A great Christmas present For Pahi waterside resident, Tony Louisson, Christmas brought a special gift, as he went from ‘creakingly slow and unreliable’ dial-up internet to high speed wireless broadband in the space of an hour or so. “It was marvellous,” he said. “Not only could I peruse the newspapers on-line in the holidays and check out the real-time weather, I was able to amaze my wife, Dene, with live pictures of a panda bear in China.” His sentiments have been echoed by a number of residents on the eastern side of the Pahi peninsula who have signed up with wireless broadband provider, Uber Group. The Whangarei-based company has extended its coverage in Kaipara with a new transmitter at Whakapirau, beaming into an area at Pahi that was formerly only connected by unstable copper-wire to terrestrial internet providers. “Uber Group covers Northland from Te Kao to Warkworth and Snells Beach from over 100 transmission sites,” said managing director, Hayden Simon. “The new transmission site provides coverage on the eastern side of Pahi in areas where it hasn’t been available before.” Local resident, Ralph Williams, says his new service “really pops and fizzes. It’s great, with excellent speeds. I was also impressed when they said that while they ‘hoped’ to have it in by Christmas, they then duly delivered before the holiday break.”
JANUARY 11 – 2012
Glinks Gully welcomes the new year The weather was anything but tropical but that didn’t stop about 50 people turning up to Glinks Gully on the first of January for the annual Glinks Gully New Year’s Family Open Sports Day. With high seas, temperatures ranging between 17 and 21 degrees and winds getting up to seven kilometres an hour, event organiser Ronnie Antonio watched the preceding weather carefully to see if the event could go ahead. “I was rapt with the turnout considering the weather,” said Ronnie. “While attendance was down, everybody got involved and had a good time.”
Emma Adams (junior Miss Glinks Gully) and Erin Dwyer (senior Miss Glinks Gully)
On the day, organisers managed to get through all of the planned activities. Hayley Gilcrest won the 100 metre Tuatua Cup, Ethan Johnstone, took the 120 metre Toheroa Cup, Sue Botica was first in the senior Tuatua Cup and Andrew Wheeler triumphed in the Senior Toheroa Cup.
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Miss Glinks Gully was a popular event and Ronnie said two better people couldn’t have been picked. Erin Dwyer was named Senior Miss Glinks Gully while Emma Adams was named Junior Miss Glinks Gully.
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“I was really rapt with the choices for Miss Glinks Gully,” added Ronnie. “Both girls have a lot to do with Glinks Gully and are always joining in to help.”
Pahi’s Tony Louisson, surfs the net with his new high-speed broadband
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All activities on the day were pushed through about thirty minutes faster than normal and Ronnie said he’s looking forward to next year’s event.
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