The Patea & Waverley Press - August 2020 by Cath Sheard

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Patea Historical Society AGM President's Report Wednesday 15 July 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen I have much pleasure in presenting the 52nd annual Presidents Report of the Patea Historical Society. As I do every year I’d like to acknowledge the dedicated members of our Committee. We do have a lot of fun ‘Preserving & Promoting our Past’, and we all learn so much along the way. Our current Patea Historical Society team is: Jim Baker, Roy Hotter, Michael Parsons, Dave Crompton, Harvey Gibbs, Rob Groat, Joe Bourke & myself. And of course our patron; Howard Anderson. In our 53rd year the current membership of the society stands at 77 paid members. On 28th September last year our dear Bettie Howarth, the most amazing Treasurer and friend died. I don’t think there would be many organisations that have had the same treasurer since 1968, our meetings aren’t quite the same without her. She really is a legend, she left her post in good stead and we are doing our best to carry on without her. We will keep her in our thoughts as we have our meeting tonight. Our annual accounts have been audited by Hughson & Associates, our honorary auditor. Who have rented the Oﬃce behind our Freezing Works display Building since Laurie Gibbs retired. I have taken over as Treasurer since Bettie died and we have had to make a few changes to move with the times. We have moved to xero accounting system, which makes the GST much easier. And Jim, Dave and I now pay any bills online too. It requires 2 people to authorise a transaction, so its secure and works well. The Patea Historical Society supports Aotea Utanganui, our Museum, with two appointed members on the trust, Dave Crompton and Jim Baker. We continue to donate the usual annual operational funding of $3000 per year. I’ll now run through a few things that we were a part of since our last AGM… We had the opening of the beautiful Hunter Shaw building on Thursday 26 September last year, We were fortunate that the South Taranaki District Council saw the importance of earthquake strengthening and restoring this 90 year old building. So we didn’t have to protest about anything there, and they sort our assistance with various decisions in the process, which we were so pleased to be a part of. The Plunket rooms part of the building does have to be demolished and rebuilt, and the Council have agreed to close this section off until money can be found to do this. So much better than demolishing it without a plan to rebuild immediately. This entirety of this Category 2 building is important on Patea’s landscape.

We installed 3 Plaques to mark interesting places at the end of last year – Wilford Rd Creamery up at Hurleyville, Nukumai Park, near Gloucester St and the Wesylan Mission Station at 32 Norfolk St. We had a special unveiling and blessing of the Wesylan Mission Station site on 25 October 2019 by Rev Mele Prescott. Our next plaques will be to mark sites in the Opaku area. The 6 November 2019 marked 150 yrs since our local Pakakohi men were sent to Dunedin as prisoners of the Crown for over 2 years. Local historian Darren Ngarewa marked the day with a story of Facebook about that time in our past, and around that time we got our second print run of another 500 Salutary Punishment books, these tell the story of this time in our past, and continue to sell well. We were in the Patea Christmas parade last year, in Jim’s 1905 Darracq car, with Jim and I in the front dressed in vintage costume and Donna and grandkids in the back looking very cute. On 9 January this year we again hosted the Whanganui summer program – This year we visited Oika gunfighting Pa at Whenuakura, and looked over to the ridge-top Pa; Pamatangi, and across the road to Rangikura Pa. Darren Ngarewa was our guide for this first section. We then went onto Weraroa Redoubt and Pa. followed by Tutahi Church on the Nukumaru straight, with korero from Julian Broughton, and a warm welcome and afternoon tea at Tauranga ika Marae. On Saturday 15 February Waverley & Waitotara RSA commemorated 100 yrs at Dallison Park which we attended. Jim had his army vehicle there. It was also 100 years in 2019 since the Patea RSA was formed. Patea RSA are currently organising a large event to take place in Jan 2021 and I have put together a book for them, which will be available for sale at the end of this year. Like all organisations, we have been affected by the outbreak of Covid-19. We had to postpone fieldtrip we were going to do with Heritage Taranaki to Wai o turi, Otautu and the Patea Dam and Kuranui Pa which was to be on 21 March. Our tour leader was Ivan Bruce and he made the call to call it off. Five days after this we were in lockdown level 4. The second Heritage Week run by Hawera Genealogy was also cancelled. ANZAC Day still happened, but none of us really crossed paths and as a country we joined together in other ways. The Patea and Alton War Memorial in particular had a good number of wreaths on them. We paid for Anderson Memorials to re-instate the headstone of Mary Ball at the Patea Cemetery, it had broken off its plinth years ago and laid a couple of rows back from where it should have been. Mary was the wife of early settler James Ball. James is buried in Whanganui, but Mary chose to be buried in Patea next to their son that died in infancy. Anderson’s donated a new plaque for the Boer War Memorial outside the museum, the old one had become unreadable. We donated $3000 to Hawera Genealogy for digitalizing another section of the Hawera Normanby Star. Something that will benefit so many people. The re-printing of Heartland of Aotea by the late Ian Church is a project we have been working on since our last AGM. Before Ian died in 2013 he updated his original 1991 version of the book adding more content and images. He then entrusted it with Kelvin Day, who has spent the past year editing it, and then passed it on to book designer Caitlin Finnerty. Lysaght Watt Trust have generously contributed with funding this publication and we know it will be well received. Its due back from the printers in the next two months. Once again we have had a busy year. We start off the year wondering what’s going to happen, and by the end of it, are as usual amazed at what we’ve done! We really appreciate all of you PHS members supporting us by paying your subs, finding us old photos and info, and turning up when we have events, you are all a valuable part of this Society, so thank you for your input. After our meeting you will be able to look around the latest exhibition here at the museum - Tales and Taonga – a book coinciding with this exhibition will be available here soon too. A very big thankyou to Luana and Bronwyn for allowing us to have the AGM here tonight. Jacq Dwyer President of Patea Historical Society

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Well I try not to get into politics, but I’m going to this time! So the Government can get a referendum going as to whether marijuana can be made legal? Why not? Those who choose to smoke “pot” have already got their supply sorted, so whether it is legal or not, nothing is going to change. Considering NZ is going to be “smoke free” by 2025 …? Yeah right. So this is my political slant today, if something as “passive” as deciding if pot is legal or not is done through our involvement i.e. a referendum, then I need to ask you all this – how come murdering babies in the womb does not require our vote? How come we have a government that can make these life decisions on our behalf that I would “guess” the majority of NZ does not agree with! We have now gotten to a stage in our history that we are throwing all the foundations of our ancestors out the door, those ancestors who risked their lives in battle to maintain some form of decency and law and order! They would never think such things as abortion, who’s hearts had God’s law written on them and they listened to God … not anymore! What’s next? (As a member of the retiree mob … I should perhaps keep quiet, cause it costs the taxpayer millions of dollars per year to keep us hobbling along!) God’s word clearly states in Galations 6 v 7&8; “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the spirit, from the Spirit will reap Eternal Life”. There are going to be consequences! Will those woman who have had an abortion, say because the baby has a club foot, 30 years from now how will they be feeling? I think there will be major regrets and I do feel very sorry for them to have to go through that … what are we doing to our self? Is the glory of being famous or rich or on top of the heap that important that we neglect human decency? Morals go out the door, Govt’s make laws that are contrary to God’s law, we are definitely not above God’s laws. We’re in a heap of trouble … big trouble. But thanks be to Jesus Christ who through God Almighty has given all of us a way out of these predicaments… Jesus. All who call out to Him and ask for forgiveness of all our sins will be saved from death, our sins will be removed from us as far as the east is from the west, no more condemnation! We can be saved, there still is time for everyone to come to their senses and repent! Or suffer the consequences of our choices. God cannot be mocked, what you sow you will reap! This is very serious, it’s not some pie in the sky means to keep you in line. Realize that because God loves us He gives us our individual sovereignty (and time), we get to choose with no pressure whatsoever from God, but be aware you will be judged on this decision of yours. Repent for the day is near!! Very near. The day Jesus comes back to judge all mankind, it’s called consequences from all our actions! Come Lord Jesus Ted Reeves, Patea

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Local News BEREAVEMENTS

Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Gavin Maurice Belton, Leonard Daniel (Len) Collett, Bill Frengley (Dr), and Ian Alan Fowlie. Below: Ian and Mary Fowlie with great-grandchildren.

Patea Bowling Club We would like to thank the TSB Community Trust for their $10,000 grant which went towards the cost of exterior repainting of the clubrooms and equipment shed renovation. This is very much appreciated and an asset to the community. The club also decided at this time to renovate exterior seating around the greens and further repainting of Club exterior assets.

A further thank you to Sports NZ Resilience Fund for their $1000 grant which helped us cover ongoing costs during COVID-19 lockdown. Patea Bowling Club playing season is due to start in early September, date to follow. At this time to club will be open Wednesdays as usual, and Saturdays instead of the usual Fridays. The change in days should allow the Club to open earlier for our opening day tournament and twilight bowls, which will be open to the public. So come along and enjoy some bowling, food, drinks and the odd party! A final thanks to Mark of C&C Fixers for repairing the leak in the Clubrooms roof free of charge.

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Waitotara School - Achieving Together

Welcome to Term 3. Hopefully we have resumed a degree of normality for this term! As staff we have been reviewing our practices since COVID 19 and will be trialling some changes to our classroom and school over the term. We’ve got another exciting term planned around our topic ‘Planet Green’, which will have a science focus of the Living World. We will be exploring habitats and our local surroundings. We have Ash Muralidhar from Rotokare Scenic Reserve visiting our school on the 23rd July to teach us about predators and trapping, birds and plant regeneration. We have been implementing the structured literacy approach through the school and are seeing pleasing results with our students reading. We have begun a new spelling programme throughout the school which focuses on phonics and spelling rules. We continue to maintain our relationships with our Cluster schools - Ngamatapouri, Kai Iwi, Mosston, Westmere, Brunswick and Faith City and teachers have upcoming professional development within the cluster this term and students will be participating in cluster events also. We are very fortunate to work with the great students at Waitotara School. We promote our DRIVE values of Determination, Respect, Initiative, Virtue and Empathy and are proud of how our students strive to achieve these I want to thank our hardworking and dedicated teachers, support staff, BOT, parents and community volunteers for making our school a great place for children to learn.

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Waverley Playcentre A lot has happened since our last article in the paper! We shut down for COVID-19 March 20, and didn’t start back until May 20th so we were away for 2 months! During that time the children got to spend some quality time with their family and also learnt some new skills! We had an Easter raﬄe running before the lockdown that we drew once we were back. Congratulations to Martina Hickey who won this. We hope you enjoyed all that chocolate!! The children were glad to come back to Playcentre to see their friends and get out of the house and just to be somewhere different. We had a fairly quiet Term 2, as we were just getting back into the swing of things and learning our new normal for Playcentre. We had lots of fun with indoor obstacle courses, jumping, going under and over and hiding in them! We received our Duffy books which we were supposed to get at the beginning of the term but because of COVID they were delayed. The children are lucky enough to recieve two books which they can take home and share with their family. The children love it when they get their books and want to read them right away!! On the nicer days we were outside enjoying the sandpit with diggers, trucks, wheelbarrows, you name it, it was in there!! They also raced around the bike track on their bikes. The trampoline has been another big hit with the kids playing games like “crack the egg” and what not. We also had a special visiter to Playcentre. Scarlett bought in her pony for all the children to see, pat and have rides! The children really loved this. Thankyou Megan for organising this! We were invited to quite an exciting thing on our last Wednesday of the term. It was a secret to everyone who went, which made the excitement even more enjoyable to see. Waverley Primary School invited us to their school field to watch an Airforce Helicopter arrive! It was an A109 Helicopter. The kids loved watching it fly around above us and land on the field, they then were lucky enough to go and sit in the helicopter and have a close up look at it. We feel very privileged to be invited to see this and would like to thank Waverley Primary School for inviting us. We are now in Term 3 and the children are glad to be back after two weeks holiday. They have had a great few sessions catching up with their friends, doing some paintings and enjoying some indoor play on the wetter and colder days. We love seeing new families at our Playcentre, everyone is welcome! If your interested in joining us come and take advantage of our three free sessions to see if it’s for you. We are open Wednesday’s & Friday’s 9am - 12pm.

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Waverley Primary School Exciting things have been happening at Waverley Primary School: The last week of term 2 we had an exciting experience with the arrival of an A109 helicopter from Ohakea. This visit had been set up by Mrs Sanson, when as part of the careers programme for her class (Y7 & 8 students), she had invited Pilot Oﬃcer Sam Stewart to talk about being a pilot. Sam was able to do better than just visit and speak, he was able to bring a team travelling by helicopter. With Sam came Pilot Corey, Co-pilot Haylee, Maintenance person (mechanic) Marie, and photographer Naomi. Our students were surprised at what jobs are available in the air force, and that girls can do the sort of work being done by our visitors. Their individual stories also presented our students with some of the realities of the world. Haylee had failed to make it when she first applied for the air force, but was determined to make it, so, put in the hard work to lift her mathematics to the level required. Hopefully our students took on board that lesson. Our students also learnt that you can acquire qualifications free through the forces, but getting selected so you can take advantage of this privilege, you have to have been successful at school. Having a helicopter land at school also gave us the opportunity to invite other groups to enjoy what was an unusual experience. The Playcentre parents came over despite it being a cold morning. We have also had a landscape specialist, Will Whelan, who has moved into our Waverley community is coming in to help the students put together a plan for the area beside the swimming pool. This too is part of the careers programme and Mrs Sanson can be very pleased and proud of how our students have involved themselves in these two opportunities. It is very important that students who have spent all their schooling in Waverley get to know what jobs and vocations are out there, that they lift their sights and are motivated to know that through application anything is possible. The interaction with our visitors by our students was great to see.

Kauri Hub: Our school wide Term 2 Inquiry - Te Whānau Mārama - captured the interest of all of our tamariki. The students were thoroughly engaged in all aspects of the learning about space, sharing what they had discovered at home with their families. Kauri Hub students enjoyed completing a variety of literacy activities about space, including researching and writing information reports on the planets in our solar system. They also loved participating in a range of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) challenges with Rimu Hub and creating pieces of artwork about the universe. We look forward to celebrating Puanga/ Matariki when we return after the school holidays.

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Patea Golf Club July 2020 Shootout day The first shootout day was played on Saturday 4th July and good weather conditions prevailed. 10 members started and when Gerald Rutten took 2 chips to make the first green, he was the first player eliminated. Five players we involved in a chip off on the second hole and when Steve Honeyfield failed to make the green he was eliminated. On the third hole Roger Edgecombe was eliminated in a putt off and Nick Williams stayed alive. A missed short putt on the 4th green and Phil Cassidy was eliminated. On the 5th green 3 players were in the putt off but Jeff Bright was the player eliminated. On the 6th green Nick Williams was too light on a short putt and he was eliminated. On the 7th green Josh Paerata failed to make par and was eliminated. On the eighth hole a putt off was required. Both players were close, but Cyril Faiers was eliminated. The final two players left to play the 18th hole were Robert Bourke and Ray Finlay. Unfortunately, Ray put his drive in the lake off the tee and had to take a one -shot penalty. Robert played the hole well and secured a nett par to win the shootout. Well done Robert. Logan Trophy This was a 2-ball best ball par competition played over 18 holes on Saturday 11th July. Windy conditions prevailed and the air was heavy, so it was tough winter going. Steve Honeyfield and Jeff Bright managed nett pars on the last 13 holes and they won the Logan Trophy being 2 up on par. Second in the competition were Josh Paerata and Gerald Rutten 1 up on par and third were Mark Hawken and Ray Finlay 1 down on par. Best individual score on the day was Stephen Hughes with a nett 74. Drawn twos went to Ray Finlay and Nick Williams Black & White Cup This was an individual 18 hole nett competition and once again tough winter conditions prevailed on Saturday 18th July. Roger Edgecombe with a nett 74 was the winner and runner up was Josh Paerata with a nett 76. Third with a nett 77 were Jeff Bright and Laurie Hackett. Club Membership special The Patea Golf Club is still offering a new membership deal for only $75. We would like more people to join up on this good deal. Contact Ray Finlay 2738335 or Ev Gibbs 2734142 for more information. Melbourne Cup Sweepstake There are just a few more spaces to fill in the Melbourne Cup Sweepstake. Open to Patea Golf Club members. Be in to win the good prizes on offer. Food and drinks for participants on the day. New Challenge Ladder The second challenge ladder for 2020 has started. Get out and play to score and get on the ladder for shootout day. Darts Team The Patea Panthers have played well during the qualifying rounds and have made the top six teams to contest the playoffs. Good luck for the playoffs where the competition will be very strong.

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Matchplay Championships 2020 The final of the club match play champs were played on Saturday 27th June. Cloudy conditions prevailed and there was a light breeze from the south east. The Bronze two finalists were Win Finlay and Carolyn Davidson. This final was over 18 holes. Win played very well but Carolyn could not find her golfing form that day so Win was well on top the winning margin being 7/6. The Bronze one finalists were Ev Gibbs and Barbara Hill. This final was over 36 holes. Ev won the first two holes and retained that margin after nine holes. Barbara closed the gap and the game was square after twelve holes but Ev won 4 of the last 5 holes to be 4 up at the lunch break. The match was close over the next 9 holes and Ev increased her lead to 5 up and the won the next 3 holes to claim the title the winning margin being 8/6. The silver finalists were Gareth Hughes and Kathy Faiers and this final was also over 36 holes. After 9 holes Kathy had a 1 up lead after steady golf by both players. Gareth's play improved over the last 5 holes and at the lunch break she had taken a 1 up lead. Play was even for 5 holes after lunch and then Gareth played par golf to finish the front nine and had increased her lead to 4 up after 27 holes. Gareth continued to play close to par golf over the next few holes but Kathy was on the bogey train and Gareth won the title the winning margin being 6/5. The men’s limit finalists were Laurie Hackett and Walter Cole and this final was over 18 holes. Laurie had a 3 up lead after 9 holes and increased the lead to 4up after 11 holes but then Walter fought back winning 3 holes to reduce the margin to only 1 down after 15 holes but Laurie came back to good form and won holes 16 and 17 so he won the title the winning margin being 3/2 The men’s junior finalists were Harvey Gibbs and Neil Edgcombe. Play was even over the first 9 holes with both players winning 2 holes each and the match was all square. Harvey played the best golf in the back 9 holes and at the lunch break he had a 2up lead. Harvey played steady golf after lunch and continued to pressure on Neil and after 27 holes had a commanding 6 up lead. Neil won the next 2 holes but Harvey won the 31st hole to be back 5 up and the title was birthday boys to celebrate the winning margin being 5/4 The men’s intermediate finalists were Mark Hawken and Stephen Hughes and Stephen had caused some upsets to make the final and was in good form. Mark played steady golf to be only 10 over par after 18 holes and had a 2up lead at the lunch break. After lunch both Mark and Stephen played even better golf but Mark had the lead all the way and his round of 79 proved a little too good for Stephen to match and Mark went on to win the title the winning margin being 4/3 The men’s senior finalists were Darcy Faiers and Arron Hughes. Both players had played only very minimal golf but this was the match of the day and the match was close most of the day. Darcy scored birdies on the 6th and 7th holes but then Aaron birdied the 8th hole so

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Darcy was 2up after nine holes scoring a par 36 and Aaron scoring 37. The next 6 holes were par scores for both players then Aaron birdied the 16th hole to reduce the margin to 1 down Darcy birdied the 17th hole to regain his 2 up lead and both players birdied the 18th hole so Darcy remained 2up at the lunch break scoring a 2 under par round of 71 and Aaron scoring a 1 under par round of 72. After 27 holes Darcy had increased his lead to 3 up. Aaron scored birdies on the 34th and 35th hole to be only one down playing the last hole. Darcy put his second shot on the last hole under the trees but a good shot from there finished just short of the green. A good chip on left him an easy par. Aaron was on the green and putting for another birdie to keep the game alive but his putt shaved the hole and slid by. Darcy made his par putt and won the senior title 1 up. Congratulations to all winners and to the other players try harder next year. The day concluded with a pot luck tea and there were many delicious dishes of food to choose from. Thank you to all the good cooks.

McBroom Estate Bequest 2020 The McBroom Estate allocates funding for health and disability benefits for the Waverley and Patea communities. The Estate is administered by the Taranaki District Health Board Trust Funds Committee. Two members from the Trust and two community representatives; Marie Dwyer and Gillian Lennox, met in July to allocate the available funds of $85,036.66. A balance of $ 5,525.31 will be carried forward to next year’s allocation round. The successful applications to receive funding for 2020 are listed below:

Carlyle Women's Institute President Mrs Rose Cowley welcomed 6 members to our July meeting, our first meeting since lockdown. Prior to our meeting we met at Cafe Fiko (formerly Red Rock) for a catch up lunch. Business as usual, discussed upcoming pamper morning at Te Mahana, Fun and Friendship Day at Kapuni and our belated birthday lunch we hope to celebrate with Waverley lnstitute. Come and see what we are all about, first Thursday of each month, 7.30pm at Patea Old Folks Hall. Competition results for July Bloom – 1st Maureen Meyer, 2nd Noeline Kerrisk Cluster – 1st Noeline Kerrisk, 2nd Maureen Meyer Shrub – 1st Noeline Kerrisk, 2nd Maureen Meyer Handcraft – 1st Maureen Meyer Cooking – 1st Maureen Meyer

Pātea Community Board Meeting Notes from the meeting on Wednesday 15 July 2020 4pm, provided by the Board Members. The fifth meeting for the year was held at the Hunter Shaw Building Pātea. Present were: Pātea Community Board members; Jacq, Jo, Maria, Rob Northcott (Pātea Ward Councillor), Janine Maruera, (Community Development Oﬃcer), Phil Nixon (Mayor), Sara Dymond (PA), Waid Crockett (CEO), Liam Dagg (Group Manager Environmental Services) and 18 members of the public. Meeting was opened with a karakia from Jo Peacock. Open Forum: Allan Caple from Pātea Community Patrol updated us on the situation on the streets. There is a reoccurring issue with a man on motorbike with no helmet, speeding around town, police are aware and following up on this. Dogs are also seen roaming at night. Newspaper reporter at this meeting to report on the issue of roaming dogs, and there were several members of the public to speak about this. Bill Rosewarne spoke first about fact that 7 of his 8 ewes had been killed by roaming dogs, and that he had stopped them bailing up the mail lady. Other people at the meeting recounted close encounters with dogs on the streets and stories of older people who are unable to walk in safety, so miss out on that exercise. After listening to the public, Liam Dagg responded that the Council took this kind of public safety issue seriously and they will sort out this major problem for Pātea. 10 Roosters have been taken to the pound from Victoria St, there is an ongoing problem with Roosters on this street. Laurie Mildenhall wanted an update on the Waka. Liam Dagg replied with the news that the Council had found a waterproofing product for inside the waka and the drains from the base of the waka were also being blasted out. Paul Broughton pointed out that there is a dangerous open drain in the carpark at the Patea Beach. Liam Dagg noted it down in his maintenance work book, and said a cover will be put on it as soon as possible. Dot Bowlin asked for some parking spaces to be put aside at Waiinu Beach for freedom campers. And also the problem of drains in streets in Waverley not being cleaned on a regular basis and flooding occurring. Waid gave us an up on Nukumaru Station Road project. All going to plan it will be completed this summer. Update since the meeting: $7m given to STDC for this project by the Government. Janine gave us an update on the replacement historical information signs that are going up along the River Walkway. She has been consulting with heritage oﬃcials and local iwi. Mention was made of the recent renovations of the Patea Board Riders Surf Club Building. The Club is now in a good spirit and are repainting and re-roofing the building and clearing the built-up sand from around it. Facilities Usage Report was read. No issues here. Phil reminded us about the Sporting Hall of Fame nominations that close at the end of July. Full minutes of this and all Council meetings can be found on the South Taranaki District Council Website, under the heading ‘Our Council’ then go to ‘Mayor & Elected members’ then ‘Community Board - Pātea’. Or view them at Pātea or Waverley Library Plus Your Community Board Members are: Jacq Dwyer (Chair) Dianne Lance (Deputy Chair), Jo Peacock, Maria Ferris, Robert Northcott (Pātea Councillor) The meeting times & venues for this year are: Wednesday 26 August, 4pm, Hunter Shaw Building, Pātea Wednesday 7 October, 4pm, Waverley Community Centre, Chester St, Waverley Wednesday 18 November, 4pm, Alton Coronation Hall, 355 Ball Rd, Alton

Total funding available = $ 85,036.66 Total amount funded = $ 79,511.35 Amount carried forward = $ 5,525.31

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10 - August 2020

Kakaramea School: together we achieve

Welcome to Term 3 at Kakaramea School! As a school community we would like to introduce our new Kauri Room teacher Laura Richardson. Laura is a beginning teacher who comes to us from Okato and was brought up on a dairy farm. She enjoys sports and spending time with her family and friends. We are lucky to have her infectious smile around the school, welcome to the team, Miss Richardson!

DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Ian Glenny DIRECTOR

Our students got a wonderful surprise on returning to school thanks to Steven and Shawn England who headed a long-awaited sandpit extension project on behalf of the BOT. The sandpit extension definitely got the tick of approval and has been very popular with the kids!! On behalf of Kakaramea School we would like to thank Steven, Shawn and all their many helpers for their expertise, energy and time they contributed towards this project for our super wee school. We would also like to extend a special thank you to Brett and Gabriel Honeyfield and Dale and Kelly Picard for their kind donation of materials to ensure our sandpit could be completed to such a high standard. We are so lucky to have such wonderfully supportive community members. Thanks again! There’s nothing quite like digging a good hole or building a volcano out of sand.

WALLPAPERING

Mobile 0274 998 610 Ph/fax (06) 345 0241 A/hrs Email migg@xtra.co.nz

HOT WATER BLASTING QUALIFIED TRADESMEN

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We are right on your doorstep We can do WOF inspections while you wait Our hourly rate is lower than dealer workshops because we have less overheads

Our last day of Term 2 was quite out of the box, with our Cardboard Box Day. As Lockdown proved, much joy and creative inspiration can come from the humble cardboard box! Our children loved using their imaginations to transform their boxes. Creations included cars, robots, houses, towers and submarines.

You know our guys We can service and repair almost anything We do callouts (no travel charge within 10km radius of Patea) We are locals & support locally We are MTA assured

Rob, Leighton, Chresten, Arna 06 273 8288 next to the Mobil in Patea

LTNZ

Authorised WOF inspectors

We saw a problem and we tried to fix it. Buddy classes Koru and Rimu have been working together as the school pest control squad, making wasp traps in an attempt to keep our jam sandwiches pest-free. Together we made the traps out of recycled plastic bottles, sugar water, honey and vinegar. The vinegar keeps regular honey bees out, but the wasps aren’t too fussy so they climb into the sweet concoction and cannot get back out. IMPORTANT TERM 3 DATES: Friday 7th August - School Photos Friday 14th August - Kak’s Got Talent Monday 24th August - Kakaramea School Cross Country Monday 31st August - Cluster Cross Country Tuesday 1st September - Postponement Day for Cluster Cross Country. Monday 14th September - Life Education Visit Tuesday 15th September - Life Education Visit Wednesday 16th September - Hall of Creativity Thursday 17th September - Annual Pet Day Friday 18th September - Pet Day Postponement Day Wednesday 23rd September - Taranaki Cross Country

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Kelly Baldwin O: 06 278 0360 M: 022 186 4539 H: 06 273 8944

Mills & Gibbon LI NE ST W IN G

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We put you first

Anne Robertson O: 06 278 0360 M: 021 400 801 H: 06 273 8117

A SUNNY DISPOSITION

47 Wilson Street, Waverley - For Sale $250,000

20 Gibson Place, Patea - Offers Over $225,000

Fresh to the market this is an opportunity for first home buyers or investors. Presently tenanted. The home has a good layout with separate good sized lounge with logfire and deck area off lounge, kitchen/dining area, 3 double bedrooms. Insulated ceiling and underfloor, well fenced and single garaging. 3 phase power in woodshed and garden shed.

It would be worth your while to consider your options with this comfortable home which is a tempting and affordable option. Built in the 1970Â´s this tidy home is located in a quiet cul-desac. Consisting of 3 double bedrooms, separate kitchen, dining and lounge with a conservatory off lounge, wet floor bathroom. This tidy home is insulated with two heat pumps and log burner option. Well fenced section with single garage workshop.

COTTAGE LIKE CHARM

POTENTIAL AND SUPERB VIEWS

1 Meredith Street Patea

21 Middlesex Street, Patea

Historic four bedroom cottage that was built pre 1920. It is centrally located in the coastal town of Patea. Easy walk to towns amenities and beach. This home is weatherboard with iron roof, large single Garaging. 4 bedrooms, two large and two smaller bedrooms. Kitchen/dining area, separate lounge with Heatpump. With 1278mÂ˛ section this gives many options for gardens, orchard etc. Tenant in place who would love to stay.

Situated in the coastal town of Patea this Art Deco style home is situated on an elevated site with compelling views of the sea and farmland. Enjoy the divine sunsets from the deck off the dining room in the evening. Consisting of 4 bedrooms, separate lounge, kitchen and dining area, 2 toilets, separate shower and bath. Easy walk to shops, medical centre, golf course and towns amenities. Well fenced 1545m2 section.

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TIDY, SOLID, DEPENDABLE

18 HADFIELD STREET - PATEA

15 Norfolk Street, Patea - For Sale $219,000

This family home has had a makeover. Freshly painted interior and exterior, new carpet in the bedrooms, large kitchen/dining, separate lounge with heat pump and a fully fenced section. No Dogs

Homes of this era have great bones and this elevated 1960s home is no exception. Built to catch the sun, the open plan living, dining and kitchen area is light and warm with a wood burner for heating, insulation and neutral colour scheme throughout. The three double bedrooms all have wardrobes, the bathroom and laundry are tiled and modernised and the home comes with a 40 foot shipping container for storage or extra room, a new driveway and carport offer undercover entry and room for two cars. Good starter or rental appeal. Rental appraisal $280-$300 p/w.

Cnr High & Victoria, Hawera

Remmy Borrie M: 0276162927

www.mgfn.co.nz

06 278 0360 Licensed under REAA 2008

12 - August 2020

Whenuakura School - ‘Growing Personal Excellence’ Halfway through the year, and our learners have returned from the holidays refreshed and happy to be back into their school routines. We had a very busy end of term including a wonderful turnout of parents at the working bee, so thank you so much. The grounds are looking great. It was great to catch up with our families at the Learning Conversations at the end of last term and share the progress each child has made and our plans moving forward around assessment and home learning.We have also recently collected learner voice about our classroom programmes and gained valuable feedback. We have started the term with Monday Momentum where we teach our school values and set the weekly CORE challenge for the week. This week Whaea Soni and I have met with Enviroschools facilitators and have some exciting plans to watch out for! Mrs Ferris and I have also attended professional learning on ‘The Science of Reading - Literacy Success for all’ by Liz Kane. We look forward to implementing some of our new learning. Our learners are being encouraged to constantly display our School CORE Values - Collaboration, Open and Adaptable, Respect and Excellence. Congratulations to all of these winners from the last two weeks of term:

Pippa, Toby, Aidan and Hannah Leah, Adeezia, Rhylan and Thomas

We had a fun celebration on the last day of term dressing up as a favourite book character.

Zoom Inspired Teaching We were very lucky to have the opportunity to have a zoom chat with the amazing author/illustrator Donovan Bixley. The students were so well engaged and he even inspired our very own illustrations!

August 2020 -13

This exhibition is inspired by the publication Tales & Taonga of South Taranaki. The taonga on display are from the collections of Aotea Utanganui; some are featured in the book and some are interesting pieces rarely seen, hidden in the storerooms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all have historical significance to South Taranaki. This exhibition is on now and runs until February 2021

Open 10am-4pm Monday to Saturday 127 Egmont Street, Patea

Upcoming events on our school calendar are our School Crosscountry and Pet Day. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updated information and to see what our learners have been up to. Whenuakura School

14 - August 2020

TO LET

Wanted:

OLD BOTTLES,

Waverley; one bedroom Council pensioner housing unit currently available.

pottery / stone jars + crocks.

Applicants must be 65 years and over. Bond and references required. $113.00 per week includes lawn mowing.

Top $ paid. Cash. Private collector. Ph 06 753 5761 or 021 141 8029

Contact Katherine Pollard, (06) 278 0555

Phone 06 278 4786 Patea, Waverley, Waitotara

Painter

Visit the

Buy sell and swap in the classifieds

South Taranaki LibraryPlus at

www.southtaranaki.com or

find us on FaceBook and

search the catalogue https://ils.stdc.govt.nz

MT & RE BEATSON CONTRACTING

25 years service Waverley Patea & Districts

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

Ph 06 346 5649 Waverley or 027 659 1946

Round Baleage * Individual & Tubewrapping Available * 6 Layer Plastic * Round & Conventional Hay * Buy/Sell Standing Grass, Baleage & Hay * Direct Drilling * Boom Spraying

MICKEY BEATSON 027 204 2578

Waipipi Wind Farm Access Closure Temporary closure of the informal access routes through the Waipipi Wind Farm site to the Tasman Sea and the Whenuakura River will take effect from 14 October 2019. Access through the site is closed due to the health and safety risks associated with the construction activities. All non-construction related traďŹ&#x192;c will not be permitted on the site for the duration of the 18 month construction period.

Plants For Sale

PATEA STANDBY 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-11.30 Monday to Friday AFTER HOURS 346 5050 or 346 5149 Try to book appointments in advance.

Wholesale Prices Pohutakawa $5.00 Pittosporum- Lemonwood - Karo $5.00 Teniflolium $5.00 Dodonea $4.00 Flaxes $4.00 Manuka - honey $4.00 Assortment of Bulbs

WILLOW GARDENS NURSERY 45 Fookes St, Waverley. 06 346 5488

St Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OP SHOP

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

L&J Devane Contracting

Lance Devane Fencing Contractor jess.lance @gmail.com

0274125251 4 Porritt Street Whanganui

August 2020 - 15

Patea & WaverleyPress The Patea & Waverley Press is printed by Beacon Print EDITORS: Tony & Cath Sheard p: 06 273 8600 after hours & weekends only m: Cath 021 247 8193 e: cathsheard@xtra.co.nz Patea & Waverley Press is published on the first working day of each month and is the only paper sent exclusively to every household in Patea, Waverley, Waitotara & surrounding districts. DEADLINES - shown on the front cover each month late copy may not be published

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. Dental services -Victoria Dental (Waverley): 45 Gloag St, Waverley. Phone 346 5491 opening hours Wednesday 9.00am - 3.30pm Thursday 9.00am - 4.30pm 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. Waverley LibraryPlus Monday to Friday Saturday

9am-12.30pm, 1pm-5pm 9.30am-noon

Abbotsford Health Centre Waverley - 3465021 Standby 9.30-11.30 Daily Leo Brown Podiatrist Monthly District Health Nurse Daily Medical Equipment Hire Eg Wheel,Chairs Crutches etc Meeting Room Hire All by Appointment only

Taranaki’s only registered Monumental Mason WHERE YOU GO FOR HEADSTONES 33 High St, Hawera 06 278 5518 209 Coronation Ave, New Plymouth 06 759 9975 Exceeding the standard since 1914

WAVERLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Pensioner Meals 1st Wednesday of each month at noon. Donation if you can afford it. Two course meal. Open to all pensioners. If new people would like to come then please ring Carolyn Anso 06 273 8443. Mainly Music each Tuesday at 10 am at church during school terms. Op-shop at back of the church opening Wed, Thurs and Friday from 9am - 1pm. Donations readily accepted.

Our family working for your family for over 100 years. 462 Somme Parade, Wanganui opposite the cemetery.

Tel (06) 343 8708

Email: info@anderson-memorials.co.nz Showrooms on Feilding and Palmerston North

www.anderson-memorials.co.nz

Weekly Calendar It is the responsibility of the organisations below to advise any deletions, additions or alterations to this service. TUESDAY Waverley Bowling Club, names in by 1.15pm for 1.30pm start WEDNESDAY Walking Group St Stephen’s Hall 9am THURSDAY Waverley United Indoor Bowls, 7.15pm SATURDAY Waverley Bowling Club 1.30pm

Rainfall KAKARAMEA Rainfall recorded by Kevin Ford, Spence Rd. Rainfall for June 2020 - 116.5mm in 16 days Rainfall for June 2019 - 104mm Average for June - 121mm over 50 years Total for 2020 - 401mm. Average ytd is 580mls. WAITOTARA Rainfall recorded by Marie Hawken, Waitotara Rainfall June 2020 - 129.75mm in 19 days Rainfall May 2019 - 110.75mm in 16 days WAVERLEY Rainfall recorded by Stu Buckman, Waverley Rainfall June 2020 - 141mm in 17 days Rainfall June 2019 - 107mm in 16 days Rainfall June 2018 - 94mm in 17 days Rainfall June 2017 - 45mm in 8 days