Hikurangi Bulletin AUGUST 2022 Issue
BULLETIN DEADLINE
SEPTEMBER 9th 2022
FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OPEN HOURS
Mon 9.30am-12noon, tues 9.30am-12noon Closed Wednesday, Thurs 9.30am-12noon, fri 9.00am-2.30pm Contact office 4338452 or phone linda on 4338062 or 021 142 3679
This is just a reminder that Spring is on it’s way!
Lighter evenings. More BBQ’s. Hopefully not so much rain.
So on September 25th 2022 we will once again put our clocks forward 1 hour
Christmas is coming fast and faster, before you know it it will be here upon us.
So start buying now those little gifts that are needed for this time of the year.
RECIPES, STORIES, FUNNY STORIES ETC
If anyone has any of these that could go in the Hikurangi Bulletin please either drop them into our Friendship House office or email us on friendship@hikurangi.co.nz
We are always looking for new things to go in the bulletin. So if you can help in anyway please let me know. Thanks Linda (Editor)
SEPTEMBER 4th 2022
Hikurangi Friendship House would like to say thank you to all of our Fathers and Grandfathers for being so special to us all.
RAINFALL JULY 2022
HUKERENUI 300 mm HIKURANGI 485 mm MARUA 543 mm
We would like thank the following people who give us these Rain Results each month.
Hukerenui: Lillian Reid, Hikurangi Linda Vanstone and Marua Rob Roest These rain measurements are taken from their rain gauges in their local back yards.
Church Services In Hikurangi
Hikurangi Village Church: Meet Sundays at 10am, in the Hikurangi War Memorial hall. Last Sun of month is a Shared Lunch. Phone/Text Stuart on 0274 575247.
Hikurangi Catholic Church: Valley Rd Sundays 8 am Mass 1st Sun & Liturgy 2nd, 3rd & 4th 10 am.
Hikurangi Christian Fellowship: Sundays 10am or contact 4338654 and please leave a message.
Waro Lake report
Kia ora and greetings. Well the walkway around the lake has been very muddy lately for some reason. While most visitors love and respect the area we still have a number who enjoy destruction. Cars and a truck have turned the grassed area beside the toilet into a real muddy mess. I’d hate to be the poor individual who has to mow it if we ever get the grass mowed again. I am informed that a new contractor will take over this month, but it will be a mammoth task with long wet grass hiding numerous objects such as rocks, drains and all sorts. One car was driven for so long the clutch burnt out and couldn’t make it out to the road so the hopeless driver torched it beside the skate park. Next day many visitors arrived on bikes but some kind people had tidied it all up. Many thanks to those who will clean up after the abusers!!
There is one very lucky dog owner who walked their doggy around the lake on Friday July 29th. I wasn’t home when it killed one of my pet hens, so the dog is still alive. The last dogs shot on my property was 2018 when 2 dogs attacked a large steer grazing 40 metres from the fence.
Maybe next time when you see bad dangerous behaviour in cars please report it, especially with a rego number to *555. That seems to get a quick answer. Take heart, spring is nearly here. Enjoy the beauty of God’s wonderful creation!
Stuart Clark Self - appointed Kaitiaki Waro Lake North.
Policeman Pete
Hikurangi Police
Another month has rolled by since my last Bulletin piece, which was not such a good topic, related to the local Advocate headlines at the time about stressed-out police.
As is always the case, more topics come to light in the never-ending high profile, front page grabbing job police do. I say it all the time we won’t be short of work, we are chasing our tails but keeping the nose slightly above water.
Changes are certainly needed to ensure the nose remains above the high tide mark and we have a Deputy Commissioner (Jevon McSkimming) who has great vision and ideas for the future. We were lucky enough to have a quick meeting with him recently. I say lucky enough because we managed to get to Whangarei without being required for any jobs. Some staff weren’t so lucky as a major incident was unfolding in Whangarei as we travelled in. Typical of our job.
I can’t relay exactly what he said and his forecast but its bloody exiting to hear and great for the front-line policing teams who for want of a better word are getting smashed.
One thing that really pleased the rural policing staff at the meeting was the allocation of resources heading north where its really needed most. The top half of the country is under resourced and that is a big positive going forward.
Speaking of resources, you may have noticed I have a new 4 by 4 Mitsi Triton, which has been long overdue in the area. Hard to believe we haven’t had a 4-wheel drive vehicle in the rural Hikurangi and coastal environment for so long seems ridiculous.
I look forward to testing it out.
Changing topic, I want to remind everyone on vehicle security, in this day and age where vehicles have been a huge target for crime. They are being stolen for fun, used in all manner of crime, ram raids are the new phenomenon now-a-days. The one’s doing it are all young and foolish and don’t think of consequences. We all need to sharpen up when we lock up at night. Pretty common sense but lock up your vehicle and remove your valuables. If possible, park on your property under a security light if you have one, if not get one, the solar powered ones are great. These are simple things that should be automatic and are proven to work.
That’s me for the month stay safe out there and I’ll see you in my nice new wagon.
Senior Constable Pete THOMASChristmas Gift!!!
A friend and his wife let their little boy open all his presents at once on Christmas morning and were frustrated that the day’s excitement was over in 10 mins. So the next year they decided to hold the big present back until after lunch. They bought him a bike, but couldn't work out how to wrap it, so they tied a balloon to the handlebars.
Christmas Day arrived, lunch was eaten, then the mother said, “Look what else Santa has brought you,” and my friend wheeled the bike in. “Yippee,” shouted the boy. “A balloon”.
Library Books: Do you know the only funding our community library receives is from the books our customers check out? We get 50c per book from WDC and in the last 2 years our funding has halved. WE NEED YOU! Hikurangi Library is calling for locals to utilise our community library, we can even source checkouts for you from the Kamo and Town libraries. Membership is free and we are family friendly with an upgraded interior. Check out our online catalogue at www.hiki.librarika.com.
Hukerenui Playcentre
Hikurangi Community Notices.
Badminton (Social): Wed 9 - 12noon @ Hiki Memorial hall $2 per session. Rackets available. Contact Robyn433 8718. Bus: Leaves Hik @ 9.50 opposite Miners Rest Café & returns from Whg @ 1.30pm arriving at Hik 2.05pm
Children’s Lighthouse Playgroup: George St. Tues & Thurs 9.30 am – 12.30pm. Contact Sharlene 021 616 755
Fire Brigade: Training Monday Nights at 6.30pm in the Fire Station. More Volunteers needed.
Friendship House Trust: meets every 4th Tues of the month at 5.30pm held in the Hikurangi Hall. All welcome. Phone 433 8452 formore information.
Hikurangi Business Association: Meet 2nd Wed of each month, 7.00pm Hikurangi Bowling Club. All Welcome.
Hikurangi Freemasons Lodge No 140: Contact Ivan Berryman 4335847 or Steve 435 5601.
Hikurangi Transfer Station Please Note Winter Hours
Open Hours: Monday to Sunday 8am-1pm.
Hikurangi Golf Club: Phone Blue on 4337453
Hikurangi Hall: For Hire. Phone 433 8452
Jack Morgan Museum, Hukerenui: Open 10am-4pm daily. Justice of the Peace: Shayn Rouse Phone 433 8471 JP and Marriage Celebrant: Paul O’Dea 0275348374
Kindergarten: 5 Park St, Phone 433 8535
Library Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri 10 am - 2pm Tues & Thurs 10am - 6pm Sat & Sun closed. Ph433 8773.
Hikurangi Lions: Meet 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month. Contact Cyndy Verryt Phone 9460081 or cellphone 021544531 or Colin435 0717
Hikurangi Plunket: Whanau Anhna Plunket Holly 027 203 2863, Mon & Thurs Home & Clinic visits. Drop-in Clinic at 33 King Street Kensington, 9am to 1pm Wednesday & Friday. No appointment necessary.
Hukerenui Playcentre:Email Hukereui@playcentre.org.nz
Marriage Celebrant: Jeanette Logie Contact 0210359313
Museum: Hours are: Tues, Thurs, Sat 10am-11.30 am, or by appointment. Contact number433 8062
Museum Committee: Meet in the Museum every 3rd Sat of the month at 9.30 am. Phone Linda 433 8062 or please Email: hikurangi.museum@gmail.com.
Eureka Taekwondo: Self Defence for all age groups. Hik Sch Hall, Tues & Thurs 6pm -7pm. Please just turn up on those nights for more information. Thanks.
Tai Chi: Held in the Hikurangi Hall @ 1.30pm every Wednesday (except school holidays). Please Phone Linda on 4338062 for more info.
Whakapara Pony Club: Steve Martin Whakapara Women’s Institute: Contact Marie 433 9900. Whangarei District Council: Phone 430 4200 Yoga: Marua Hall. Thursday 6pm $8. Allison 09 434 4330
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Hikurangi Golf Club
Hi Everybody, Well the year is slipping by very quickly but good news is spring is nearly here, goodbye wet weather!! (hopefully). The course is holding up pretty well considering the amount of rain there has been but if you played last Sunday you will know the rain was blown straight off the course, think that is possibly the windiest day I have played in.
Mens August fixutre
Sunday 07 Bull Trophy rd 5
Doidge Rosebowl
Sunday 14 He & She qualifying Sunday 21 He & She Rd 1 (Calcutta 9 am)
Friday 26 Daffodil Day
Sunday 28 Shootout
Ladies Events for August
Sunday 07 Riley Cup Rnd 2, LGU 8, Putting 6
Sunday 14 He & She Qualifying, Match Play Qualifying, Hodgson Rosebowl Qualifying Sunday 21 He & She rd 1 Friday 28 Daffodil Day Sunday 28 Match play rd 1 or Final (Dempster Cup Rd 3, or Hodgson Rosebowl Rd 1)
Another Successful Quiz night Was held at the clubrooms. 8 teams participated and Chook’s team had the most correct answers (Or managed to purchase the most answers). Congratulations to them and a huge thank you to John Wilkinson and his wife for organising this.
Daffodil Day Is just around the corner now. Entries are all full up so if you haven’t entered a team sorry but you can still come and help on the day though!! Don’t forget we are looking for lots of sponsors prizes so if you have any contacts you can tap on the shoulder for donations of product/hole sponsorship please speak to them and get a form from Blue or Michelle for them to fill out and get their name on the sponsor list with the Cancer Society. He & She competition is starting this month so get your partners organised!
Ladies Intro to Golf Afternoon. We have set down the 8th of October for a fun afternoon for new ladies keen to try out golf. A flyer will be coming out but if you know of anybody who would like to have a go please let them know this date and invite them to come along Hikagolfgirl.
NEXT MONTH!
Creation Ministries visit Hikurangi Saturday September 24th. Please mark your calendar and prepare to attend. They cover many of the reasons evolution cannot explain the complexity of life, and why the Bible can.
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
You might have noticed that there are works happening along the railway line. After years of stagnation they finally want to reopen it. So we will see trains running through Hikurangi in the near future again. There were plans from the Government in the 1870s to link the railway, which ran by then from Auckland to Kamo, through to Kawakawa. The route had already been surveyed but it took over a decade until the works finally started. One reason was the increasing amount of coal that came from Hikurangi. By July 1894 the railway line was extended to Waro and two years later to Whakapara. You can find our old railway station, which used to be behind the dairy factory in Hikurangi, at Kiwi North nowadays. It is part of the Whangārei Steam and Model Railway Club. The Hikurangi Museum is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10-11.30am or by appointment. Contact: hikurangi.museum@gmail.com
AMAZING PUHIPUHI
True Tales.
This book is now available for purchase at the following places: Hikurangi Friendship House, Hikurangi Museum, Jack Morgan Museum and The Book Inn @ Kamo.
Evon can arrange mail deliveries within NZ. Website bookin.nz
Whangarei Mobile Library Bus
This arrives outside the Hikurangi Community Library at 1.15pm. Please call into the library for the next date of arrival. Please contact the library on 4338773 Thanks.
J C Godfrey
Certified Plumber & Drainlayer & Digger Work PO Box 53 Hikurangi 0150
Ph/Fax
Funny Stories: If anyone has any of these that would be suitable for the Hikurangi Bulletin please call into Friendship House with them or email us at friendship@hikurangi.co.nz. They would be very much appreciated.
Thanks Linda (Editor).
Hikurangi Volunteer Fire Brigade
Well another month has speed by Christmas is just around the corner. Wont be long and we will have Guy Faulkes and Christmas parades to attend.
Last month we as a brigade went to the young farmers finals day at Barge park. We were ablely lead by our own fire fighter Emma Sanders who along with her Boss coordinated the Fire and Emergency participation on the day. The conditions were not great and we definitely got wet and stayed wet for most of the day. It was great to watch the young farmers tackle some of the tasks our communities fire Personal do. A big thank you to Emma, Brad , Hayden , Steve, Joel, Jerram for giving up their time to do this.
People it is a good time to remember that the roads are wet and slippery and not always in the best repair, along with visibility issues it makes driving a real chore at times. Please allow extra time and drive to the road conditions. It is not a race to get to your destination first and as you see our calls this month include a few road accidents.
When you do come up to a road accident and Fire, Police and Ambulance are there please slow right down and follow instruction that may be given.
Just think about this as you drive past with your phones out getting ready to put it on social media, would you want someone to do that to you if you were on the other side of the fence. Let’s try to preserve each other’s dignity.
On a different note it is that time of the year where we recognise our fire fighters service with our honours night, this will be held in August and will take in the awards we did not give out last year due to Covid.
Day light saving is just round the corner and hopefully better weather. As we start the spring tidy up and start stacking piles of branches and rubbish to burn. Please choose the burn site carefully, think are there any hazards over head or close by, what is the ground like is it covered in grass or on stones. Remember there is no such thing as a controlled burn once you light it the burning material along with mother nature has its own plan for your fire. You need to always have and escape route, a water source and you can always add more rubbish to your burning fire, but it is not easy to move burning items away if your fire is too big. Pets and children need to be watched closely and you should never leave your fire unattended. Our Siren has been changed to run on three full cycles which will cut it down from the nine we were having. It seems at some stage there was a power cut that had reset the Siren to a default nine cycles. We will trial the three cycles to see if they will work for our fire fighters to alert them. If not, we may need to increase it slightly. Lastly if you would like to know how things work or want to discuss anything that we are doing in or for the community please feel free to come down on a Monday night at around 6:45pm or later and stop in for a chat. We are only too happy to share with you where possible what we are doing and the reasons why, or who you may need to contact if we are not able to supply you with all the answers .
Calls this month
12/7/22 Hika 641 Hika 6411Tree down blocking road Russell Rd. 13/7/22 Hika 6411 Whan 121 Whan 127 structure fire Mungatapere 16/7/22 Hika 641 Hika 6411 Hika 6429 Kamo 191 Whan 121 House fire Ruatangata 17/7/22 Hika 6411 Ngun 791 Whan 121 Whan 6171 Gas bottle fire near house Tutukaka 24/7/22 Hika 641 Hika 6411 Hika 6429 Car Fire Hikurangi 25/7/22 Hika 641 Hika 6411 Whan 121 trees down Blocking Road Russell 28/7/22 Hika 641 Whan 127 Medical event Helena Bay 29/7/22 Hika 641 Kamo 191 Whan 121 Whan 124 Fonterra alarm 30/7/22 Hika 641 Hika 6429 Whan 127 MVA Piano Hill 05/8/22 Hika 6411 Ngun 791 Ngun 7910 House fire Ngunguru 05/8/22 Hika 641 Hika 6429 Kamo 191 Whan 121 Whan 127 Whan 12AMS Whan 9926 Car acc Piano Hill 11/8/22 Hika 641 Hika 6411 Towa 8771 Machine on fire Hukerenui Till next month CFO Trevor Gallagher
