The Patea & Waverley Press July 2020 by Cath Sheard

Patea & Waverley Press Te Karere o Patea me Te Wairoaiti

JULY 2020

Circulating in Patea, Waverley, Waitotara and surrounding districts

New $2.1 million Waverley Water Treatment Plant The taps were turned on and water started flowing through Waverley’s new $2.1 million Water Treatment Plant last week. South Taranaki District Mayor, Phil Nixon says he was extremely pleased to see the plant completed and operational as Waverley had been experiencing some issues with the town water supply. “The Council has been working to address this and has built a new $2.1 million water treatment plant for the town. The new Waverley Plant will help ensure the town has safe drinking water that fully meets the Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand. Fiona Aitken, South Taranaki District Council (STDC) group manager of community and infrastructure services, says the new water treatment plant uses several processes to remove both organic and inorganic matter (like iron and manganese compounds) and bacteria from the water, including using ultraviolet light to kill protozoa and any residual bugs. Chlorination and fluoridation are also part of the treatment process. Taranaki DHB’s medical officer of health, Dr Jonathan Jarman, congratulates the Council on the completion of Waverley’s new water treatment plant. Dr Jarman says safe drinking water is something that we all take for granted. “Problems with drinking water supplies can be very disruptive and in a worst case scenario can cause a lot of illness very quickly. It is really good to see the investment that the South Taranaki District Council has made to protect the health of people in Waverley.”

Warning Sign Installed The Pātea Community Board paid for the installation of a warning sign for Mana Bay at Pātea Beach made and installed by Cameron Hurley of Zodiac Signs. Since the near drowning in January 2020 of 3 girls, courageously saved by visiting surfer Michael Grendon, the Board had wanted to put a sign warning of dangerous under-currents. This has now been done and is situated near to one of the life rings at Mana Bay. We want people that go into the water to be aware of the dangerous under-currents, especially near the river mouth, that can quickly take swimmers out to sea.

Archivist Joins Aotea Utanganui Amber Wright has recently joined the team at Aotea Utanganui Museum of South Taranaki as Technical Archivist. Although Amber has been in Australia for the past year, her roots are here in Taranaki so the Patea-based museum, with its rich South Taranaki archives material is a dream role. Amber, from Ōpunakē, brings with her seven years of collection management in the museum sector, combined with a Bachelor of Media Arts and Visual Arts. Her experience in the field consists of time at Puke Ariki as a Collection Technician - Taonga Maori, Digital Technician, and Curator Archives; and Yarra Ranges Regional Museum in Victoria, Australia as an Exhibitions Installer, Cultural Development Officer and Collections Officer.

Water Fountains Increase Wellbeing Another project that the Pātea Community Board have completed recently is a new filtered drinking water fountain at the Pātea LibraryPlus. It can also be used to refill drink bottles, and will hopefully encourage people to reuse plastic drink bottles and reduce waste. The drinking fountain is set in the new seating area the Council installed in the summer in front of the facility. There are two tables with seating around them, with raised gardens planted in colourful plants. It’s a peaceful area to sit and eat lunch, read a book or hook into the free wifi. Waverley also had a drinking fountain installed last year outside the LibraryPlus.

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2 - July 2020

A Christian Word

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Celebrate! Here’s a word with several meanings, but one in particular stands out: to have a lively and happy time! Birthdays are one such occasion, let’s face it … presents make anyone happy. To come into a place of celebrations gets anyone’s attention, a sense of joy permeates the place and you are caught up in the celebration. Perhaps we don’t celebrate enough, being lively and happy, perhaps the heaviness of life is too big to allow joy/happiness to express itself within you. That’s kind sad, isn’t it? I mentioned last month about my spiritual birth … being born again, this causes exceedingly great joy within me even when I’m having a “bad hair day”! The beauty of this occasion is that I do not have to generate a happy face to convince myself, celebrating is beautiful, as when a Sunday worship is just that – worship, singing praise and worship to the All mighty Jesus Christ is absolutely wonderful, truth is you cannot stop! It continues throughout the week as well, it never fades away. We need to celebrate that which is good and it’s also a means of expressing our gratitude at the event. I’m not going to mention some celebrations that are going on in the world today, truth is they are not nice at all, I think that when we begin to celebrate evil we have started to lose the plot … so to speak. Celebrating is a joy and delight, and a beautiful memory perhaps, either way it’s our expression of gratitude and thanks. Throughout the Bible celebrations are required by God to help us to remember all the good He has done, be it the birth and death and resurrection of His only begotten Son, the recorded accounts of Him bringing His people out of slavery and into a place of security by giving them all the land God promised them, as we know of Israel today. There were special occasions to be remembered for generations to come, like the night before they left Egypt, the Passover, all the miraculous powers God did to show everyone that He alone is God almighty and there are no other Gods! That’s why Christians celebrate, sing praises to God Almighty, remembering not only creation being established by God, but all of us being made in His likeness. When we come to Jesus and confess our sins and we know that God has removed all condemnation – we’re innocent! What a celebration! It gets even better … the biggee!! Death, “where O death is your sting? Where O death is your victory?” we can rejoice and celebrate in this event that yes we are mortal and eventually die, but that’s not the end for a believer in Jesus Christ, there is eternity, for ever and ever being in God’s presence. Sometimes we get just a touch of this expectation and it causes celebration, something that is triggered by confirmation by God to us that it is not a “fairy tale” as some would believe. Again, I have to reiterate on last month’s letter, meeting with God Almighty has to be experienced and can be if you want all that God has promised, and God does not break His word! It is written! If you like to consider things then here’s one for you – why are we here? What is the purpose of our existence? To birth babies and then grow old and die? How come this beautiful creation sustains us, how come we respect other’s property

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2020 Mass Timetable

Weekday Masses Wed 1 July, 9.30am. St Francis de Sales, Waverley Wed 8 July, 9.30am. St Patrick’s, Patea Wed 15 July, 9.30am. St Francis de Sales, Waverley Wed 22 July, 9.30am. St Patrick’s, Patea Wed 29 July, 9.30am. St Francis de Sales, Waverley Sunday Mass Times: Sunday 5 July, 9.30am. St Patrick's, Patea Sunday 12 July, 9.30am, St Francis de Sales, Wav Sunday 19 July, 9.30am. St Patrick’s, Patea Sunday 26 July, 9.30am. St Francis de Sales, Wav

and lives? The list goes on and on does it not? Sometime in life we have to address these questions and get the truth, not what someone else has spouted, because your life is at stake – seriously! It passes the joke stage and knocks defiantly on the door of your heart, requiring the truth! Again, reminding us all about what Jesus said when He stood up and publicly proclaimed, “I am the way, the truth and the life” – a powerful declaration indeed. God can not lie! So celebrate, enjoy life’s moments, these will all pass away eventually, but God’s presence and promises never will. God calls all to come and celebrate with Him, to enjoy His presence in your life forever. Come Lord Jesus Ted Reeves, Patea

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Local News BEREAVEMENTS

Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Stanley Owen Stewart, Gerald Stanton Baker, Brian Frederick Headley, Bryan Duxfield and Donald William (Don) Marshall. Stanley Owen Stewart was born in Waverley in 1925. Stanley passed away on 22nd May 2020. Out of the 95 years of his life, only 2 years and 8 months were spent out of Waverley at the Kowhainui Rest Home. The rest of his of his 95 years was spent on the family farm on Stewart Road and in retirement at Smith Street, Waverley. Loved by his siblings, nieces and nephews.

WELCOME BACK

The Patea and Waverley LibraryPlus team are pleased to welcome Kay Michal back to work after an extended absence following the illness and death of her much-loved husband Peter. We know the Waverley community will be delighted to see you back too.

Patea Golf Club Club Competition Days

Saturday golf restarted on 16th May with a Stableford competition and Gareth Hughes was the winner with 43 points followed by Josh Paerata, Gerald Rutten and Willie Harris all on 38 points. Ladies versus the men was played on the 23rd May and an aggregate Stableford competition was played. Best individual scores for the men were Steve Hughes 44 points, Willie Harris 38 points and Gerald Davidson 36 points. Best individuals for the ladies were Win Finlay 36 points and Kath Honeyfield 36 points. Twos were scored by Kath Honeyfield, Ev Gibbs and Steve Hughes. The aggregate scores were ladies 31.25 and men 33.8 so the ladies had to pay for the lotto tickets. Club Matchplay Championships have been played on the Saturdays during June. There have been many close games with some matches going extra holes before the winner was found. The finals will be played on Saturday 27th June. The senior men finalists will be Arron Hughes and Darcy Faiers, the Intermediate finalists will be Mark Hawken and Stephen Hughes, the junior finalists will be Neil Edgcombe and Harvey Gibbs and the limit finalists Walter Cole and Laurie Hackett. The senior ladies finalists will be Kathy Faiers and Gareth Hughes, the intermediate finalists Ev Gibbs and Barbara Hill, the junior finalists will be Win Finlay and Carolyn Davidson. Good luck to all finalists.

Club Membership

The offer to become a member of the Patea golf club for only $75 is still available and will be open until the end of 2020. Contact Ray Finlay 273 8335 or Ev Gibbs 027 537 3708.

Flying Nine

The flying nine competition played over the summer months was popular and the men’s aggregate winner was Steve Honeyfield scoring 164 points from Roger Edgecombe who scored 161 points. The ladies aggregate winner was Kath Honeyfield scoring 146 points from Ev Gibbs who scored 138 points.

100 Club raﬄe

The club has decided not to run the 100 club raﬄe this year.

South Taranaki darts competition

The darts competition has restarted now we are at COVID level one and it was good to see the Patea Panthers restart the competition with a win. Good luck for the rest of your games

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Maxwell & Districts Kindergarten

Kindergarten is open again and everyone is so happy to be back enjoying all of their favourite things. Although we were open during alert level 3 we only had a couple of children attending, so it is fantastic to be all together again. We have welcomed several new children and families over the past couple of weeks so if your child is on our waiting list they will be getting closer to the top! Remember if you would like to enrol your child with us just call in and fill out a form, or give us a call and we can send one out to you. We also have a Facebook page if you would like to see some photos of the children learning at Kindergarten. We have recently had an extension to our playground and we have this lovely new grassy space for the children to utilise. Earlier in the year the Whanganui Corrections Department had a group of people work on a project to construct a new Playhouse for the children. It is now in place on our new grass and the children are discovering all sorts of ways to use this new piece of equipment. Thanks to Alex and his team at the Whanganui office. The children are keen to play and learn in the outside environment in all weathers and we try to provide this whenever possible. There are not very many days that we cannot get out into the playground. Particular areas of interest at present are water exploration, the large sandpit and the swings. All of these areas offer the children the opportunity to learn a range of important skills for life, along with learning about their ability to learn and to develop a love of learning!

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Notes from the meeting on Wednesday 3 June 2020, 4pm, provided by the Board Members. The fourth meeting for the year was held at the Waitotara War Memorial Hall, Kaipo St. Present were: Pātea Community Board members; Jacq, Dianne, Jo & Rob Northcott (Pātea Ward Councillor), Janine Maruera, (Community Development Officer), Phil Nixon (Mayor), Sara Dymond (PA), Claire Symes (Community Development Manager), Liam Dagg (Group Manager Environmental Services) and several members of the public. Open Forum: Allan Caple from Pātea Community Patrol updated us on the situation on the streets. They went back patrolling the streets again when we went down to level 2 on 13 May after being in complete Lockdown for 4 weeks. They now also patrol the grounds of Whenuakura and St Joseph schools at night. Allan also mentioned that fellow Comm Patrol man; Gary Murphy has come to an agreement with the spraying contractors, so this will protect his garden from spray drift in future. Laurie Mildenhall spoke to us on two issues of concern, the first being the continuing lack of progress on repairing the Waka. It has been over a year since the leaching concrete problem was identified. This is caused by incorrect sealing product and insufficient drainage from the base of the waka. The cavity that was cut into the front of the base of the monument is still there and a dark discharge is leaching out of it. Laurie, along with many locals is concerned that the integrity of the structure is being compromised with this inattention. Liam Dagg replied to this request for action from Laurie and will have information and hopefully a solution available for us at the next meeting. The other query from Laurie was that the clock on the Hunter Shaw building had stopped. Rob replied that this must have happened in the last couple of days, as he hadn’t noticed it. This will also be followed up with the Council maintenance team. Rob Northcott spoke on behalf of many local people that have requested action in regard to the constant problem of roaming dogs, in both Pātea and Waverley. A family dog was severely mauled in recent days and required veterinary care. And he knows of many people that are too scared to venture outside their own sections for exercise or recreation due to vicious dogs that have followed or attacked them. There were reports from Waverley residents that dogs are let out to forage for food at night. He implored that the roaming dog issue be taken seriously, and action be taken before a person was seriously injured from a dog attack. Meanwhile all residents are urged to log any dog incidents to the Council Call Centre: 0800 111 323. Cheryl and Brian Rook from the newly formed Waitotara Community Group presented their application for $600 from the Discretionary Fund for assistance for the Directional sign they want to install at Waiinui Beach. The sign will show distances to places like Hong Kong, London etc and will be a bit of a conversational piece for visitors to the beach. They also informed us of some of the other projects they are working on in the future. Jacq on behalf of the Patea Community Board presented their application for a warning sign for Mana Bay, costing $402-, to be made and installed by Cameron of Zodiac signs. Since the near drowning in January 2020 of 3 girls, courageously saved by Michael Grendon, the Board have wanted to put a sign warning of Dangerous under-currents near river mouth. This can now be achieved. Jacq on behalf of the Patea Community Board presented their application for funding for seating and picnic table ($1782.00) to be installed on the lawn area that will be created on York Street when the river side area is cleaned up. These will have concrete pads under them for ease of mowing and will be installed by Colin Schrader when Noel McColl has cleared the site. This will commence when the Council approves project plan is released. Matters Arising: A quote has been received for the Pātea Community Board Project of the Pātea Beach Lookout ‘Directional Signs’. Janine is now leading this project and will meet with Rob and Jacq to confirm the site of sign and rock etc soon. The Rural Hall Council grant will be open for applications on 30 June. Community Development, Information Report from Claire Symes: A Council Local Recovery team has been established to look at ways of supporting the community through the impact of Covid-19. The team has been considering what priorities are as we move forward, looking at long and short term solutions. An ‘Un-Covid Sth Taranaki’ Facebook page was set up and managed by the Community Development team throughout Lockdown and followed by over 600 people. An application was submitted to the NZTA Waka Kotahi Innovating Streets Pilot Fund for the co-design and implementation of temporary street treatments to slow down traffic in Waverley and Eltham. Speed, noise and safety have been an on going issue in these two towns in particular. Volunteers Day was adapted this year due to Covid, and instead a ‘Volunteer Hero’ concept will take place. Library Report was read. District children and Young adults Librarian; Pam Jones and Branch librarian; Katherine Bosworth are providing training to librarians throughout NZ on running virtual book clubs via zoom, hosted by LIANZA. So good to see the service the team are providing is ahead of many other libraries in NZ. LibraryPlus Officers have also been indexing Taranaki Family History collection books while they were working from home. Facilities Usage Report was read. Mayor Phil thanked the unsung heroes of Lockdown, for keeping things that had to happen, happening: the Rubbish collectors, transfer station operators, grave diggers, Lawn mowers, Library staff, Council call centre. 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 - Patea’. Or view them at Pātea or Waverley Library. 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 15 July, 4pm, Hunter Shaw Building, Pātea 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

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Winter Festival Lunchtime Organ Concert

12.15 – 12.45pm Thursday 30th July at the Church of the Good Shepherd. This is a concert for two organs and the organists are Margaret Thompson and Leonard Cave. The concert will be followed by lunch and everyone is welcome. Admission free, koha at the door.

Patea Old Folks Association

The Patea Old Folks Association has been in recess for two years and we have not met socially on a Tuesday since our AGM on the 8th of May 2018. However, we did hold another AGM on the 14th May 2019. Since then 8 members have passed away and three members have moved into Te Mahana Resthome so the time has come to permanently cease to function. However, that leaves us with a dilemma of the hall. We would like to see the building retained as a hall but that would necessitate a new committee being formed to maintain and administer the building. On the 14th July we will be having our AGM and invite all members of the public to attend and discuss the ongoing future of the building the community fought so hard to obtain for our residents. Please step up and help. Venue: Patea Old Folks Hall Date: Tuesday 14 July 2020 Time: 7pm

Tales & Taonga exhibition at Aotea Utanganui

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 – all have historical significance to South Taranaki. This exhibition is on now and runs until February 2021. The museum is open 10am4pm Monday to Saturday at 127 Egmont Street, Patea.

7 - July 2020

Waverley Primary School

Exciting things have been happening at Waverley Primary School: Waverley Primary School is currently re-establishing the PFA (Parent Friends Association). The meeting that was held and was very successful. Thank you very much to those who attended. It was very heartening to see such a good number of you interested in taking part. This organisation is not just a fundraising group but should also be a support group for activities such as, social functions, camps, reading programmes, pet days and productions. Another very positive happening has been the enrolment numbers at the new entrant level. Since the beginning of May we have had six new little people join us. I enjoy visiting the junior rooms and admire the work being done by Kaye Saunders and Hannah Boon as they build language and vocab with their students. This is an area where parents can give strong support just by talking to their children, expanding their vocab and building the correct language patterns. If good examples are not presented to them, children will not develop their language. The feedback in those two classrooms is constant and I am sure parents are recognising the good work that is being done. As we look forward to the rest of the year we are aware of more enrolments putting pressure on that new entrant area. This is a good problem to have and bodes well for the future. Ngā mihi nui Clive Rennie, Principal The seniors in Rimu Hub have been demonstrating their leadership skills by supporting the juniors in their reading and sporting skills.

Recently we had a lovely morning tea together as a staff to show our appreciation for our support staff at Waverley Primary School.

Manuka Hub: Te Whānau Mārama Our inquiry this term is all about objects that we can find in the sky. We are learning to identify the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rainbow, night sky and daytime sky. Check out our wonderings about our inquiry!

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Patea Masonic Lodge give to Alton Church fund The Alton Community were recently presented with a cheque for $1,000 from the Patea Kilwinning Lodge for the resealing of the tiles on the Alton All Saints Church roof. The church is now under the ownership of the Alton Coronation Hall Committee, who were so grateful for this generous donation which was handed over on the 10th of June. Chum Sutherland's association with Alton goes back three generations, and it was so good to have Chum, his wife Val and sister Wayvne back in Alton for the afternoon to have a look around the newly renovated church, along with fellow Lodge members David and Alan. Next year it will be 150 years since the Patea Kilwinning Lodge began, it is heartening to see the philanthropic ideals of the Lodge are still continuing today, and our small rural settlements benefitting from their generosity. Right: Chum Sutherland presenting the cheque to members of the Alton Hall committee: Jacq Dwyer, Greg Burnand and Harvey Gibbs. Below: presentation inside the Alton Church, left to right - Wayvine Gulliver, Alan Johnston, Chum Sutherland, Greg Burnand, Val Sutherland, Harvey Gibbs, David Stowell, Joy Marfell.

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Kakaramea School - together we achieve Kakaramea school truly values our wonderful support staff! Thank you thank you thank you to these amazing people who do so much to support our school community. We would like to acknowledge our Learning Assistants; Suzanne Knapp, Celeste Cole, Tamara Longmuir, Erin Gibb and Tania Ellwood, our school cleaner Eliza Reid and our Office Administrator Arna Read for their commitment and contribution to Kakaramea School.

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Kakaramea School held a Pajama Day to fundraise for the Kai Kitchen Trust, supporting those who are going without this winter. It was a lovely cosy cold day at school, perfect for wearing our pajamas! In fact, we could get used to this... We have been enjoying hosting assemblies with the drop-down of Covid levels. Here is our sweet little Koru Room showing their beautiful self-portraits.

July 2020 -10 Our wonder Kauri class have written Hello-Goodbye poems about their experiences coming out of Lockdown and back into school routines. Here is a sample of their work.

Hello/Goodbye by Madoc Read Hello playground Goodbye gaming with my friends Hello school Goodbye homeschool zoom Hello getting out of bed at 7.30am Goodbye sleeping in until 9.30am Hello soccer Goodbye dirt-bikes Hello friends Goodbye family Hello school work Goodbye being lazy at home doing nothing. Hello/Goodbye by Eva Groat Hello 7.30am starts, put on my clothes and eat rice bubbles on frosty mornings Goodbye 10am starts staying in bed in my pjs until lunch Hello desk, oh how I’ve missed you with your plastic chair and metal legs, oh how my hand aches because of this wooden stick Goodbye bed, I will miss you and your electric blanket and the keyboard of the ipad Hello friends, oh the laughs we had all those years ago Goodbye lonely lunches of jam sandwiches with my dog staring up at me with her puppy dog eyes Hello stressful school, I have missed you but not your strange ways and tiresome sports Goodbye sleep-ins, I will miss you and your warm blankets (RIP) Hello flesh humans with all your humanly features Goodbye pixel-bots no legs just sitting there Hello homework just sitting there staring at me.. “where’s my pencil?” Wait, it’s growing teeth... Goodbye “do it all from 9.11 to 3.01” rule. Kakaramea School has some enthusiastic new librarians. Congratulations to Eva Groat, Archie Lawrence and Hollie Fowler for taking on this important role and being kaitiaki of our whare pukapuka! We made an excursion to the Patea LibraryPlus to learn what the job entails and practice our book hunting and display-making skills. Thanks for hosting us Katherine!

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37 Chester Street, Patea - For Sale $219,000

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.

This 4 bedroom beauty has undergone some upgrading and renovations making it a very comfortable home. Insulated underfloor and ceiling plus most of the internal walls, new gib through most of house with only the hallway to complete. Spacious living areas which flow well into the private and sheltered courtyard. New carpet and timber floor in kitchen dining area. Open fire place in lounge, plus gas heating and heat pump. Also there is a garaging for two cars or one plus storage, lockable garden shed. 1012mÂ˛ section for lots of space for kids and dog.

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40 Kent Street, Patea

17A Hussey Street Waverley - For Sale $68,000

Reap the benefits of owning this unique property situated on a corner site with an easy walk to the river walkway and the beach. Trees are planted along the boundary fences and this gives a private peaceful feel to the section. Also on site is a portacom consisting of 1 bedroom, bathroom and kitchen/living area. Services for water and sewerage are at the boundary. With 2023m2 of land there is plenty of space to put on a house, shed or building.

Tucked away off the road this 1156m2 section has instant appeal with privacy and quiet location. This section is perfect for either building your dream house or to use as a base for a motor home. Purchasers to do their own due diligence on services.

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Michelle Hofmans M: 027 531 7684

MANCHESTER STREET - PATEA 13 Manchester Street Patea This 3 bedroom home is in the process of being transformed with a new kitchen, new carpets freshly painted and neutral decor.Fully insulated with gas heating. For the garden lover there is plenty to keep you busy or opt to have a contractor take care of the lawns and Remmy Borrie gardens and sit back and enjoy. (additional cost). Call Today! M: 027 6162 927

Cnr High & Victoria, Hawera

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July 2020 -12

Whenuakura School - ‘Growing Personal Excellence’

Another busy few weeks has been had at school and we now head towards our school holidays. It has been a very different twelve-week term! Students have had many adjustments in this changing world and we really would like to acknowledge our Whenuakura families for being so adaptable and accepting of our new ideas and systems. Learners are settled and teachers are enjoying the extra time in our classrooms to plan meaningful and engaging learning activities. At the time of writing this, we are planning for our mid-year Learning Conversations, where we meet with each family to discuss progress, goals and aspirations for each learner as we move into the second half of the year. Some of our recent school highlights include more personalised lessons, collection of student voice about our classrooms, a visit from Ash the environmental educator from Lake Rotokare, visits from Sport Taranaki and also organisation around learning support. Puanga Shining - Celebrating Maori New Year in South Taranaki The South Taranaki District Council have been posting weekly challenges to our community. The first challenge was to write a rap, waiata or poem- which is what Kyvarn and Sofia did. These learners used their literacy and research skills to create something very special. They had to learn different parts of a song, what Puanga is, and how to write song lyrics. We are pretty proud of their hit single and especially proud as we had Janine Maruera visit from the Council to present them with their WINNING PRIZE! Congratulations to Kyvarn and Sofia - what an amazing effort. We are very impressed with your creative song writing, singing, confidence, and ‘can do’ attitude. If you haven't heard their waiata yet, head over to the school facebook page. You can also hear these two super stars being interviewed on the radio by Mz Leah from Te Korimako o Taranaki. Well done to the group of learners who did mahi whai and created stars from string. They had to follow instructions and persevere. Congratulations to Millie Harrison for winning this challenge out of all of South Taranaki! We are very proud of you. The latest challenge is to collaboratively create a piece of star themed artwork. Our clever and creative thinkers wanted to decorate a cake! Thank you Toni Stark for helping. They were very proud of their design and were excited to share it with the class. Our learners are being encouraged to constantly display our School CORE Values - Collaboration, Open and Adaptable, Respect and Excellence. We have started a reward system where staff will spot learners displaying CORE Values, and they will receive a coupon which goes into a weekly lucky draw. The students are making a huge effort and staff are noticing them striving to receive these coupons. Congratulations to all the winners from the last few weeks. Lake Rotokare Visit Recently we have had Ash Muralidhar from Lake Rotokare in our classes having a fun and informative visit all about the environment and predators. We were all very inspired by the work of Lake Rotokare and their knowledgeable and engaging educator Ash. Our learners loved meeting true to scale models of Paul and Pam the Possums, Stanley the Stoat, Frank the Ferret and Harry the Hedgehog. We hope everyone has a relaxing holiday break with their families and friends. We look forward to seeing you all back for another busy term on Monday 20th July.

Puanga challenge Emma, Macy & Leah - hmemade kai at break time

Pippa & Comien Juniors at their break time cafe

Eric & Archie

Rhylan

13 - July 2020

Above - Macy and, below, Georgie.

MT & RE BEATSON CONTRACTING

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

SHORT TOP & SIDES Hedge, Shelter & Tree Trimming Clean up service available Hedge Mulching Damon Owner / Operator Ph: 027 368 5959

Painter

25 years service Waverley Patea & Districts

Grant Sanson, your local painter, for interior & exterior work and waterblasting jobs. Phone 06 278 4786 Patea, Waverley, Waitotara

Ph 06 346 5649 Waverley or 027 659 1946

Sophie, Lachie & Millie

14 - July 2020

Waverley Primary School Waverley Primary School Board of Trustees Casual vacancy for elected trustee by selection. One vacancy has occurred on the board of trustees for elected parent representative. The board has resolved under section 105 of the Education Act 1989 to fill a vacancy by selection. If ten percent or more of eligible voters on the school roll ask the board, within 28 days of this notice being published, to hold a by-election to fill the vacancy, then a by-election will be held. Any eligible voter who wishes to ask the board to hold a by-election should write to: Roz Mexted Limited Statutory Manager c/- Secretary Waverley Primary School Gloag Street Waverley 4510 By: 31 July, 2020

Waverley Bowling Club

Waverley A&P Association AGM

The Annual General Meeting has been set for Sunday 5th July 2020 with Prizegiving at 2pm, followed by the AGM then afternoon tea.

Annual General Meeting of the above Association will be held in the St Stephen's Church Hall Committee Room on Wednesday 15th July 2020 at 7.30pm.

All players, intending players, members, and interested people, are welcome to attend.

All members and intending members are cordially invited to attend. Any enquiries please email the Secretary at waverleyshow@outlook.com

Friday night tea: these meals will continue from Friday 3rd July 2020. This first night will be a POT LUCK tea. Bar open from 5.30pm. Everybody welcome.

Patea Historical Society A.G.M. Waverley Community Patrol AGM Sunday 26th July 2020 - 11am Waverley Bowling Club Chester Street, Waverley Agenda: 1. Co-ordinators Report 2. Treasurer's Report 3. Secretary's Report 4. PLO's Report 5. Election of Officers

To be held in the museum Aotea Utanganui, 127 Egmont Street, Patea 15th July at 7.30 pm. All welcome.

SHELLEY MUIR M: 027 444 0611 Health & Safety consultant E: shelley@safebusiness.co.nz

Any enquiries to Pauline at waverley@cpnz.org.nz

HEALTH | SAFETY | HR | RECRUITMENT 0508 424 723 . www.safebusiness.co.nz

PaePae AGM

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 traffic will not be permitted on the site for the duration of the 18 month construction period.

Plants For Sale

The Paepae In The Park Committee wish to announce that their AGM will be held at the Patea LibraryPlus in the back room on Tuesday 21 July 2020 at 3pm. Agenda: Election of Executive Officers and Committee meeting immediately afterwards. New members welcome.

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

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

Ph Peter Larsen 06 346 5747 L&J Devane Contracting

Lance Devane Fencing Contractor jess.lance @gmail.com

0274125251 4 Porritt Street Whanganui

July 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 Christine Standen 06 346 5661. 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 9.30 am till around mid-day. 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 May 2020 - 124mm in 9 days Rainfall for May 2019 - 109mm Average for May - 113mm over 50 years Total for 2020 - 285mm WAITOTARA Rainfall recorded by Marie Hawken, Waitotara Rainfall May 2020 - xmm in 8 days Rainfall May 2019 - xmm in 13 days WAVERLEY Rainfall recorded by Stu Buckman, Waverley Rainfall May 2020 - 113mm in 8 days Rainfall May 2019 - 114mm in 13 days Rainfall May 2018 - 197mm in 21 days Rainfall May 2017 - 150mm in 16 days