll be taking even more care to make sure we’ve all
got spotlessly clean boots and spades.
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Page 9
SeniorNet CEO visit topical and relevant
For many people in the senior age bracket,
the world of modern technology can
appear intimidating and full of potential
pitfalls. Much of it wasn’t invented even a
few years ago. And in some ways they are
right to be cautious, because there are traps
which should be avoided, almost all of
them man-made computer nasties created
by anonymous villains who either want
your money or your identity or to simply
cause damage to your computer.
The SeniorNet Learning Centres across
New Zealand were created specifically
to help people in the 50 plus age bracket
to learn about technology in a peer based
community training environment and to
help avoid some of the traps.
The Whitianga SeniorNet Learning
Centre will host Grant Sidaway on
Thursday 18 June. Grant is one of
the people who helped set up the first
SeniorNet Learning Centre in Wellington
in 1992 and is the current Chief Executive
Officer of the National Federation of
SeniorNet Learning Centres.
Grant will do a presentation on new and
emerging technologies. It’s a vitally topical
subject and as much as the technologies
can be challenging, trying to live your
day to day lives without them is becoming
increasingly difficult. Some companies
are even charging customers who want
paper statements and invoices sent by
traditional mail, preferring them to do
everything online.
Grant is in high demand as an expert
Fagans
speaker on telecommunications and
technology subjects. His background as a
telecommunications engineer puts him in
touch with the way technology is changing
in the modern world. He has a punishing
travel schedule in his SeniorNet role,
with 96 presentations in the last year.
“Some of us tend to approach technology
with an inbuilt fear of breaking it,”
he says. “We think, ‘If it does go wrong,
can I recover it?’ You’ll hear people say
that kids are naturally better than adults
when it comes to technology and I think
that is true for two reasons. First, they have
no fear of it and that’s connected to the
second reason, which is that they didn’t
pay for it. People on a limited income
don’t want to see their brand new laptop
crashed because of a virus or malware that
they didn’t see coming.”
Grant says that in today’s world,
everything is connected, therefore
everything is vulnerable. “The need for
robust password protection is vital these
days and that’s something I’ll be focusing
on in my presentation in Whitianga.
It can be tough to manage lots of different
passwords and keep track of them,
especially if you don’t use them frequently
and the advice is not to write them down.
But there are ways of doing that which
make life a lot easier and I’ll go over that
specifically in my presentation.”
While internet security is important to
everybody, the television scenario of a
spotty teenage hacker happily meandering
through your bank accounts is a Hollywood
myth. Today’s bank and major company
passwords can’t be hacked without having
access to a supercomputer and running
it for a thousand years nonstop. It’s your
own password that makes you vulnerable.
If you’ve used a combination of your
birthday and your pet’s name and ended
up with some key logger malware on your
computer after you clicked a link on a fake
email from what you thought was your
bank or IRD asking you to update your
account information, then you can be in
trouble.
“Keeping yourself safe online is the
same process as what you have done
all your life in other everyday things,”
says Grant. “It’s just about learning to carry
that through into the world of technology.”
Grant will be speaking at Crossroad
Encounter Fellowship on the corner of
Joan Gaskell Drive and Cook Drive on
18 June. The presentation is open to
SeniorNet members and a friend 50 plus
if they wish. Entry is free and there will be
light finger-food refreshments at 12:30pm,
with a door prize for SeniorNet members
provided by Vodafone. Members wishing
to attend should ring Lorna Russell
on 866 4215.
Grant Sidaway, SeniorNet CEO.
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
To the Editor
See page 2 for our requirements with regard to letters and contributions
Dear Editor - Ultra Fast Broadband
Congratulations on your article regarding Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) in last
week’s Informer.
It is interesting that the list of proposed UFB extensions includes Whitianga,
so at least we are in the frame. Also worthy of note is that Mercury Bay Area School
is already connected, so Whitianga is already connected. It is great to have UFB
available to our young people, so that they can experience what high speed internet
is like. At the same time, it must be very frustrating for those youngsters to know
that when they get home they will be back to the internet speed that the rest of
us enjoy.
From what I know personally, many people in the Mercury Bay area suffer badly
with their internet speed. They pay the same rate as someone who receives normal
and faster speed. At times of the day when high usage takes place, the speed reduces
to a crawl. We also have a situation rearing its head of high use due to the uptake
of online video, movies, and gaming offerings. This will get worse in a very short
time according to media reports.
A lot of people will know that I have a long association with SeniorNet Whitianga.
SeniorNet has its own naked broadband connection and has struggled for some
time when trying to teach older people the use of the internet and all that it offers.
Our connection speed, at times, is abysmal and that is during the day when use is
normally low. How do others manage? What about the Whitianga CBD? Don’t talk
to people at Cook’s Beach, Hahei and rural users or you will really get a message!
What can we do about this situation? Go back and read The Informer article again
and take on board what others are doing and the benefits UFB will provide, then go
to the TCDC website and fill out their survey. Numbers count!
Peter Bethell
Whitianga
Dear Editor - Altruism
Does overpopulation cause a lot of altruism?
There are many people hidden in our population who are doing good works not
noticed by the rest of us. Altruism means doing good for good’s sake.
Volunteers catering to provide those less fortunate with a Christmas dinner and
walkers on the coast who pick up litter are just two examples. Donating to worthy
causes is another, eg to Greenpeace, the Angel Fund and Forest and Bird.
Generosity without thought of reward or reciprocal favours seems to be natural
in the young, but often disappears with exposure to adults and maturity. Those who
amass wealth seem loath to use it without gaining a return. Instead they spend their
time manipulating their wealth to increase it.
Most families with $1 million in the bank would live comfortably. So why is there
a rich list where thousands of millions are in private hands? Rather than improving
community life, the wealthy build enormous houses (this in a society desperately
needing affordable homes for larger families) and acquire large pleasure boats and
vehicles that are expensive fossil fuel guzzlers. All for status?
It seems that altruism has to be taught. That is if altruism is a worthwhile trait to
have. Somewhere I read about a camel and the eye of a needle. Maybe altruism was
lost on the altar of self-esteem. We have authorities that believe the only way to
motivate the population is through greed or paying money to achieve good works.
Fortunately there are still many volunteers around, showing altruism is alive,
doing good without reward.
Peter Wood
Whitianga
Dear Editor - Scheduled aerial 1080 drops on the Coromandel
And it keeps on going.
The Department of Conservation is planning a 25,500ha aerial drop of 1080
on the Coromandel Peninsula between August and October 2015. Areas include
Kauaeranga, Waiomu, Waiwawa, Kapowai, Whenuakite and Mataora.
DOC says they are doing the southern block for possums. I have trapped the
Waiwawa. The numbers in the deeper bush are not there. This block has had no
1080 and minimal pest control and yet it has a more diverse bird life than the
Papakai Block to the north which has been aerial 1080 poisoned for the last
20 years.
On thing the northern blocks have are rats and heaps of them. Rats are in the
Waiwawa Block also, but in small numbers.
As for the Whenuakite Block, this is the fourth time it has been aerial 1080
poisoned and for rats again. I would think that if you aerial poisoned in 2006, 2009
and 2011 you would think there would not be anything alive in there.
1080 does not control rats. DOC says the intense management at the Whenuakite
Block by them and the Whenuakite community has resulted in the recovery of
many native bird species such as pigeon and kiwi. Pigeon have always been in that
valley. Both pigeon and kiwi are not susceptible to 1080 as such. As for the other
birds, I would like someone to show me where they are.
As for the Mataora Block, pests can be controlled by other means. 1080 is
destroying our bird life.
If you are against aerial poisoning or would like to have a view on it that is not
dictated by those in power, go the Facebook page “Stop Poisoning Coromandel
Peninsula” and have your say.
John Allan
Whitianga
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Of mice and men... and lightning strikes
By Len Salt
The weather for May was a fairly
typical mix ranging from stunning days,
warm sun and calm conditions right
through to wind and torrential rain on the
last day of the month.
The temperature chart tells the story.
Overnight on Saturday 30 May was a
chilly 3 degrees, following the pattern
of a couple of days earlier in the month
when we were scraping ice off the
windscreens first thing in the morning.
Then on Sunday night 31 May the
temperature jumped to 13 degrees as the
cloud cover came in. The fire that was
merrily blazing away to keep us warm
suddenly became redundant as doors
and windows were opened to cool things
down a bit.
With the average temperatures cooling
down and the wet weather closing in,
we have suddenly developed a mouse
problem with the little critters getting
up the gaps between the pipes to see
what there is to eat in the pantry.
The mousetrap has been set on a hairtrigger six times now with a variety of
baits - peanut butter, bread, cheese and
other tasty treats. Every last morsel and
crumb has been eaten and the hair-trigger
mouse trap did nothing more than give
me a nasty bruise on my guitar finger
when I went to pick it up, convinced that
I have been sold a two dollar pack of dud
mousetraps.
Turns out there was nothing wrong
with the mousetraps, so I think we can
put it down to operator incompetence
and mouse dexterity. How they learn this
stuff is beyond me, because you only
have to get it wrong once and you die.
There is zero margin for error.
We are not hunter killers in our
household and even blitzing a mouse is
something we are not that comfortable
with. But we don’t want them in the
house. Field mice belong in the field,
not in our cupboards. So we’ve blocked
up the holes and chased a couple out
the door. You would think that with two
dogs in the house they would sort it out,
but it’s not happening. Nothing gets in
the way of the sleeping. Maybe it’s time
to trade in the dogs and get a cat.
Many years ago I lived on the 14th
floor of an apartment building next
door to O’Hare International Airport
in Chicago. The apartment was on the
same level as the planes approaching
to land. You could see the faces of
passengers as the planes went past.
The mid-west of the USA is famous
for electrical storms and occasionally
you would see a plane take a direct hit
as it came in to land. It’s a spectacular
sight and more common than most
people realise.
Modern planes are well able to
cope with lightning strikes and
in the year to 1 November 2014,
the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
recorded 75 incidents of lightning
strikes on aircraft.
A few days earlier on 29 October
2014, Auckland was hit by a severe
thunderstorm with more than 22,000
lighting strikes recorded in one day.
Deaths and injuries from lighting
in New Zealand are rare. However
in the USA over the 10 year period from
1998 to 2008, their National Weather
Service recorded a total of 449 deaths
from lightning strikes. According to the
service, lightning causes an average of 62
deaths and 300 injuries in the United States
each year.
The advice given to stay safe in a
thunderstorm is to avoid, trees, telephone
booths and open spaces like reserves,
golf courses and rugby fields.
The safest place to be is in a building,
preferably one with a lightning rod. The rod
offers protection by intercepting lightning
- an electrical charge - and transmitting its
current into the ground.
The other safe place is a car with the
windows rolled up, as long as you don't
touch any of the metal parts. If lightning
strikes, the car's metal body will conduct
the charge down to the ground - contrary
to popular belief, the rubber of the wheels
offers no protection. It’s also recommended
that you avoid using a fixed line telephone
as the surge can come down the wires if the
house is struck.
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Guest Speaker
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Venue - Social Services Building,
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Mercury Bay Boating Club prize-giving
At the Mercury Bay Boating Club’s annual
prize-giving last Saturday evening, many
club members were recognised for their
achievements during the past 12 month. As
is customary, everyone patiently waited for
the highlight - announcement of the winner
of the Boats Gnome - which happened at
the very end.
The prize winners were Centre Board
Hamilton Cup (Overall Line) - Chris Johnston
Multihull Cup (Multihull Handicap) Chris Johnston
Multihull
Shield
(Multihull
Line)
Chris Johnston
Keeler
Line Honours - MBBC Trailer Sailor Line
Honours finishing with exactly 11 line honours
wins - Tim Johnston/Paul Dimmock
Multihull Line Honours - Ian Hogg
Monohull Division Line Honours Tim Johnston/Paul Dimmock
Polar Bear Series
3rd Place (33pts) - John Jackman
2nd Place (28pts) - Belinda Wallace
1st Place (25pts) - Mike Phear
Winning the Polar Bear Trophy Mike Phear
Spring Series
3rd Place (14pts) - Tim Johnston
2nd Place (8pts) - Bruce Haynes
1st Place (6pts) - Matt Algie
Winning the Johnston Family Trophy -
Matt Algie
Bay Series
3rd Place (10pts) - Matt Algie
2nd Place (9pts) - Al Joslin
1st Place (8pts) - Belinda Wallace
Winning the Bay Series Trophy Belinda Wallace
Steinlager Series
3rd Place (27pts) - Paul Dimmock
2nd Place (26pts) - John Jackman
1st Place (22pts) - Bruce Haynes
Winning
the
Steinlager
Trophy
Bruce Haynes
Flaxmill Bay Series
3rd Place (21pts) - Tim Johnston
2nd Place (15pts) - Matt Algie
1st Place (5pts) - Arnie Leigh
Winning the Flaxmill Bay Trophy - Arnie Leigh
Offshore Series
3rd Place (34pts) - Matt Algie
2nd Place (31pts) - John Wright
1st Place (22pts) - Mike Phear
Winning the Offshore Series Cup - Mike Phear
One Off Races
New Years Day Regatta Millennium
Trophy - Brian Parker
Individual Offshore Races
Castle Rock - Bruce Haynes
Although coming in second to Jamie Hutt on
Contrast,
Toby’ Mug (Cuvier Island) - Max Ross
Tauranga to Whitianga (Line Honours)
(elapsed 12 hours 55 minutes and
30 seconds) - Mike Phear
Coromandel to Whitianga (Handicap)
(elapsed time 21 hours 50 minutes and
1 second)- Tim Johnston
Dave Giddens Cup (Mayor Island Line)
(elapsed time 9 hours 8 minutes and
29 seconds) - Mike Phear
Single/Two Handed
Beiby Barometer (Single Handed) Mike Phear
Bartlett Cup (Two Handed) - Al Joslin
Overall handicap results after all races of
the season
Haywood Cup - Belinda Wallace
Best Attendance MB Service Station Cup Belinda Wallace
Fair Play Challenge Trophy - Matt Algie
There were five strong contenders for
the Boats Gnome award.
In fifth place - Arnie Leigh, in a race
around the buoys Arnie set off 30 minutes
early as he does occasionally. On the leg
up to the Windy Buoy from the start in the
light and fickle breeze, Arnie was overtaken
well before the mark. This on its own does
not warrant mentioning, however he was
in fact overtaken by a swimmer.
In fourth place - Carl Rainsfield for a less
than successful tacking manoeuvre during
a pleasant rounding of Doctor’s Bay Buoy.
In third place - Paul Harris for his
washing of his gennaker on the Coastal
Classic Race. After flying the gennaker,
Paul and crew lost all control of the
gennaker, dipping it into the tide multiple
times before finally sailing over it and
managing to tangle the gennaker around
the rudder with wind gusts around 25kts.
At this stage one crew member was
required to jump overboard and cut the
gennaker free to enable boat and crew to
continue in the race.
In second place - Tim Johnstone,
while motoring calmly after the New Year’s
Day race into the marina and up towards
the pier, Tim Jwas concerned at the speed
of which his boat Twentysomething was
travelling and ran forward to disembark
to protect his yacht. On jumping onto the
pier, he caught one foot in the safety lines
and landed awkwardly on his other foot,
only to break three bones in his heel and
spend the next three months in a cast or
moonboot.
The winner - In an attempt to test his
young crew’s ability to sail on their own
and while sailing downwind in light air,
the skipper of H2Go stacked out on the
rail to get as much power out of his yacht
as possible only to find that the $2 piece
of cord at the end of the safety wire was
in poor condition and snapped, sending
the skipper into the tide and his crew off
without a helmsman. That means the
winner for 2015 of the Boats Gnome was
Paul Dimmock.
Photos by Whitianga’s Matt Algie of the Mercury Bay Boating Club
prize-giving held last Saturday.
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Page 13
Catherine’s Comments
Catherine Delahunty - Green Party MP
The Government Budget last week was
pretty revealing.
No surplus and very little in the core
vital areas of health and education.
The environment was mentioned in
a cursory manner in relationship to
spending more money on water quality
collaborations.
That sounds great, but in the next breath
they gave $25 million to irrigation scheme
funding, thus incentivising more large
dairy farms to put water quality at risk.
They are also spending $87 million on
converting forestry into a green desert of
dairying in the upper Waikato catchment
area, just as the price of dairy products
plummets. The utter failure of the National
Party's Emissions Trading Scheme
was ignored as we continue to be the
little country that wouldn't take this
issue seriously.
Much was made of the first benefit
increase in 43 years, but that $25.00 per
household was tempered by the news that
sole parents would have to find 20 hours a
week of paid work when their child turned
three years. And then there were cuts to
Kiwisaver.
Overall the Budget was as opaque as
ever with the usual desperate scramble to
figure out what was new money and what
was in fact a cut.
The country is not in great shape.
I have been speaking to farming people
in the Waikato who say the dairy price
will hurt the whole economy as well as
indebted farmers because the government
has fostered this industry at the expense of
more diversification. So with “mine it or
milk it” the government's only plan, we are
now very vulnerable.
I saw just how economic policy affects
communities last week when I visited
some Auckland front line organisations
to discuss what they think of the
impacts of inequality. Affordable rental
accommodation and food were the leading
issues, with many families in overcrowded
expensive and cold houses.
The unfeeling and horribly bureaucratic
policies of Work and Income were also
highlighted. Job creation should be a
leading policy as the market has failed to
create decent well-paid jobs.
The Green Party has strong housing
polices which would protect renters and
make homes more affordable. We have a
major commitment to healthy food and
schools as hubs for healthcare and food for
our kids. We want all families to get a tax
credit so they can feed their kids and pay
their power bills.
The Budget was drafted by people who
are insulated from poverty and who are
prepared to cut the conservation budget and
ignore climate change. Is that leadership in
our time?
UFB - how does it work and
how much will it cost?
The installation of Ultra fast Broadband (UFB) in Whitianga will be undertaken by a contractor
in partnership with the government once the decision have been taken to go ahead in the area.
The contractor is unlikely to be a company that deals with the public. Based on the experience in
other areas such as Whanganui, they will provide the service to the street and do the connections to
your house after you have entered into a contract for UFB with a retailer. Once the infrastructure is
in place, there will be a range of retailers putting their hands up to provide services to households.
For Whitianga we won’t know how many retailers there will be until after the cables are in,
but in other centres such as Tauranga, there can as many as 30 different companies offering UFB.
The typical UFB package, once it becomes available, would include one or more home lines and
broadband, or “naked” broadband with no home line. More people seem to be choosing this naked
broadband option now and using just their mobile phone for everything.
Pricing for the average home use plan is comparable with what most people are paying now for
their standard home line/copper broadband mix, but the data caps are much higher and the speeds
are substantially faster for the same money.
We will as time goes by move towards more internet-based services that suck bandwidth,
so today’s 80 gigabyte monthly data allowance might sound like a huge amount (and it is),
but it could be eaten up by movies, music and streaming - depending on your lifestyle and family
requirements. It is therefore vital - not only for businesses, but also for private households that we get UFB for Whitianga as soon as possible.
There are a number of websites available which provide more information www.ultrafastfibre.co.nz/get-ultrafast and www.ufb.org.nz/pricing-plans are two that we
found helpful.
In order for Whitianga to get included in the first round of the government’s allocations of UFB
funding, Thames Coromandel District Council needs as many Whitianga ratepayers and residents
as possible to complete the surveys on their website. TCDC must provide their initial submissions to
the government by Friday 3 July. There is no guarantee that Whitianga will be allocated funding in
the first round, but without strong and urgent support from the local community, TCDC will struggle
to make a strong case to government and the rollout could be delayed by months or years.
We, at The Informer, would like to encourage you to complete two online surveys that will help
TCDC with their bid for broadband for Whitianga. This is the link to the survey for personal home
users - www.surveymonkey.com/s/communitybroadband. This survey closes on 12 June. This is
the link for business users - www.surveymonkey.com/s/tcdcbroadband. This survey closes almost
a week earlier on 7 June.
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• Roofing
• Water treatments systems
• Septic tanks
• Hot Water cylinders
• New Housing
• Alterations
• General Maintenance
• Solar water heating
• All LPG gas installation
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17 Coghill Street, Whitianga. Phone 07 866 4513,
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Rugby Club shows
support for St John
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On Friday last week Chris Costello (pictured centre) and Wayne Smith (on the left)
from the Mercury Bay Rugby & Sports Club handed to Mike Burrows, the Whitianga St
John Ambulance Station manager, a cheque for $500 in appreciation of the support
the Rugby Club gets from St John.
“Injuries can and do happen on the rugby field, during training and during games,”
said Chris. “It’s always reassuring to know that professional help is only a phone call
away should one of our players or one of our opponents suffer an injury.”
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• Laundries
• Vanities
• Walk in robes
• Splash backs • Media Units
Contact Carol Harker: 866 4111 or 027 22 66 289
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Op-Shops and JP
Social Services Op Shops - 2 Cook Drive, Whitianga. Open Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm and Coghill
Street (west of Albert Street), Whitianga. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00am - 1:00pm. Also JP at Social Services,
every Monday 10:00am - 12:00 noon. Phone 866 4476 for more information.
The Church Op-Shop, at St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Owen Street, Whitianga. Open Thursday to
Saturday 8:30am - 12:30pm.
St John Op-Shop, Coghill Street (east of Albert Street), Whitianga. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm.
Phone 869 5416. Every first Saturday of the month a special promotion.
Free Community Meals
At St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Albert Street, Whitianga. Phone St Andrews on 867 1102 or email
mjpetersen@xtra.co.nz for more information.
Mercury Bay Community Bus
Available for transport to hospital, specialist or health related appointments outside of the Whitianga area.
Phone 866 4993 for information and bookings.
“Whitianga Movers and Losers” (the Old WW’s)
Wednesdays 5:00pm - 6:00pm at St Peters Anglican Church, Dundas St, Whitianga. $2 donation
(to cover cost of room rent). We promote a slow, steady weight loss based on eating well, nourishing foods and
moving more - towards maintaining our our ideal weight and optimal health. New members always welcome.
Whitianga Senior Citizens Club
Meet Mondays in the Whitianga Town Hall, 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Bowls, scrabble, card games, housie etc.
Afternoon tea, 55 plus age group. Contact Pam Phillips (president) 866 5908 for more information.
Road Cycling and Mountain Biking
Road cycling meet every Saturday at 8:00am at the Fire Station intersection, Whitianga. Phone Bryan on
022 155 8944 for more information. Mountain biking meet every Tuesday at 5:15pm and every Saturday at 7:30am
at the Fire Station intersection, Whitianga. Phone Paul on 021 605 230 for more information.
SeniorNet Whitianga Incorporated
Classes held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at various times. We give older adults an opportunity to demistify their
computers and to learn more about new communications and information technology. Contact Lorna Russell on
866 4215 for more information or to join.
Mercury Bay Badminton
Every Wednesday 9:30am - 11:00am at the Whitianga Town Hall. All welcome. Phone Diane on 027 246 1915 for
more information.
Mercury Bay Indoor Bowling Club
Thursday evenings at 6:45pm in the Whitianga Town Hall. New members and visitors welcome. Just come along or
phone Doreen on (07) 866 5237 or Alan on (07) 866 4024 for more information.
Whitianga Probus Club
Meet on the fourth Monday of every month at the Mercury Bay Bowling Club, 92 Cook Drive, Whitianga. Friendly club
for seniors. Visitors welcome. Phone Arnold or Vivienne Leigh on (07) 869 5995 for more information.
Mercury Bay Table Tennis
Every Tuesday 9:30am - 11:30am at the Whitianga Town Hall. All welcome. Phone Pat or Neville on 867 1447 for
more information.
Whitianga Camera Club
Meet the first Monday of every month at 7:00pm at Campbells Steak ‘n Ale, Campbell Street, Whitianga. Phone Kay
and Paul Evison on 866 2262 or Lia Priemus on 866 2437 for more information. All welcome.
Mercury Bay Creative Fibre Group
Spinning, weaving, dyeing, everything to do with fibre. Meet the first and third Wednesday of every month from
10:00am - 2:00pm at the Whitianga Town Hall. Phone Betty on 867 1233 for more information.
St John Cadets
Meet every Monday from 6:30pm - 7:30pm at the St John Ambulance Station, Cook Drive, Whitianga. Phone Beth
on (07) 869 5294 or (021) 241 9757 for more information.
Free Anger Management Counselling Sessions
For men - Every Wednesday afternoon. Phone Whitianga Social Services on 866 4476 for more information.
For women - Every Tuesday morning. Phone Whitianga Social Services on 866 4476 for more information.
Operation Cover-Up
Meet the last Wednesday of every month at Whitianga Social Services from 1:30pm - 3:30pm. An initiative knitting
clothing for Missions without Borders in the Ukraine and Moldova. Phone Brenda on 866 5814 for more information.
Whitianga Social Services Youth Space
Corner of Bryce Street and Cook Drive, Whitianga. Open Wednesday - Fridays after school. Phone 866 4472 for
more information.
Whitianga Art Group
Meet every Thursday and Friday at the Art Centre in School Road, Whitianga. New members welcome.
Phone Heather on 866 4474 or Maryanne on 866 4099 for more information.
Fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House
Friday 5 June at the Ray White Auction Rooms, Monk Street, Whitianga with Bevan Williams. From 4:30pm 6:30pm. Entry by donation.
Whitianga Social Services Youth Space Girls Night In
Friday 5 June from 5:30pm. Natural homemade face and body care - “How to” class + goodie bag. For 12-24 year
olds. Corner of Bryce Street and Cook Drive. Phone 866 4472 for more information.
Mercury Bay Area School First XV Rugby
Saturday 6 June v Te Aroha at Lyon Park, Whitianga. Kick off at 11:30am.
Meeting Karpovsky
Saturday 6 June at 7:00pm at the Whitianga Town Hall. Cash bar and nibbles from 6:30pm. Tickets $15 each,
available from Paper Plus Whitianga. A Creative Mercury Bay initiative (in conjunction with Arts on Tour NZ).
Messy Church
Sunday 7 June from 4:30pm - 6:00pm at St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, Albert Street, Whitianga.
For families with children of all ages. Fun and food.
Weekly Church Services
Mercury Bay Co-operating Parish
St Andrews by the Sea Community Church, 9:30am every Sunday worship service and kids friendly Bible sessions
with Rev Mary Petersen, Albert St, Whitianga.
Anglican Services
St Peter the Fisherman, 9:30am Sunday services. All are welcome, Dundas St, Whitianga.
Crossroad Encounter Fellowship
10:00am Sundays, cnr Joan Gaskell Drive and Cook Drive, Whitianga.
St Patrick’s Catholic Church
Weekend Mass Saturday 5:30pm and Sunday 8.30am, Monday - Friday 9:00am (except Tuesday no Mass,
Wednesday 12:00 noon). Tairua Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 9:00am, tel 866 2189.
Whitianga Baptist Church
10:00am every Sunday, children’s programme, 112 Cook Drive, Whitianga, tel 866 4027.
C3 Whitianga
10:30am every Sunday, children’s programme, 23 Coghill St, Whitianga,
email info@c3whitianga.org.nz.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Meet on Sundays 10:00am - 11:30am at the Whitianga Town Hall.
Children’s programme. Phone 021 277 2126 for more information.
Seventh Day Adventists
Home study group. Phone Laurie/Lois on 866 2808 for more information.
Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Rescue Helicopter Update
with Walter Russell QSM JP - chair of the Coromandel Rescue Helicopter Trust
Everyone must be keeping healthy and
driving with care as May was a much
quieter month for the rescue helicopter,
with only 22 missions on the Peninsula,
three of which were to Tauranga.
Some interesting statistics that have
just come through are that of the last
348 missions carried out until 31 March
2015, on average the direct cost of
each mission was close to $7,000.00.
Of that amount the government pays
approximately half through various
agencies and the rest has to be funded
by fundraising events and donations. A
quick calculation shows that the balance
required runs into the millions of dollars
each year.
Every cent counts and we truly
appreciate the lengths people will go to
Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
in order to support us, to, in turn, support
the community.
We have started the process to enable
the installation of a GPS approach
system into Pauanui and Tairua to
increase the ability of the helicopter to
land in most weather events. This is an
expensive facility to establish and we
have been thrilled to have the support
of a group of Pauanui people who have
raised almost all of the start-up funding
for this project already. Once the GPS
system is established we can then move
onto the next Peninsula community site.
Should you wish to donate or contact
us for any reason, please phone me on
(07) 866 5032 or email us at
crht@xtra.co.nz or write to us at
PO Box 227 Whitianga 3542.
Auckland and Coromandel rescue Helicopter Missions from 27 April to 26 May 2015
29.04.15 Hot Water Beach - Responded to Hot Water Beach for a female patient in her 40s suffering a medical
condition. Transported to WBH in a serious condition.
03.05.15 Whitianga - Responded to Whitianga for a teenage male patient suffering a bicycle injury. Transported to
WBH in a moderate condition.
04.05.15 Whangamata - Responded to Whangamata for a female patient in her 60s suffering a medical condition.
Transported to WBH in a serious condition.
05.05.15 Cathedral Cove - Responded to Cathedral Cove for a male patient in his 60s suffering a medical condition.
Unfortunately after much effort to revive the patient, he was pronounced deceased.
06.05.15 Paeroa - Responded to Paeroa for a female child suffering injuries after a car accident. Transported her
to WBH in a critical condition.
06.05.15 Whitianga - Responded to Whitianga for a female patient in her 60s suffering a medical condition.
Transported her to WBH in a moderate condition.
07.05.15 Waihi Beach - Responded to Waihi Beach for a male patient in his 70s suffering a medical condition.
Transported him to Tauranga Hospital in a critical condition.
Transported her to WBH in a serious condition.
09.05.15 Waihi - Responded to Waihi for a male patient in his teens suffering injuries after a rugby accident.
Transported him to WBH in a serious condition.
09.05.15 Tairua - Responded to Tairua for a male patient in his 40s suffering a medical condition. Transported him
to WBH in a moderate condition.
09.05.15 Mangatarata - Responded to Mangatarata for a female patient in her 60s suffering injuries after a horse
riding accident. Transported her to MMH in a serious condition.
09.05.15 Whangamata - Responded to Whangamata for a female patient in her 70s suffering injuries after a fall.
10.05.15 Tauranga Hospital - Responded to Tauranga Hospital to transfer a male child suffering a medical condition
to Starship Hospital.
11.05.15 Paeroa - Responded to Paeroa for a patient suffering a medical condition. Stood down en-route and
re-tasked to Waiheke Island.
16.05.15 Waiomu - Responded to Waiomu for a male patient in his 70s suffering injuries after a fall. Transported
him to NSH in a moderate condition.
17.05.15 Tauranga - Responded to Tauranga, as tasked by RCC, to winch 2 crew off a 44 foot yacht in distress 75
nautical miles off the coast of Tauranga. Returned 2 crew to Tauranga, handed crew over to Police SAR and returned
to base.
17.05.15 Thames - Responded to Thames for a male patient in his teens suffering injuries after falling from his
mountain bike. Transported him to WBH in a serious condition.
20.05.15 Waikawau Bay - Responded to Waikawau Bay for a male patient suffering a medical condition.
Stood down en-route.
22.05.15 Coromandel - Responded to Coromandel for a female patient in her 20s suffering injuries after a MVA.
23.05.15 Tauranga Hospital - Responded to Tauranga Hospital for a child needing to be transferred to Starship
Hospital.
24.05.15 Coromandel Airport - Responded to Coromandel Airport for a female patient in her 70s suffering injuries
after a fall. Transported her to WBH in a serious condition.
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Sudoku
Fishing Report with Alan Proctor
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Puzzle 639
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The last long weekend for a few months
brought the expected visitors, many of
them keen to get out and try their luck
with rod and reel. The Mercury Bay
Spearfishing Open also saw quite a
few chasing their prey from under the
water.
Unfortunately the weather didn’t
really play ball on Sunday, although
the spearos weren’t deterred and went
on to have a good day anyway.
The Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club
held our annual snapper tournament
on Saturday and although the number
of entrants exceeded all expectations,
the heaviest fish weighed in at less
than 8kg, which surprised many of
us, with the weather dictating where
many of the smaller vessels could fish
and thereby determining that many top
spots were out of bounds.
It is fair to say that overall results
in the last week have been a little
below par, which isn’t what we would
normally expect at this time of year.
As already stated, sloppy conditions
have often limited fishers from
reaching those high performing spots,
which does make a difference. Many
fishers have been reporting that they
have been catching snapper around or
just below the 30cm mark, which means
they are being returned - although
there are also reports from some that
had over-burleyed and managed to find
themselves surrounded by sharks.
Best results this week came from
those fishing around the Mercury
Islands, especially the eastern side
when you could get out there.
Stanley, Double and Korapuki all had
their moments too. The inner islands
seemed to be holding more of the
smaller fish, although on the right
tide the back of Centre is still proving
productive.
Not much news from shore fishers
this week with fairly lean pickings
reported from those I did see.
We really see this temporary
drop- off in fishing success as an
anomaly and fully expect things in the
next few days to get back to the top
fishing we have been enjoying.
For those of you that have succumbed
to the cooler winter days, give a thought
to heading down to our club rooms on
Wednesday nights for our $10 roasts.
If you have any questions about this
or any other of our club activities,
call the Mercury
Bay Game Fishing
Club on 866 4121.
Tight lines,
Alan
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Solar design and installation business
Good Energy in new hands
Mercury Bay’s dedicated solar design
and installation service, Good Energy
- owned and operated by James Winter
and Tara King since 2010, has recently
had a change of ownership.
The new owners are Simon and
Heather Jack of Whitianga.
Other than the transfer of ownership,
Good Energy is trading and operating as
usual with James still actively involved
in the technical support, installation and
design part of the business, working
alongside Simon on a regular basis.
Selling the business has allowed
The previous and new owners of Good Energy, the Mercury Bay
solar design and installation business.
From left to right - James Winter, Tara King, Simon Jack and Heather Jack.
James the freedom to study and pursue
other interests in the music industry.
“We look forward to continuing the
good work that James and Tara have
put into developing Good Energy into
the business it is today,” says Heather.
“We have every intention of continuing
good relationships with all of Good
Energy’s existing clients and will be
offering ongoing support for their solar
systems. All existing clients and those
that have current quotes with Good
Energy can be assured that we have made
the commitment to ensuring a seamless
flow and continuity for all those that may
be affected by the change of ownership.”
Simon is a registered electrician who
worked primarily in the electrical sector
in Tauranga. He has a great interest in
alternative energy sources and as such is
very keen to develop his understanding
and knowledge of the solar industry.
Heather has a strong background in
business management and marketing,
as well as a desire to learn more about
solar design. She will be the voice
behind the phone in the office and handle
all sales and support enquiries.
The couple spent the last year running
Cooks Beach Resort as the on-site
managers, which was their introduction
to Whitianga, moving to Mercury Bay
from Rotorua to take on the role.
Both Heather and Simon have fallen in
love with the area and have invested in
a bare block of land where they intend
to build their own self-sufficient offgrid home while becoming permanent
members of the Whitianga community.
Entering into an alternative energy
business has been a step towards
developing a self-sufficient lifestyle
for themselves and helping others do
the same.
“We are excited about developing the
opportunities for households throughout
the Coromandel Peninsula to invest
in utilising solar as part of their daily
lifestyle,” says Heather. “Solar is a
terrific energy source and there are very
exciting developments on the horizon in
the solar industry. Utilising renewable
energy sources is going to become a very
important part of our future if we are to
lower greenhouse emissions and try to
slow global warming.
“According to the New Zealand
Energy Strategy of 2007, if New
Zealand achieves 90 per cent renewable
electricity by 2025, then this - coupled
with energy efficiency measures will cut greenhouse gas emissions back
to an emissions level the country saw
in 1990.”
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Puzzle US 639
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Tel no: ___________________________________________________________
Go in the draw to win a weekend for two in Queenstown next winter (transport to
Auckland Airport, flights, accommodation and $500 spending money included).
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week. The winner will be notified by phone. No correspondence will be entered
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MAKING PROJECTIONS
BY TOM MCCOY / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ
Note - When this puzzle is completed, an apt phrase can be found by starting
at the top central letter and reading clockwise.
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ACROSS
1 Choco ____ (Klondike treat)
5 School
10 Items that may be labeled SMTWTFS
15 Dog sound
18 Series of numbers?
20 Kurt Vonnegut’s “Happy Birthday,
____ June”
21 Former part of the British Empire
22 Joe Biden’s home: Abbr.
23 “I expected as much”
25 Towering
26 Letters of obligation
27 Hair piece
28 Currency that, in one denomination,
features a portrait of Linnaeus
30 Garment for tennis, perhaps
32 Not as exciting
34 Return from a store
37 When blacksmithing began
39 Perfect orbit
40 Fanatical
41 66, e.g.: Abbr.
42 Nav. rank
43 Run ____
44 Boarded
45 “Awe-SOME!”
47 Occurring in March and September, say
50 Shenanigans
53 Dietary no-no
54 Grey and ochre
55 “There is ____ in team”
56 Pleasant inflection
57 Park opened in 1964
59 Easy-peasy task
60 Chocolate- mint brand with peaks in its
logo
63 Temperature units
64 Muscles worked by leg presses
65 Anti-Revolutionary of 1776
66 Gets harsher
68 An example of itself
70 Lacto-____ vegetarian
71 Condemned
72 Gone
76 Hockey team with a patriotic name
78 Distraction for many an idle person
80 Bests
81 Capacious
82 Apple desktop
83 National Novel Writing Mo.
84 Havana-to-Palm Beach dir.
85 Eagerly accept
86 See 92-Across
88 Handled roughly
90 Japanese for “teacher”
91 Message to one’s followers
92 Portrayer of
86 -Across in “Elf”
93 Artifact
95 Rakes
97 Cooking-spray brand
98 “The Downeaster ‘____’ ” (Billy Joel
song)
100 Sleep mode?
106 Malt product
107 Bring home the gold
108 Barely manage
109 Breakfast-cereal maker
110 Hyphenated fig.
111 Factions
112 “It was just a joke!”
113 Where writing is on the wall?
DOWN
1 Mai ____
2 Bottom-row key
3 Capt. Kangaroo’s network
4 Peak that’s known as “The Great One”
5 Rare notes
6 Crisp bit in a stir-fry
7 Further
8 String after B
9 Seafood-soup base
10 Series opener
11 Privy to
12 Attraction that operates under its own
steam?
13 Not in the dark
14 Authorization
15 Catcher of some waves
16 Shake-ups in corps.
17 Champagne holder
19 Seasonal linguine topper
24 “____ even”
29 Expunge
31 Prepare to tie a shoelace, say
32 Staple of quiz bowls
33 Redolence
35 Pro ____
36 Coin to pay for passage across the River
Styx
38 Put another way
39 Strewn
41 Fodder for tabloids
44 Little bugger
45 Wise ones
46 Daughter of Hyperion
48 Condition of sale
49 TV’s “The ____ Today”
50 Bring, as to a repair shop
51 Thoroughfare
52 Dog sounds
54 Collapsed, with “in”
57 Ends of letters
58 Somebody ____
59 Words below an orange on a license
plate
60 One of 24 in a glucose molecule
61 Bagel topper
62 It might contain a list of postal
abbreviations
63 Something you might get a kick out of?
64 Steven Wright’s “I intend to live forever.
So far, so good,” e.g.
66 Capital city founded during a gold rush
67 Mariana, e.g.
68 ____ a one
69 What’s superior to Lake Superior: Abbr.
71 Hip-hop’s Mos ____
72 Hematophagous creature
73 Buddy
74 Pass
75 Hand source
77 Bank to rely on
78 Soaks (up)
79 Pouting expression
81 Major stockholder?
83 “m” and “n”
85 Hula hoop?
86 Dumbfound
87 Small change
88 June honorees
89 Parts, as blinds
90 Blind parts
94 Highway number
96 Variety of antelope
99 Fiction
101 Old White House moniker
102 Unit usually seen with the prefix deci103 Equal: Prefix
104 Big name in current research?
105 Point of writing?
Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Great turnout for
Snapper Tournament
UK Style Crossword © Lovatts Puzzles
Puzzle UK 639
Name: ___________________________________________________________
Tel no: ___________________________________________________________
With 66 anglers fishing off 26 vessels in the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club’s annual Snapper
Tournament held on Saturday last week, the number of entrants far exceeded all expectations
and made for a great atmosphere at the club during and after prize-giving.
The sea conditions were reported to be a little more sloppy than expected, which limited the
fishing area for many smaller boats - especially as the day wore on. This impacted on the
number of fish weighed, although not many complaints will be heard from the overall winner
who caught the largest fish and was also in the sweepstake, walking away with $940 cash after
a good day out on the water.
The results were (in the order of angler, vessel, weight (kg) and prize) Open Section
1st
Ian Wildman
Hannibal
7.54
$590.00
2nd
Luke Findlay
Early Times
6.195
$354.00
3rd
Graeme Tucker
Trophy
6.105
$236.00
Junior Section
1st
Tom Bennett
Renagade
2.355
$35.00
2nd
Connor Holmes
Yogi
1.25
$21.00
Sweepstake
1st
Hannibal
$350.00
Pictured are Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club manager Alan Proctor (left) and overall winner Ian
Wildman during prize-giving.
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Sport Results
MERCURY BAY CLUB SNOOKER
Wednesday 27 May
Best of three frames.
Winner - Warren Bellingham with three straight wins.
Two wins for Ken Gibson (runner-up) and Trevor
Rashleigh.
Highest Break Ken Gibson 22.
MERCURY BAY INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Thursday 28 May
A general club night was held with a good turnout from
members. After three games, the winners were Doreen
Davies, Earl Inch, Jim Hargreaves and Allan Gardiner.
Runners-up were Rose Stewart, Lyn Wilkins and Keith
Denny. Good Sports - Merle Ward, Terry Buchanan,
Brian Lawn and Glynne Jackson. Great to see a number
of our new members in the results.
COOKS BEACH INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Wednesday 27 May
24 players competed.
Winners - Norm Strong, Lois MacDonald and Keith
Wright.
Runners-Up - Trevor Knight, Frank Caulton and Alan
Gregory.
TAIRUA INDOOR BOWLING CLUB
Monday 25 May
Despite miserable weather, a good number of bowlers
turned out for roll-up bowls.
Winners - John McConnell, Ron Annan, Beryl Burrows
and Jan Spinlay.
Runners Up - Mal Burrows, Margaret Snodgrass,
Peter Carverhill and Johnny Morrison.
Choc Fish Award - Ken Lowe, Ray Bruce,
Shirley Pedersen and Ray Thompson.
Raffles - Peter Carverhill, Bev Mancer, Johnny Morrison,
Jan Spinlay, Perrine Busby and Joan Smith.
MERCURY BAY CONTRACT BRIDGE CLUB
Champion Pairs Round 1 - Wednesday 27 May 2015
North/South - 1 Ernie Pitchfork and Sue Gill 70.11,
2 Laura Scaglia and Augusta Canegallo 59.79,
3 Maggie Urlich and Pete Hogg 55.56.
East/West - 1 Giorgio Allemano and Annette Cox
63.99, 2 Jenny Layton and Lynne Mitchell 54.17,
3 Martin Lewis and Vivienne Leigh 53.87.
HAHEI BRIDGE CLUB
Mahurangi Pairs - Tuesday 26 May
North/South - 1 Jean Martin and Annette Cox 57.44,
2 Bev Dickie and Val Dwight 52.68, 3 Laura Scaglia and
Myra Hoogwerf 52.08.
East/West - 1 Robyn Hogg and Peter France 66.07,
2 Dave Dylla and Bill Cummings 59.52, 3 Carol Brewer
and Vivienne Leigh 54.17.
MERCURY BAY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Ladies’ Golf - Wednesday 27 May
The Morrison Cup Handicap Matchplay and a scramble
were played.
The drawn winners were - Glenice Ebsworth,
Maree Denney, Carol Wyborn, Su Marceau,
Debbie Holmes, Robyn Evans and Debbie Davidson.
Nearest the Pin on #4 (sponsored by Mainly Casual) Raewyn Hill, Nearest the Pin on # 18 in 2 (sponsored by
Sheree Henderson) - Debbie Holmes.
Men’s Golf - Wednesday 27 May
Two in form player's tied for the top prize in the
midweek stableford scramble - Mark White and Kevin
Smith with 40 points. Next were Bob Haase, Mike
Borren and Dennis Price with 38, followed by Gordon
Davidson on 36 and Derryck Tomalin on 35 points. Two
players had two two's - Garry Morton and Mark White.
Men’s Golf - Saturday 30 May
See the report on page 27 of this issue of The Informer.
PURANGI GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Thursday 28 May
A 9-hole stableford competition. This was won by
Dick Watson and Barry Scott, both with 20 points.
Kevin Milroy, John North and John Hughes 18 points.
Jim Mitchell and Bill Cummings 17 points.
Saturday 30 May
The 18-hole stableford competition was won by Mike
Davies with 39 points. Closely followed by Geoff Dalzell
and Grant Webster with 38 points, Lauchie Phillips 37
and Dennis Hardie with 36 points.
The 4 Ball Best Ball Competition was won easily
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Sport Results (our thanks to the coaches, managers and administrators who provide us with the results)
by Grant Webster and Mike Davies with 51 points.
Geoff Dalzell and Dennis Hardie and Jim Brown and
John Hay had 46 points
Net Eagles. This was won by Grant Webster and Mark
Osborne.
TAIRUA COUNTRY CLUB
Ladies’ Golf - Tuesday 19 May
The 9-hole ladies played a stableford round as numbers
were down on the day.
Results - Mike Trott 18, Gillian Martin 14.
The 18-hole ladies played the R1 of the Strokeplay
Championships and a LGU net round.
Winners of the R1 - Bronze 1 Marilyn McCabe 87 gross,
Bronze 2 Diana Avery 105 gross.
Nett prizes went to - Lisa Radford, 63, Val Bradley 68,
Robyn Hayward 70, Tina Larsen 72.
Ladies’ Golf - Tuesday 26 May
The 9-hole ladies played another stableford round this
week.
Results - Jill Shanley 16, Gillian Martin 13, Mike Trott
12, c/b Lori Sinton 12.
The 18-hole ladies played the Pat Deal 4 Ball
Best Ball R1.
Results - Robyn Hunter and Nat Hoskin 56,
Sue Poland and Val Bradley 60, Robyn Hayward and
Marine Horan 63.
MERCURY BAY FOOTBALL CLUB
Saturday 30 May
11th Grade - Played the Hauraki Plains Hawks and
won both games, 8-1 and 6-1. Players of the Day were
Sebastian Ross and Marlon Ross.
13th Grade - Played Hauraki Plains and won both
games 3-0 and 3-0. Player of the Day was Corbin
Duerre.
Senior Girls (report by Shannon Trebes) - The Senior
Girls’ first Knock Out Cup game led them to Waihi,
with the help of their sponsors - the Mercury Bay
Lionesses, Mercury Bay Pharmacy, Mana-Nui Motel
The 11th Grade Mercury Bay football team would like to thank Pub Charity
for their new purple uniforms. They would also like to thank Civic Video
for their player of the day vouchers and Mercury Bay Area School
for the use of their fields and facilities.
Pictured are the 11th Grade team members. Back, from left to right Yu (student coach), Marlon, Jakob, Tristan, Michael, Macy, Quinn and Max (coach).
Front, from left to right - Conrad, Cory, Sebastian, Max and Kenzo. Absent - Finn.
and Dino’s Pizza.
In the first half the Bay girls knew they were up
against it this time as Waihi attacked hard. The game
ebbed and flowed from one end to the other, with
the Bay defenders - led by Monica Harris and Brynn
Kays - put under the torch in more ways than one and
with Shannon Trebes being taken out multiple times.
Waihi shot the first goal one minute before the
conclusion of the first half to lead into the break 1-0.
The second half led to a tie for the Bay with a great
follow-up goal from Hannah Parry to shoot and score.
The aggressive nature of the game was causing many
injuries to the Bay players. Nearing the end of the
second half Monica Harris got badly injured, sitting
her out for the rest of the game. One minute to play,
Brynn Kays with a power shot hit the top bar to be
denied the winning goal. The Bay girls continued to hold
their ground for a full-time score of 1-1.
Game score 1-1, but being the Knock Out Cup,
there had to be a winner. So the two teams set up for
an extra two 10 minute halves. Carrying many injured
players, but with plenty of heart, the Bay girls ran out
trying to hold off vicious attacks from the Waihi strikers,
where one beautiful shot slid into the back of the net.
In the second half of extra time the girls were hoping to
regain a goal to even the score, though to no success.
Waihi came out firing, scoring two more quick goals,
final score 4-1 to Waihi.
Player of the Day went to Freda Ngahuia for outstanding
goalkeeping and the Fair Play Award went to Shannon
Trebes.
The Bay girls were knocked out of the Knock Out Cup.
MERCURY BAY JUNIOR RUGBY
Saturday 30 May
9th Grade Black - The team played Paeora Green at
Paeora this weekend. It was another tough game for
the boys playing an experienced team, but a great
learning game with great sportsmanship displayed by
both teams. The score was 70-35 to Paeora. Dylan
Ray was chosen by Paeora for Best and Fairest Player.
Our team chose Brynn Ramage for Best and Fairest
Player and Jack Hill for Tackler of the Day.
8th Grade - The team travelled to Te Aroha for what
promised to be a tough game. The skill levels were
awesome, way above other teams, including hard
tackles from both sides. The Bay forward pack kept
pushing Te Aroha off the ball and our backline attacking
hard resulting in three great tries by Riley Jackman.
Overall a really hard game with Te Aroha just holding
on 20-15. No Fear Tackler went to Colville Green.
Best and Fairest Player went to Danyl Thompson-Hudig.
Super Shone Player of Day was Riley Jackman.
MERCURY BAY SECONDARY SCHOOL RUGBY
Saturday 30 May
4th Grade - The 4th grade kicked off the Club Day at
Lyon Park in Whitianga last Saturday against Waihi.
This was the last game of the first round and the Bay
knew it was going to be their hardest yet.
The game started with the Bay gaining good ground
and having a few good phases of play. They made it
to the Waihi try line, only to drop the ball and for Waihi
to capitalise on and get a runaway try. The Bay put
pressure on Waihi with long periods of possession and
the forwards seemed stronger and more persistent.
Some good set moves set up James Hocking for
the Bay team’s first try of the day. Mercury Bay then
missed a few first-up tackles, which allowed Waihi to
score a few more tries. Waihi led at halftime 27-7.
Mercury Bay took charge of the second half with
Fletcher Bale having some strong runs and also turned
over a lot of the Waihi ball with backup from halfback
Liam McQueen and first five Joe Reynolds. It seemed
as if the Bay were going to be back in the game,
unfortunately a lapse in fitness and vision allowed
Waihi to score four very quick tries. However, the team
did not give up and set up Callum Walker for another try
late in the second half.
Aaron Johansen, Joe Reynolds and Jett Valdez-Olivet
put in some big tackles throughout the game. The Bay
will need to work on this a bit more at training.
Player of the Day went to Fletcher Bale and Achievement
Award went to Joe Reynolds.
The final Score was 58-12 to Waihi.
Thank you also to the team members for their efforts at
their fundraiser on Saturday.
First XV - It wasn't to be Mercury Bay’s day. Playing an
away game at Rhodes Park, Thames in fine but windy
conditions, the stage was set for a great contest.
Two tries came early to Thames High School. The Bay
replied with a try and conversion. By halftime Thames
was 20-7 in front and showing dominance in all areas
of the game.
In the second half Thames was straight back on the
score board, the Bay seeming to have forgotten how to
tackle. But to the Bay’s credit, they never gave up and
finished the game strongly, proving they got it. You just
need to want it. Final score 35-7 to Thames.
A try to Rayven Ngapo and conversion by Jayden Tegg.
Players of the Day as voted by Thames - forward Zarric
Auriom, back Rayven Ngapo.
A big thank you to all the parents and supporters who
made the trip to Thames.
MERCURY BAY SENIOR A RUGBY
Saturday 30 May
See the report and photos on page 28 (back page)
of this issue of The Informer.
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Donk, O’Connor
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duck competitions
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If you think that heaviest duck and duck calling competitions at the Coroglen Tavern on a
Sunday night at the end of May is a quaint, parochial country kind of activity, spare a thought
for poor old Willie Robertson, eking out a living in the backwoods of Louisiana making duck
callers for people like Peter O’Connor, who was announced the winner of the heaviest duck
competition (that ran for all of May) at the pub last Sunday.
Except that Willie Robertson is not old and he most definitely is not poor. Willie’s father Phil
invented the Duck Commander brand of duck callers in 1972. Willie has a business degree
and developed the brand to the point where Phil Robertson has an estimated net worth of
around 15 million US dollars today. “Jump on Google and look up Duck Commander,” said Peter.
“You’ll find it quite interesting.” He wasn’t wrong.
Peter’s duck weighed in at 1.42kg, winning a respectable $400 prize package - including
Coroglen Tavern vouchers and a Birdlands decoy combo pack. His nephew Sam Astwood’s best
duck was just 10 grams lighter, taking out second place with a 1.41kg bird.
The duck calling competition was well supported according to Michelle Harper, with husband
Jed the owner of Coroglen Tavern. “We had seventeen competitors, boys and girls, including
some as young as seven. The winner was Warren George, who everyone knows as ‘Donk.’”
Steve Tree won the dubious honour of first place in the “worst duck call ever” division.
“It sounded like something being strangled,” said Michelle. “It wasn’t pretty.”
Sunday night at the pub was a real family affair with lots of kids enjoying the evening too.
Peter said that he and his family have been duck shooting in the waterways around Coroglen
for more than 30 years. “We shoot for the table, so everything we bring down gets plucked,
goes into the freezer and gets eaten by the family. Nothing is wasted.”
A duck shooting licence costs $91 and that the money goes towards the preservation of
estuaries and the protection of wetlands for future generations. “If we get excessive flooding,
it can take out many of the nesting sites, so it’s important to keep up the management of the
wetlands areas,” Peter said.
By all accounts the numbers have been reasonable this year and the duck shooting season
ended last weekend on a high note with happy hunters and larders full of fat ducks ready for
the roasting pan.
Pictured are Michelle Harper with Peter O’Connor (on the left) and Sam Astwood.
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Classifieds & Public Notices
PUBLIC NOTICES
NEED HELP WITH YOUR BUDGET?
Not sure if the benefit you’re on is correct?
Do you need help to clear some debts?
Did you know the Mercury Bay Budget Service is in town?
Did you know this is a free service
run by Budget Federation trained volunteers?
Call in and make an appointment at
Social Services, 2 Cook Drive, Whitianga.
Or phone our receptionist to make an appointment
time to suit you - 866 4476
KUAOTUNU
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16 June 2015 at 7:00pm at
the KSAR base at
20 Monk Street, Whitianga.
All welcome.
WHITIANGA
SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB
Special General Meeting
Whitianga Town Hall
Monday 15 June at 1:00pm.
Purpose - to elect a
committee for 2015/6.
SITUATIONS VACANT
WHITIANGA COUNTRY
MUSIC & VARIETY CLUB
Due to lack of interest,
the Whitianga Country Music
& Variety Club has decided to hold
a Special General Meeting to
discuss the implications of
going into recess.
Meeting at 2:00pm
21 June 2015
at the Mercury Bay Club.
Any queries contact
Jim Hill (president) on
0274 500 841.
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THIS LOVELY CAT NEEDS A
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before last and brought in to
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find her a new forever home.
Please phone the vets
07 866 5314 or call in if
you can help.
During the time of sorrow we learn
how much our friends really mean to us.
Perhaps you send a lovely card,
or sat upon a chair.
Perhaps you send beautiful flowers,
if so, we saw them there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words
that any friend could say.
Perhaps you were not there at all,
just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so much, whatever your part.
Alison, Ricky and Emily
THANK YOU
MERCURY BAY COMMUNITY CHOIR AGM
Thursday 25 June, 5:30pm.
Unit 29/73 South Highway, Whitianga
DEATH NOTICE
HOWELLS, EILEEN ROSA - 17/1/1939 - 31/5/2015
Dearly loved wife of Gwyn, loving mother of Stephen, Andrew and Jackie.
Devoted grandmother of Alisha, Jessica, Jared, Shannon, Jack, Kane,
Luke, Joshua and Cody. Loving mother in law of Joanne, Leanne and Tony.
Lost a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday 31st May 2015 at 11:15am.
Passing away peacefully at home surrounded by family.
Though your smile has gone forever and your hand we can never touch,
we will never lose the memory of the women we loved so much.
You will always be loved and never forgotten.
Eileen’s farewell will be held at St Andrews by the Sea Community Church,
Albert St Whitianga on Friday 5th June at 12.00pm.
Followed by a private family cremation.
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped Eileen
and family through this very emotional time.
IN MEMORIAM
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Classifieds & Public Notices
FOR SALE
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Full range available.
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Dry ti-tree $120 per load
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Phone 866 3026
FIREWOOD
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Other areas may incur delivery fee.
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“Our expertise in property management will ensure your
investment property is well looked after. You can just sit
back and relax. We also offer a selection of quality
rental homes for tenants.”
We welcome your enquiry at 7 The Esplanade (by the wharf).
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Issue 639 - 3 June 2015
Andrew Fleming
Trophy winners
Last Saturday the Andrew Fleming Trophy was played for at the Mercury Bay Golf
& Country Club.
The format was foursomes played over 36 holes. The field was made up of 17 pairs.
The winners were Bob Haase (pictured left) and Muzz Bennett (pictured right).
They were followed by Geoff Lowe and Shane Hardy and John Lister and
Stuart King.
Bob was also Nearest to the Pin among the senior players (those with a handicap
0 - 18). Wayne Cosgrave was the junior player (a handicap higher than 18) who
was Nearest to the Pin. The senior player who had the Longest Drive was Andrew
Fleming (the donor of the trophy that was played for) and among the junior players
Stuart King had the Longest Drive.
Town too good for
Country in squash clash
Last Saturday saw the second year in a row the Town v Country Shield (or broken
racquet) of the Mercury Bay Squash Club having been up for grabs after a break of
more than 15 years.
Town (those living within the Whitianga town boundaries) won the shield last year
and this year, despite a valiant effort, Country (those living outside Whitianga,
primarily from the “Dark Side” - the Cooks Beach, Hahei, and Hot Water Beach area)
again had to make peace that they won’t be able to transport the shield on the ferry
across the Whitianga River and triumphantly parade it down Link and Purangi Roads.
Of the nine games played, Town won six.
Pictured are the top players of the two teams - Keegan Wells representing Country
(left) and Mark Jones representing Town with the shield prior to their game.
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Page 27
Good win for Mercury Bay Senior A
rugby team on Saturday
By Dwayne Mansell - Mercury Bay Senior A rugby team coach
Last Saturday the Mercury Bay Senior A rugby team took on Hauraki North at Lyon
Park in Whitianga in front of a big crowd of supporters.
A win by North would see them take out the first round cup of the Thames Valley
Rugby Union Senior A Competition. With North beating the Mercury Bay team twice
last season convincingly, the Bay knew they had to come out firing. North pressured
the Bay line from early on and missed an early penalty attempt, but the Bay boys were
able to fight back and end the half with a penalty and a well-worked team try by Maui
Paurini-Hakaria to go into halftime 8-0.
Mercury Bay started the second half playing into the breeze. The boys were able to
hold onto possession and, with some strong play, Jesse Hewitt-Van Der Putten was
able to score a converted try in the corner. North fought back in the last 20 minutes,
successfully kicking a penalty goal, but weren't able to cross the Bay line. The Bay
boys were able to then turn defence into attack and captain Kieran Ramage scored
the team’s third try for a final score of 22-3 to Mercury Bay. Beau Hamilton kicked one
penalty and two conversions.
The second round draw of the Thames Valley Rugby Union Senior A Competition comes
out this week. Keep an eye out for this weekend’s Senior A game on the Mercury Bay
Rugby & Sport Club’s Facebook page, the Informer website or the black board at Lyon
Park in Whitianga.
The team would like to thank everyone who supported not only them, but also the club
day and glow in the dark party, on Saturday. Both the day and the party in the evening
were a huge success.
Pictured on the photo left is Maui Paurini-Hakaria scoring for Mercury Bay in the first
half. On the photo right are the Senior A team members after the game on Saturday
with their coaches, some family members and members of the Mercury Bay 9th Grade
Gold team who were ball boys during the game. Photos by Marie Relph.

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