Northern Farming Lifestyles, April 2013

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Farming Lifestyles April 2013 Edition

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Arias with their avocados

The cradle of New Zealand Agriculture P4

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April 2013

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Concerns in the rural community about financial instruments offered by some banks in New Zealand have sparked an inquiry by the Commerce Commission.

The product is known as an interest rate swap and the commission wants to hear from farmers who may have participated in the financial derivative after receiving complaints alleging they were mis-sold the product by certain banks. In particular complainants allege that the nature and characteristics of the swaps were promoted in a way that was misleading.

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They were principally provided to large corporate and institutional customers, but were later offered to rural and commercial clients throughout New Zealand by various banks.

“This is a very complex investigation and we are at an early stage,” said Commerce Commission chairman, Dr Mark Berry, “We have not yet formed a view as to whether the Fair Trading Act has been breached, however we do have sufficient concerns that we wish to probe further.”

Businesses found guilty of breaching the Fair Trading Act may be fined up to $200,000 for each charge. Where more than one charge is laid, the court may impose a fine greater than $200,000. Only the courts can decide if a representation has breached the Fair Trading Act.

The Commission has requested and received preliminary information from the banks and more detailed information is being sought after many farmers claimed to have suffered significant financial loss as a result of entering into the interest rate swaps.

“We have information from around 60 complainants at this stage, but will need more people to come forward if we are to form a complete picture of the issue,” said Dr Berry.

“We are not only interested in people who feel that they have been misled but also those who are satisfied with the way the product was sold to them.”

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The cradle of New Zealand

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rior to European arrival in New Zealand, the primary food crops cultivated by Maori were the kumara, taro, hue and yam — plants originating from warmer climates and counted amongst a group sometimes known as ‘canoe crops’, as they were spread across the Pacific by human migration.

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densities. Cultivation was done with wooden implements, such as the ko, and the soil was worked without turning it.

The introduction of European farming and its adoption by Maori began in the Bay of Islands. Adapting kumara growing methods, Maori were growing potatoes from around the beginning of the 1800s and the new crop quickly joined the kumara as a staple — additionally, the potato was easy to grow, store and market to Europeans.

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Although Captain James Cook had released a ewe and a lamb on his visit to the South Island, there is no evidence of their survival, and it was Anglican Church Mission Society missionary, Samuel Marsden, who brought the first sheep, cattle and horses to the north in 1814.

In 1820 at Kerikeri, CMS missionary, Samuel Butler, performed and recorded the first turning of New Zealand soil by iron plough, writing: ‘Each heart rejoiced in this auspicious day’. Butler went on to establish the first of several ‘model farms’ created by missionaries to grow food for their missions and, by using Maori labour, instruct Maori in European farming methods.

The first CMS farm inland from the Bay was developed by Richard Davis at Te Waimate from 1830. An impressed Charles Darwin visited in 1835, recording, along with stables, pigs and poultry, blacksmith’s forge and flour mill: ‘large gardens, with every fruit and vegetable that England produces’.

Richard Davis’ journal accounts of this period are held by Te Ahu Heritage Museum, Kaitaia, and Te Waimate’s

mission house, built in 1832, is still standing, along with the Stone Store in Kerikeri, New Zealand’s oldest stone building — built during the same period to store the wheat grown on Te Waimate’s farm — and its own adjacent mission house built by Samuel Butler. Now museums, these venerable buildings house displays that recall the agricultural ventures of the CMS missionaries.

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Ariaswith their avocados

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Avocado growers, Jo an and Richard Kennaway of Glenbervie, north east of Whan garei, have managed to combin e a lifelong shared passion for singing with living on the land.

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The couple met in 1959, competing in the Auckland Singing Competitions. Richard, a dairy farmer from Wellsford and a baritone, was at his first competition. Joan, a city girl from Hamilton and a lyric coloratura, was studying singing with Sister

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Mary Leo — also teacher to Kiri te Kanawa and Malvina Major — with a singing career in her sights, despite previously turning down the offer of a scholarship to the London Opera.

“It was very expensive to study over there, and I didn’t feel like I was ready.” She describes her decision as an out of character 'cautious fluke', as within 12 months she had met Richard. “And it definitely was the big romance.”

The couple married in 1960, buying a 400 acre property at Marahemo near Maungaturoto, where they farmed sheep and raised two daughters. Joan continued her vocal training and in 1965 she won the Auckland Aria Competition, going on to Sydney to win several awards.

The Kennaways also involved themselves in the musical life of their rural community, becoming stalwart members of Maungaturoto’s Otamatea Repertory Theatre and performing everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Rogers and Hammerstein.

NORTHERN FaRmiNg LiFEsTyLEs April 2013 “The first thing we did together was a Christmas pantomime,” says Joan. “I was Cinderella, and Rick played my father, Baron Hangover.”

In 1995 the couple swapped sheep for fruit, moving north to the Glenbervie orchard.

“It wasn’t so much a retirement move as a change in lifestyle,” says Richard. “Joan was travelling to Whangarei several times a week to teach singing. I was nearly 60, and sheep farming is very physical work. So we looked around for something we could do closer to town.

healthier and with less pests than when they were spraying three times weekly. “We have swags of ladybirds; you have to flick them off the fruit.”

Joan manages a fulltime home-based teaching week with around 30 pupils aged between seven and 70, as well as musical direction for Whangarei based Opera North, founded by the couple in 1996.

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Nutritional therapy in action Over the past few months we have been looking at how nutritional medicine can help various conditions. So far we have looked at joints, with columns on osteoarthritis, joint inflammation especially bursitis and gout. Recently we have discussed measures to help respiratory problems, firstly asthma and COPD and secondly sinusitis. If you missed any of these columns I can email them on request.

Today we will look at an example of how one person has improved his health by adopting nutritional medicine principles.

This man, an orchardist in his 50’s spoke to me 6 months ago with several problems. He was under good medical care and on various medications to control his symptoms. His main problems were joint pain from arthritis, lower body muscle pain and low energy. His poor mobility was having a great impact on the quality of his life.

After a full analysis we created an anti-inflammatory diet.

We made sure his diet was nutrient dense and especially targeted potent dietary antioxidants including dark berries.

We actively reduced refined carbohydrates and sugars as these all push the body towards inflammation. Additionally these foods are essentially ‘empty calories’ in that while they provide energy, they do not provide the vitamins and minerals needed to make energy.

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We liked Glenbervie, and when the avocado block came up we bought it.” Four years later daughter Bronwyn and her husband Tim Eves came in as partners, buying the house next door.

Rick still works in the orchard. He does the picking, with Tim managing the heavier maintenance work and selling at the weekly Whangarei Growers Market — the major outlet for the avocados, along with limes, grapes, passion fruit, and more recently, strawberries. The fruit is also sold at the roadside and a range of local outlets.

‘Operacado’ grows mainly Hass avocados with some Fuerte, and is managed organically with no chemical fertilisers or sprays. The trees are fertilised with rock dust, and Richard says the orchard is

Richard picking avocados

“We’re like a family, we have the wonderful age range of the singers, and it’s such a different feeling and atmosphere meeting in a home,” Joan says.

Now great-grandparents, the couple still perform regularly and love to hear each other sing. Joan says she often hears Richard singing around the property.

“His voice hasn’t changed a bit over the years, and it still thrills me to hear him.”

We then started an intensive 3 months of supplements where we added high doses of Omega 3 fish oil, a broad spectrum multi vitamin/mineral/antioxidant. To this we added a complex formula designed to restore his energy processes. He had been taking cholesterol medications for some time and these are known to cause muscle pain and low energy mostly because they prevent the liver from making sufficient ubiquinone, also known as co enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). This complex included CoQ10, a B vitamin complex then a combination of antiinflammatory agents including turmeric extract, resveratrol and OPC. He started to notice a change within a few months. The muscle pain has almost completely gone, his joints less painful and he has had a return of his energy. A real bonus has been a reduction in tinnitus and improvements in a cataract. There was no magic in what we did. This was just a combination of personal commitment on his part and for mine making sure his nutrient intake allowed his damaged body systems to heal resulting in a substantial improvement in his health. Give the body what it needs and the results can be quite surprising. Give me a call if you need more information.

John Arts is the founder of Abundant Health Ltd and nutritional medicine practitioner. If you have questions or would like a free nutritional plan contact John on 0800 423559 or email john@johnarts. co.nz. You can join his weekly email newsletter at www.johnarts.co.nz or visit www.abundant.co.nz

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Accolades for ‘green’ siblings

by Rose Rees-Owen

Farmers don’t have much to celebrate lately coping with the ‘big dry’, but siblings Shayne and Charmaine O’Shea took a break from the day to day stresses, and had a ‘fantastic’ evening at 2013 Balance Farm Environment Awards topped off by winning three categories.

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The three judges, Bob Cathcart from the Northland Regional Council, BNZ’s Sam Johnson and past winner Evan Smeath, praised Shayne’s staff management and his enthusiasm for

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“Everyone needs to be conscious about the environment and find solutions

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They have fenced around waterways to exclude stock, and wetlands are populated with plants, including flaxes, poplars, manuka, cabbage trees and willows.

Shayne, Charmaine and their brother Stephen grew up on their parents’ dairy farm in Maungakaramea and Shayne says he had always known he wanted to be a farmer.

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Where wily predators roam Ask the average kiwi farmer about pests, and pest control, and rabbits, possums, and maybe geese or swans pretty much make up his list of things he’d like to get rid of from the property.

Not so in other parts of our world.

A farming friend who has a 50 acre smallholding raising table birds in southwest France has for some years been plagued by ‘Reynaud’ — the red fox.

But in real life, foxes are widespread throughout mainland Europe and in the British Isles, and in the past 20 years have been increasing in number, due to government rabies controls which have eradicated the disease in many countries.

With the increase in numbers has come an increase in predation on farms.

Badgers too, are a problem, as is the case in many parts of Europe and the UK, where they are blamed for Tb spread.

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Bill Baynes, who oversees the property in France has a constant battle to protect his poultry.

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“She killed half a dozen hens then tried to get back through the hole she came in through but the hen she was carrying got stuck in the fence! So she got away with nothing.

I say ‘she’ because it’s the female who steals the food for her young.

“Foxes are widespread throughout mainland Europe and in the British Isles, and in the past 20 years have been increasing in number, due to government rabies controls which have eradicated the disease in many countries.”

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“Anyway I was pretty mad to lose all those hens so I set up the trap. I had noticed lots of places around the duck pond fence where something had tried to claw a way under! So I cut a hole in the fence the same shape as the trap and slid it through! I put one of the dead chickens in as bait! And waited.

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by Bob Cathcart, Land Management Specialist, Northland Regional Council

The ongoing drought conditions gripping Northland are again highlighting the value of an adequate supply of good quality stock water. Even if you have some grass or can get hard feed, you cannot do much with it if you have no water.

Dairy farmers and their advisors are well aware that a reliable supply of good quality water in every paddock is essential for milk production. Beef farmers operating intensive grazing systems also know that water is needed to grow meat and they too are installing systems with reticulation to every paddock.

One hill country farmer I spoke with in January learned a valuable lesson from the last drought. He has upgraded and fenced out his dams to give him 100 days’ storage. Water is pumped to a reservoir from where it is reticulated to every paddock.

To safeguard against water being lost in leaks he has installed an inexpensive water meter. He runs bulls and calculates that his water use, averaged across Year 1 and Year 2 animals, is 15 litres per bull per day on a cool, overcast day. On hot sunny days that use rises to 31 litres per day. We know that

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In addition, fluid fertilisers offer a combination of important advantages — extremely accurate placement (thereby allowing deposition of nutients into waterways to be avoided), extremely even coverage of much smaller-sized particles than granules, optimising both leaf and root uptake, and the easy addition of both solid and liquid additives, additional nutrients, seed and insecticide. In particular, the additives can include cutting-edge products that greatly increase both P and N efficiency and reduce losses.

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But wot I got hear is a bitta blimmin massproduced plastic I rekin. Nothing like the old time quality! Hear Dog, try one.”

Boss flipped me a biskit an’ I cort it ina flash an’ hada chomp. Taystid reel fine ta me, but then agin, I neva had one before.

Mine you, it didint match upta Tux tho.

“Ya see Dog, nuthin’ reely stays tha same, wotever tha French reckin.” (I shuda tole tha Boss I didint rilly rite that French stuff. It wuz Sharlene, but I juss let it ride.)

“Yep Dog. Lookit that wether. That’s tha best example about nothin’ stayin’ tha same. Larst year we had plinty of rain ina summa, an’ this year we gotta 40 year drout. I spose we are pritty lucky cos I always hava good store of supplimint feed for a stock, ana creek feedin’ that dam comes froma blimmin’ good spring ina hills. We gonna get thru okay I rekin.

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Nex thin he wuz dozin’ off ina sunshyne, wiv his hat over his eyes. Seemed lika bluddy good opportoonity for me, so I wriggild forward to his smoko tin. It wuz opin so I snaffild the packit of biskits. They wuz gone ina flash.

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The Step Forward campaign asks people to set themselves a sporting challenge that relates to the number 307, in remembrance of those who lost their lives on New Zealand roads in 2012.

The Step Forward fundraiser, organised by international road safety charity Brake, will run all this year to remember road accident victims, their families and friends. The fundraiser will also help raise funds for support services for those families

“Everyone can take part — adults and children, individuals and groups, and there are lots of ways to challenge yourself,” said Miss Perry.

Some suggestions include: — swimming 307 lengths of a swimming pool with sponsorship for each length swum — jog, or work out in the gym, for 307 minutes (five hours) with sponsorship for every minute — hold a 307 minute cricket, rugby or soccer game with sponsorship for every minute played or point scored — cycle 307km over a week or a month, with sponsorship for every kilometre.

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“Our work is not-for-profit and we rely on fundraising, donations and sponsorship to continue our work and keep our support resources free of charge to families” said Miss Perry.

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Scattered rain across the north has brought a little relief, more for some farms than others, with a Kaipara cloudburst dumping 60mm at the beginning of the month — but in some cases while one paddock was drenched, the one next door stayed dry.

But odd patches of green have actually appeared, and a planned Drought Recovery Lunch in Whangarei on April 18 might be a less sombre affair if the showers keep coming.

Rural Support Northland is behind the luncheon at the ASB Centre, and the event is cited as an opportunity to ‘hear some good news and share ideas with other farmers and hear guest speakers, Jacqueline Rowarth, Waikato University’s Professor of Agribusiness and the comedian, Te Radar’.

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Preventative hoof trimming is a very effective way to minimise the effects of laminitis. Autumn is a good time of the year to go through the herd and pick the cows that have long and uneven claws and get them trimmed before the winter, this way the cow starts the new season on well shaped claws and that is particularly helpful at calving time.

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modern methods are widely tried and tested throughout Australia and New Zealand. The natural colours of rock and earth capture the eco concept theme throughout your property

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“My strong point is to create landscapes with a bold underlying design which is dynamic and extends living environments for people. This is then reinforced with a clever emphasis on plant selection,” says Trudy.

“Our own native plants have survived many climate changes over thousands of years and are quickly adaptable to harsher conditions such as drought. Using natives in our gardens and landscapes, we can see how vital they are for restoring our habitats and improving waterways.”

Lawns in gardens are becoming less and less sustainable as they are so difficult to establish and maintain as anything better than a mown crop of weeds which turns brown over summer.

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“The company has cleverly engineered their clearspan American and Kiwi buildings that have no internal legs and are aesthetically pleasing and practical to boot. Now you can have a clearspan barn in either style, that looks great and has more capacity for storage.

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to nest in the roof of their sheds with generous gaps between the cladding and the framing.

“Birds roosting in your shed unfortunately fertilise your prized possessions that you have spent good money to protect. Coresteel Buildings standard ‘C’ section purlin sits flat against the cladding leaving little room for even small birds. The ultimate option is the ‘bird proof purlin’ in the form of an elongated ‘z’ that prevent those avian terrorists from perching in the roof.”

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The flooring industry is getting revamped by Total Flooring, with partners Chris Giles and Mark Dickens having been in the industry a combined 23 years, with the last four in Northland.

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“We are a specialised company giving our customers a wide variety of flooring options, and these include decorative resurfacing, polished concrete, tile installation, concrete laying, industrial resin, and waterproofing,” said Chris.

“So there are many flooring options.

We can customise your floor with shells, pebbles, glass and stones with different patterns or can keep it plain with natural colours, and job sizes definitely vary in size too, from one square metre to 600 square metres. So too do prices, starting from concrete grinding from $6.00 per square metre to industrial floor coating at $150 per square metre.”

flooring results with the latest flooring products. We achieve excellent workmanship — guaranteed. We are also Northland’s accredited applicators for Nuplex flooring products.

“If you are interested in any of the above services or just want to know more about our decorative flooring products please give us a call on 0800 863 5667 and we will be more than happy to explain and discuss all options with you and offer a free consultation and quote.

This years sees Total Flooring’s fifth appearance at the Northland homeshow which is coming up in August.

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Outdoors

Fishing from the beach A fishing innovation that is being seen more and more often on the country’s coastline is the kontiki and McCoy and Thomas, Hunting and Fishing, along with Seahorse Electric Kontikis, will be holding a demonstration of the GPS Seahorse Electric Kontiki at Baylys Beach, on Saturday April 20, at 10.00am.

“It will be held regardless of the weather,” says Phil Scherer of Seahorse Equipment Limited.

“We will be showing the features of the Seahorse Kontiki followed by a demonstration to show everyone how well the GPS autopilot handles the big west coast surf and strong currents. I will be on hand along with Jason of McCoy and Thomas, Dargaville, to answer any questions relating to the GPS model and kontiki fishing in general.

“The GPS system means that the kontiki itself goes where you want it to go, all under the autopilot. You simply point the Seahorse into the ocean and then set the magnet to set the course, start the motor and launch. The autopilot

will steer itself in that direction, tacking across side currents and turning back onto course if a wave manages to knock it off course.”

Beach longline fishing is an economic and effective way to regularly catch fresh fish offshore, either single handed or with family and friends. The Seahorse has been designed to power through all conditions taking your line up to 1,900 metres.

The demonstration along with the Seahorse traceboard and other available from McCoy Hunting and Fishing.

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DUCK SHOOTING SEASON Dry Conditions Reduce Habitat

by Rudi Hoetjes Regional Manager Northland Fish & Game

The glorious month of May is almost upon us and although the weather has recently produced low cloud and drizzle, the region remains extremely dry.

As a result, waterfowl habitats have been reduced and in some places, have dried to an extent they are no longer of interest to ducks.

While this may ruin the hunting plans for a few, alternative plans are required.

Past drought situations in the Northland Region appears to do two things; either concentrate bird numbers on permanent water or sends them a long distance to damper climates.

The larger bodies of water or rivers which still have some flow will be the sites for hunters to concentrate and pursue mallard populations.

Hunters may need to change their hunting locations for this year and look at going out hunting in the many harbours and tidal salt water marshes of Northland or go out in the paddock to harvest their ducks coming in to feed on maize silage or standing green feed crops.

It is important that hunters know the rules and fully comply so remember that when hunting waterfowl, non-toxic shot is required (except sub gauges) when shooting over open water. This regulation

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Also in the Wildlife Act of 1953 the occupier, his/her wife/husband and one son or daughter are able to hunt on their property without a hunting licence.

Many landowners do not realise that the Act only allows for these three people to hunt without a licence and all other family members are required to hold a game bird hunting licence.

Northland Fish and Game wishes everyone an enjoyable and safe opening weekend and remind hunters to leave the alcohol for after the firearms are put away.

You can receive a copy of the game bird hunting regulations from your local sporting goods retailer, or contact Northland Fish and Game.

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DUCK SHOOTING SEASON NORTHLAND FISH AND GAME REGION Game That May Be Hunted or Killed — Duration of the 2013 Season Species Season Daily Bag Limit Grey/Mallard duck and any hybrid 4 May to 30 June 2013 15 of that species Shoveler duck 4 May to 30 June 2013 3 Grey, Mallard and Shoveler duck: A maximum total bag not exceeding 15 birds for all species including hybrids combined.

Paradise Shelduck 4 May to 28 July 2013 20 Paradise Shelduck 22 February and 23 February 2014 20 Black swan 4 May to 28 July 2013 15 Pukeko 4 May to 25 August 2013 12 Pukeko 22 February to 2 March 2014 12 California and Brown quail 4 May to 25 August 2013 10 Cock Pheasant – Area A 4 May to 4 August 2013 3 Cock Pheasant – Rest of region 4 May to 25 August 2013 5 2 Definition of Area A All lands north of a line running east/west, north of the Whangape Harbour, then along the main ridgeline of the Maungataniwha Range and out to and including all lands north of Whangaroa Harbour.

3 Shooting Hours 6.30am to 6.30pm, except the hunting of Paradise Shelduck on 22 and 23 February 2014 shooting hours will be from 6.00am to 9.00pm.

The hunting of Pukeko from the 22 February through to the 2 March 2014 shooting hours will be from 6.00am to 9.00pm.

4 Decoy Limit No limit.

5 Special Conditions 5.1 No person shall wilfully leave on the hunting ground any game bird(s) shot or parts of any game bird(s) shot.

5.2 Camouflaged Rowboats: Persons may hunt or kill game from an unmoored camouflaged rowboat.

5.3 During the 22 and 23 February 2014 special Paradise Shelduck there shall be no hunting within 300 metres of any urban sewage oxidation ponds.

5.4 During the 22 February to 2 March 2014 special Pukeko season, there shall be no hunting within 300 metres of any urban sewage oxidation ponds.

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The Easterbrook family set out originally to specialise in avian products and seed mixes and since then their Seed and Feed Company has grown over the years and now offers a large range of products for dogs, cats, birds, horses, poultry, rabbits, rats, mice and guinea pigs.

They are distributors for Boomer, True Blue, Bio Pet Organic, Maxi Cat, as well as carrying the new Alpha Pet Raw Food range. They are also New Zealand agents for Cowboy Magic, a premium range of grooming products, and sponsors of The Gypsy Cob Association.

The Seed and Feed Company caters for a wide range of feed from pigeon racers to working dogs, with weekly delivery runs Auckland-wide and monthly delivery runs from Dairy Flat north as far Kerikeri. Courier and freight is also available throughout the country.

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Kaipara company at forefront of equipment research Finnish company Nokian, is a leading manufacturer of super-heavy-duty tyres, for some of the biggest and most powerful machines in forestry and beyond. Their global reach — and the rugged nature of the industries their products are intended for — means that they must trial new tyres in the most extreme of conditions, from the freezing cold of Scandinavia to the heat of Australia.

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they picked New Zealand as one of their gruelling long-term case study locations.

The company they entrusted with eight of their prototypes was Gas and Tyre Services of Dargaville, a team who have built a solid reputation in the forestry industry with their fleet service.

Nokian’s technicians certainly have faith in Gas and Tyre Services to see the job through. In collaboration with top Kiwi tyre distributor Tyres4U, they have brought two entire sets of Forest King LS-2s into Northland, and placed them with Douglas Logging and Omamari Logging, fitting them to a pair of hardworking skidders.

Until recently, the thrust of research and development at Nokian has focussed on tyres for forwarders and harvesters — more prevalent in European logging.

But when Nokian representatives visited New Zealand they saw just what a toll our steep slopes and volcanic soil can have on the skidders which are the ‘backbone’ of many local forestry operations. They were shown this in

Jeremy “Skeeter” Hutchinson of Gas and Tyre Services fits one of the new Nokian Forest King tyres to a skidder

the field by representatives from Gas and Tyres and Tyres4U. The Finns were inspired to create the Forest King LS-2, incorporating features such as a higher ply rating than competitors’ tyres, massive chip and cut resistance and reinforcing between the lugs for chain protection.

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Gas and Tyre Services are honoured to be part of this process. Their hard work and solid relationship with Northland’s logging crews has earned them the respect and attention of one of the world’s leading forestry tyre corporations in this endeavour, and they are certain that the results will be outstanding.

FINDING THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR YOUR FOREST

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Be my Guest

Power costs continue to be far too high Ten years ago the average dairy farm, during the height of the milking season, spent under $1,000 per month for power. These days we are paying over twice that and it’s unlikely to get any better.

As energy costs have steadily increased in New Zealand way beyond the global average and we believe this is having a serious detrimental effect on the growth and productivity of our economy.

And, it’s not just farmers, most people believe that electricity prices are too high. They find it difficult to understand why the costs have escalated well above the rate of inflation since about 2002 when the government introduced the market led model.

Despite obvious evidence of profit

gauging and poor capital reinvestment, politicians have steadfastly defended the current structure.

Electricity is as vital to our economy as our roads and water resources. The cost of not having supply is huge. Ask those in the Far North District of New Zealand who have had to put up with a

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third world electricity supply for years.

The network is actually turned off for a day each year for maintenance. Close to the whole district is simply turned off! I wonder if Auckland or Wellington would find this acceptable?

Power should not be managed through an artificial market model. We should simply pay the cost of supply plus what is required to maintain the current asset and build more as it is required.

This “market” system based on selling kWh has serious shortcomings that should be obvious to all. All power generators get paid at the price bid by the highest bidder. Because generators only earn income when they actually generate electricity there is no incentive to build spare generation. The greater the shortage the better the price!

It has been estimated that as a result of the ‘market system’ we have paid more than $4 billion more than we needed to for electricity. The market is seriously flawed and acts against the interests of the consumer and it’s about

to get worse. We are now selling half this monopolistic market system to the private sector that will by its very nature optimise profits for shareholders. As the government talks about the average ‘kiwi mum and dad investors’ getting the opportunity to be a shareholder they are unlikely to be adequately compensated for the exponentially increasing cost of power.

We should not be privatising this commodity because there is simply no alternative or substitute. The market model does not work either effectively or efficiently in such circumstances. If this government was really determined to build and grow our economy to provide good well paid jobs they should not have an energy policy that escalates cost per kWh and reduces any incentive to maintain or build capacity.

Our energy costs used to be one of our global competitive advantages.

Due to meddling politicians this is increasingly not the case.

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SINTERED BRAKE PADS — for MX & FarmBikes — from $39 at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636. www.atvtyres.co.nz.

ATV SERVICE

ATV SAFETY HELMETS — from $119 accessories from $15. The law has changed! Have you got yours? Come & see us at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636. www.atvtyres.co.nz. Subject to availability.

WINDMILL WATER pumps by Ferguson Windmills Company. Phone 09 412 8655. www.windmills.co.nz. sales@windmills.co.nz.

BACK 2 Wood Demolition. We buy & sell renovation materials. Servicing Northland — Auckland.

Specialising in Windows, Doors, Ranchsliders, Kitchens, Vanities, Roofing and More! Check out our website back2wood.co.nz or Phone 0800 10 98 77.

BOAT TRAILERS, full range to suit 12ft to 27ft boats, very competitive prices and immediate delivery for most models now. Call us to discuss free on 0800 162 500 Xpress Trailers.

BOX TRAILERS, single and tandem axle trailers at very competitive prices, full range of sizes, 6x4 $1695, 7x4 $1895, 8x4 $2095, 8x5 tandem $2795, 10x5 tandem $3395, 10x6 tandem $3795 Ph 0800 162 500 Xpress trailers.

CHAIN & SPROCKET KITS DIRT OR FARM BIKE. SAVE 10% off RRP If you get them fitted at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636. www.atvtyres.co.nz. Be quick — offer ends 30/4/13.

DOG TRAINING Products — SportDOG remote trainers, Anti-Bark Collars and Containment systems. Trainers with up to 1.6 kms range and can work up to 6 collars. Completely waterproof and rechargeable. Call 0800 872 546. website www.innotek.co.nz.

NEED NEW ATV TYRES? GET 20% OFF RRP & FREE FITTING at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636. www.atvtyres. co.nz. Be quick — offer ends 30/4/13.

NEW YAMAHA FARM ATVs — 5.9% interest & 3 year warranty. Only at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi — phone 0800 963 636 & Yamaha MC Whangarei. Phone 09 438 0804. Offer ends 30/4/13.

Receive 10% discount off RRP for standard service parts* with this voucher when you get your ATV serviced at Rouse Motorcycles,

STOLEN QUAD-BIKES? — You won’t find any listed here, but you can pre-empt this kind of thing happening and protect your fuel too. Visit www.parabeam.co.nz or call 0508 727 223 for more information.

King Street Hikurangi Phone 0800 963 636 | www.atvtyres.co.nz. *Conditions apply, offer ends 30/4/13.

WEED EATERS & CHAINSAWS — GET 10% OFF STOCKED ITEMS at Rouse Motorcycles, King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636. www.atvtyres. co.nz. Be quick — offer ends 30/4/13.

Wanted

WE NEED

YOU

We are expanding our telephone sales division, due to our community focus and belief in the NZ economy.

What you can bring:

WE arE oFFEring: • Opportunity – We are going places and we’ll take you with us!

• Stability – our growth has been through the roof.

www.atvtyres.co.nz.

• Ongoing Training – we know we can always learn more – and we’ll teach you!

*Conditions apply, offer ends 30/4/13.

If you think you can keep pace with us (If you can then you will already know it…), then call in the first instance – we are local and we want your first contact with us to be easy – and we’ll all work out if we’re a good fit for each other.

ATV FARM BIKE MX SPARES

30/4/13. Conditions apply.

IF SO, THEN

• Great communications skills and the ability to work as part of a team… Okay, so not just someone who can yak and socialise, but actually empathise with clients and commit to your workmates.

King Street Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636

www.atvtyres.co.nz. Be quick – offer ends

CHALLENGE?

• The ability to build relationships – it’s true, some of your clients will become great friends.

Receive 7.5% discount off RRP for standard service parts* with this voucher when you get your MX / Farm Bike serviced at Rouse Motorcycles,

King Street, Hikurangi. Phone 0800 963 636

ARE YOU UP TO THE

• Enthusiasm – heaps of it; actually you need truckloads!

MX FARM BIKE SERVICE

INTRODUCTORY OFFER. New Customers Receive 7.5% discount off RRP for all stocked items with this voucher at Rouse Motorcycles,

Situations Vacant

09 439 6933 info@thelifestyler.co.nz Do you have what it takes to accept our challenge?

Work Wanted CONCRETE PADS, shed floors, feedout pads, house floors, driveways, footpaths, concrete cutting and drilling, retaining walls, paling fences, excavation work. Waipu, Ruakaka, Whangarei, Mangawhai & Langs Beach. Phone Mark 027 443 3130 or 09 432 0107.

Publishers of Kaipara Lifestyler, Northland Farming Lifestyles, Waikato Farming lifestyles, Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, and Canterbury Farming.

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NORTHERN FARMING CLASSIFIEDS Reach 33,300 Rural Homes — Phone 0800 466 793

Nurseries & Plants

Farm Services

SUBTROPICA NURSERY. A wide range of subtropical fruiting and ornamental plants by courier throughout NZ. Bananas, cherimoya, casimiroa, kava, lucuma, pineapples and much, much more.

Visit www.subtropica.co.nz or catalogue $5 from Subtropica, Massey Rd, R.D.2, Waipu.

FARM BRIDGES Phone Pat now 0800 222 189, visit www.bridgeitnz.co.nz. Bridge It NZ Ltd.

Public Notice

• Livestock Auctions • Paddock Sales • Works Cattle • Woolsales • Fertiliser Needs

Ross Livestock

Notice is given of the Rural Support Trust – Northland AGM 10.00 am Wednesday 15th of May 2013 at the BNZ conference rooms, Bank St, Whangarei All welcome to come along for the: Annual and Financial reports Appointment of account reviewer General business Nominations in writing are invited for two trustee positions due to the rotation retirement policy of the trust.

They should be received in writing by The Secretary, P O Box 77, Whangarei 0140 by 8th May 2013.

For more information contact Julie Jonker 021 429 092

Services

Travel

Furniture Moving

CARNIVAL OF VENICE, Tuscany & Cinque Terre.

Escorted tour 27 February — 17 March 2014.

Incl fares ex Auck, accom, sightseeing, all transport in Italy. Skylark Tours 09 432 8065 www.skylarktours.co.nz.

Around NZ or around the world.

Single items or house lots.

Pro Packing, moving, insurance.

Via trucks, containers, shared loads.

NIUE ISLAND — Escorted tours 6 — 13 July 2013 or 3 — 10 August 2013; incl airfares, accom, four ½-day tours & great optional extras. Skylark Tours 09 432 8065 www.skylarktours.co.nz.

Ph 0800 496 753 www.worldmoving.co.nz

NEPAL ESCORTED tour 14 — 28 Oct 2013.

Optional add-on to Bhutan. Incl fares, accom, 3-day mini trek, white water rafting, jungle safari. Skylark Tours 09 432 8065 www.skylarktours.co.nz.

“Experience & Advice You Can Trust”

Northern

Farming Lifestyles

Operating from Parua Bay

All profits retained locally

1% of sales donated to charitable trust

Contact Murdoch Ross (owner) 09 436 5828 or Mike Bryham (Buyer) 09 436 5691

If you’re reading this, then so are your customers

Advertise today Phone 0800 466 793

email: rosslivestock@gmail.com

Northern Rural Marketplace Acraflex Dairy Wall Coatings

A&S RepAiRS • Tractor Repairs.

• Farm Machinery Repairs.

• Any Welding Repairs — Pipework, Cattle Yards etc.

• Any Cowshed Revamps or Alterations.

Allan

Quality Workmanship — Reliable Service

Colourcrete Dairy Floor Resurfacing System Suitable for repairing damaged dairy floors or slippery areas Bruce Cameron 027 498 8412 / 09 235 8263

ATS

Anlyn Piling & Contracting Ltd Whangarei

Andy Payne

• Pile Driving & Drilling • Farm & Rural Bridges • Dams • Retaining Walls • Earthmoving • Drain Cleaning • House Sites • Races & Driveways • 12 T & 5 T Diggers • 6 Wheel Tipper • Bulldozer & Sheepsfoot We dig your dirt

No jobRing tooAndrew small

Covering the Kaipara! Cell 0274 557 750

email: anlynpiling@value.net.nz After hours & Fax 09 436 2982

Fresh Flower Bouquets and gift ideas • Jewellery / Greenstone • Cake and Wedding accessories • Balloons, cards & soft toys • Venue dressing • Daily deliveries p. 09 401 1706 | bobflorist@xtra.co.nz 107 Broadway Kaikohe | www.bouquetsonbroadway.co.nz

ProPerty Maintenance & rePair

• Fences & Repairs • Flooring Repairs • Decks • Kitchen/Bathroom Fit Outs • Wet Wall Lining • Water Blasting & Chemical Washes • Windows & Latches • Plus Much More

027 543 7244

Bouquets on Broadway

Terry North

New or existing walls

Able to be applied between milkings during summer months

Fully mobile — will travel throughout Northland Phone 09 439 5460 | 0274 795 460

AFFCO LIVESTOCK

Bradley

Phone 09 439 5902

Mobile 027 484 1823 • Fax 09 439 1320

B&H WHangarei Ltd For all your undersowing/ regrassing needs Call Jeff 027 476 5458 or 09 432 2444

TREE SERVICES

LocaLLy owned & operated in whangarei for 30 years • •

Tree removal • Tree felling • Trimming chipping • mulch • free quoTe

Public liability cover

Phone AlAn 09 435 0399 or 09 434 6946 Mobile — 027 227 5095 email: bradleyts@ihug.co.nz “We just love your trees to bits”

•Hot Hangi’s •Retail •Homekill •Wholesale 29 Gillies St, KAWAKAWA p. 09 404 0026 NOW AVAILABLE

Grader aNd aNd 12TONNe 12TONNe dIGGer dIGG IGGer er Home Theatre Setup • Residential Phone & Data New House & Renovation Wiring • Security Wiring Ventilation Fans and Rangehoods • TV Setup & Wall Mounting Multi-room/Zone & Source A/V • Light Commercial Electrical

Fully mobile — servicing the greater Whangarei area including Ruakaka and Russell FREE

QUOTES

CALL BART 021 230 4140 REgiSTEREd

ElEcTRician

Providing Better Solutions For You 110HP 4WD Tractor and Slasher.

Specialising in • Family Law Relationship Property; Care of Children • Property Buying; Selling; Mortgages • Trusts Law Family Trusts; Wills; Estates • Civil Disputes Property Disputes; Mediation; Litigation 11C Norfolk Street, Box 1801, Whangarei E: david@davidshanahan.co.nz

P: 430 0674

Phone now for pricing and bookings.

Dempster Digger s Ltd PH: 027 262 1848

A/H: 09 433 7325 www.dempsterdiggers.co.nz

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Northern Rural Marketplace More Milk

Better Health

Less Metabolics

Bios Life Slim Do you suffer from Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, or struggled losing weight?

Bios Life Slim is not a meal replacement. Not a diet.

Free parking and we don’t run late

Neil Johnson P: (09) 438 4273

IES CONSTRUCTION LTD. CONCRETE AND TILT SLAB CONSTRUCTION Bridges Farm buildings Feed pads Bins

WH JU AN ST P GA AS RE T IF AL LS

• • • •

phone 0800 4 DOLOMITE 0800 436 566 Bio-Gro certified

for tractor attachments visit us online

PH 0800 733 355

Galvanized Towbar BUY ONLINE $195 Inc GST

www.implementsdirect.co.nz

EXCELLENCE in Care & Education

LANDCARE SERVICES

Early Childhood CEntrE

22 Ngunguru Road, Glenbervie, Whangarei

our ee what s d n a e ut!

Com rave abo parents

20 HOURS ECE & WINZ APPROVED Ph 09 459 5552 www.kingdomkidz.co.nz

• LANDSCAPING • POLE HOLES • 4 IN 1 BUCKET • ROTARY HOE • COMPACT ROLLING • TRENCHER

Dave Hyndman KAIWAKA P: 09 431 2302 M: 021 431 238

general earThmoving suBsoil Drainage suBDivision DevelopmenT meTal carTage farm races BuilDing siTes

Subsurface Drainage Specialists (Nth) All Services & Maintenance Available PO Box 1174, Whangarei Ph 09 434 7741 • Mobile 027 273 6865

1279 S/H 14, MAUNGATAPERE

SUNRISE NATURAL HEALTH CLINIC GLOR IA AU STIN B ODY WOR K

•Massage •Theta Healing •Reiki •Body Harmony •Reflexology •Touch for Health •Stress Release •Hyperton-X •Trigger Point

4 Oxford Street, Kaitaia Email: ikneadu@xtra.co.nz Phone: 09 408 0431 or 0274 158 152

Positrac with tilt bucket, rippers, rake, laser etc • Driveway/race rejuvenations, calf shed clean out • Rock removal, retaining walls, section/paddock clearing, shaping, levelling, sowing

FARMERS – How clean is your water?

Would you drink the water out of your troughs?

Now is your best time to service your water system…

Give us a call and let’s check it out.

PHONE 09 438 9103 (24HRS) CALL FREE 0800 McQUINN

0800 627 8466 148 Lower Dent Street, Whangarei

www.mcquinnpumps.co.nz

www.newmanengineering.co.nz

Neil Carter Trading as

Specialising in Fertiliser and Metal cartage.

30 Tonne units available.

We cover your country!

Phone: Bruce 021 557344 | Jan 021 407305 | 09 407 3033 jjscontracting@xtra.co.nz

Ph 09 439 5065 Dargaville

Northland Laser Drainage Ltd 09 430 2934 09 430 2936 0274 302 934 dougw@nrh.co.nz

We specialise in • Small Lifestyle block mowing • Large lawns, sections, subdivisions, • New equipment (John Deere) • Do your paddocks need TOPPING? or general tidy up • Catcher available for house lawns • Enquire now for your earthworks or general tidy up

Newman Engineering (2004) LTD

Ph Murray 021 330 248 a/hrs 09 432 1742

Phone: Fax: Mobile: Email:

For all your earthworks Diggers, Trucks, Transporter & Bobcat hire Horse Arenas • House Sites • Subdivisions • Pole Holes • Roading • Driveways • Footings • Drainage • Rocks

• Pipe & Steel Supplies • LTNZ Approved Workshop • General, Agricultural & Structural Engineering • Mobile Welding Services • General Repairs & Maintenance • 2 Ton Gantry Crane • Plate Roller, Profile Cutter & Press Brake • de-CRAP-it®, Landplane®, Serious Incinerator® • Field Rollers, Water Carts • Kumara Gear

Servicing Waipu, Maungaturoto and the wider area.

Doug Wilson Manager

THE BLOCK MOWING & PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Make Your Life easier! use our services now!

“Moving the earth for you” • Truck & Trailer • 12 Tonne Digger • BoBcaT • augers for hole Drilling

www.bioslifesystem.com • Email helenslifestyle@gmail.com Contact Helen 09 433 8411 or 027 293 7157

Implements irect *Post hole borers *Box Graders *3 pt Scoops *Concrete mixers *Wood Chippers DEMO VIDEOS AND MORE

PO Box 448, Kerikeri, 0245 • PHONE: 09 407 8784 FAX: 09 407 8770 • EMAIL: ies@concrete.net.nz

• A medically proven, safe, effective, natural product for loosing FAT and INCHES! • Increases energy without stimulants • Increases good cholesterol (HDL) • Decreases bad cholesterol (LDL) • Reduces appetite and cravings • Regulates bowel function • Balances blood sugar • Burns fat

MARGARET & JOHN BISHOP

Pat’s Healing Centre www.animalherbs.co.nz — We courier to your door!

A big range of Health Solutions for you, your family and animals

• Solutions for control of fleas, ticks • Himalayan Salt Lick with and worms with WashBar products, 80+ minerals Diatomaceous Earth and Flee Flea • Orijen Organic Dog and Cat • Herbal and Homeopathic remedies Food — no grains for you and your animals

Ph 09 432 0820

Visit our Waipu clinic and shop, or website to buy online

Tank Water Testing High Quality, Reliable Microbiological Testing Of Tank and Bore Water.

Collected samples are tested at a Certified Laboratory and a printed report (with recommendations) issued.

Our aim is to keep you healthy

Ph 09 422 9345 or E-mail tankwater@xtra.co.nz

QUALITY • INTEGRITY

RO O FING SP EC IAL ISTS

021 026 322 86 • jim@toproofer.co.nz

Windy Ridge ContRaCting Phone Colin 09 439 7266 ~ Mob 021 882 857 • Round Bale Hay and Silage • Medium Square Baling • Conventional Baling • Cultivation • Undersowing • 8 Tonne Tip Trailer • Mulching • Fencing

CES 027 477 1510 (20+yrs experience)

TURFWORKS NORTHLAND

turfworksnorthland@gmail.com

Servicing the Kaipara and Whangarei Districts

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HARDEST WORKING. SMOOTHEST RIDING.

POLARIS UP-SIZE SALE OUTLAW 50 ONLY INC. GST with the purchase f of a full-size Ra Ranger*

Buy any Full Size Polaris Ranger and pay a further $1,000 (Inc GST) and receive a ny $1,995 (Inc GST) discount off any Polaris Youth Vehicle.*

$1000

*Full Size Polaris Ranger includes all 800 and 900 models and excludes all EV, 400, 500 and RZR models. Polaris Youth Vehicles include RZR 170 and Outlaws 50 & 90. Overseas Models Shown. Offer ends 30/4/13.

SPORTSMAN 400 H.O.

SPORTSMAN 500 H.O.

SMOOTH RIDING, BEST VALUE 4X4.

$7,822

BEST-SELLING AUTOMATIC 4X4 EVER.

$9,560

EX. GST

SAVE $1500*

EX. GST

SAVE $ $1000*

RANGER DIESEL

TOWS MORE, CARRIES MORE, SEATS 3.

$19,995

EX. GST

SAVE $1000*

FREE ACCESSORIES

*

$500 FREE ACCESSORIES WITH SPORTSMAN XP 550 $11,735 Ex. GST

SPORTSMAN XP 550 EPS $13,039 Ex. GST

$1000 FREE ACCESSORIES WITH H RANGER 400 H.O. $13,474 Ex. GST ROUSE MOTORCYCLES 1 KING STREET, HIKURANGI. PH: (09) 433 8471.

RANGER 500 EFI $14,778 Ex. GST

MAUNGATUROTO MOTORCYCLES LTD 117 HURNDALL ST, MAUNGATUROTO. PH: (09) 431 8555

KUMEU CHAINSAW & MOWER SERVICES MAIN ROAD, HUAPAI. PH: (09) 412 8109.

*Offer ends 30th April 2013. Offer not available with any other promotions. See dealer for details. Accessories fitted are for illustrative purposes only.

www.polaris.co.nz