The Patea & Waverley Press February 2019 by Cath Sheard

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February 2019

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Patea Rugby and Sports Club 2018 was a great year for Patea Rugby and Sports Club, not only continuing with Senior and Junior Rugby, Cricket and Junior Running, but the club also welcomed Tennis and Squash, as we amalgamated with the respective clubs. 2019 has already seen the club grow, with the recent addition of junior rugby league – a big club welcome to the Patea Junior Warriors. The next few months will see a lot on for the club, please see below a round-up of all our sports; CLUB AGM The Clubs AGM will be held on Wednesday 20th February at 7pm at the Murray Wills Sports Centre. All are welcome to come along. The AGM will be followed by a general club meeting. CLUBROOM HIREAGE The Murray Wills Sports Centre (clubrooms) is available for hire. It must be noted that to hire the clubrooms you must be a member of the club. It is only $10 to join to become a member. You should also be aware that to come into the clubrooms for post match functions you must also be a paid member. The hireage rates for the club are as follows; • Day Functions - $100.00 • Evening Functions - $200.00 • All day Function - $ 300.00 (e.g. a wedding) • A bond of $250 will also apply at the discretion of the club committee. To hire the facilities please contact our Club Captain Todd Woollett either through the Red Rock Cafe on (06) 273 8830 or 027 671 2912. To become a club member please contact our Treasurer Kate Murdoch on 027 541 2955. JUNIOR RUGBY We would like to welcome our new junior convenors Thomas & Courtney Werder. The junior convenor roll is an important part of the club and is a role that was previously held by Dean & Maree Hurley for the last few years. The club would like to thank Dean and Maree for all the work they put in over the last few years and also to Thomas & Courtney for taking the job on. Junior Rugby for 2019 will kick off in term two. There will be two muster & weigh in days, details are as follows; • Sunday 24th February – Patea Domain, 1 – 2 pm • Wednesday 27th February – Patea Domain, 6 – 7 pm. Junior rugby starts with an under-6 Rippa Rugby (non-contact) age group, up to under 13’s. The number and make-up of the teams will be determined by the numbers that register at the muster days. For more information regarding junior rugby please feel free to contact Thomas and Courtney on with (06) 273 4473 or 027 460 6333. SENIOR RUGBY A preliminary Division Two draw has been put out by the Rugby Union. It will see the Patea Senior 3rd’s side play six home games throughout the regular season. The draw is as follows; • 13th April – V. Stratford, HOME • 19th April – V. Inglewood, AWAY • 26th April – V. Okaiawa, HOME – Please note that this is a Friday night game and will be played under lights. • 4th May – V. Tukapa, HOME • 11th May – V. Kaponga, AWAY • 18th May – V. Spotswood United, HOME – Sheer a Sheep Night • 25th May – V. Bell Block, AWAY • 1st June – V. Southern, HOME – Old Timers & Sponsors Day • 8th June – V. Coastal, AWAY • 15th June – V. Toko, AWAY • 22nd June – V. New Plymouth Old Boys, HOME – Senior Prizegiving to follow the aftermatch function. • FINALS rounds will follow the regular season. Once again this year our Senior 3rd Coach will be Daniel Furness. We are currently looking for a Team Manager to assist Daniel in his role. The Senior 3rd’s team will be having a start of season get together BBQ and a game of Touch at the Domain on Wednesday 20th February from 6.30pm. If you are interested in the Team Managers position or playing in the Senior side please contact our Club Captain Todd Woollett on 027 671 2912 or Daniel Furness on 027 298 0565. JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE The newest addition to the club is an exciting one for the community. Patea has not had a presence within the junior league competition for a number of years and if it wasn’t for the vision and hard work of Tere Diamond and his organising committee, the Patea Junior Warriors wouldn’t be happening.

The club will be fielding an under 7, under 9 and under 11 teams in the Taranaki Junior Rugby League competition. There will be a junior rugby league muster day for those interested in playing, details are as follows; • Saturday 9th February – Patea Domain, 10am to 12pm. Please bring either your childs birth certificate or passport to register. There will be a free sausage sizzle and lolly scramble. CRICKET The Patea Cricket Team continues again this year, with some solid performances. A number of younger players have joined the side this cricketing season and have been a great addition to the team. The club would like to thank Ash, Pratik and the whole Patel family for their continued support and sponsorship of Patea Cricket for the last few years. If you are interested in playing Cricket please contact our club Captain Todd Woollett. TENNIS Patea has had a long history of tennis over the years, with the Patea Club being one of the oldest in the country. The amalgamation with the sports club has been made to ensure this strong history continues into the future. Patea currently has a Ladies team competing in the Taranaki competition, which sees the team travel throughout the province to compete on Mondays. The annual Business House Competition will begin on 5th February. The competition will be held on Tuesdays at 6pm. As many in our community are aware the tennis courts at the domain are in major need of repair. This is an issue the club is taking very seriously and are working very have to find the best solution for both the club and the community. If you are interested in playing Tennis or would like some more information about Tennis in Patea please contact Alva Honeyfield on 021 261 9463. JUNIOR RUNNING Junior Running will start for the 2019 season on Wednesday 13th February at 5.30pm. Evening running consists of running events in distances from 25m to 400m and is open to under 2 year olds to 13 year olds. This year’s running season will go for nine weeks, weather dependant, with the last week being held under lights. Registration fee for the season will be $5 per child. For more information about junior running please contact our running co-ordinator Kate Murdoch on 027 541 2955. SQUASH The club is continuing to work to rebuild good competitive Squash in Patea. There have been regular club nights at the end of 2018, which will continue in 2019. In March we will be holding a business house competition. This will consist of teams of three people. If you are interested in entering a team please let Kate Murdoch know on 027 541 2955. The Squash courts are also available for regular use by Club members. To become a member or find out more about Squash please contact Kate. To keep up to date will all aspects of the Patea Rugby & Sports Club please follow us on Facebook @PateaSports.

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SAINT PATRICKS & FRANCIS de SALES PARISH

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“In the Spirit of Christian Community to coordinate the life of the Parish for the involvement of all.” St Patrick’s 29 Egmont St, Patea Parish Sec: Linda Towers Ph: 06 273 8241 Fax: 06 273 8242 email: stpatspatea@xtra.co.nz

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St Luke’s Patea - John Hill 06 273 8969, John Hughes 06 273 8353 St George’s, Patea - Rev. Karen Cook 06 273 8581, Howard Anderson 06 273 6004, Rev. Tipene Anaru 021 0882 5947 Church of the Good Shepherd, Waverley - Roy Hotter 06 346 5445 Op shop: Tues, Wed, Fri 10am-12.30pm. Ph Judi 273 8929.

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Local News BEREAVEMENTS

Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Ruth (Lucinda Ruth) Merrigan, and Valerie Norma Gunn.

BIRTHDAY

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Manchester Park Playground Project

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It was 2015 when the playground at Manchester Street was dismantled by order of the South Taranaki District Council, due to an expiry date and other unsafe features on the playground unit. It came out of the blue to the local residents in the street but was a complete shock to the children who were running home to their Nan Tina Fisher calling out that ‘the man is taking the playground ground!’ Tina Fisher and Laura Maruera both went to the Patea Community Board meetings to canvas their support to have a play ground replaced. Unfortunately, the Council were not going to re-instate a playground – due to a small population - but they encouraged the community to find funding to build it themselves. With approval to do that, a number of community meetings were held between the Council Parks Manager Kim Peters and interested residents, which resulted in a decision about a suitable playground unit. An application for funding was approved by McBroom Estate in July 2018 and they made a decision that the donation was to go towards the Bowl Swing. We were very excited! To cut costs the Council helped with a significant part in the softfall on the proviso that the community rake the bark. We haven’t got all the names of those that raked but they were led by Tina Fisher, Chontelle Nui, Dean Bryers, and include Tamika Te Poutokomanawa, Teiia & Daemon Tuhirangi, Te Atarehia and more tamariki from Warwick St and Manchester St tamariki. For that we are grateful. The Bowl Swing went up 21 November 2018 to the delight of many kids. Thank you for all the support of community that came to our meetings over these last couple of years and Thanks to the Patea Community Board for supporting us. We appreciated your support and advice, including previous Chairman Brian Rook. We are now in the process of assisting with the mosaic hopscotch led by Gabrielle Belz which should be set in pavers shortly, and a basketball hoop donated by McCarty & Hunger. Once the hopscotch is completed then we can celebrate and plan for future playground features. A mosaic sofa? A pathway for wheelchair access? Shadecloth? FlyingFox?

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It’s time again for the annual St George’s Book Fair. This year will be our 27th and it will be held in our hall in Rutland Street, Patea. Opening hours: Friday 8 March 11am-6pm Saturday 9 March 11am-4pm Sunday 10 March 11am-4pm Monday 11 March 11am-4pm and Saturday 16 March 11am-4pm Sunday 17 March 11am-4pm Come along and browse through the many hundreds of new books on display. Many thanks to the local people who have donated books, without them there would be no book fair. The book fair is our major fundraiser for the year, and it helps us pay insurance, stipend, rates and other pressing accounts. If you have any books, CDs, DVDs or jigsaws you would like to donate please contact Shirley Maher (273 8427) or Bettie Howarth (273 8284) and arrangements will be made to pick them up. When coming to the book fair please remember to bring your own bags.

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Taranaki Way Down South To many outsiders Taranaki is epitomised by the white snowy peak of Mount Taranaki and by the busy progressive bustling city of New Plymouth and many are surprised to find that Taranaki goes way down south to within 20 kms by road to Whanganui city and closer at some points as the crow flies. For those that don’t know the boundary is found on State Highway 3 at the Pakaraka Road turn off just past the Tauranga Ika Marae Nukumaru. The boundary travels up the middle of Pakaraka Road which dog legs sharply right to the east and goes parallel to the main road until it intersects with Rangitatau West Rd and then up the middle of that road which also dog legs to the right and further east. The last house in Taranaki is found about 8 kms down the road and these are the most easterly constituents of the Taranaki Regional Council and the South Taranaki District Council. Our family which owns Nukuhau Carbon Ltd owns a block of 40 hectares just past this point where we carry out our experimental trials on high active manuka cultivars and carbon credit harvesting in conjunction with Manuka Research Partnership Ltd and Massey University. My connection to the area and other land holdings our family has behind Waverley and Waitotara means I am down in these areas quite regularly. This brings me into contact as a Taranaki Regional Councillor with many constituents who tend naturally to look south to Whanganui rather than north to Taranaki. There is a feeling of natural feeling of disconnection among constituents when all of your local business is largely done in a neighbouring province. The main message of this piece is that people way down south are not forgotten and ignored and that they can easily access Taranaki Regional Council services and Council support. Taranaki Regional Council Headquarters were established in Stratford just to make it quite clear that we covered all of Taranaki and not just focus around New Plymouth. The Council has had a long history of dealing with the problems around the regularly flooding Waitotara River which has had major flooding incidents 13 times since 1860. As another example of support for this part of the region, the Council also has a lot of grant schemes like STRESS (South Taranaki Regional erosion support scheme) which can provide the majority cost for erodible areas, new forestry areas and fencing. This scheme has been recently up graded and extended. Land Management officers are active throughout the area seeking to assist farmers with farm plans, and advice and help to access government and regional grant schemes. The latest Forestry incentives offered under the billion tree programme are another new ways to boost farming in the area. The Council can provide very cheap native plants that can enhance the area and lists of these are also available on the web site. Advice and assistance with conserving and protecting native bush and wetlands of importance are available through the Councils sustainability programmes. The Council is not in the business of making large scale grants to local conservation and environmental groups however we have sponsored and supported the Wild For Taranaki Trust which is the place to look for such assistance. On the other side of things Taranaki Regional Council is also responsible for resource consents and for the reporting of incidents which concern our locals. Complaints will be quickly (often that day) addressed and if I am contacted I will immediately seek to find a solution to any problems. I have in the 2018 have had several requests for help so at least some people in the area know that although at the most distant point of the province we are listening and available. Please use the opportunity! In some ways the southern areas of Taranaki have the greatest potential of all. The dairy industry and the oil and gas industry which have contributed so much to Taranaki are increasing under some pressure and in fact the back country and the hinterland down south is an area which has been overlooked for a wide range of possible economic opportunities. As we progress further into the middle of the 21st century I think this is the place to be and to invest and that’s exactly what I am doing. Note That because of the vagaries of boundaries there are even some titles which are even further west assessable only off the Rangitatau East Rd which leaves the main highway 3 at Kai Iwi. The boundaries of Taranaki in places also travel short distances across country and don’t always line up exactly with the roads but for administrative conveniences theses are taken as administrative boundaries.

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Lions Club of Patea Christmas Parade 30 November 2018. We have had another successful Christmas Parade enjoyed by a huge crowd of locals and visitors. This event would not happen without the generous funding from our Patea sponsors, enabling six prizes to be given out to the themed Kiwi Christmas floats, and a spot prize. Plenty of lollies were given out to the children also. We would like to thank Universal Motors, Patea Four Square and Patea Liqour centre, Kakaramea Hotel, Hooper Engineering, Greg Burnand, Hurleys Butchery, Patea Pharmacy, Taranaki Vet Centre. Mobil Patea, Northcott Autos, Murdoch Contracting, STDC Community Board, Patea Tyre Centre and Red Rock Cafe.

Kakaramea Post Office Location? I am trying to find the actual location of where the Post Office in Kakaramea was. The information I have is that it was to the right of the dairy, set back in the paddock, and at some stage was the residence of Frank and Wilhemina Lambert. All I seem to be able to find – on Google – is that the old dairy is number 2210 South Road and the house set back in the paddock is 2208, but that appears to be two properties. Can anyone shed any light on this? Regards, Earle Couchman Email: earle-gloria1@hotmail.co.nz

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Patea Community Board Meeting

Notes from the Patea Community Board meeting on Wednesday 23 January 2019, 4.00 pm, provided by the Board Members.

The first meeting for the year was held at the Patea Museum, Aotea Utanganui. Present were: Patea Community Board members; Olivia, Dianne and Jacq, Robert Northcott (Patea Councillor) Claire Symes (Community Development Manager), Fiona Greenhill ( Community and Infrastructure Manager), Phil Nixon (Deputy Mayor), & several members of the public. Apology from Ruth

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The Open Forum began with: • Jacq reporting that complaints were on facebook about the build-up of sand at the carpark in Mana Bay. After phoning the Council call centre, it was found that Jacq was the first person that had logged a request to get it cleared. Phil Waite is now putting this on the council maintenance plan, and it will be cleared in the next week. The Community Board stress that its more effective to phone requests through to STDC call centre – 0800 111 323 rather than post on facebook. Please feel free to follow up with a message to one of your Community Board members though. • Rob spoke about the complaints of rubbish in the Cool Stores. Unfortunately there is little that can be done about this, as the buildings are privately owned, apart from taking the number plate of anyone seen dumping rubbish here and reporting to Police or STDC. • Olivia updated us on the issue of camper vans parking up in the Top Lookout at the Beach. Although campers this year have been respectful of the area they do block the view for other people. At the moment there is no signage to direct them to another part of the lookout. The front of the lookout is the only flat area for Campervans, so an option is to flatten and asphalt an area in the turn around area away from the sea-view or put up signage and lined parking spots, this would require a change to our freedom camping bylaw though, so it is a work in progress. • Allan Caple from Patea Community Patrol gave us an update of the current situation on the streets of Patea and Waverley. After the meeting Phil Nixon and Rob Northcott had with Constable Kyle Davie, the Police presence in Patea has improved. Their patrolling of Freedom campers this summer has been only positive, with no issues with them. Allan pointed out that things like dumping of rubbish is being done by local people, not freedom campers, and they have reported several people that have dumped rubbish at the old green waste. In the last year Community Patrol have done 789 hours of work, and reported 314 incidents to the Police. Phil congratulated them on their good work, keeping our communities safe and accountable. • Mareta Marsters-Grubner spoke about the progress on the Manchester St playground which enjoyed a lovely write up in the Taranaki Star recently and also an update and overview on Pae Pae in the Park 2019. • Molly Oliver pointed out that there weren’t enough rubbish bins at Waverley Beach this year. The normal skip bin was there for a shorter time over the holidays. Rob pointed out that a skip bin in one place for a long time is problematic with locals dumping their household rubbish there, and that people need to take their rubbish away with them. • Kere Taputoro told us of the successful relaunch of the Waka Ama Club on the Patea River in the last few weeks. The club members have done a lot of tidying up and mowing of grass around their base at York St, but request the Council help with clearing the long grass along the river bank. The Club would also like to help with the continuation of native tree planting the River Walk Trust have instigated, up toward the bridge. And want to see fencing of the river where stock is accessing it, to protect it from run off. Kere offered to take a Council member up River in the Waka to see their concerns, Rob agreed in an instant, and will report back to us soon. • Wes James spoke of his application to the Patea Discretionary Fund for a music and mentoring event with the children of Patea Area School. General Business was • Claire reported that the Waverley Town and Patea Town Clocks are working again. The Council contracts for the Town Centre design planning work are with contractors now, once awarded and designs produced there will be public meetings to present these. The ‘Community Vision Project’ leading up to the Long Term Plan are being discussed now, The CUBE will be at The Patea Pae Pae for locals to write their ideas on for our towns. • Full funding for earthquake strengthening of the Hunter Shaw Building has been received from Lotteries and STDC. Tenders for the work will go out soon. Thanks was given to Claire and Fiona for their tireless work to secure funding and project plans. • The Patea and Waverley Library Summer Children’s Reading Programs have been a great success. • Patea River Walkway, John Hunger has installed a handrail and improvements to slope at the end of York St and laid shell rock on the steep slope. • Tenders for the removal of the Concrete Tower at the end of Bedford St will be closing at the end of February. • Rob updated us that the request he put to the Council regarding derelict homes purchase conditions, that are sold through the Council to recoup rates arears, cannot unfortunately have any stipulations on the sale agreement as Council is not the vendor of the homes, merely an interested party. • The Waka monument will be cleaned before the Patea Pae Pae, but unfortunately it may not be repainted until the concrete repairs are completed, in the next month. The Board expressed its displeasure at this situation as it’s been bought up at many meetings that we required this work to be complete by the 6th February in time for Pae Pae in the Park 2019. Olivia will be following up on progress over the next 2 weeks. Full minutes of this and all Council meetings can be found on the South Taranaki District Council Website, under the heading ‘Council’ then go to ‘Meetings' or view them at Patea or Waverley Library. Your Community Board Members are: Ruth Mackay (Chair) Olivia McQuillan (Deputy) Dianne Lance, & Jacq Dwyer. Robert Northcott (Patea Councillor) The meeting times & venues for this year are: Wednesday 6 March 2019, 4.00pm, Waverley Community Centre

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Pātea LibraryPlus on track for February Re-opening

A fresh, new look, Patea LibraryPlus is on track to be re-opened by mid-February says South Taranaki District Council (STDC) libraries and cultural services manager Cath Sheard. “The $300,000 worth of refurbishments, which included reroofing and recladding, have been completed on time and on budget and represent a significant investment in the Patea Community,” says Ms Sheard. While refurbishments have been underway, the LibraryPlus has been operating out of the Patea Old Folks Hall and Ms Sheard says staff are excited to get back into their newly renovated building. South Taranaki Mayor, Ross Dunlop is looking forward to re-opening the LibraryPlus facility. “Patea LibraryPlus is one of seven LibraryPlus centres throughout the district and represents part of the Council’s ongoing commitment to our small towns,” he says. “It’s at the heart of the community and we hope everyone enjoys their LibraryPlus centre’s new look.”

Patea Golf Club Summer Cup This competition was played over three rounds and the two best nett scores were your counting scores for your total. Nick Williams took 1st place with rounds of 62 and 71 for a 133 total Ev Gibbs took 2nd placing with rounds of 64 and 71 for a 135 total Mike Taikato took 3rd placing with rounds of 68 and 70 for a 138 total Business House Golf Business Golf Started on Thursday 26th January with 13 teams entered. These are good fun nights and each night there are night prizes and free giveaways from the night sponsors. Freshly made burgers and dessert are available for participants. If you are thinking about playing golf these nights are a good place to start. Best scores on the first night went to Cunning Stunts with a nett 19 followed by AsureQuality a nett 21 and Cowboys and Manutahi with nett scores of 22. Patea Cup The first Patea Cup Qualifying round was played on Saturday 26th January and the best nett score was Gareth Hughes with a nett 65 followed by Jeff Bright nett 71 and then Gerald Rutten and Win Finlay nett 73. Reweti Te Whena Whanau Open Golf Tournament This open golf tournament will be played on the Patea links on Sunday 10th March 2019. Assemble at 10am for a 10.30am Shotgun start. Entry fee of $25-00 includes a generous prize table and a meal. Entries to Lou Berry 2786272 or Win Finlay 2738335. Come along support the Whanau and have a good day out. Patea Golf Club Membership Promotion Become a new or returning member of the Patea Golf Club before 31st March and pay a special promotion membership subscription of only $75-00. The second year you pay half the full subscription. This will be a total savings of $250-00 over two years. Contact Ray Finlay 2738335 or Ev Gibbs 2734142 to get an application form for this one off special subscription offer. Upcoming Events 16th February Oakes Memorial Round One 17th February Mixed Day Greensome competition 23rd February Williams Cup 18 Holes nett. Patea Cup Qualifier round two 2nd March Oakes Memorial Round Two 9th March Patea Cup Qualifier Round Three 17th March Taranaki 5000 tournament at Manukorihi

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The aMAZEing Read at Patea & Waverley LibraryPlus The Summer Reading Programme is designed to help build the love of reading and to prevent the summer slump occurring over the longer school holidays. Children register and then promise to read every day for at least 15 minutes or more. They visit the library at least three times during the six-week programme in order to qualify for the party, certificate and medal. Patea and Waverley LibraryPlus had a great Summer Reading Programme this year. There were 98 children registered across Patea and Waverley and 74% of the registered children completed the programme, with 244 report-ins completed. This is huge for our small communities as report-ins allow the children to build a relationship with the library staff and talk about what they had been reading over summer. Over the summer break there were a range of fun activities held that child could attend. As the theme this year was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The aMAZEing Readâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; there were Lego and Marble mazes, Amazing Races and lots more fun activities the children could participate in. There were also Crafternoons held every Monday which were well attended each week. Both LibraryPlus held fun finale parties to reward the children, and parents, for their hard work. In Waverley the children played fun games including races with Maltesers and straws, while in Patea the children enjoyed a pool party. Our thanks to Community Board members Olivia McQuillan and Jacq Dwyer for their attendance.

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Roger Rei Memorial Prize List 2019

New Location for Gallery Patea

A very good field of 132 players participated in the 18th Roger Rei Memorial golf tournament played on a well-groomed Patea Links on Saturday 19th Jan 2019.Fine but windy conditions prevailed but some very good scores were returned. Players travelled from as far north as Auckland and as far south as Christchurch. Good tournaments do not happen without the help of many sponsors. The Patea Golf Club thanks all the following sponsors who supported this tournament: @ Your Office & Lotto, N McColl Construction, Universal Motors, NQS Earthmoving Ltd, Tree Truck Limited, Selwyn Metcalf Real Estate, Houghtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plumbing Heating & Gas, Hawera Welding Contractors, Patea Electrical, Vetfarm Limited, Silver Fern Farms Waitotara, Mark Frost Electrical, Hooper Engineering, Patea Tyre Centre, Ben Thomas Panel beating, McCarty & Hunger, Waikato Milking Systems, Tasman Toyota, Obertech Group, Taranaki Golf Centre, J & B Murdock Contracting, Callies Cut & Dried, Energy City Motors, DR (Jack Gray Ltd), Westpac Bank, BNZ Bank, Mobile Smiles Patea, Patea Four Square, White Electrical, ANZ Bank, Cleggs Funeral Services, Thomson Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill & Co. The tournament prize table was valued at over $5000 and 45 tournament prizes were presented. Results were: Best Gross Total Field K Otene 70 Best Nett Ladies Total Field B Hill 67 Best Nett Men Total Field S Symes 60 Mens Div (1) First Nett K Rophia 67 Mens Div (2) T Simpson 60 Mens Div (3) R Finlay 66 Ladies L Tipu 68 Past Player/Non-Golfers W Newbold 71

Gallery Patea has moved from its old location next to the 4 Square, to new premises in The Central Building over the road. We now have a small area where we hope to hold future workshops, so watch this space! Should we get funding, these workshops will be at a low fee. Many thanks to our previous landlords, Maree and Alex Ballantyne for their wonderful support over the past 2 years. Gallery Patea is a non-profit community gallery whose main purpose is to support and encourage local artists and give them an outlet for their work. We also aim to add more to our town and its economy. If you would like to show us your work with the prospect of displaying it at the gallery (first timers welcome!) then please contact the gallery by email at gallerypatea@gmail.com or through our Facebook page. High end craft work also considered. Opening hours are Weds to Sun, 11am-4pm

Mens Div (1) First Gross J Sedgwick 74 Mens Div (2) D Mickleson 82 Mens Div (3) G Copperth 90 Ladies First Gross T Raj 74 Mens Div (1) First Stableford N Ropiha 41 Mens Div (2) J Bright 42 Mens Div (3) G Davidson 43 Ladies First Stableford A Ashford 40 Past Players/Non Golfers 2nd Nett R Te Ngahue 72.5 Mens Div (1) 2nd Nett R Geary 70 Mens Div (2) M Crawford 69 Mens Div (3) J Newlove 67 Ladies L Franks 70 Mens Div (1) 2nd Gross

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Mens Div (2) 2nd Stableford C Koch 40 Mens Div (3) M Kelbrick 40 Ladies M Furness 39 Mens Div (1) 3rd Nett J Ngere 70 Mens Div (2) C Cathie 70 Mens Div (3) G Rupapera 71 Ladies S Adamson 70 Mens Div (1) 3rd Gross

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Mens Div (2)3rd Stableford K Cameron 38 Mens Div (3) G Lockley 38 Ladies 3rd Stableford H Wham 38 Past Players/Non-Golfer 3rd Nett J Lockley 72.5 Mens Div (1) 4th Nett C Faiers 70 Mens Div (2) M Taikato 71 Mens Div(3) J Kempton 73 Ladies 4th Nett K Faiers 72 Past Players/No- Golfers 4th Nett J Mildenhall 73 Mens Div(1) 4th Gross A Hughes 77 Mens Div (2) 4th Stableford R Whanau 37 Mens Div (3) P Bayley 36 Ladies A Braithwaite 37

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Mens Div (1) 5th Nett C Lester 70 Mens Div (2) M Berry 72 Mens Div (3) D Nesbit 73 Ladies K Honeyfield 73 Mens Div (1) 2nd Stableford O Glegg 37 Mens Div (2) 5th Stableford R Lane 36 Mens Div (3) T Kuaniti 36 Ladies C Simpson 35 Accuracy: 1st Green P Early, 7th Green K Honeyfield, 10th Green R Finlay, and 15th Green D Mickleson Lucky Draw $150: J Ngere Twos: N Cameron 1st & 10th, J Bright 7th, L Adamson 2nd, R Finlay 10th, K Otene 1st and D Mickleson 15th

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Whenuakura School ‘Growing Personal Excellence’

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Hay, silage (grass & maize) Cartage on farm and road Spreading Livestock All general cartage needs

Call Maurice today on 06 346 6099 or 0274 454 790

We hope you all enjoyed our last article in the Waverley & Patea Press. Last month we presented our 2018 end of year assessment data and reported on our prize giving results and end of year events such as school camps, our production, the Christmas parade and other programmes we had in school. Over January we have all been away on holiday but we look forward to presenting more of the exciting happenings at Whenuakura School next month. We have started our school year with our ‘Welcome to the Whenuakura Way’ learning conversations on Wednesday 30th January. These happen at the start of the year because we are committed to individualising our curriculum. At each appointment we talk about our learning programmes, our calendar for the year, what interests the child, and how we can best meet their learning needs collaboratively. These help us to plan for the year ahead and ensure the Whenuakura School lives our motto of “Growing Personal Excellence”. The school is looking brand new with all exterior of our main building now freshly painted. There has been building and maintenance work throughout the holidays and this continues in term one. It also looks fantastic after our ‘Working Bee’. Thank you to all those who attended. We are extremely lucky to have a school pool and many families made the most of it over summer and we use it a great deal during school as well. This would not be possible without the help of Geoffrey Millar who has maintained it for us. Thank you for all the work you do. We would like to welcome all of our new students and their families to Whenuakura School. We will introduce these students next month. Welcome back again to Maria Ferris who is teaching alongside Bianca Mitchell in our Teina Nest. Maria is a skilled and passionate teacher who we are very pleased to have back at Whenuakura School. Like 2018, this year is going to be full of learning and making the most of every possible opportunity. We look forward to sharing this with you.

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HAWKEN CONTRACTING

Hawken Contracting now has available short-cut self loading silage wagons. Able to do complete job from paddock to stack. 40mm short-cut grass length for better compaction. For further information ring Gary: 06 346 5929.

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Maxwell & Districts Kindergarten Last week were fortunate to have Senior Constable Rob Conder visit us to talk to the children about the role of The New Zealand Police. This was in reponse to an Emergency Service interest and a letter we wrote to invite Constable Rob to visit our Kindergarten. Constable Rob shared with us how he helps people when he is called to a job. We learnt that the Police use a lot of talking and listening skills in their problem solving to help provide safe environments for communities. This supports how we work through problems at Kindergarten too. We also talked about the equipment Police Officers use and wear, and how Police dogs are used to aid them in finding people with their sense of smell, before we reiterated our rules around road safety and how to keep ourselves safe. We were lucky to try the police vest and hats on. The children were able to sit in the Police car and some even got to talk on the radio. We covered our ears as we listened to the siren. Thanks to Senior Constable Rob for visiting us at Maxwell. We now have more knowledge and understanding about Police and their role in keeping the community safe.

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Technics keyboard, complete with lots of music variations, great for a learner. In excellent condition. Genuine reason for selling. $150 ono. Phone Beryl 06 346 5360

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PATEA STANDBY

Patea Standby is operating from the Patea Old Folks Assoc Hall while Patea LibraryPlus is relocated for renovations. Our phone number, 273 8329, has been transferred to their line. When you phone library staff will answer the call initially; please just ask for Standby and we will assist as normal. Patea Standby Committee

PHONE / TXT Craig McColl 027 331 5336

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For all: conventional & electric fencing all timber / rail fencing electric fence fault finding general repairs postrammer available

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PATEA STANDBY

Phone 06 278 4786 Patea, Waverley, Waitotara

MIDWEST HELICOPTERS For all your helicopter needs Spraying / Lifting / Bucket / Scenic Flights / Flights into bush

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For medical and non-medical appointments book transport by ringing 273 8329 9am-12 noon weekdays. Emergencies only 273 8661, 273 8325 and 273 8665. Kindly sponsored by Patea Pharmacy.

WAVERLEY STANDBY To book cars for a medical reason only Phone 346 5021 9am-11.30am daily. AFTER HOURS 346 5050 or 346 5149 Try to book appointments a day or so before.

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behind Patea Pharmacy - something for everyone Open Tuesday 10am-12 noon Wednesday 10am-12 noon Friday 10am-12 noon Donations of clothes and household goods appreciated

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Grant Sanson, your local painter, for interior & exterior work and waterblasting jobs.

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WAVERLEY SERVICES Patea Health Centre: ph Patea 273 8088, Freephone 0508 472 832 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm An answerphone outside these hours will give you the Doctor on call and emergency service directions. Dentist D J Lance: 45 Gloag St, Waverley. Phone 346 5491 Monday morning and Thursday afternoon.

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Plunket The Plunket nurse attends a Waverley clinic every 2nd Wednesday of month & Patea clinic every Friday. Also available for home visits; for appointments phone Waverley 06 346 5095 & leave a message for Plunket Nurse Alice and Plunket Kaiawhina Shellay or Patea 06 273 8329. The Patea Clinic is in the Health Centre.

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